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2.9

Based on 10 reviews and 83 answers

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  • Outdoor environment2.6
  • Activities2.6
  • Communication2.3
  • Indoor environment2.3
  • Education2.2
  • Food2.1
  • Safety2.0
  • Staff1.8
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  • Parent
    1.0
    23 September 2026

    Fking fuminggggg!

    This school is a joke! They lock the bathrooms during class so children cant use the toilets. There is only 40 minutes of break total, only 35 minutes for lunch for a whole school to get lunch and eat it then 5 minutes break time for everybody to get their water bottles filled and use the toilets. This is meant to be a school, not a prison! Absolutely diabolical, i would avoid sending your child here at all costs unless this is the only alternative to military school!

  • Student
    2.0
    26 August 2026

    CODA maybe bad

    The rules are getting worse and worse, bad and very very boring dont like school really friends like one of the only good things about it

  • Student
    1.0
    5 June 2026

    BAD SCHOOL !!!!

    they leave students to be hungry when they are in ISR They only get food at lunchtime not break time and they are making a new rule which goes by year 10 and 11 have to eat before year 7 9 and eight and I don’t like that and no one will like these rules and those girls need to be able to go to the toilet whenever they want it’s a human right what if they are on their period and have leaked then you would say something but if they are desperately needing to go to the toilet to change their pad or...

  • Parent
    1.0
    19 May 2026

    let the kids go toilet!!

    not allowed to go toilet during lessons, not letting year9s and year8s to eat children can’t be a minute late to lessons or one hour detention and the new rules are bad

  • Student
    1.0
    12 October 2023

    worst school

    worst school in derby. absolutely horrible i couldnt list everything wrong but that would take too long. they dont care about the students unless they are white and they dont keep anything anonymous and safety for students is horrible and the headteacher is a racist. if you get robbed and you tell them who did it they wont do anything and blame you for bringing the item in and dont sort it out no matter the price and they blame you for every small thing that happens and the teachers are very dis...

  • Student
    1.0
    11 November 2022

    horrible

    fights every other week vaping in the toilets and people with knives. language is horrible DO NOT GO HERE toilets stink and dont lock teachers are racist a teacher told a srudent to go backto his country

  • Student
    4.0
    28 December 2021

    Review

    I'm a yr10 of 2021 . The school isn't the best but it's misunderstood. People used to say to me I'd get beaten up but it rarely happens

  • Former Student
    3.0
    20 July 2021

    Disguting

    Only been there for 1 and half year (because of covid) and some of the teachers are so bad .You can raise your Hand for help and they will look at you and ignore you. The behaviour is awful. Some people bring in knives and jump people after school and threaten them which makes me afraid to even come to school without protection.There is maybe 5 decent teachers i can trust. Even my form tutor ignores me and goes off complimenting the people beside me and ignoring me.The maths teachers just give...

  • Student
    4.0
    7 January 2021

    Enjoy

    This school isn’t bad but it’s not the best the behaviour of younger students is terrible some teachers don’t know half their job. I hate every single teacher there? Except from some xxxxx From your favourite pupil❤️

  • Student
    2.0
    7 November 2020

    Not very good

    This school is very bad for behaviour and the support isn’t very well built such as bullying i have been turned away many time and all they say is we’ll talk to them but they never do anything. there is a well being team but they don’t help much. Theres only a few decent teachers who know what they’re doing and some of them just have a doss about and don’t help or tell you off for doing your own style of working! The younger children are so rude and cheeky it’s unbelievable