Daughter being bullied at school

[lexi873]

Hi everyone,
My daughter started secondary school in September and is in Year 7, she’s been getting on great no problems at all but it seems over the Christmas holidays she’s had a fall out with a couple of friends.
I can’t really make sense of what it’s all about but it just seems to be girls silliness and all saying things about each other which has culminated in two girls turning on my daughter (these two were best friends from primary school previously so I guess they’d stick together) and they’ve all gone back to school yesterday and it’s turned pretty nasty!
Examples - Approaching my daughter in the corridor when she’s with other friends and asking these other kids why they’re friends with my daughter and why do they like her?
Also writing Snapchat statuses saying “Who actually likes S (my daughter) yes or no?”
I have screenshotted these messages but I’m unsure what to do if anything?
I picked her up from school today and she dissolved into tears as soon as she saw me, said these two girls have tried to take her other friends away and leave my daughter stood alone etc.
If they don’t want to be my daughters friend then fine but trying to make other kids dislike her too is just bloody nasty isn’t it.
Do I go to the school and ask for action?
I have the mobile number of one of the mums from a group sleepover a couple of months ago should I message her even though I’ve never spoken to her before?
Will any of these things make it worse? My daughter doesn’t even want to go to school tomorrow ☹️
Thankyou

My daughter is year 7. Luckily we haven't had any of this but I can imagine it is horrid. Just to echo pp, if your daughter has been upset to this extent definitely go to the school. I had a terrible time in year 7. I think some girls in particular can be really horrid. Whatever are their parents thinking letting them have snapchat though. Bloody social media.

The only other thing I would say is try and get to the bottom of why she has fallen out with these 2 girls. Has she done something particularly awful? Not victim blaming at all but they are likely to come out fighting and it is good to be prepared.

Year 7 is horrible. It's a mix of them all trying to make new friends and breaking up with their primary school friends. They think it makes them look cool to talk about people to their new friends and lots of bullying goes on....usually on instagram and snapchat, which they all have.
Ring up and ask to speak to their form teacher, they will be used to this sort of behaviour and will be able to have a word about bullying to the girls.