Hi all,
It’s been a while since I last posted. We are needing to move dd8 to a more challenging environment and have found a school that really suits. It is l private though and the waitlist is up to 4 years long.
We have been told by the registrar that we can enrol ds5 immediately though and his sister can skip the waitlist and enter as a sibling.
The problem is it is very expensive, we can afford to send both but there will be a lot of sacrifices. Also ds5 is really very happy at his current school and this year gets a lot of differentiation - he 100% does not want to move.
On the other hand I know that next year this will change as he goes from new entrant to regular classes. Dd8 is starting to disengage with school and now has activities outside of school 6 days a week which would all be absorbed into the school day at the new school. Another big plus is that she would be able to drop down to her own age level and get real differentiation in the class meaning it’s fairer for her in sport and academic awards which she is highly motivated by.
We toured the school and there was no question of her being treated as a gate student and they showed as examples of kids working up to 5 years ahead did by side their age peers.
So - should we take the plunge and make dd5 move or keep his sister in a very mediocre environment and watch her fade into average.
