Son offered a place in a nursery but eldest not in reception. Help!!!!

[abbynabby23]

So here is the story: My eldest has been going to a school nursery for the past two years but he didn’t got in for reception. He got offered our 6th choice which is both far from our house and not a very good school. In the meantime, our youngest son got offered a spot both in my eldest son’s current and new school. Here is the problem. We did a stay and play in the nursery of the school my son got offered a reception spot and it was an absolute chaos. Kids are rough, zero discipline. I just wanted to cry! So i don’t know what to do now. I am keen to sent my youngest in the school that my eldest one is in at the moment cause it’s excellent. But i am not sure how to break the news to my eldest son who is already having anxiety issues knowing that he is changing school. Has anyone being in the situation? What did you do?

First of all, make sure your DS1 is on the waiting list for the school you want him to go to and all the other schools you listed as preferences.
If you think you can manage having them at different schools for a year, then put DS2 into the nursery you like, which has the convenience of being near you. When it comes to applying for DS2, see where DS1 is by then, and play it strategically. Hopefully there will be a sibling policy in place ( but check that, there isn't for every school.)

Second the above, get him on the waiting list.
The exact same thing happened to me with my son, he ended up getting a place in the school attached to the nursery he had attended.

Early years are so important, if you can manage the logistics (and your youngest isn't already at a different nursery that works well and could continue) then I'd get them into the best one you could while the dust settles with the reception place for your eldest.