What to do about not so great primary school?

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My child is in yr2 at a state school. Basically it's a bit worrying!
There are 2 classes and each class has about 3 to 4 kids with 1 to 1 staff. Obviously this happens in every school and I have no issue with kids who need support. However, there is violence and classes being evacuated daily. The teacher cannot read a book without interupptions. 8 kids out of 60 have left in 2 years- most citing poor teaching, violence and kids not thriving.
The school seems lacklustre somehow. I know several parents have raised the above and a friend said she was moving her kid and the headteacher response was ' I don't blame you'
My child is happy which is the main thing but he just doesn't seem involved in what their learning or have any passion for a certain subject like I did at their age. I don't know how to approach this

Anyone?

Similar happened in my DS’ “outstanding” local primary, though the violence didn’t start until after lockdown when he was in Y4. It didn’t appear to be connected with SEND. It became really unsafe and teaching went by the wayside. We moved him in Y5.

I really don't want to move him if I can help it. He's got some great mates. Plus I don't know if his dad would let me move him? Several parents have complained but nothing changes.

Did he settle being moved that late?

Move. Those little aggressive disruptive kids will also be bigger disruptive kids. You have 5 more years. Find better.

Yes, he was up for the move and settled well, and has thrived ever since. But he needed catch-up help in maths because the teaching had been so badly interrupted by the chaos (i.e. more than the usual Covid chaos). We kept up with his old friends and he’s still in touch with them now. Many others also voted with their feet and they ended up with so few children in Y5 and Y6 that they had to merge the year groups.

You could look at alternatives without yet committing to a move. Current Y2 was a low birthrate year so you may well find there are spaces to be had. If you are really opposed to moving him I don’t suppose there is much you can do to improve things. It sounds like a very tough situation.

Thanks all. It's just so hard. I may well approach some local schools. I think he's probably still young enough to settle somewhere else. We're having to do alot of catch up at home and it's frustrating