Moving from private to state -dilemma!

[Fairybust]

So dd is in year 2 and we live in a town where there are split infant and middle schools.

We sent dd to.a private prep from pre school and ournolan was that she would stay there until 11.

Dd seems.happy however from am academic standpoint I don't think she's doing particularly well. She seems to.be on thr bottom table in her class. She gets very easy spellings every week that she usually already knows or has had before. When I've queried this they've said it's because she's not using thr spelling in her written work.

I've been in to the school tried to.raise.it.with them. In my opinion if she's.on the bottom table.they should.be suggesting ways on helping her improve/move up tables. She doesn't have any intervention groups and I feel as,though they've accepted that that is her place in the class and she.is effectively.stuck.there. A few other things have happened and I just feel.like she's not one of the 'preffered' students and she is just making up the numbers.

Feeling totally exasperated I've been to look the state option which is rated outstanding by ofsted.

Dh and I both really liked it as it.seems.a much more.lively school. I just can't get my head round the class sizes though. Dd is currently in a class of 18 and I'm worried that in a class of 30 she may struggle(even more) and get overlooked. I also feel that I am letting her down if we send him state.

Dh's view is that if she needs a tutor.we can afford it if she's at the state option but not so easily of she stays at the private school

I'm.being ridiculous aren't I? Has anyone else done this and if so what was your experience?

Thanks

This humble state school educated girl recognised that contract was a typo.

I think the key difference is that if you think uour child needs more focused attention but not SN, to help her come along, she's probably not going to get it at state school due to kids v teachers ratio, simply there is only so much they can do.

However if she's in a bad private school then uou do need to remove her. My daughters private school had the same class sizes as yours or smaller, but with one teacher and two teaching assistants, as well as nuns who helped the kids with reading.

A bad school is a bad school, it's not about state or private, but I would maybe look at your expectations and speak to both schools. I think it's a bit early to say she's not academic, you're really not going to know that for a few years.

I spotted the typo too...

Fruitbox, irrespective of the typo, your response was aggressive and dismissed the fact that not everyone agrees with your point of view.

Not every schools is a perfect fit for every child every day.

We used to have a satisfaction survey at work asking if we did something we were good at and were praised for our efforts every day. School should be the same for children. If for whatever reason this is not happening, it is a good idea to look to make a change if possible.