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Albany Academy
Secondary · Academy · Chorley
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READ THIS AND THEN THINK ABOUT SENDIG YOUR KID
Don’t go to Auburn Academy
You get told off for no reason Some certain teacher in pastoral is very mean
Do better!
As a professional in the field of psychology, I am disturbed by the actions and attitudes of the teachers at this institution. Including the "counselling" services they offer to pupils battling with their mental health. The level of victim blaming is staggering. The lack of care is a disgrace. We're talking about children here! Not to mention that one of the employees here is a former police officer who is constantly eager to tell others about what she **used** to do. Nobody cares. Stop thinking about the past and focus on your current job. It's completely irrelevant. As a former police officer, you have a terrible and unprofessional attitude that should make you ashamed. Victim-blaming is not acceptable! The "counsellors" provided within this school are not registered with the BACP either, therefore confidentiality is not a thing here. Your child’s struggles are merely staff room gossip! Terrible school. Please, do better!
the teachers are very nice.
The teachers are so kind to my young son in year 7. They make him feel very welcome in the school, and she sometimes stays behind with the teachers when they want to help him with homework. This is great teaching.
ALBANY ACADEMY CHORLEY
Teachers do not understand pupils well-being!!! if you are thinking of applying your child for year 7 please dont, the head teacher walked in on the girls while they were changing (he is male) and the girls where half naked getting ready for pe! year 7 head of year screamed at my child becuase she was pointing out something that was off topic, and the school do not care about bullying aswell! that school makes mental health worse for the kids!
Albany
Good school but the headteacher cannot be trusted and is a lair.
Don’t bother even applying
If you want you child picked on by teachers then by all means send them here! My child has been singled out for the colour of her hair (if you’re reading this teachers you know who I am!) when loads of other girls have dyed hair! First it’s “too bright” so I dulled it down then it was because it’s “two toned” when it was just blonde highlights yet there are other girls with skunk stripes and money pieces at the front of their hair but highlights is too much!! My daughter saved up her own money to go ginger with blonde highlights and now that £70 has been flushed down the drain because a teacher said they don’t like it so she’s had to get a box dye and do it black after only enjoying her dream hair colour for 3 days!! Disgusting! One rule for one and one for another! If they don’t like your child they will pick at every little thing they do, my daughter has had enough of being bullied by the students (one of which is the child of a teacher in the school) now she has to put up with the teachers picking on her and yes I’m reporting this to the school board too
Shit school
Honestly just a shocking school it's insane how such a highly regarded school is actually so bad on the inside
Great Academics - HORRIBLE Environment for Mental Health
Donna Nordone-Heaney
just nowNEW-Edit
In full disclosure I do not have a child at this school. I am a legal professional and have consulted with a family regarding their child's experience at Albany Academy. What I have heard from this family regarding the treatment of their child has propelled me to warn other families. The school offers top notch academic and arts programs. However, their approach to the social and emotional well being of their students can only be viewed (in my opinion) as irresponsible and actually unsafe. If your child struggles with making friends, feeling or looking 'different' or has a history of being bullied I would STRONGLY suggest that you find another spot for your child. Your child's emotional health is just as important as their academic success.
just nowNEW-Edit
In full disclosure I do not have a child at this school. I am a legal professional and have consulted with a family regarding their child's experience at Albany Academy. What I have heard from this family regarding the treatment of their child has propelled me to warn other families. The school offers top notch academic and arts programs. However, their approach to the social and emotional well being of their students can only be viewed (in my opinion) as irresponsible and actually unsafe. If your child struggles with making friends, feeling or looking 'different' or has a history of being bullied I would STRONGLY suggest that you find another spot for your child. Your child's emotional health is just as important as their academic success.
shocking
awful school, i was kicked out at the beginning of year 10 because i reacted to abuse i was receiving off another student who didn't recieve any consequence whatsoever.
Do not
Do not send your child to this school
Albany Academy
Albany Academy is one of my favourite schools I’ve ever been to. I’ve suffered constant abuse from my last school and being here has been my light at the end of the tunnel. My form is lovely and so are my teachers. I enjoy all lessons and so do most of my peers so…
Thank you.
Thank you.
Not good
Rules put in place are pitiful, generally awful
Pedos and Speedos
Most teachers at Albany were great, but a particular individual decided to ruin it with their "leadership" and less than comfortable attitude and approach to children. Don't bother going to Albany, systems are awful and a waste of time. Any other school in Chorley would be better than this.
Disgusting
Absolutely disgusting school the bullying here is rife and mostly ignored or brushed off, isolation and exclusions are regularley used as punishment for children that try stand up for themselves once they finally give up complaining to staff that simply don't seem to care or take action. extremely serious complaints fall on deaf ears.
Albany
Disgusting
Disgusting! no help whatsoever the bullying is rife and the teachers DO NOT care just turn a blind eye my son is now year 9 refused to go back in year 7! **** *****... well 🙄 refused to do a managed move, refused my son to see the senco I now have the local authorities (education office) involved etc etc etc would definitely NOT RECOMMEND under any circumstances
Awful
Went there when I was 11, I’m now 15. I only stayed 7 months because of the relentless bullying from my peers and the abuse from the teachers...nothing was even done about it. They couldn’t care less about anything or anyone but themselves.
Review
Amazing, loads of support, teachers are nice and build a great relationship with you. Could handle bullying better
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i began having mental health problems during all of this as well, especially in year 9, and the school did not care. i started having counselling in year 10, which was then told to my parents as well (without my knowledge).
school also refused to give me my leavers hoodie at the end of the year and we ended up having to go to the manufacturers to add it to the list. surprisingly though, school said that they did try to get me my hoodie and that i "didnt have to go to make a fuss about it".
kids are favourited and hated in this school, there are no inbetweens. they do not fix poor behaviour, and instead punish those who have not done anything. the amount of slurs i have heard around that school is atrocious, and they do not make any efforts to change that behaviour. disabled/differently abled kids are treated like dirt on the bottom of peoples feet and are not protected from the bullying of kids and teachers.
yes, the rumours are true too, the headteacher is 100% a wrongun and he should not be at that school. hes walked in on girls in the changing rooms, and i was one of the people who witnessed him forcefully rolling down a girls skirt because it was "too short". i was also told repeatedly to roll my year 11 school jumper sleeves down in the middle of summer (i was very insecure due to bullying and being trans, and they were winter jumpers. there was no alternative.)
i also began having medical problems end of year 10, which lead to me having to be sent home multiple times. it could flare up throughout the day, yet pastoral would only send me home once i had gotten my afternoon mark so it would look good for their attendance and ofsted.
do not send your kid to this school. i really mean it. its the worst thing you can do for your childs mental and physical health, as well as their future. even now being in college, certain behaviours have stuck with me due to that school. even when i tell people that i attended albany academy, their faces change and say theyve heard some "very strange/not polite things about that school".