If you feel, and the private school agrees, that he will develop those skills by repeating 11th - I say do it. Athletes ask the same question when moving to private schools and repeating. Will the extra year and further development allow them to be better when applying to college, for whatever reason? The only caveat is that kids do catch up, and age, some of the time, does not offer a sustained advantage. Sounds like the fresh start is also what you might want. If you can spend the $$, I say go for it. 2 years of better grades will certainly help when applying to college - but again, he has to achieve them and being a year older may or may not make that easier.
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