Changing primary schools after one year... anyone done this?

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our child is due to start school but we are set to relocate to the other side of the country in a years time, meaning they would have their first year here and then join another school.

does anyone have any experience of doing this or any teachers on here who can give their experience in how this will impact my little one or just how you find it when this happens?

We changed our daughters school in February after she started in September. She settled very quickly. She hadn't settled at the first school and quite honestly the kids and parents were horrible, absolutely foul. We moved her and she has thrived since. Kids are very resilient if you make it sound like a good thing. We talked up the new school and how they will look after her etc..... and she honestly loves it. She only talked about her old school once.

DS had to change schools, because we moved, in the middle of yr5 and it is the one thing she has never complained about in her childhood. And believe me, according to her she had the worst childhood ever.

We did the exact same and DS has adjusted beautifully and come on massively in his new school.

Yes we relocated at the end of reception and son settled just fine

I changed primary school 3 times as a child, I went from a big school in London with 30 pupils in the class to a tiny school in Ireland with 5 other pupils in the class and absolutely hated it! I stayed there a year and then my parents moved me to another big school and I settled in really well there.

So, I would say try to choose a similar sort of school to what they're used to and they'll be fine!

I think at this young age it's actually not too bad. If I understand you correctly your son will do reception at your current location and then move for year one. At this age many kids don't yet have fixed friends and are just starting out playing with others. We changed our child's primary school after reception and she was perfectly fine.

Our DC are in their 4th primary school and doing just fine. I know quite a few families who have done multiple school moves and they all say that the kids just get used to it and see each move as another chance to make more friends.It all depends on how you sell it to them. One of the schools really didn’t work for us, hence an additional move. They are thriving in every way.

Primary teacher here. I'd say in every class I've had a child has changed school during the year for all sorts of reasons. It's far more common than people think. If you're moving to a good school they will be well used to this, because of being oversubscribed, and have a process to settle children in very quickly.