Cardinal Newman R.C.

I hate this school. my maths teacher gives us homework every single day and expects us to watch different videos even on days we don't have maths, the amount of homework is so overwhelming that I have passed out from exhaustion doing it, and nearly killed myself. I'm transgender, bisexual and autistic, which the school claims to support, yet they don't. I haven't come out in fear of how people will react, only a few people that I'm very close with know. I get called "emo" every single day. I'm constantly told to kill myself and/or cause physical harm to myself, and for what? All because I'm slightly different. Harassed to the point of attempting suicide, just because I act differently. Only because I don't like eye contact, I'm always either too loud or too quiet according to others, and all of my interests are "childish" or "weird". Despite my attempts, the staff members have done nothing about any of this. I've been given detentions for not taking off my hoodie in pe (WHICH IS PART OF THE REQUIRED PE KIT) because I don't want people to see my self-harm scars. The PSE lessons have contributed to me developing an eating disorder, and I'm also constantly ridiculed for getting distracted, not making eye contact, or "having attitude" (I am autistic and I have ADHD, eye contact and similar things are very stressful for me and I can't help getting distracted easily.). This school is horrible. Also, most of the teachers act like complete and utter pedophiles.

Words cannot describe how much I hate this school. I'll just make a list of things that have happened that I can remember from the top of my head.
- Even outside of school, I was being bullied by numerous people that I won't name for obvious reasons. They would mock me just because I was quiet.
- The teachers. Especially one in particular. They ignore bullying and harassment but they shout at you for minor inconveniences. Even when someone has a time-out pass they make a big deal out of it.
- The support. I'm talking about counselling, passes etc. It's almost impossible to get support because they never really try to do anything about it.
Eventually the bullying and harassment got so bad I attempted suicide. I also developed a self harm addiction which also links to the support. They did nothing. I just wish they cared about their students mental health.

i’m sick of it now genuinely sick i feel attacked by teachers ,especially the pe teacher that used to play football and never missed a header, an we are never given any support at all we are just left to get on with it the only good thing is the fact that they leave offensive things slide an i cannot believe the fact that mrs curnow, previously had an affair with the music teacher, doesn’t let us play football an tells us off for breathing next to a cone i can’t deal with it anymore

Whilst the school does produce good grades, the support system within the school is generally poor. Mental health support is non-existant, casual racism is dismissed by teachers constantly and sexism is also a big issue. You’ll find favouritism is also a big issue. For some reason they have an allergy to phones, even the thought of them sends SLT into fits. Good grades but you will suffer mentally for them.