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Manage move not working 

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bigcats1999 · 18/01/2026 18:10

Hello -my daughter has had a mm which hasn’t worked in our opinion-my dd is not feeling settled , has been Suspended as she’s acting out , she hasn’t formed friendships and realises the mistakes she made at her previous school -we are within the 6 months so nothing is Finalised.
do we as parents and my daughter have the right to say for my daughter to return to Her original School

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Buscobel · 18/01/2026 18:54

Has the managed move been reviewed? How long has she been there? The new school and the previous school and you should be meeting to discuss next steps. If she’s been suspended from the new school, they might be reluctant for her to stay, even if she wanted to.

I think it’s the case that she’ll go back to the original school, but things will have to be very different if she’s to stay there.

Things may have changed though. It’s a while since I did managed moves.

BahMinthumbug · 18/01/2026 19:03

I thought a managed move was 12 weeks and if it didn't work out - and sadly, they often don't - then they return to their old school. Also, if a school have "swapped" students then, if it does not work out for both then both usually are returned to the original cohort.
Finally, and I don't want to be negative, but if your DD has already been suspended, I doubt she's learned much. Aside from trying to get suspended in order to go back, where the same patterns will continue. She was given a fresh start but has kept up old patterns. That isn't acting out. That is continuing the behaviours that led to the managed move in the first place.
She genuinely needs to step up if she does go back to the mates that will think nothing of encouraging her antics, or she'll end up in a PRU.

BahMinthumbug · 18/01/2026 19:11

But to answer your question, yes, I believe she returns to the school which shipped her out. Depending on how much intervention work has been done with her, and how many exclusions she has had, she will stay in that school until/unless they find reason/adequate evidence to permanently exclude. Obviously continue to fight for her/fight against that/appeal, as at least where she was, you said she had friends, now knows the grass is not greener and, if buckles down, will hopefully get passing grades. Once out the system, much harder to do so.
Good luck. Shamrock

CurlyKoalie · 18/01/2026 19:54

BahMinthumbug · 18/01/2026 19:11

But to answer your question, yes, I believe she returns to the school which shipped her out. Depending on how much intervention work has been done with her, and how many exclusions she has had, she will stay in that school until/unless they find reason/adequate evidence to permanently exclude. Obviously continue to fight for her/fight against that/appeal, as at least where she was, you said she had friends, now knows the grass is not greener and, if buckles down, will hopefully get passing grades. Once out the system, much harder to do so.
Good luck. Shamrock

All this.
But you also need to remember that the school will be worried about your daughters influence on those around her.
The potential to draw other students into her misbehaviour and disrupt lessons has a knock on effect not only to her friends but to the well-being all the other students in the class room and the teaching staff .
Consequently your daughter needs to change her ways or if the school is efficient, it will be recording incidents for rapid permenant exclusion or transfer to a PRU for the benefit of the school community as a whole.
Don't view her return to the original school as a " fresh start" because it isn't.

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