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Moving schools in Year 10?

Hi guys,

So I am currently in Year 10, doing 10 GCSEs, with another one already done in Year 9. I am unhappy with my current school, the teachers are not great, I've grown ever more distant from my 'friends' and my mental health isn't doing so good either. I am currently in a private school, but there is another private school much closer to me, has better gcse results, and also cheaper... Should I move at some point in Year 10, or Year 11? Or is it better to stay?

Thanks in advance!

(edited 5 years ago)

Reply 1

EllieH01

To move halfway through a GCSE course will definitely be hard work especially as the new school might not do the same courses and you’ll have to make new friends etc. If you are going to move, I’d recommend doing it as soon as possible as you’ll have less work to catch up on and more time to settle in before your gcse exams. One girl at my school joined at the start of year 11 and still got really good GCSEs so it’s definitely doable and if you’re really unhappy I think that moving might be the best option cos your health and happiness is more important. Despite the extra work, you’ll also probably be more motivated and do better if you like your school. Hope this helps 😊

Reply 2

luvRif

I am currently in year 10 and unhappy in school. I am constantly harassed embarrassed by my year group and some year 11s I have no friends and ppl sm pretend that they're my friend and then they don't like me as if I don't exist and when I did have some in the past they constantly harassed put me down lied and spread horrible rumours. There are so many horrible rumours about me around school and most of my teachers laugh along say sm mean as well and usually pick on me for tiny stuff and somethings I didn't even do as if it's rlly big and I've also got into so much big trouble so many times as well and if I told someone like my head of year for example she just says they are telling a story and now that the school recently "realised" I'm highly depressed and anxious they tell me to write it down say they have send to some teacher who probably can't keep a secret and also they lie to me to face as well they tell me to write it down and do nothing (I do when I can actually explain stuff) and in yr 9 when my friend started spreading my worst fear rumor again then I wrote down what happened and kept asking her she either ignored or said she will and then at the end she said no she won't do anything and also when I went to her after that. sm rarely they say it's all in my head and sm they can't do anything coz I haven't explained enough so they can't to anythig . My household is completely narcissistic and are not going to help and I hate it at home and tbh I've never had friends and in one way or another it has been happening my whole schl life. I don't know if all this is going to be in another school and I want to go boding school as things might be better because people stay together I'm not gone to school for 2 weeks now to make it easier for me to move school and I'm so scared to write this

Reply 3

Stressedout007

heyai wrote this three years ago, and just reread it when i saw your reply - i ended up not moving, pushed through (well, year 11 ended up being cut because of covid) and moved for sixth form - and met some amazing friends there :smile:

and im in my first year of uni now!it sounds like you’re having a pretty **** time at the moment, and im really sorry that you’re having to deal with all of that :/ my honest advice would be to push through year 10 and 11, because it sounds like your parents wouldn’t help with moving in any case - then go somewhere new for sixth form where you’ll get a fresh start and get to meet a load of new people too :smile:

it does get better! hang in there my friend :smile:

Reply 4

username6079303

Hey! I'm hoping you can give me advice in my case as you've been through something similar, but in my school, I've been feeling a bit out of place and isolated due to a feud arising with one of my old friends and this has led to people talking about me and starting rumours about me behind my back, which has caused my mental health to decrease dramatically and has lead to me even self-harming from all the depression with socialising in school, and I've been struggling with bulimia for the past year as well. The problems with people in my school have been making me feel terrible recently, and I've found some people to hang out with, but they make me feel left out most of the time but are too nice to kick me out from hanging out with them soo..

However, I've got a solid group of friends in another school, but its exam results are a LOT worse than my current schools, as I currently go to an all-girls grammar school and I could move to a co-ed comprehensive school at the beginning of Year 11. My parents are perfectly up for this as they are aware of my mental health and just want me to get better. I'm just concerned my excellent exam results may be harder to get if I move schools, and also moving would mean I wouldn't be taking Further Maths GCSE and I'd have to study and prepare for French on my own, though that's doable as I've got straight 9s in it right now with basically no revision, I'd just need to learn vocab at that point. I would have to start GCSE RS, but my friends at the new school have told me it's very easy (its a religious school but I'm religious so that shouldn't be a problem) and I would have to drop Computing, which I'm fine with as while I've got straight 9s in it, it's quite boring. For GCSEs, I'm confident I'd succeed but I'm more worried about A-levels, as I know I would stay at the school for A-levels and I am thinking of taking 5 A-levels and while my grammar school may permit it, a comprehensive school may not. Also, I'm really aiming for all A*s at A-level (I know this isn't most people's goal but I am aiming for Caltech for uni so I'm hoping that explains my goals here) and from seeing the lack of A*s at the comprehensive school, I'm worried its not possible. I also may not have the chance to do the UKMT or Science Olympiads and such at the new school, but I still need to double check.

There is also that I'm thinking, maybe I could pull myself through Year 11, 12 and 13? I suppose I could try and pull myself through school and rely on friends outside of school instead, as my issue is the people in my year and not the teachers or anything, as I quite like my teachers. I've got people to talk to technically, but I'm not sure if I can keep myself together, knowing people say terrible things about me repetitively and frequently; but at the same time I could at least try and focus on only my schoolwork. Problem is, while I was doing that, people in other classes now say things about me like "she's like so obsessed with her schoolwork what a sweat", and that I need to get a life or something. My grades are proof that my effort is worth something, but I hate having people say such things about me. It wasn't like this last year.

If I do stay for Year 11, I want to stay for 12 and 13 too as I think then I have enough time to establish good relationships with teachers and know which ones to ask for letters of recommendation and such for my US college applications, as those need to be glowing.

Sorry for the long message, but I was hoping the extra detail may help if you have advice on this.