WWYD? School Confusion

[whereiswally]

My dd is 3. She currently goes to a pre-school near my parents and il's and 2.5 miles from us, for the following reasons:

1)My mum/mil have to take her there when I am at work
2)Its a lovely little village that me and DP grew up in and we are both very familar with
3)We were hoping to move back to this village but due to fiances this is not possible
4)We will still apply to the school local to this village as its very good, however the chances of her getting in are slim to none

So I am now left with the decision of whether to move her preschools so that she gets to know the children she will likely go to school with. However the local school to us has mixed reviews (to which the preschool is attached). It is up and coming from not a good school. They have worked very hard to improve the school and it has now achieved good at ofsted. I really would prefer her to go to the other school but I do not think this will happen.

Therefore should I leave her in the preschool she is currently settled at and has made lots of friends and has an excellent key worker or should I move her to the other one, so that she makes friends with the children going to her likely school?

i had a similar (but different) dilemma I was going to move my daughter from her nursery to the nursery attached to the school where she was going to go, so that she would make friends. But as the nursery workers pointed out- it doesnt matter when she moves- she will have to make new friends whether it is in the nursery or in reception at school....also consider that the children in the 'new' nursery may not all be going to the school. Also there will likely be kids in reception from lots of different nurseries, and some that have never been to nurseryit wont be a big mass of kids who all know each other IME

Both my dcs went to Reception without knowing any other children in the class already. They settled in easily and I don't think were disadvantaged in any way by not knowing anyone first.

At that age they are very adaptable, I think. So I would not change schools yet.

She will make friends once she attends the primary school, you do not have to move her yet. If she does get a place in the school that she is in you will have to consider where the other children live and if she will be able to have friends outside of school.

It also depends on why the school did not get a good ofstead report. If it is for non attendance or lateness of pupils then that does not affect the children of commited parents as much as other factors. Also the scores can be misleading. My daughter moved from her SN school to an inclusion unit within a primary school, this made the school appear to be failing when infact it was an excellent school.