In year primary admissions

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Hello, I am contemplating a move back to the UK next year with dds (6 and 3.5 as at jan 2014). Dd1 is currently in the equivalent of year 1 but we are in a Germanic country so she doesn't do much 'formal' education. I am doing some basic phonics with her at home but she will be behind in terms of her reading/writing (much better than her contemporaries at grilling a sausage on a fire in the forest tho: ). I don't know if it would be better to move for the start of the summer term (so she has a term in year 1 to catch up plus the summer holidays) or if it would be better to start sep 2014. We are planning a move to bucks so good schools with smallish classes. She is not dim so will hopefully catch up but quite sensitive and would probably struggle with/mind being behind her contemporaries. Thank you.

I always thought it was better to move in the summer holiday, but we moved in June this year which worked out really well. DS had 6 weeks in the new school to get used to the new place/people/school then we started back in September able to "hit the ground running" as it were. The last month or so of the school year seems to be mostly fun stuff anyway so easier to feel relaxed about the new school and concentrate on making friends etc. And if the new teacher does the whole "no smiles until Christmas" thing, then you have not started a new school with a seemingly mean and dragon-like teacher.

It seems to have worked out for us, but only moving within the UK. I would have loved a few years of early sausage-grilling for the kids though!