I wonder if Matt is changing his kids schools also, hence why they’re also moving? We know at first Jonny showed some jealously over “the gay dads” being included/invited to go out with the mums, yet Jonny wasn’t. Did Matt also say he didn’t like Anna at first? I can imagine them being the talk of the school gates; not favourably. Matt and his husband split up, but it may be the devices finalised and they’re selling the house, so moved the kids to a closer school. As the SJ clearly don’t have any other parent friends (even the E’s BFF parents, don’t appear to socialise with them) as well as them hinting Edie was having issues due to a “disagreement” between Anna and the parents, so bad she wanted to end it. There was talk of that actually relating to Andrea’s behaviour, but we know Edie was struggling and showing symptoms of anxiety and worry (stomach pains feeling sick etc) and they’ve certainly not done anything to dispel rumours of Edie not attending school. It wouldn’t surprise me if Jonny has tried to get Edie and Emilia into drama school like Italia Conti, assuming they’ll automatically get a place to them being a “infamous” YouTube family, but the reality is, there are so many talented child actors, singers, dancers that the OTT pouting, peace sign, tongue out, swearing performance, isn’t going to go in their favour. Without sounding mean, neither currently has the talent to go into that world, despite what Jonny tells them.
Alessia, “the forgotten child”, is probably well behaved and quiet at school, which can mean her struggles academically, may get over looked. If a child is struggling with the work in class, a lot will display behaviour issues due to frustration. I can imagine Alessia would sit quietly, not asking for help, and get to the end if the lesson and not have done the work. I also think she would be well liked amongst her peers, so if they have gone to a new school, she’ll hopefully settle well.
Andrea seems so much younger than he is, I’m pretty sure he’d be going into year 2 in September? Due to the way he’s regarded as a baby (same with alessia) it’s like they think he isn’t capable of doing anything because he’s young. All this has done, is lowered his expectations and those around him, and he gets away with lots. I’m certain he got in trouble for hitting at school? We know Anna encourages this, and thinks it’s ok to behave this way. Jonny thinks swearing is fine for all of them.
As someone said, it appeared they were thinking of their children’s future when putting them in private school, but the reality is, I think they liked the prestige that comes with it, Anna probably thought the uniform was cute, and they assumed that by paying for their children’s education, they wouldn’t need any input into supporting their educational development. There’s never any spelling practise, reading, homework, rarely any phonics. The writing Anna has shared has been mostly random letters the kids have written to her, or what she thinks are funny examples of their literacy homework. We have seen that all the SJ kids are working below age related expectations, particularly in literacy, and we know Emilia has dyscalculia, and it was implied Edie struggled to.
So they are ploughing money into theor schooling, but maybe they think it’s a waste? Maybe they can’t afford it? Have the above things meant the school was asking for more input from the parents, and they disagreed? They were playing the narrative that there are issues with how other families felt about Edie. I don’t think they’ll ever say the truth, they’ll probably say a reason for the changes, then a few TikTok’s later, jonny will have rewritten history again.
Let’s just hope the new school is a good thing, and they’ll get the support they desperately need all areas of their life. Be interesting to hear if Anna makes any other BFF that call her “sis” or will Jonny be welcomed into the coffee mornings by the other parents, or will they be stood, (Anna wearing here OTT make up and dated clothes, Jonny in his tight leggings, platform trainers and top to show off his penis and acid face tattoos) alone, whilst the rest of the parents hope that their child doesn’t ask to go and play at the new kids house, to be filmed 24/7