DD is currently in Y8. She was flying (academicly) when she was in primary school & has dropped drastically since joining secondary school.
There's been many factors contributing to this, she's currently experiencing some form of bullying from some girls & class disruption has been on going for what seems like since she started. The schools ofsed reports were diabolical to say the least - why did we send her there? Well she wanted to go there, 70% of her friends were going there & it's closer to home.
We're (me & her dad) are talking about whether we should move her to a different school - she would have friends there so it wouldn't be so daunting & it wouldn't be too far away. Their ofsed report is better. The general outlook is that it's a 'better school' all round. DH would rather DD 'just get on with it' ignore the girls & get her head down & do her work & doesn't understand why she's so upset, she herself has expressed she would like to move schools. I, on the other hand have a gut feeling & have done since she started at this school that she wouldn't flourish there. She's clearly unhappy at the moment, yet this is what DH feels, that the problems will just follow her at a different school.
Anyway I even looked on our local council website & i can you find anything in how I go about to change schools, where do I begin? Do I contact the school I wish to send her to first to see if they have any places? We have actually been to talk with her tutor about the bullying but to be honest, nothing has really been done about it - much like DH's attitude, get on with it.