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Things to consider
Starting a new school, or even going back to school at the start of the new school year, can be a major event for both you and your child.
Your child may be:
- moving from nursery to primary school
- moving from primary to secondary school
- changing school because you have moved to a new area
- returning to a school that has merged with another school
- moving to another school by request.
Whatever the reason, most parents share the same concerns:
- Will my child be happy?
- Will they be looked after properly? Will they be safe?
- What are the classrooms and the rest of the school like?
- What will the teacher be like? Will I get on well with the teacher? Will my child get on well with the teacher?
- Will they get on with other children and make friends?
- Will they cope in the playground?
As young people get older and move to secondary school, they become more independent but similar concerns remain:
- Will they cope in the bigger school?
- Will they make 'the right kind' of friends?
- Will they be bullied?
- Will they cope with lots of new subjects?
- Will they cope with having different teachers?
- If they have to travel further to get to school, will they be safe?
