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Original poster

anyone changed secondary in year 7

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shirley122 · 02/10/2013 16:21

we may have to do this and just wanted peoples experiences of how it went and why you had to change the school we chose in the long run may not be the best one so are thinking about it

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lljkk · 02/10/2013 18:28

Ds school wasn't academic enough, switched to a school that was at least a little bit academic. Start of y8, but would have been the same experience at any time. No regrets.

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shirley122 · 02/10/2013 19:38

how did it go how did he feel about it

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BlackMogul · 02/10/2013 21:24

We had a change of senior leadership and the whole ethos of the school changed. For the worse. We left DD there. Big mistake. Loads of others left and I regretted not moving. Went after year 11. Go to another school if you have weighed up the pros and cons but grass can be greener etc.....

lljkk · 03/10/2013 06:55

@Shirley: DS was pretty unhappy at the old school not least because he knew the academics were poor (he's not that academic at all, btw, but he wanted to use his brain a bit!!). He had a load of friends from Scouts that went to new school, so move seemed obvious. He still now (16 months later) has friends at old school, so it wasn't a social problem.

I moved him 2 yrs previously, for start of y6, due to bullying so we had a precedent of knowing school moves could be good & not difficult.

Why do you think current school is a bad fit? It's early days in y7.

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shirley122 · 03/10/2013 11:58

child ok at school but we live opposite another one and i am having second thoughts that i should of chosen the one opposite

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bigTillyMint · 03/10/2013 13:49

Why are you having second thoughts?
Is your DC struggling with the travel?
Are they unappy in their current school?
Do you think the work is suitably challenging/they are being supported appropriately?
Have they made friends and settled well?

Just because the other school is nearer, it doesn't mean that it would be better/that it would suit your child better.

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shirley122 · 03/10/2013 13:56

no one by us goes there all children on our road go to the other one
no sixth form
do not stream in all subjects only maths english science
seems to of settled in ok
take gcse options in yr 8 in think thats too soon
take gcses in year 9 and 10 starting so may not get the highest mark possible
has made friends as most from primary went there i got sucked into the whole thing as the school over the road can get talked down but her brother goes there and has done well

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bigTillyMint · 03/10/2013 14:23

Many schools only stream in those subjects
DCs school (and other schools) choose options in Y8 and start GCSEs in Y9. They may take some early, but not all. Many schools get some childen to take some subjects early anyway.
She has made friends and seems settled. Does SHE want to change schools?

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shirley122 · 03/10/2013 14:32

Not really but think it might be best choice in long run ive had to get here half an early to get a space to pick up should of thought this through a year ago

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bigTillyMint · 03/10/2013 15:37

Is she not able to walk/get the bus with friends? That's all part of going to secondary school and beginning to become more independent!

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shirley122 · 03/10/2013 16:33

Pick up went wrong left me phone in car she didnt know where i was walked up to me with friend and dad made me feel worse

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bigTillyMint · 03/10/2013 16:43

Oh dear! Is the school she is at a long way from home?

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shirley122 · 03/10/2013 17:43

about a mile she was trying to call me feel like a really bad mom she wasn't sure if it was me or dad picking her up waiting with a friend and dad for a minute he said we will walk up anyway and i was waiting there just want her across the road would it be cruel to change

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bigTillyMint · 03/10/2013 17:47

Don't feel bad! Do all the parents pick up then?
I don't know any families round here where the parents pick up secondary children - they all walk/catch a bus with their friends - it's the time for them to begin spreading their wings just a little.
Couldn't she and her friend walk back together? A mile isn't farSmile

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shirley122 · 03/10/2013 17:56

dont want her to walk on her own feel bad left my phone in car she tried to call i was waiting around the corner a few pick up more when its raining really want to change would that have a bad result on her and education

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ohnoimnot · 03/10/2013 19:13

DC was at a non academic school I swapped to a top 10 selective school and moved DC back to non selective as it was 2 years ahead academically.

titchy · 03/10/2013 19:22

Folks OP wants her dd to move because she has serious anxiety issues about her walking to an from school, nothing to do with the schools themselves.

lljkk · 03/10/2013 19:36

yes it does sound odd, Titchy

Lilyloo · 03/10/2013 19:40

Are you doing this simply to make the journey to / from school easy ?

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