My DS moved to a new sixth form for A levels. She was very happy at her school and did well in her GCSEs but she wanted a change and the school is mixed. It's a very good school.
She's doing well in class but she's really unhappy in school. She's tried really hard to make friends and joined groups but the people she thought were her friends actively exclude her from being invited to anything outside school. It's getting worse and she's desperately unhappy and is asking to leave now. She cries all the time and I have to make her go to school every morning. It's breaking my heart, she's a lovely, kind child. She is the only girl who has joined alone with no other people from her school and most have been there since Y7. I think possibly in the way only girls seem to do, someone in the group sees her as a threat and is actively encouraging her exclusion. We tried to get her back into her old school but she's doing different boards and it was too late in January. She had been unhappy in the first half term but said she'd give it another go. I don't know what to do for the best. She wants to do A levels and is talking about home schooling. The school were supportive when I first raised it but I don't see what they can do about this given their age. And my daughter won't talk to the school pastoral lead about it, I think she feels embarrassed and ashamed at not feeling liked.
Sorry for the long post but I can't bear for her to be so unhappy and I'm worried about her mental health, as she has struggled with anxiety and feelings of low self esteem. Does anyone have any suggestions. Thank you