My 8yo dd attends a local primary school, and all in all I have been very happy with her progress there, and with the support they have provided. She has lots of friends, is fairly popular and outgoing, and has made strides academically since she started ks2.
Our local comprehensive is OK, not brilliant but adequate, and has fairly high truancy rates which do concern me.
However, 4 miles away we have a comprehensive which has been named as one of the best in the country, rated outstanding in all areas, fantastic facilities, and a headmaster who has been knighted for his services to education.
This comprehensive has formed a trust with the local primary schools in the area, and one consequence of this is that all the primary schools that form this trust become feeder schools, with priority for places at the comprehensive.
I now have the opportunity to move dd to one of these feeder schools, which would almost guarantee her a place at this comp.
However she is settled at her current school, and I would really rather not disrupt her primary education.
So wwyd? Move her now, and lose the worry about where she will go at 11? Or keep her where she is, and possibly have to go through an appeals procedure in 3 years, with no guarantee of success?