DH and I have talked about moving out of London, back towards the grandparents (north Buckinghamshire) for ages. We are now at a point where we really feel we need to move, for our benefit, we are not really city dwellers. But I'm worried that it won't be to the children's benefit. DD will move up to the junior school year 3 in September and DS starts in reception, if we were to start a move now I can't believe we'd have got our house on the market and sold and another bought before September, so they'd both end up dealing with new schools twice before Christmas. Is that just a really bad idea to be avoided at all cost, or manageable?
Also they are both enrolled at a private music school, which teaches music to children in a very different way (colourstrings). DD is due to start violin this September and DS (whose is really the amazingly musical one) would likely start violin in year 1. I have really valued the money spent on this, over standard methods, but there isn't a music facility that teaches this method anywhere near where we'd move to. So moving feels like it's depriving them.
On the positives they'd get clean air, space, more relaxed pace, peace, not having to watch the neighbouring tenants sit on their kitchen roof in their pants smoking weed, clean air.
Any experiences to share gratefully received!