We are returning from overseas next month and have been looking for schools for my daughter. When I looked at my state schools of choice they were all full so we have gone down the private route and lined up a place However a state school that has some of my DD's friends in has just confirmed they have a place for her. Do I swap her to a school with her friends or do I stick with the more academic private school. I haven't told my DD about the school place as I am fairly certain she will choose the school with her friends in (although admittedly slightly distant friends as we have been out of the country for 5 years) but I just wonder if by swapping to the state school I might be depriving her of achieving her full potential .
As an aside DD is not a high achiever and would probably languish at the bottom of the private sets and middle of the state sets so I don't know if that makes a difference.
Also as a second aside we are returning as DH has lost his job and although we are comfortably well off now and are fairly confident he will get another comparable job soon there is that uncertainty over finances.
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Jumpingjuly · 21/07/2014 15:12
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