New school in year 2?!

[tangerinedream12]

Hi I am currently thinking of moving my son (current year 1) into a new school at the start of the next academic year.
although my son is doing well at his current school, my concerns are that he has become involved In a big group of boisterous boys at his current school.
the area of the current school has gone downhill quite dramatically in the last few years and you can definitely see this in the children attending the school.
although there hasn’t been many issues yet with my child I can see that problems are likely in the future and I’m worried he will go down the wrong path. (Dramatic, I know)
the school I am looking to move him to is a much smaller CofE village school and seems to be quieter and calmer. Has anyone ever moved their boisterous boys to a smaller school? Or am I being totally unreasonable?! Help!

Does your son want to move? What are his thoughts?

I have spoke to him and he is in agreement, although he wasn’t at first. He will know around three of the children In the year group from the private nursery he went to before reception. He is very social and confident so I have no issues about him fitting in.

What happens if new school goes downhill next year

He’s the one drawn towards the boisterous lads though. I’ve worked in many schools and there is always a quieter, calmer group of kids no matter how rough the school is. Wherever you move him, he may be drawn towards the same type of kids that you don’t seem to like.

Yes I totally agree. He has always been drawn to the older louder children. Problem is, the current school is full of them….New school, few and far between

Just move him. If you’ve looked round the new school and it’s a better fit.

You can use the gov website to compare KS2 results of different schools. If the new school is significantly better, I would move him.

I don't know how you can really know that the louder children are 'few and far between' at the school you want to move him to, unless you've been in the school for an entire week watching them, which seems unlikely. What will happen at secondary? There are likely to be groups of these children there as well, and tbh, I can't help but feel it would be easier to go down the 'wrong path' if he's had no experience in managing the 'boisterous' boys early on.

But ultimately if both you and he feel the new school would be a good fit, then go for it.