Leia2018 wrote:
He has no one to challenge him in his class & has also said to me, “ mum I already know what they are teaching so I don’t really listen, I have no competition”.
I wonder what your response is to this? I have read posts like this on here before and what people tend to find is that in fact the children do
not 'already know' all the things the teacher is teaching at all, they
think they do, and can come somewhat unstuck when they get to secondary school and realise that actually they are not the clever clogs they thought they were. If there really is nothing at all in the primary curriculum that your son can't already do, then I suggest a chat with his teacher might be helpful so she can appreciate this and offer some more challenging material to keep his interest.
I am also a little surprised that a 9 (?) year old is complaining of not having 'competition' in his class. Why does he want this and why do you think he will be 'competing' if he goes to grammar school? I am only asking this as I fear you may be falling into the trap which some people do of thinking that a grammar school, just because it is a grammar school, is somehow very different from all other schools and the children within it are all not only super-bright but are going to be very motivating for your son. Of course being taught with bright peers can lift the attainment of a lazy but competitive child; but it is likely also that if you are in a non-grammar area there will be other children as bright as your son (or even brighter) going to local schools as well.
If you are determined that it must be grammar school, then you have to take the hit of commuting and losing the prospect of his school friends being local. Only you know whether you feel that is going to work for you as a family. But please visit the schools first! The local ones and the distant grammars. Preferably at the time of day that your son would be commuting to get a taste of how the journey would be.