Move schools or not ... advice needed pls

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My 4 year old has started reception in a local village school (ofsted rated good). He has made close friends and loves going. The problem is I work about 40 minutes from our flat (we are renting) and we’ve come to the end of our tenancy now. I could move closer to where I work (a lot of outstanding schools and plus the added benefit of getting to work quicker) BUT he is so happy in his school. He has settled really well and I just don’t think it would be fair for him to move (we can move in December).
We are saving up for a deposit and my heart is telling me to keep him in his current school then when we do go, I will need to change his school only once (we are not going to buy a property in the area we live atm but haven’t decided which area as well).

He is so young and will do absolutely fine!

Kids adapt to new schools very quickly - after a few months they barely remember their previous setting and are totally fine with the bew one. You do what works best for you - your child will benefit a lor more from having a mum who us less tired and frazzled after the commute home, rather than be fairly dubious benefit of avoiding a school move at the cost of a more stressed and time-pressured mum.

I disagree with PP about children just adapting. I went to 4 primary schools and ended up with bald patches where I'd torn my hair out. Always being the new girl was bloody awful.

As a one off, after reception it shouldn't be a problem.

Are there actually places available in the new schools?

I’d try to move him only once. Two moves in primary I think would be unsettling.

@LondonGirl83

I’d try to move him only once. Two moves in primary I think would be unsettling.

Definitely this. TBH though, I commute an hour to work so I'm probably not the one to ask!

Nope no places available and they can't tell me which schools do have places. So it's a bit of a tricky situation.

I agree with the posters above, best to keep it to one move if at all possible.

Two moves in primary I think would be unsettling

Nonsense. Only if they don’t like the school they are at. My DC are at their 4th school and doing absolutely fine. School 3 was a disaster so we moved them to another school locally which they love….there was no point keeping them at an awful school just to prevent another move. I would however caution moving a child out of a school they are happy in.