Moved schools and might have made a mistake !!!

[mel38]

We moved our daughter from a private pre-prep in april of last year as we didnt want her to go to the prep there , we moved her to a new prep having lokoed at 3/4 schools.We think we have made a mistake with the choice of school we made . We are nearly at the end of the first proper school year and have so many problems and the area in which our daughter excells just doesnt seem to be important to them . We had the choice of another school but decided against it as we just were not sure , is it damaging to move again or are we stuck with what we think was a bad decision for the next 5 years !!

any advice welcome

It is your perogative to move whenever you feel it is appropriate as we are talking about private education here.
However I would say that the most important person in this is your daughter. Is she happy at the school or not? Just make sure you are making the decision based on what is best for your daughter and not what is best for you as parents

I deliberated about moving DD, I wasn't sure we made the right choice, then someone said "if it turned out to be the wrong school for her, would you be prepared to move her again?" and I replied that I'd move her if she was unhappy or things didn't work out, even if everyone else thought the school was great, if DD was unhappy I'd move her.

If you think you made a bad choice, then move your DD. With all the best intentions in the world we chose a school for DD which she had out grown after 2 years. We left her in a couple of terms too long and she started to be unhappy. We moved her, it seems ok at the new school. But if that went downhill, I'd move her again. Don't stick with a school choice if it doesn't suit...it's your daughter's daily existence that will be miserable. After all, if an adult doesn't like their job, they get a new one if they can, they don't stick around.

Also, you learn by mistakes, my friend also chose a school that seemed right but she said 2 terms in her son was crushed by the school's culture and she moved him.

The good thing is it will allow you to ask more pertinent and searching questions of any school you look round now, as you know what to look for.

I've moved my son more then a few times trying to find one that was right for him. It's hard for parents to see them miserable and you can't always tell what a school is like from a visit. They do adjust very well though, you can only do what you think is right.