i live in england and year 8 yeah, i'm 13
Year 8 is a very loving annoying year, I'm year 11 and we always have trouble with 10s, 9s and 8s. Most of the time it's the year 9s we have trouble with but nowadays the year 8s think they're bad and I've had one of them tell me that they wanted to "break every bone" in my body. He still pisses me off and he's a loving midget edge lord, I laugh at him all the time. Another kid was trying to take the piss out of me once and was just chatting stuff overall so when I told him to say it to my face he got shook and ran off.
Since you're year 8, if you're getting attacked, fight back. If you have loyal friends, get them to help you. Those who say "Suck it up and walk away like a man" usually don't know what they're talking about. This is a physical attack from multiple people for no reason, you can't sit there and do nothing. Just fight back