Should I move my year 5 DC to another school?

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My DC attends a small one form entry village school. Throughout school my kind, mild mannered child has had some issues with the same few dominant kids who have strong, manipulative personalities.

I have spoken to the school on numerous occasions, each time it has been addressed the children are.on their best behaviour and then after a while it starts up again.

Recently my child has told me they are lonely at school and feel that they don't fit in. In their words they "feel like they are nothing" to their peers and wish they could disappear.

I am very worried about my child's well-being and want nothing more than for DC to have a positive experience at.school.

The school has told me that although my DC is friendly with lots of children my DC is isolated and lacks a support network and have spoken to a few children about supporting my child, but you can't force friendships and this hasn't help.

My DC is desperately unhappy and I am now thinking of transferring DC to another school, but am not sure if this is the right thing to do.

Any advice? Thanks for reading.

Your post is very sad, I really feel for you and your DC. It would help to know what the teacher's view on the situation is and also previous teachers that your child has had.

I can't advise on your exact situation as I don't know what your school/yr 5 class is like. My Yr 6 child is in the same setting (small village etc) and has had many friend issues over the years but they are happy on the whole and enjoy school. They are also in a very kind, calm and considerate class.

I think you need to talk with the school/head again and try to get an idea of what other actual problem is. If it is shyness or nerves on your DCs part, then the same thing may well happen elsewhere. In the same vein, if it is just the dominant characters overwhelming your DC, they are likely to come across this elsewhere.

I get why you want to move and I really hope you get some answers and a resolution for your DC. Good luck.

This is difficult, as above i am sure u have given each point consideration. However u may be wise to look at which high school they will attend and check feeder schools, then go look round by yourself and later with DS. I wish i had moved DD whilst both schools fed into the high school she has made so many lovely friends from the school i would of changed her too. If that makes sense - so a change in y5 would have given her a support network that she didnt have before - if only i had jumped! How far would the new school be?