DS1 really struggled with school in juniors, @Dowser. Lots of massive meltdowns and he got to the point where he just hid in a cupboard all day, if he was in school. He did so much better once we got him into his specialst school, but something just clicked, after christmas, and after a few incidents where he lost control alongside his sleep pattern getting messed up so he could no longer manage the early starts for his long journey there, he barely made it in. Most of the boys at his school had similarly disastrous starts to their school life and many of them end up doing apprenticeships, A levels or university. I'm sad for him because he really is bloody bright but is so anxious and demand avoidant that he's just ducked out entirely, now.
Now restrictions are lifting a little, Ineed to crack on and apply for his bus pass so I have a chance of getting him out of the house again. Buses are his thing and the last Sunday before the pre-lockdown social distancing came in we took the bus to the metrocentre, then after lunch, into Newcastle, then the long, pretty way home via Consett. It was a glorious day and there was a pokemon go event on and we felt really lost, our first few weekends, not being able to do that. (The day before that, we did a loop of home - boro - darlo - home again and the less said about some of the arseholes on the bus from darlo, the better!)
Anyhow, I hope your grandson finds his groove again once everything has calmed down. In some ways, having the pressure to "do school" taken off him may have been a good thing, even if re-integration is still going to be difficult.