Glasgow High Schools Performance

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I have two kids - 2 and 1 so not near School age yet, but when they are they'll start one year after one another...

Just having a look at league tables and all the Glasgow High Schools score pretty badly compared with surrounding areas?

We had considered Glasgow Gaelic School but even that doesn't perform to well in comparison to Bishopbriggs / East Renfrewshire...

Am I being ridiculous to consider moving to an area where they'd be in catchment for better schools? Is this a common thing? Seems so far away to have to even think about it, but realistically we'd need at least two years to save for a house move. What's people's opinions on the Glasgow Schools?

My kids made friends with neighbours and local clubs. Loads of kids live in the same area and go to different schools especially in Glasgow and it has just meant that they have a couple friends locally that go to different schools. The Gaelic school is a regular Glasgow city school. It is smaller and so its issues will likely be proportionate (I don't know for sure). Overall and all things considered I am really happy with our choice. I did think when they started we thought they'd go to a local high school however they did not want to move away from their friends. We took their opinion very much into consideration and have had no regrets. WRT pals being local, its worked out in our favour. Their local friends have petered away as they have got older. No knocking on the door when they've needed to study/do homework...They have to make an effort to meet up and it has meant taking them at times..they are now regulars on the bus.

Thank you @MaybesAye I was just wondering how it worked in practice. I didn't go to the nearest school to me when I was younger and I just made friends with kids around but I remember always feeling a bit miffed at how much of an effort it was to see my school friends. Plus like I say I'm not sure how much kids even go out and play any more, you don't see it compared to what it was like back in my day!

Maybes do you know parents who don't speak Gaelic or pupils who don't have Gaelic speakers in their extended family? Everyone I know with DCs at the school meets one or other of that criteria. It's not a problem for the OP because of her DP's mum but I'm interested if your experience is different from my friends.

OP I wanted DS to play out with his friends and go through school with them because I had that experience as a child. It hasn't worked out that way but he plays out with local children (who don't attend the same school as him). He plays with people from school on the PS/X-box and at play dates. And then he has a circle of friends from the clubs he attends. It is a different from growing up, playing with and attending the same school as the child next-door but fewer and fewer DCs have that opportunity now.

Pretty much the majority of kids have no direct Gàidhlig ancestry. There are parents there who are from the ithe Highlands and Islands but what with full time employment and external non-GME childcare their kids aren't fully fluent as such. They may have a bit of a home advantage language wise but everything else is the exact same. One kid might have great Gàidhlig and struggle with maths. Another might be ropey linguistically but be brilliant at maths. It levels out. For most parents it's about acquiring their kids' education in a second language. Some kids have first language Gàidhlig but gey few.