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Boston Spa Academy
Secondary · Academy · Wetherby
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Won't recommend
As this school is majority white it is quite isolating if you dont fit into that demographic. I've faced microagressions and racist remarks from teachers and students. Chaotic and loud classrooms and supply teachers evrey other week. Other words hell on earth.
Horrible! Becoming an academy ruined it
I was there when it was a school and loved it and I was also there when it became an academy. Bullying was awful but absolutely no one to go to because all the teachers cared about was underlining your title properly and having your purple pens with you. Teachers were condescending and rude. I used to love going to school and learning. When it became an academy I don’t think I was able to take in anything because my needs were not being met. Don’t know if it’s the same now but if you weren’t buying anything at lunch you had to stay outside… for some of us who didn’t have coats that meant a long cold wet dinner.
teachers are horrible
this school is awful. all the teachers here are complete control freaks and will do anything to have more control over you. rules such as “if you are wearing your jumper you have to have your blazer on at the same time” and “you have to keep your drink in your bag and ask to take it out, have a sip and then put it back in your bag”
when ofsted come in teachers completely change the way in which they act and it is nothing like it is usually. some teachers such as mr o neill are amazing. they abide by the rules in a way that isn’t petty and care more about your education rather than if your drink is out on your desk. miss caton is the head of year 11 and is nice to me but only after my mum had complained and argued with her several times over the countless petty isolations and detentions for issues such as “not taking my coat off quick enough when i got inside.” the teachers seemingly want to put you in isolation and give you detentions. unless your child is perfect, never gets in any trouble at all and doesn’t make a sound in lessons do not put your child through 5 years of torture. 90% of teachers there would prefer to teach robots for 6 hours a day they don’t care about your personal needs and only care for you if you are a grade 9 student. they will do anything in their power to be unreasonable and they try to find things to give you comments for.
this school is absolutely dreadful and some teachers i feel sorry for having to work there. big up dr bullock
when ofsted come in teachers completely change the way in which they act and it is nothing like it is usually. some teachers such as mr o neill are amazing. they abide by the rules in a way that isn’t petty and care more about your education rather than if your drink is out on your desk. miss caton is the head of year 11 and is nice to me but only after my mum had complained and argued with her several times over the countless petty isolations and detentions for issues such as “not taking my coat off quick enough when i got inside.” the teachers seemingly want to put you in isolation and give you detentions. unless your child is perfect, never gets in any trouble at all and doesn’t make a sound in lessons do not put your child through 5 years of torture. 90% of teachers there would prefer to teach robots for 6 hours a day they don’t care about your personal needs and only care for you if you are a grade 9 student. they will do anything in their power to be unreasonable and they try to find things to give you comments for.
this school is absolutely dreadful and some teachers i feel sorry for having to work there. big up dr bullock
Boston spa acadamy is such a damaging environment
I havent regretted many things in my life but sending my daughter to Boston Spa Academy is a definate thing I regret. Some of the teachers are just awful and how they talk to some of there pupils is appalling. They belittle them. It's like every student is always in the wrong. You get accused constantly of things. They make there mind up you've done something wrong and ypu have no chance to explain or add any context. Then they wonder why they have pupils flipping their lid. They are all so bloody frustrated and everything feels so unjust.
You email, complain and have meetings but you get nowhere. My confident academic happy daughter who loved learning changed into someone who is just going through the motions waiting for her time in high school to end. I'm sorry to say her experience as a pupil at Boston was not a happy one and really impacted her mental health. I would never recommend this school to anyone.
You email, complain and have meetings but you get nowhere. My confident academic happy daughter who loved learning changed into someone who is just going through the motions waiting for her time in high school to end. I'm sorry to say her experience as a pupil at Boston was not a happy one and really impacted her mental health. I would never recommend this school to anyone.
Boston Spa Academy Truth
Horrific school, failed me as an individual, teachers made me uncomfortable. big up jake dalton. unsafe, lots of fights, exclusion of music department
bostonspa review
failed me, only some good teachers and horrific toxic environment (excluding the music department)
Absolute disgusting
Absolutely terrible, I'm currently studying at this school and I wish I never went, the teachers are so awful and don't listen to you whatsoever, ofsted came in the other day and all the teachers completely changed their attitude towards everyone to make them look like a good school, the deputy head "Miss Maude" is an absolute liberal, will hand out comments left right and centre and will not allow you to explain yourself or what you was intending to do, a lot of the students that go to this school are extremely misbehaved, constantly vaping in the toilets and sitting in each others cubicles, the head of year 11 currently, "Miss Coleman" is an absolute disgrace to the school, I personally dont understand why all the year 11s even like her because she has a go at me personally for the littlest things ever and shes an absolute power freak, whenever im good or well behaved, she doesn't like it because she can't shout at me and all she does is rant about stuff, sorry that you couldn't go to the pub last night with you're girlie's, Mr Hollywood has completely destroyed the school, I've heard that the former headteacher "Mr walsh" was an absolute brilliant guy and ever since Mr Hollywood came along he has completely transformed the school and destroyed it, he cares more about the length of girls skirts than our education or safety. Ofsted really need to go into this school when they dont expect it and see what its really like, the only nice teachers in this school are the supply's and PE department.
Awful
They couldn’t care less about the students all the teachers ever talk about is grades and schoolwork it’s not a nice environment for children I know multiple people who suffer mentally or have experienced bullying and the school did nothing but make it wirse
Bullying + no academic progress
Bullying - both amongst students as well as staff. Disorganized and poor communication with parents. My child has not made progress in this school.
Fireworks
I wish i set it on fire before i left, missed my my chance now i suppose.
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