Me and DH are really, really struggling to come to a decision about this and could do with a bit of advice from other parents.
Our house is on the market and we have identified the village we want to move to - which is about a seven minute drive away.
DS has a school place at his catchment school - to start in Sept.
The village school has spaces - and, we think, there would also be a place for DS there to start in Sept.
We don't know what to do! Do we put him in the village school in the hope a move will happen relatively quickly (it would actually take the pressure off in terms of reducing the house to a ridiculous price to shift it).
Or do we keep him where he is, start him in Sept at catchment school and then move him when we do actually move?
In my head Sept is a great chance to move him with the minimum impact on him as there will be a mix of new faces, a new classroom and new teacher at both schools.
Also I just don't think that once he's started at a school FT I would want to move him, as he'll have started making friends and have already gone through one transition already.
Equally though - is sending DS to a random village school strange given we don't yet actually live there.
Any input appreciated. My head is totally done it with it all and so is DH's.