Sending my DS to secondary with no primary friends!

[Loramora]

So my son will start year 7 in September and last September we went round all the local senior schools and decided that the one his step brother (on his dads side) was the one he wanted to go to. Good school, ofsted done recently that’s good, they have a range of extra curriculum that he would be interested in, they have a cadets program that interested him especially and the school is half way between mine and his dads house so easy to go to either home he fancies once he starts coming home by himself on the bus. plus the added bonus of his step brother being in the year above.
however none of his primary school friends are going there, not many of them even applied to go there as first choice and the other one that did didn’t get in.
I was excited about the prospect of new beginnings but the letter has come about his induction day in July and I’m sick with worry he’s going to not know anyone and be on his own. Did anyone else send their child to a secondary school where none of their friends were going and how did they cope? Am I catastrophising or if your child did struggle settling in at a school what things can I do to help him feel more included/more confident about making new friends?

Thank you everybody I can’t tell you what your messages mean. I think last night I was in full blown panic mode but logically I realise that yes maybe the first day, week, term might be tricky but ultimately he’ll be okay. I think some of my anxiety is coming from the fact he’s my first and only and I’m just generally sad that his primary days are coming to and end. Thank you so much.