AIBU 3 schools in 6 months?

[melomum]

My dd started reception in September. She started at a school we didn't list as a preference,
she didnt seem happy there. when a place came up at our 2nd choice school in mid October we moved her. She's settled in really well, the school is great, her teacher is lovely and she's very happy. However it is an infant school (reception to yr 2) and the jr school it feeds into is not great. Ofstead not good, behaviour issues and the head doesn't seen to have a grip of it. A place has come up at our 1st choice school -it's reception to yr 6 so hopefully no need to move her again. 1st choice school academically good, good reputation and resources .aibu to consider 3 changes in 6 months?

What does your DD think? Tricky as she happy now. Is she the sort of child who would get over it quite quickly or is she very sensitive and doesn't like change. What does she think about it?

Yanbu at all as you are looking at the bigger picture. In your situation I would move her too.

You didn't really think this through did you?

But better to move now than at yr3 imo

Although I know my DD would find it v stressful.

Meryl, I am not sure what the OP had to think through? She acted on the information she had at the time - i.e. a place had come up at her second choice school, her dd was not happy so she moved her. OP was not to know a place would become available at her first place school.

I would move her. She is very young, she will settle quickly.

I'd move her now, better than going through all this again before she gets to juniors. She will be able to make friends that she can keep all the way though to high school. The younger they are the faster they seem to settle.

I would move her too, if you are sure this is the right school for her.
I think it would be reasonable to expect her to be rather unsettled for a while, which is only natural.

Please leave her where she is happy.

Thanks for your replies, I haven't spoken to dd about it as I don't want to put the decision down to her... At least if I get it wrong she can blame me and not herself !

I would move her now, before real friendships form. Moving at yr 3 is hard because everyone already knows each other and girls can start being quite bitchy too....good luck!