Moving schools year 6

[Gillyfoz]

Hello,
wondering if anyone has changed school for child in year 6?
my child is really unhappy in the school he is in and is having issues with the teaching staff as they alienate him, accuse him of things and do not help in any way.
he was diagnosed with dyspraxia and dyslexia and the school have not implemented anything to help him, they pull him up in class in front of everyone for his handwriting and his spellings. It has now got to the point that he doesn’t want to go to school and is suffering from tummy issues which has resulted in spending 3 days in hospital. I have spoken with the school but nothing gets done, they also said that his tummy aches probably are not real and I shouldn’t worry about them. I am worried about his mental health being left in this toxic situation, and I don’t want his low self esteem or negative attitude of school to go into his secondary school education. Therefore we have requested a transfer and just wondering if anyone else has been in a similar situation where they have had to move schools in year 6 and did it help?

I moved DS for the last term of Year 5 and then into Year 6. It was 100% the right decision. He’s now settled and happy, and making friends with the children he will go to secondary school with.

I would say definitely make sure your DC is going to a primary with children that will go to the secondary school with them, otherwise they will be the ‘new child’ twice in short succession.

I'd agree with the pp. Try to make sure some of the class will be going to the same secondary school if you can. But I would definitely look to move him as it sounds a horrible situation. I feel so sorry for your DS and I hope you find a nice supportive school for him.

Yes move him, however this part stood out for me - 'my child is really unhappy in the school he is in and is having issues with the teaching staff as they alienate him, accuse him of things and do not help in any way.'
I simply do not believe that this is the whole story.

In any case if you move him and he has the same issues then you will know there was indeed more to it. If everything goes swimmingly at the next school, then you might need to look at things a bit differently. I had a pupil who went to four different schools before returning back to the first one. In each case his parents said that the staff picked on him, refused to help him and the other children were horrible.

We did the same at the end of year 5, and it was the best decision for us all. From unhappy 4 out of 5 days, to happy each day. Nothing is guaranteed of course, but this was our reality.

I would disagree about making sure kids will be going to the same secondary. Our DS went to one no-one he'd become close to at the new school went to (or from the old school) but the move had made him much more relaxed about going to a new school and meeting new people, so for us anyway, the move had the opposite affect in making him more relaxed about not going somewhere his friends were going.

At face value, your situation sounds horrible. It does seem odd they are not changing anything - can you escalate at all? It does sound like a move would be for the best - what does your child think?