I have an 8yo DS who is in our nearest local school. It has mixed year groups but the years don’t seem to ‘mix’ that much socially and there are around 20 kids per year.
I’m always told by teachers that he gets on with everyone and I think this is true he is well like generally. The problem is he is hardly ever the ‘chosen’ child. So this year he has only been invited to 2 parties. Other kids have openly talked about parties so they are definitely going on 😔. The girls just seem to do girls only parties which is unfortunate because he would count them as his friends. A couple of the boys have left this year and it’s left even fewer social possibilities.
I’m wondering whether I should move him. Does anyone have any experience of this kind of situation? If he was being bullied it would be an easy decision but he’s generally happy day to day and doesn’t complain of being on his own at school. Academically he’s flying. I’m worried it might be starting to erode his self esteem.