to change my daughter's school because of a Mum lof one of the kids there?

[Nicdigby]

I fell out with a friend about three years ago and now our daughters are in the same pre-school class attached to the local school. I have tried to smooth things over but she falls out with a lot of people and bears grudges for a long time; she was very snotty when I tried to smooth things over and she hasn't spoken to me in the 30 or so occasions we have passed each other in the playground. She is very controlling, and known as the ringleader of the High School bullies in our area - if you don't do what she wants and join in being horrible about someone else, you become the victim.

I have the chance to change my daughter's school to a new one when she goes up to reception in September. Is it being unreasonable to change schools so that I don't have to spend the next 7 years putting up with this woman?

I wouldn't change schools for 1 woman. School should be about your kids not you. Just drop your daughter off and pick her up and don't arrive really early. Take a book to read or wear headphones. Stand well away from this woman. If your daughter is happy at this school then you feeling uncomfortable for 5 minutes a day shouldn't be that big a deal. Do you need an assertiveness course? This woman really shouldn't be that important to you. Stop caring about her.

Dear me which ones are the children and which ones are the adults. Parents bullying other parents at school is mind boggling to me.

Of course you need to put your childs education first. Ignore the idiotic woman she isn't worth uprooting your whole life for.