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.

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

horrible. one of the worst experiences of my life. everywhere is constantly overcrowded from classrooms to the canteen. despite it supposedly being autistic friendly teachers have still done things like forcing me to look them in the eyes to the point of crying, shaming me for stimming etc. the pure stress from being in this school caused me to attempt suicide twice within three years of joining. me and many friends struggle greatly with mental health and while claiming to care the school clearly only says this to fulfill a requirement. casual racism, homophobia and transphobia are common. as a bisexual I cannot count how many times I have been called a slur. their reaction to covid has been awful online school was stressful as we were often given little to no direction and sympathy for going through a pandemic was nowhere to be found. in coming back to school I have been forced to stay outside while it is tipping down with rain multiple times as the school often fails to react in a timely manner. this school has made my life a living hell.

The school cares for your mental health and has a great support system. They do care about grades but it's not their main focus, in my opinion. However, the school is broke, so the building are not great, some are falling apart.