....And if so, did it work out for you?
DD, aged 8, isn't particularly happy at school... just coming up to the end of year 3 and we're wondering whether to call a it a day with her present school.
It's a good school, with good staff and a great Ofsted report. Very small school, too - only 70 children. Which is good for getting individual attention in class... but also means that the potential pool of friends is somewhat limited.
Thing is, dd has never really managed to make any friends there and the one girl she is close to is leaving at the end of the summer term (her family are relocating). So now dd's dreading the start of the new school year, without her only "pal".
I have spoken to her teacher about this and the attitude has been "tell her not to worry about next term.... just make the most of having X here before she leaves".
I'm just wondering wheteher enough is enough - would it be a good idea to start again at a new - bigger - school and hope that things will improve? Or are her problems likely to follow her there? And would swapping schools be teaching her that the way to solve your problems is to run away from tham?
I was just wondering if anyone else had experienced similar and whether a move worked for you? Or maybe it didn't? Would it be better to try to persevere and find some way for dd to make new friends?
I'd be so thankful for any input... I'm really unsure what to do. I guess the worst scenario is that she has the same problems elsewhere and that that might start to affect her self esteem etc.
(BTW, I'm a regular mumsnetter with a name change because I know some of the other mums up at the school are also mumsnetters... and I don't want to start any rumours at the school gates before we've made our decision, one way or the other)