Have your children been the first/second intake to a new secondary school

[mumofthreebeauties]

looking for experiences good/bad.

We have a new secondary school opening next September. DD will be the second year intake and they will add one year at a time.

This means there will only ever be 1 year ahead of her at school.

Is this a good/bad thing. The school will be newly equipped - a good thing?
Best teachers recruited?

What about social interaction - bad thing
no exam records/history - bad thing?

Comparing this with an existing school - with older kids in the school, track record etc etc.

What do you think?

On balance when thinking about ds going into the 2nd year of a new school, we felt it would be a bit of a bad thing - management of school still settling down, no senior pupils, all new teachers, etc - altho we could also see some pluses, eg enthusiasm, no jaded teachers, wish to prove itself as a good school. Had it otherwise been the best choice for him, we would've gone for it - but it's a bit weird not having an Ofsted report to refer to, either.

I was 1st year of comp

it had changed from sec modern / grammar system

RTK

How did you find it. A good/bad experience.

loved it

making history

new uniform etc

some of teachers were the same from sec modern some came from grammar

there were the sec modern kids above me though

my ds was the first reception class when the middle school changed to primary.he felt very special and the school had to prove it was good all new equipment and teachers very good and still is.

did any of you miss the experience of older kids in the school?

when my son started they still had the 11 and 12 yr olds.they did seem old as son was only 4 at the time.

well there were older ones in the building but they were "OLD" school iyswim

I should add that I know 2 families who did choose a brand new school for their children - very sensible families, who will have researched things properly - and who are very pleased with their choice, one year on. In fact, one of the children revels in the 'being senior, making history' aspect which RTKM refers to.