I agree with Howdy... sounds somewhat like my DS(just turned 8) - and IME, anxiety + poor school fit/environment can start to look like ADHD. Our psych told us that ADHD has to be present in 3 areas - so you'd need forms filled in by the teacher, yourselves and a club/extra-mural leader or grandparent or if he has a babysitter, someone like that. In our case, the only forms that have ever shown "positive" for ADHD are the school's - everywhere else he doesn't hit anywhere near enough signs for it to be likely that he has ADHD.
Has he had a sensory assessment? Sensory seekers can bump/touch/get in others' space in an effort to get the sensory input they crave and need. [There is also a pretty big overlap between ADHD "symptoms" and Sensory Processing Disorder symptoms. There was also some research that showed doing sensory therapy with kids diagnosed ADHD was beneficial.]
In general though, it does seem like it's the school fit/environment that's the biggest issue here, causing major anxiety that is affecting his behaviour/performance.
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