Would love your experiences - good, bad, neutral.
We’re considering a move from DC2 current school - great community, lots of fun, nice set of kids and friends. But, school is long term RI (trying to recover), high needs class that has a reputation, some poor behaviour, lots of (usually vulnerable) children in and out (usually 2 each school year), variable teaching and a significant dip in achievement this year (which we’ve recovered with effort at home). Child is bright, quiet and sensitive, potentially ND. They aren’t happy at school (noise, disruption, friend dynamics and politics, lack of creative time etc) - values their friends but doesn’t have a special friend and moans about school daily (doesn’t want to go in to class etc). They find the chatty class tricky and don’t always feel listened to and loved by their peers.
Move would be to a strict school, highly academic and tight on behaviour - no chatty class or behaviour issues, a lovely class by all accounts but where they only know of one chid. School is a strong ‘good’ and in top 100 or so nationally. Minimal moves in and out of classes each academic year. Their sibling will be attending this school from Sept. We get great reports from most families we know with children there.
My fear is that they find relationships hard to build and will constantly regret leaving their friends (we are also friends with their friends parents). Also that their dislike of school is part of their ND and that they’ll continue with this feeling despite the move. We just wonder if a reset would help but feel horribly torn.