A word to those worried about choice of school for DCs

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DC1 is now 12 and I was looking through his memory box and found the class list for his nursery (it was at a school foundation going from 3-18).
Of the 16 children:
1 left before the end of nursery year because of illness.
1 left in Reception as she got into a good local state school.
1 moved to another indie school nearer her home in y1. Another moved abroad.
in y2 1 left to a high-powered academic school. 2 moved to good local state schools, 1 moved to an indie faith school, 1 moved to a different indie.
in Y7 1 moved to a state grammar and 1 moved to a single sex school.
So of the 16 children who started nursery, just five are still in the foundation.
Your choice of school at age 3 is important, but children do move. We all make the best decisions we can at the time with the information we have. Hope this helps ease some of the pressure.

DD1 is only in Year 2 and about 10 of the original children have left the class for one reason or another!

I have no idea who would be left in the classes from the then nurseries my girls attended. 9 schools between them both since then and my eldest is still only 10yo!

Generally these days though, alot of people do move about more and people tend to want alot more from a school these days, so look around and sometimes move kids. It does not mean there is anything wrong with the school though. As long as your kids are happy and your happy at how well they are doing - is it really a problem?

Ease the pressure? No, not exactly - children leaving ds's school is exactly what I fear most. He's in the most fantastic class and I would mourn the loss of any of them in MY life, let alone his. I know in the nature of things many of them will move on, particularly in a year or so when they hit 7 I know some will disappear to private school, but I would happily see him go through his whole school career with that bunch.

[sigh]