Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy

Cowes enterprise college is ok i mean like good and bad the TAs are lovely and amazing the teachers are awful this 1 pe teacher gets stroppy when u explain your on your period 2 weeks ago I said I think I just got my period she told me to run I asked can I sort my self out she shouted and started shouting GO GET A PAD AND SORT YOUR SELF OUT in front of the whole class.

Disgusting treatment of students and dictator style leadership team. Have alienated the students and created a hostile work environment which is affecting their future. Leadership team also refuse to listen to students and parents despite backlash to their obviously backward school policies

Im a student at this school and me and many others are at a loss for words to even describe what these rules are countless people such as myself dont hydrate because they are afraid of wetting themselves it is an atrocity to see that we are forced to line up excessively everyday between these yellow lines then Escorted leasson to lesson like we're some criminals we dont even get more than 15 minutes to eat our lunch and socialise and the most of that 15 minutes is us being escorted to the canteen or lining up in long line for the toliets that no one can use i honestly thought the school would have more reasoning but no we are treated like we're in a boot camp even prisoner's on the island get better treatment

The school decided to lock up the toilets via shutters, we have to stand in lines one foot either side of the line and a whistle means level 1 silence. We have to stay silent most of the day and can't even use lunch to run around. Way too strict in my opinion!

It is a shithole. Do not send your kids here

This school doesn't really care. It might not include many optional GCSE subjects within the next 2 years. The students' behaviour is quite terrible due to lack of discipline and teachers giving the same usual punishments over and over. Students hang out in the bathroom during break and lunchtime, not allowing other students to use them. And don't get me STARTED about the toilets. People dump food in the toilets, graffiti the toilets with inappropriate drawings, and a lot of the toilet paper dispensers have been broken and there is no soap either, so don't bother trying to do a number 2 or stay hygienic. Maybe you'd be better off just holding it all day. (?) Students aren't allowed to go to the toilet during lesson either, under any circumstances, because it "disrupts learning". On my last day they revealed the name of their school mascot, using an AI-generated image. I know it's AI because when they showed it again it looked completely different. "Cowesby the Cow". Pretty ass name and idea to not just hire an artist. Some of the 5 star reviews here might just be bots. Please don't send your kids to this school in September, just take them somewhere else. - Sincerely, a year 8 who doesn't go here anymore and is happy to be gone Overall: pretty bad school ?? (school information is only at 4 stars because it's the "best in the island")

Awful school. Please avoid if you want your child to be happy and do well. There is so much bullying in this school. Nothing is ever dealt with. There’s never any follow up. A lot of victim blaming and passing the buck. I was told by the school that they had contacted the bully’s parents and the matter was being dealt with. I have found out subsequently that they did not contact the parents and the children in question were never spoken to. You cannot speak to the head teacher. She won’t meet parents face to face. Nor can you email or contact her directly. This school has an out of control bullying problem.

only care about uniform

in my english lesson my teacher said that the uniform is more important than the learning??

Teacher took my child’s phone away for a year and a half isn’t that illegal becuase I paid for the phone?

They want us to be identical and boring or smth this sch sucks on every level Most staff are over worked …you can tell

I go to this school it's not great the canteen food is good but expensive the assemblys a joke e1m is just sad the only good teachers are miss doughty mrs white (maths) and mr barron oh and of course miss rudd (head of year) . The school looks like a prison. It's filfy The library is nice and there is many places to sit at lunch overall an ok school

So dirty needs a clean and the clean staff are awful. The toilets aren't even usable sometimes even in the mornings. Some of the teachers are so rubbish barley even qualified. Dew good ones though that have made my 5 years worth it. Mr Mussel in science is the best . Pe is awful and we don't even do anything. I'll be glad to leave.

School is pretty awful. stupid rules. We arent allowed to stand at break or lunch.

Having had gone to CEC for half a decade, I’ve seen a lot of changes. One thing that had remained unchanged is the care and support teachers give students; it’s not only school work, they care for you as a person and treat you with respect and kindness. I’ve never felt so supported ever, and have always throughly enjoyed going to Cowes. Mental health has become more of a top priority for them, and it shows through the lengths they go to to support you. Academically, the school is strong with amazing teaching staff and lots of sessions for those struggling in their subjects. Always proud to be a student there.

While the school is exceptional compared to other schools on the island, it lacks the ability to solve racial differences. Since I'm part of the few poc at our school, some of the students are casually racist to me and the school didn't do much after I reported being called the n word, even though I'm Indian. People often think I'm not fazed by the comments but I really am. I know people who were bullied and nothing was done about it.

Nothing bad I can say about the school. I feel really safe and like they care about me. Lessons are good, clubs are good, school is good.

this is the best school on the island and i am glad i go here

Thank you CEC for being such an amazing school

Thanks CEC for being so amazing for the students!