DS will be going into year 9 soon and has been bullied on and off since the start of year 7 by some boys that the school want out the school but the head needs to manage them out. They are regularly suspended. Initially it was one boy and now it's another. My son said that at the end of last term his best friend said he didn't want to be friends anymore because he thinks he'll be their next target if he stays friends with him. DS has no shortage of friends but had been so much happier the last year with a best friend. He is being bullied because of his extra curricular he does out of school. There is another school a similar distance from us - about 15/20 minutes walk. Last night I applied for a place there knowing it won't get looked at until the start of term. It will be full anyway so the best we could do I think is go on a waiting list. He's not sure if he wants to move school anyway but it all seemed more manageable before his friend ditched him.
What would you do?