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Parent
Jan 30, 2024

No Words!!!!!

Absolute disgrace no organise action, kids run this school not the teachers they have no authority over the children at all, this mainly being due to there lack of communication. These kids can’t be getting an education if the school don’t offer a through and comprehensive punishment system that is monitored and followed through out. This school is all about how it looks. Someone wants in there to actually see what goes on. They have text services telling you your child has a csi or callback same day after school but infact your child is actually out of school grounds and making there way home. Complete shambles! All these people commenting on here need to log there parent views on ofsted and get the place inspected. This is our kids education and safety.
Student
Sep 5, 2023

Benfield = pain

Dont go to this school you will feel pain and want to go home like me. The pasta is runny. And there are lots of evil seagulls. The management don't care about you and the office never answer. Its not a fun place. There are children who have the potential to slay but can't cause the school limits their slaying abilities
Student
May 25, 2023

yahya chowdhury 9d

this school is very bad do not send your child here as the teacher take advantage of kids. And they expect the kids to listen to them,when they dont listen to the kids.They ask for respect but respect comes both ways
Student
May 9, 2023

Bullying

The teachers scream in your face for making a tiny mistake kick u out for the stupidest reasons or put u in isolation which will give other kids bad mental health and bad anxiety so glad I have left the teacher are two faced when they say they’re going to sort the bullying out they don’t then when a person comes up to you and tries hitting you(the bully)and u defend your self you will be the one in isolation and the bully gets off Scott free this school has went down hill since the new teachers came there in 2022
Parent
Apr 28, 2023

Bentfield school review DO NOT SEND CHILDERN

DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILDREN

coming from my experience the teachers are a disgrace, the way they speak to students ,parents, public and there own STAFF is atrocious. There is also a massive bullying problem that isn't being taken into account it is meant to be a "sport school" yet there is no yr10 football team or yr11 or even a football club there is no sport activities or clubs after school there is no GCSE work and they will lock your children in a room for miss behaving(and only feed them 1 sandwitch, water, crisps and a dry flapjack. Please reconsider


yours sincerely Ben Dover.
Parent
Apr 24, 2023

Worse School In Newcastle

Bad school all the teachers are leaving the kids and teachers are bad worse school in newcastle do not bring your child here they tell you nothing they told us about parents evening the day before it happened they say everything last minute they re were lots of clubs but most of them are gone
Parent
Mar 22, 2023

Think twice!

Absolute shambles! My children have been subject to every form of belittling from teachers who, in their defence, have been encouraged by the head of the school to do so! Benfield have lost most if not all of its staff over the last year because they disagree with the gastpo like regime that has been implemented! The children now have to put up with triple lessons and supply teaching from teacher who have not specialised in the subjects they are teaching. They also have to stand to attention when teachers enter the room, also before lessons and after breaks. This is but a few points whilst the children recieve a below standard education!
You never get any response from the school to phone calls, emails, or voice messages! They always hold the child at fault and never listen to reason. I have been lied too, shouted at and hung up on numerous times!
Please think long and hard before choosing Benfield as an option for your child.
Parent
Feb 7, 2023

Terrible. Absolutely terrible

This school made my children wait outside for 30 minutes which left them with 10 minutes to grab their food and eat. The teachers made them wait outside, since they had left their journals at home, and were expected to wait until the rest of their classes had went in.
Parent
Jan 21, 2023

Parent

I couldt even rate this school any lower if I could,it needs closed down the amount of kids coming out of it with bad mental health a joke and not coz of covid ect but the school treatment and some teachers need reminding respect is earned just like I tell my children!! And lot there lovely teachers have left coz how much its gone down hill
Parent
Nov 22, 2022

Contact

Answer your emails and voice messages

Crap, don’t try to call, leave a message or email at all they simply don’t reply. Even if it was an emergency, the school correspondence is absolutely appalling
Employee
Jan 24, 2022

Recent changes

Recent changes have led to the school being unable to manage behaviour. Where previously students would have consequences for behaviour, now there is a lack of consistency.
The morale of staff is extremely low. There are often missing students unaccounted for which is a major concern. Staff are treated badly, with senior staff showing no regard for staff well-being.
I have witnessed senior staff raising their hands in a ‘stop’ sign without acknowledging other staff when staff members try to talk to them. An authoritarian management style is in place. Staff turnover is very high with a large number of staff leaving due to the bullying culture in place from the senior leaders. Teaching staff receive no support to manage behaviour and the welfare and safeguarding team have left.
Staff are disrespected on a daily basis. Every staff member I come into contact with is actively seeking new employment.
Student
Nov 13, 2021

Teachers are great, management are a disgrace

I am a current student in y11 and this year we are under new management and the school has turned into a nightmare. One of my teachers has worked here for a long time and they want to quit because of how they are treat and how they treat students. First of all teachers aren’t allowed to print worksheets out anymore and weren’t informed of when our mock exams would take place. Teachers have been threatened to be fired if they let students go to the toilet during lessons. At break and lunch y11 are restricted to a small area of grass however no ball games are allowed so we must stand and “not look chavvy” (that is a direct quote from a senior leadership team member) there has been numerous times occasions of children with mental health issues wanting to speak to their counsellor who’s office is on the top floor however the staff won’t let them as we aren’t allowed upstairs during break or lunch and one staff member genuinely said they don’t care that we need a counsellor. Please if thinking about sending your child, don’t. After all their motto, which they’ve mentioned during assemblies, is if you don’t agree then leave and this goes for staff as well. They’d rather have a good Ofsted report than take account for student’s wellbeing and mental health. A school I was once proud of going to is now a place I can’t wait to leave
Benfield Road, NE6 4NU, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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