One of my sons has been excluded from his friend group that he had from P1 through to mid way of P7.
He did very well in his transfer test, much better than his friends and the exclusion appeared to start after the results were released. The transfer test is still a thing in Northern Ireland.
Luckily he will have new start in grammar school in September. None of his 'friends' are going to the same school.
The boy who started this has a mother who teaches at the school and will be a vice principal from September. My partner did discuss the bullying with her but she said she's spoken to her son and he'd denied it. Case dropped.
Previously they'd been to sleepovers in each others homes. The first sign of exclusion was when our son was the only one not invited to this boys birthday.
it has been a horrible few months for our son culminating with him saying 'there is no point in me going on'.
My sons former best friend left the school over a year ago. This was due to bullying (from a different boy as far as we know). This boys mother had raised concerns with the school but felt she was dismissed.
i feel like writing to the board of governors. I don't think school management will do anything. My youngest daughter will still be at the school for a further 2 years.