Which school to send my son to

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I am new to this so stay with me please!
I am looking for advice on where to send my child to primary school (I am in Scotland so no it might be different for some).
I have a place at our local school which is a very mixed school with kids form all backgrounds (it has some problems but on the whole is ok) my son has done two days a week at the pre-school so that he could get used to the school and make friends, however the class lists have been released for the start after the summer holidays and my son has not been put in a class with anyone he knows. Everyone he knows has been put into another class. I have contacted the school and they cannot give me a valid reason for this and are unwilling to move him.
I have two options 1 leave it as it is or 2 move to anther school which is a similar distance away and has a very good reputation but he will not know anyone in the class or at break time. It is breaking my heart as he is a little worrier and I am not sure how he will take it.
Any advice or experiences would be appreciated thanks

Well, to be honest whichever option you take he will not know anyone in his class - however this will have changed after the first week of school wherever he is - but I would personally go for the school I liked the best, was the easiest to get to, had the better reputation etc etc. Do you know for sure you could change him to the other school at this late stage? I know Scottish admissions are different, but you wouldn't stand a chance of changing your mind in England now unless the school you wanted was unpopular!

Oh and for what its worth my daughter was put into the opposite class from her best friend when she entered reception (P1) but she is still best friends with her now - so it made no difference at all. They see eachother every playtime, lunch, clubs and have some lessons together.

They probably can't move him unless there's a child wanting to move into his class. Even then they probably wouldn't without good reason, otherwise they'll be innundated with parents requesting changes.

I'd leave him for now unless there's a bigger reason to move him. He'll know some in the other class and certainly ours in reception do a lot together. Tell him how wonderful his teacher is, and he can go into school feeling positive.

I can bet you anything you like that by playtime on the first day he'll have made new firends and be happy as Larry!

I'd go for the better school. Not knowing anyone is really not a big issue. There will be lots who don't know anyone.

Can be an advantage!

Agree, better school. It honestly doesn't matter at this age whether they know anyone or not, they will soon make friends.

My DD went into reception not knowing anyone in the class. What I did was request the class contact list and made contact and arranged playdates with a couple of the other new ones (school starts at nursery) over the summer so she did know a couple.

Go with what school you think will suit him better. Though like others have said it will not matter that your ds doesnt know any of the children in his class. When dd went to primary school, she was the only girl from her nursery class that went there (3 boys also went but she didnt really speak to them). My dd is so quiet, I really worried about her making friends but by the end of the week she was blethering away about all her new pals!

Thanks for all the replies - trying to keep it positive and I'm sure you're quite right he will make friends. The idea of trying to find a couple of kids on the school list for contact over the summer is a great idea. Think we probably do more worrying for them than they ever will!