My son is in year 2 at the school he has been in since nursery. He’s a bright happy kind but also quite sensitive. His best friend left in year 1 as his parents job moved city and his other best friend is moving to another school as her parents have also moved and are juggling a punishing headcount. He has other friends but no one else he’s as strongly bonded to and he sometimes doesn’t have anyone to play with at lunchtime. In parallel some boys in the other yr 2 form have been low level bullying him (prodding a child with learning disabilities to hit him, name calling and bumping him roughly in the playground etc). We’ve had lots of chats about both types of things and I’m speaking to his teacher but I’ve also wondered whether to just move him? Our other local school has a place - it’s 4 form entry, ofsted outstanding and does have good values as far as I can tell (for us academic but not pushy and website emphasises kindness and wellbeing etc). Both schools have good reputations.
Anyone any experience? It’s not unbearable but on the other hand I imagine another 4 years without your tribe wouldn’t be great for self esteem and maybe he’d thrive?