Moving from nursery at school A to different primary : any advice?

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Hi all. I wondered if anyone that has moved their child from a nursery at one school to a different school for primary education has any advice. I am feeling absolutely awful about moving when DC has started to put down roots - and experienced some of school life here. There’s nothing wrong with where DC is and I keep thinking why am I moving my happy child that is doing well. Worried to disrupt DC’s confidence. But thinking of the next 7 years and the other school feels it would be better for DC as DC grows and more aligned to us. DC won’t always be little and key stage 2 will come round quickly. And if we’re ever going to move now’s the time.

I viewed this as nursery only but we have gotten very attached. Have many others made the move between a nursery at school A to school B for reception and onwards (both are very close by) for primary. Do you have any advice on how to prep? Do I need to explain why he can’t continue with friends if the question comes up?

Any advice or experiences or stories to make me feel better would be really useful. I am so close to asking if DC could stay at school A but keep telling myself to keep moving forwards and don’t look back

Hi thank you for the supportive words. And you’re so right re the 6 week break . Wish we’d booked some major holidays now! Oh well we have a couple of trips planned and will do some day trips so it’ll be a fun summer! X

I brought up the move by saying some children are staying on for reception and some are moving to other schools (are there any obvious reasons you can use eg. new school closer to home?).
DC nervous at first but visiting the new school / meeting teachers really helped. So now we just talk about the nice things we saw/did etc. I don’t bring it up too often.
You might find you meet other families at the school events and you can organise playdates before Sept. But either way, they’ll be fine. Kids are so adaptable at that age, much more than we give them credit for!

Yup we did. DS attended nursery of school A and went to school B. He was the only one not attending school A. He was also the only child not attending school B with someone from another preschool.

He's the most popular kid in his class.

Took the whole thing in his stride.

Other DC was the same. Struggled socially and has had lots of problems.

Depends totally on the child.

I've done it twice from different school nurseries to the same primary (that doesn't have a nursery year). The new school had a large number coming from the nearby church playgroup so there were some established friendships and Mum groups but Mum groups become less important in KS2 and the kids' friendships changed multiple times and other kids joined and left higher up the school. The first time was state to state and we were unhappy with the school with the nursery so it was easy. The second time was private to state and the private school was lovely but the move has been fine and DC has settled.