To change my son's primary school for the 3rd time?

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Hello everyone, I would really like your opinions on this. I will try to make this brief. My DS1 is 8 yrs old. He started his 1st primary school, loved it, he stayed there for his reception and year 1. He made a tight group of friends there.

We moved house 2 hours away for work reasons. We live in a borough where catchment area usurps siblings. Our area has 3 amazing primary schools but unfortunately when we moved, his year group in all 3 schools were full, so we applied to go on the waiting lists for all of them. We were allocated a school which has very poor results, he had a good Yr 2 there but we were never going to let him stay, we even looked at private options.

DS2 started at our catchment school in September 2019 in reception.

After trying and failing via the appeals process to get DS1 into our catchment school for yr3, we were offered a place in another local school about 1.5 miles away from DS2's school. We told our son this would be his last move before senior school so he said yes. He has been at this school since October 2019. He seems fairly happy but doesn't have a tight knit group of friends like he had in his 1st school.

Logistically it's a bit of a nightmare. We can't walk either of them to school. Different inset days, different holidays, different communication methods........

I know there is a place coming up in Yr 4 in September in our catchment school (where DS2 is) . Would it be wrong for me to make him change school again? Both schools are excellent - in fact I have DS2, on the waiting list for DS1 school, however, there is very little prospect of him getting a place as we are out of catchment and very little movement. I have mentioned it to DS1 and he said he likes where he is. My life would be so much easier if they were at the same school

So AIBU?

@vanillandhoney

Please read my previous posts.

School number 2=
Not in local area, 6 closer schools.
It was the only school that had a place.
Appalling results
Appalling discipline
Knife incident
Parents fighting at school gate
Police stationed at school
Yr 6 pupil told me to 'F off'

Stop moving his schools and keep to your word.

[quote Kateguide]@vanillandhoney

Please read my previous posts.

School number 2=
Not in local area, 6 closer schools.
It was the only school that had a place.
Appalling results
Appalling discipline
Knife incident
Parents fighting at school gate
Police stationed at school
Yr 6 pupil told me to 'F off'[/quote]
I know, I read your posts. But unfortunately you placed your son there and that resulted in him being moved yet another time.

I'm not blaming you for wanting him out of there, but I do think it's now had such an impact on him (two moves in two years) that for his sake you have no choice but no leave him where he is.

I have already said I will be leaving him in his current school after taking on board what most people have said.

I have really valued most people's insights /experiences on this thread.

Anyone saying I shouldn't have moved him from school 2, where they had so many issues even before you get in the classroom, I just think you are bonkers

UPDATE the council rang me up last week to offer DS1 (now in year 4) a place at DS2's school (our catchment school).
We talked DS1 about it, he said he wanted to stay where he was, so we declined the place. We will forever be a 2 school household (until maybe secondary school)