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Should we change schools now or later?

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lifesteeth · 30/04/2007 16:18

Ok, have posted many times about my sons crap school.

After a quiet time recently it has started up again (bullying and exclusion) and I'm sick of it and so is he. HE wants to move school.

Thing is we are hoping to move house next year which would also bring with it a change of school. So, what would you do?

Move him to a different school now and then again next year (2 school changes in as many years) or tell him to ride it out until next year at this school until we move?

Obviously I've been into the school too many times to remember to complain and s*d all gets done about it. I have written out another 'diary' tonight to hand in to the head tomorow...it includes being pinned down to the ground by another kid DURING CLASS, being kicked in the head DURING CLASS, being pushed onto the ground and dragged across the grass by older girls in year 5 (he's in year 3) and having a pencil thrown at his head DURING CLASS.

Do I change schools immediately or wait it out?

Home-schooling is not an option unfortunately.

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Tamdin · 30/04/2007 16:24

do you know where you wil be moving to? even a rough idea of area? can you move his asap to a new school that you could still commute to when you move? I live in N. Ireland so the postcode/school thing hasn't been brought in yet.

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lifesteeth · 30/04/2007 16:30

I know roughly where we will be moving too and it's quite a distance from where we are now. I would love to get him into that school now but its over-subscribed as it is so we'd never get in being out of the catchment area

The decent school around here is a bit further away than the one he's at now but it's "do-able"...but he wouldn't be able to continue there once we moved unless I could get a car (which I suppose I could try and do! lol)

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kookaburra · 30/04/2007 20:28

Move him now. Poor kid - its heartbreaking to read - must be unbearable for you?

NKF · 30/04/2007 20:31

Is the interim school likely to be better? It can't be worse I guess. Moving can take a long time. It took us a year to move once. I suppose what I'm saying is it sounds awful and he might have to stay there longer than is right given how much he's being hurt.

There may be other things you can do re: the bullying and the school. I hopes someone will have better ideas.

cece · 30/04/2007 20:33

Sounds like he needs a fresh start now imo

CowsGoMoo · 01/05/2007 22:33

Your poor ds My ds is also in year3 and to be honest if he came home and told me that these things had been happening to him and the school have not helped then I'd move him.

It is heartbreaking to read of his bullying and when I think of my ds, I couldn't let it continue.

I hope that a move can be arranged swiftly.

newgirl · 02/05/2007 21:03

what does the head say about it all - shouldnt the other children be penalised in some way? are the school helping? i agree with moving schools but in the meantime, they should be making this a priority - if they are not, get the governors involved

really feel for you both, good luck x

fridayschild · 03/05/2007 13:05

My dad was in the RAF and we moved a lot. I had been to 10 schools by the time I was 10 years old. I don't remember thinking it was the end of the world, and I don't think it damaged my education. The worst bit was always leaving your friends, but your DS wants to go... From your post it sounds like the disadvantages of staying put outweigh the disadvantages of moving twice.

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