Caludon Castle School

My experience here was horrible there is a boy here called Neptune he try’s to touch and sexually harass young year 7 girls in 7.4

Caludon is probably one of the most progressive schools out there at the moment. Very supportive of LGBTQ+ students, and offer the help that disabled and mentally ill young people need. The year teams will also provide students with the guidance they need for the future, and have been very patient and kind toward the students. Post lockdown, however, we have been very understaffed and teachers who aren't exactly reasonable have been hired. Despite the positives, teachers aren't the best at handling bullying. There have been multiple cases where students will shout slurs at minorities (notably trans students), where the teachers simply told them to "mind their language". However, it seems that with the arrival of a new headteacher, this is being taken a lot more seriously and discriminatory language and swearing will be separated and given different sanctions. The teachers are specialists in their subjects, and most have very unique and fun teaching methods which will cater to a majority of students. Many try to make the lessons fun and enjoyable, and work with students to create a positive learning environment. It must be noted that unless you approach the teachers yourself, you may not receive the attention you need to progress and develop personally as they will be busy handing behaviour incidents and such.

When I went to my year leaders about my suicidal thoughts I was put into counselling. When I went to my year leader about my childhood sexual abuse I was told I would be start that again, only to be ignored for the rest of the year.

It was better than the previous schools I had been to, but it was still terrible. They barely helped or supported my mental health issues, especially ignoring my autism, and most of the teachers were extremely rude and aggressive towards me even though I was trying my hardest to behave. Most students there hated me. Probably because I said something stupid or started an argument with the wrong person, but I don’t know why people assumed I didn’t like them. I wanted to be friends with so many people, yet they all looked at me in disgust. That’s what kinda made my self esteems issues and anxiety and depression worse. I ended up being emotionally drained and I didn’t talk to many people. This is when I became the so called, stereotypical “quiet kid”. So from there, there was a rumour going around about me supposedly being a sch**l sh**ter, which was clearly made up by someone who dislikes me. Everyone in school, for about 2-3 months, was terrified of me or made it as a joke, and what did the school do? Treat me like a criminal. They didn’t give me support, they didn’t ask if I were okay, they pulled me into a private room and interrogated me like I was a CRIMINAL. I WAS 16. A CHILD. I was terrified. I honestly despise that school and the majority of teachers in it. A few though, we’re quite nice, but most were not. I did make a couple friends there, but turns out they were all sorry for me. All but 2 or 3 stuck by my side. Well, it’s their losses anyways, they unfriended the bad version of me, while my friends saw the good version of me come to life. :) Well, this is all. I hope this sort of rant/review helps at all.

Nice people. Some teachers are nice and others get frustrated with you for literally doing the work. I was in a maths lesson once and berated for showing my working out which as many know is usually a requirement in exams and I need to know what I’m doing. But my grades there were terrible which upset me as I am usually an A student. Now i am at a different school and my grades are all up again.