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Biddick Academy
Secondary · Academy · Washington
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Bullying
Could anyone from the school comment on the bullying that is rife at this so called academy....It has been brought to my attention that it is a common practice from older pupils to bully younger children and the so called teachers here turn a blind eye and sweep it under the carpet...I will be watching.
Hole school in general
School in general
My two children currently attend this school My oldest has had a positive time she’s a positive learner, great at all sports and is a positive pupil that represents the school well . However my youngest didn’t adapt so well to the changers from primary school to comp and has had the worst experience throughout all her time at this school she is now in year 8 and has barely seen a full week in school as she feels bullied by her head of year . Head of year is terrible when it comes to any sort of support. Unless your child can be a robot and fall in line with the others, they 110% have to be getting extra funding for any and I mean any support at all.
Poor.
They would lock the doors after 5 minutes meaning we could not go to the toilet or leave a lesson as we couldn’t get out of school. They cared more about a piercing on your face or in your ears rather than your education and problems within the school such as bullying. Some teachers would not allow you to open school windows even at 25 degrees. After 10 minutes of eating your food in the cafeteria you would be kicked out to stand outside no matter the weather, no indoor spaces. Send your child somewhere else if you want them to be respected.
Needs changing
There's a minority of teachers that will help they do care . A minority . But infact these teachers are restricted . On several occasions I have requested to go to a "trusted adult" as they say but been turned down and gold to talk to my heads of year as I I their concerned ,not nobody else's.
We should be allowed to go to who WE trust ,not just a teacher because they are in controlled of our year group. There's been times I've been sent into lessons crying my eyes out about my mental health but again denied of any help .
Not to forget that when ofsted come to the school we are told to be good ,to lie . I had a friend lie to ofted saying there was no racism, sexsism ,classroom torment ,homophobia ,transphobia, there's even children being bullied fir having horrible habits of self harm and the school sits back and watches ut all.
The boys are misogynistic and so are the male staff .what teacher tells a child that if a boy is saying sexual, vile things about her there is no proof so he can't act on it . That it's just rumours so it could be false . Could be . But it wasn't was it .
Fair to say there's room for improvement
We should be allowed to go to who WE trust ,not just a teacher because they are in controlled of our year group. There's been times I've been sent into lessons crying my eyes out about my mental health but again denied of any help .
Not to forget that when ofsted come to the school we are told to be good ,to lie . I had a friend lie to ofted saying there was no racism, sexsism ,classroom torment ,homophobia ,transphobia, there's even children being bullied fir having horrible habits of self harm and the school sits back and watches ut all.
The boys are misogynistic and so are the male staff .what teacher tells a child that if a boy is saying sexual, vile things about her there is no proof so he can't act on it . That it's just rumours so it could be false . Could be . But it wasn't was it .
Fair to say there's room for improvement
If you care about your kids, go elsewhere
I was bullied relentlessly for years with no help from teachers at all. They turned a blind eye to the homophobia going on from students even when it was right in front of their faces.
When I became too ill to attend in my final two years, they offered little to no assistance and had to be strong armed into offering help.
Teachers were largely uncaring.
They told us to lie to OFSTED when questioned, and problem children were removed and hidden away before reviews, sent on school trips or given incentives to behave for a week.
Don't go here.
When I became too ill to attend in my final two years, they offered little to no assistance and had to be strong armed into offering help.
Teachers were largely uncaring.
They told us to lie to OFSTED when questioned, and problem children were removed and hidden away before reviews, sent on school trips or given incentives to behave for a week.
Don't go here.
Please do not send your child(ren) here.
Would not recommend, does not handle bullying or other problems. Only good points are: LGBT+ club, Student Support (handles autistic children)
Never rewards or helps the hood children, only focuses on bad children. There are multiple homophobic, racist, anti-semetic, sexist children in the school and they have never been expelled. It’s absolutely disgraceful.
Never rewards or helps the hood children, only focuses on bad children. There are multiple homophobic, racist, anti-semetic, sexist children in the school and they have never been expelled. It’s absolutely disgraceful.
go literally anywhere else
honestly horrific, the homophobia, transphobia, and racism is very present and the staff do nothing about it. the teaching quality overall is extremely low aside from some staff who put in the effort to help the students.
it’s not good
it’s okay but honestly i wouldn’t send ur kids here
Not great.
When I first went it was great, they were really helpful at helping get me into school since I'd struggled for a while. After about a year all help seemed to cease. I've been through staff members lying to me about my parents, claiming they consented to things they didn't, lying to my parents about me. There's a lot of pretty nasty students in my experience, homophobia, transphobia, etc. Was just ignored and I was often told that they were just 'upset and being a bit rude'. Overall was a very negative environment and has taken a big negative effect on my mental health in all honesty. To be fair, there were some lovely staff members and I miss them greatly, but they were in the minority.
okay, not great
alright. not the best staff and the students especially are horrible
awful
not good, been there for 4 years. came across about 5 pleasant teachers, the rest shouldn’t even work with kids in my opinion, ridiculous, most unhelpful negative environment ever.
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