Can you tell me your experiences with moving your child to a different school please?

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Big changes have happened at school which we (and many others) were very unhappy about, I posted a thread about it at the time and consensus was then that posters would move their child.

I looked at another school, DS came with me. It is a highly rated (I don't just mean OFSTED) and has a fantastic Head that has done amazing things with it and completely turned it around from when it was not so great. DS knows why he needs to move and is on board.

Yesterday afternoon I heard he has been offered a place. He punched the air when I told him. However he is really apprehensive about actually moving and is worried about not making friends and about leaving his current friends, but I am friendly with some of the mums so he can still see them. He is a very friendly boy and where ever we go, he always plays with a random child, so makes friends easily. I can only see his current school going further downhill and it's such a shame tbh. He has quite a few years left.

How has your child handled moving schools? Good and bad?

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how old is he?

ours moved mid way through primary, eldest was quite out going, youngest more reserved. they both had great first weeks and seemed to make friends, there was a hiccup a month or so in, I think after the novelty of them being new wore off but they found their friendship groups after that.

I think if your ds is positive and happy to be going, he should be ok.

How old

It's natural to be apprehensive I was moved age 11 and loved it. Thrived. But I had to be heavily persuaded.

We moved DD half way through primary. It was a bit easier in her case as some of the girls from her infants had gone there so she knew one or two already. It was a bit of an anxious time, but after a couple of weeks she'd settled in and was far, far happier there than at her previous school.

He's 8.

He's been looking at the prospectus and I've shown him the Facebook page and gone over all the things he will enjoy. There are loads of positives about the new school and some things he's keen to peave behind. He's just sad about leaving his friends and anxious about making new ones, although I've been pointing out the times he's found someone to play with whilst we've been out.