Benfield School

they put my kid in sum place called bp annd he shouded at my kid and even tryed to suspend him for geting watter

chelsea laidler should come back to benfild amidintly

I advise you to not send your children to this school. As a student myself from Benfield, this school is possibly the worst school in the country. The front office don't answer your calls and if you arrive late into school, you get a call back for it and you have to do it or you get put in BP the next day. The teachers don't know how to do their jobs properly and they refuse to let the students go to the toilet, they only let you if you have a medical pass and it's even worse for the girls since we can't say when we are on our period. They don't allow you to go on your phone if it's emergency and they say that the office can ring your parents if it is an emergency. Please, don't send your children here, it will just make their mental health worse than it already is and make them stress even more.

During my time there, the environment was chaotic, with teachers shouting and students, swearing, throwing chairs, and fighting during lessons. This took away from any chance to learn. While I don’t entirely blame the staff for students misbehaviour, they should be more prepared to prevent these disruptions and protect other students. On my third day at Benfield, I had PE, but my kit hadn't arrived yet (I had ordered it from the school website). I explained this to the teacher, but she insisted I still participate and go outside. Although I understood, it was pouring rain. I was told I’d face an hour of detention if I refused, so I went along. We stood in the rain for half an hour while the teacher, fully covered in a raincoat, stayed dry. The next day, I stayed home with a bad cold, as did many other girls in my year. When I returned, I began facing racist comments as I’m a girl of colour. I reported this to staff, but they simply told me to ignore it. In one lesson, a teacher put on translations for me, even though I had spoken to sir in fluent English. This felt completely unnecessary. That very same teacher had told students “if you’re going to vape don’t get caught” unbelievable. Mind you the toilets already reeked of vape. I never felt safe or protected at the school. My head of year even told us students that no matter how sick we were, we must be at school. It was clear that the staff cared more about attendance than our mental health or well-being.

good school sent my child to this school passed his gcses

10/10 I would want you sending your children to this school!

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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