No he finished year 6 in a state primary and went to secondary school at the usual stage. Although as it happens he does have an August birthday and so is youngest in his year.
I asked him about OG last night and he said that OG and form 1 occupied a particular part of the building - a particular corridor- and when he was in form 1 he did not go away from that much. He says he is not sure why now, as these days "he wanders all over" To clarify the point OG is effectively a "Form Zero" and they are not thrown in at the deep end, and I understand they get a special element of pastoral care. I suspect my son, without realizing it was in a mildy protected environmentBut City would clarify that for you. we never had any great occasion to look into that side of things.
So far as socialising is concerned that has as yet not been a huge issue. They do a certain amount after school. There is a doughnut stall at Liverpool street station, it would seem.
After the first few weeks my son was very happy, actively wanted to travel by tube in and out on his own by the way.
Birthday parties in the early years tend to be large and at a venue. If you do something like taking them to a movie in Central London then they all just converge.
I should mention that we do not have a car, so although much as my daughter would have liked to rely on us for transport, that was not really on....She used to complain of a lack of car but my son never has.
The views are stunning and my son has said how much he likes that. They have a really good library.