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So does anyone have one child in one primary school and another child in a different one??

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spicyorange · 17/11/2011 08:56

I am considering putting my dd who starts school next sept in a different primary school to my eldest dd, who will by that time have one year left before she goes to seniors. Anyone else done this how did you find it ?

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IndigoBell · 17/11/2011 09:58

If you are able to get both of them to school on time, there's no problem.

You will have 2 lots of Christmas fayres, sports days, pta meetings, parents evenings etc.

And hopefully 2 lots of school Mum friends :)

redskyatnight · 17/11/2011 10:10

As my DD's school is YR-Y2 and DS's is Y3-Y6 (they are a bit over a mile apart), yes I do.

you need to be creative with school runs, it is a pain having to do everything at 2 schools (the things PP mentions).

I am very involved at DD's school, yet I've only once set foot in DS's (at parents' evening). That for me is the thing that's had to "give" - as I just can't be as involved as I'd like at 2 schools (thinking things like volunteering, PTA etc).

beingarebel · 17/11/2011 11:31

I do. Both yr 1 in seperate schools 3.5miles apart. I manage through a school bus (to be stopped in January though) and an after school club. The whole thing of 2 parents evenings, 2 school plays, 2 sports days is a moot point imo. You have 2 children, even at the same school they weren't necessarily going to have the same parents evening or in the same play, they would have the same sports day obviously. I have only ever once had a clash of sorts and that was parents evening, same evening but I got the times apart so it was more than doable. The chances of plays being on the same night are not high plus they normally do more than 1 performance anyway.

You're only looking to a year maximum anyway and then your eldest will be in high school so if you are considering the other school because its best in your eyes for your youngest dd I would go with that and put up with the inconvience of 2 schools for 1 year to the benefit of the right school for your dd for 7 years.

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spicyorange · 17/11/2011 13:48

beingarebel thankyou, thats how i was seeing it, i should of pulled my other dd out of the school she goes to long ago but because i fought so hard to get help for her as she had problems and finally won i left her there. She is doing well now though, however the school just does not seem to tick the boxes for my youngest off to an open evening tonight for the other school fingers crossed its fine.

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Kerryblue · 17/11/2011 13:55

I've done it for 2 and a bit years and luckily the schools started at different times (0830 and 0845) and finished at 3 and 3.15 so it was doable. However I did have to always rush off from school one to be at school two on time so never really got socially involved. Not that that mattered too much tbh.

We never had a clash of anything, eg plays, sports days etc so that wasn't really an issue.

I would say do it, it's only for a year and your youngest dd has to be at the new school for a good few years so it's worth choosing the right one.

Good luck

Ghoulwithadragontattoo · 18/11/2011 00:13

Given it's only for a year and you are really unhappy with DD1's school I would do it. Would DD1 be able to go to school with a group of friends rather than you taking her? Then you could just do one school run. I did at that age but not sure if it's considered too young these days.

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NotnOtter · 18/11/2011 00:39

yes we do it and it's a pain but do able. We use both of us ( dp and moi) for drop off pick ups and sometimes (increasingly) the bus which is great

no clashes as such - just the drop offs

now we have to decide where to send the next dc and this is where issues might start

I'd say go for it - esp as only one year - worth t if you love the school

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spicyorange · 19/11/2011 08:09

We went to view the other school and we have decided that dd is defo going to that one. Eldest dd will walk to her school as its about 3 mins from our house. I will take youngest to school and your right its only a year.

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Ghoulwithadragontattoo · 19/11/2011 20:09

Glad you liked the school for DD2. If DD1 can walk I don't think it should cause too many problems.

cory · 20/11/2011 09:30

Our local school is infants only so all parents who used this school and had more than one child found themselves in this situation at one point or other. The only problem would have been school runs, but that was quite easy as they didn't start at the same time. By Yr 6 ds was walking on his own anyway.

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