On the dying wish of my FIL both my children attend the same school that my husband did. It is a private school and as the years have gone on, I grow deeply unhappy with how the children within the school talk to each other / interact with each other. It’s a whole other level of cruelty. My DS is very, very sensitive. He used to have one close friend but now that friend plays with a larger group of boys who have decided to mock and ridicule my son- and on the good days they ‘simply leave him out’. He has a wonderfully quirky personality and is a good foot taller than 99% of the boys. It’s so painful to witness as he walks into school head down. He’s in year 7 and I have heard that year 8 brings with it more contentment and people start to find their true friends? Is this anyone’s experience? Or have people found it best to start the wheel moving to get him into a new school as soon as possible? Watching him waiting for his phone to ring and crying once he gets into the car is breaking my heart. Everytime one classmate adds him to a group chat he is removed by this particular group of boys. The school councillor described their actions as a systemic bullying in a group. This was at the junior school and unfortunately they have all moved up as a gang in one class and my son isolated in another. Widening the divide. 🥺does it get better?