Year 8 was the best for me: didn’t have loads of exams to try and place you like in year 7, homework was practically nothing since you’re not doing GCSE content yet or being placed, plus everyone felt like they were on top of the world due to not being the youngest in the school anymore lmao. I miss those days.
Year 10 was the worst - GCSE exam stress hit and people got super petty for some reason.