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Co-op Academy Walkden

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2.8

Based on 11 reviews and 91 answers

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Average of 10 reviews with area ratings

  • Communication2.5
  • Indoor environment2.5
  • Food2.4
  • Outdoor environment2.3
  • Activities2.2
  • Safety2.0
  • Staff1.9
  • Education1.8
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  • Other
    1.0
    4 September 2026

    students rights being taken.

    Co-op Walkden is honestly an absolutely disgusting school when it comes to the way students are being treated. Students are having their bags searched without properly feeling that they have consented to it, and we are being forced to put our phones into pouches that we cannot open ourselves. This is completely unreasonable and makes students feel like we have no privacy, no trust and no say over our own belongings. School should be a place where students are respected, not treated as though we...

  • Other
    1.0
    25 March 2025

    rude staff dont care about bullying and mental health

    horrible school dont send ur child here

  • Student
    1.0
    7 March 2025

    DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS TO THIS SCHOOL! (I can’t stress it enough)

    Whatever you do, DO NOT send your kids to this school… none of the staff are willing to listen to the kids my child is struggling in school and they know that, the have made no attempt to listen or help him they just suspend him because he’s “naughty” no he’s not he is just misunderstood and the staff there know this they use it to their advantage to get a reaction out of him, they twist things and make stuff up. My child was also left at reception from 10am to around 12am, 2 hours sat by himsel...

  • Parent
    1.0
    7 March 2025

    DONT SEND YOUR KIDS HERE!

    this school is so bad! don’t send ur kids here, they don’t care about the students at all they only care about how they look and what the school looks like. Suspending kids for stupid reasons that’s all they can resolve to when they can’t be bothered to help them anymore. the food is raw and normally cold if you get hot food count yourself lucky! this school is a disgrace the teachers are even worse , only care about the good students and not the ones who want mental and emotional help they say “talk to us” but when u do they just brush it to the side! My sisters kid attends this school and she got told she is gonna get jumped and her throat sliced and they didn’t talk to the other students only coz they have adhd but my neice got in trouble for apparently “starting” the arguement. This school is the worst in Manchester! the teachers can’t even teach heard a review about how a teacher in this school didn’t do the register, let the kids verbally abuse their son! who wants that for their son? especially mr Corbett and mr hacker! Worse teachers known. once had a meeting with the head and he had his feet up on his desk, not very professional! DO NOT SEND UR KIDS HERE!!! Lowry is much better and acc care for the kids! coop Walkden worse school known!

  • Student
    2.0
    27 April 2023

    Like being in Strangeways Prison!

    The new strict rules and punishments are getting absolutely preposterous. Keeping kids in a room for 6 hours is absurd! How does that benefit them? If anything it makes them worse! And don’t get me started on the bathrooms, constantly reek of vape and urine. Utterly grotesque slop emporium of a school. The teachers are bone idle and leave the TAs and supply teachers to take their classes but it gives me a chance for me and my friends to have a laugh and mess around. They are cheeky because they...

  • Parent
    1.0
    22 March 2023

    Disgraceful school, with very few good teachers.

    Absolute shocker of a school, they’ll sit back and do nothing about bullying but when it comes to something as small as forgetting a pen they put kids on report. They treat the children with sen needs like criminals, they don’t listen to the kids, they’d rather put the fear of god into them then when the parents get to the bottom of whatever’s happened they cover each other’s backs. The only thing they care about is how the school looks to ofsted. If your child has a care plan they don’t even bother to read it, and if your child has an EHCP it won’t be spent on support for your child neither.

  • Student
    1.0
    7 October 2022

    AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Absolutely appalling; everything about this school is disgraceful, disappointing and depressing. The safeguarding staff and heads of years show a lack of sympathy and concern for the pupils worries, issues and needs yet claim to be all about supporting mental health and clearly they care more about uniform policies than actual education and wellbeing. Additionally, the school lacks a welcoming environment and many students feel anxious, scared, overwhelmed and hostile due to issues staff could easily fix if they actually bothered to deal with it. This school needs a lot of work and definitely a new, more useful headteacher who will actually get issues resolved instead of ignoring them.

  • Other
    5.0
    25 May 2022

    Top Notch. Working with together.

    Been Dealing with Walkden Academy for a few years regarding our Grandchild. Experience with all staff has been Top Notch. Cannot Fault the School. And more than anything have helped us . They never stop in trying to get grandchild to achieve her best, done with kind words and coaxing. And firmness where required , with upmost respect to grandchild and us. Nothing bug praise for all staff members. Impressed by their devotion to there job. Not a easy job in this day and age. Credit to Walkden Acad...

  • Student
    5.0
    30 April 2022

    Amazing people

    Teachers are really amazing they understand who you are the students are good some take full pride into looking after you and if your sad or upset they will be there for you we have a student council team who wants to take your voice in and will do whatever you say

  • Student
    1.0
    24 October 2021

    Worst school in greater Manchester

    Please don’t attend this school

  • Other
    1.0
    8 October 2020

    Rubbish experience at coop academy Walkden

    I don’t like this school at all I can never speak to a teacher when I need to and also my friends daughter got threatened by a boy who said he will slice her throat and they didn’t exclude all because he has ADHD well that isn’t good enough overall send your kids to a better school