Bullying by excluding and changing school

[ALMOSTMRSG]

My 9 year old DD has had the same best friend since pre-school. They have played happily together and mix well other girls since starting school. Just before the Easter holidays my DD had a bad case of chicken pox and was off school for two weeks prior to the holidays. DD saw her BF during the holidays and everything seemed OK. But since DD has returned to school she has been left out by the girls in her class including her BF. The main ring leader in this is a girls who dislikes my DD and I feel she has taken her chance to brake up my DD friendship with her BF. They tell her she cant play with them. DD is very bright academically and I have always felt the main ring leader was jealous of her. DD has spoken to her teacher and I have spoken to the school head twice. This has now gone on for 4 weeks now and my DD is completely broken hearted, crying before school in the morning and going to bed at night. I now think that even if BF and other girls apologise DD will not forgive them and they at the end of the day cant be forced to play with her.

My DD wants to go to another school, about one mile away, after the summer holidays. What should I do, she has friends at the other school and it has a much better academic record than her present school, so I am not adverse to her changing . Changing school would also give her a couple of years to make other friends before going to high school. Her present school is small so there is little chance of her make other friends there.

[CantSupinate]

I can't see why you wouldn't move her, is the other school more inconvenient for you?

[LynetteScavo]

If your DD wants to move, and there is a place, and it's a good school...then why not?

Obviusly you can't keep changing schools....

[grapeandlemon]

Do it - change her schools. Poor little thing!