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  • Student
    1.0
    20 August 2026

    Suicidal and the school only cares about grades

    At this school I have never felt worse. It’s so bad that I was going to commit suicide before school started again. I didn’t get much support for my Emetaphobia, anxiety, suicidal thoughts ADHD and autism, yes I know thats a lot but I only got a bridge pass, and got kicked out just because I seemed fine. I have almost killed myself 4 times. Some teachers are nice but there ate many that are rude and ignorant. They are terrible at accommodating needs and the RE teacher (the worst teacher) liter...

  • Former Student
    1.0
    17 March 2026

    this school sucks

    I used to go to darton from year 7 to year 10. I was taken out multiple times to be homeschooled because of the bullying I had to endure. Multiple students are incredibly stuck up and rude with no taught discipline, and the teachers do not care either. I know a good few students who have committed suicide or self harmed that have been to this school - and it was only when a kid committed suicide that they finally put up mental health support posters (on the back of a bathroom door) Not only are...

  • Student
    1.0
    17 February 2025

    former student

    I mean, its about as much as you can expect from school in general, its never gonna be great and somewhere you want to be but they could've atleast made it bearable. And scratch what I said at the start, its horrible, the staff are fine for the most part but the environment they put hundreds of GROWING CHILDREN in is actually diabolical. I mean, the tightest stairways, your always being pushed about, flung into walls by year 11s that look like they should have they're own job at this point, and...

  • Former Student
    1.0
    21 February 2024

    If you are special needs DO NOT come here

    I used to come here my mental health was frozen in time for over a year the amount of bullying in the school was apauling they say go to the learning manager but whenever I went they tried to flip it on me "overreacting" and when they didn't they would say "we will sort it" but nothing ever changed I was ther through year 7 and to about 3 weeks after the start of year 8 I was thinking of leaving pretty much when I started I tried to make my situation better by moving form it took over 6 months and when it happened the learning manager was acting like it WS such a burden the wellbeing team is actually useless if you have an autistic child or any other disability do NOT make them come here I am autistic so I would know thank you to anyone who reads this please take my advice

  • Other
    1.0
    25 August 2023

    Useless school

    Even before when the old school existed nothing has changed still full of useless teachers who are incompetent. Kidz sitting useless public exams which are not worth the time or effort. Need a much better system. A shame what could be good establishment considering millions of tax payers money wasted paying teachers salaries and running costs.

  • Student
    1.0
    26 July 2023

    The Worst School In England.

    I used to go to darton accademy and i’m being serious, this school needs shutting down its the worst school ever as soon as i stepped foot into that school my mental health went down the drain sick for other 3 days? school comes knocking on your door interrogating you asking why your not at school without any warning they just show up and at school the food is absolutely disgusting no halal meat they say they do vegan / veggie meals but they barely serve them the pasta is as dry as the Sahara desert they have apparently removed all tomato sauces so vegans/vegetarians cant have pasta anymore they have also removed all the juices cupcakes and deserts. and if your a second late first period even if its not your fault c4 if you get bullied and you run out of class crying c5 they say they settle it but it doesn’t the only thing they do is a c4 and then it carries on and carries on and they always believe the people bullying other people the bullies act like the victim then teachers belive them and punish the actual victims it was that bad that a friend of my literally wanted to move schools and he barely came to school anymore and ran out of class crying every single day there wasn't a week where he didn't run out off class crying. ever since this “accademy” came in the darton school was ruined when delta accademy came in it ruined everything the uniform our mental healths when it was just darton accademy we had way more freedom girls could walk freely without slt members slut shaming them “look at your skirt” “its way to short” “pull it down” “it’s distracting to male teachers” girls in this accademy have it the worst skirt down to ur knees? ur considered weird. Skirt rolled normally? you get told to pull it down and teachers don't let girls wear leggings in pe but we are somehow allowed trousers? ill tell you why because leggings are tight and teachers cant avert their eyes from looking at YOUNG girls if anything leggings are better for PE because you have less chance of tripping when you run but with trousers they are baggy and you always trip over the backs. also teachers favourite certain students mainly popular people to be honest half the time its slt! Slt are horrible they pick on certain students when i used to go to the school slt let girls walk past with massive eyelashes and skirts rolled up put as soon as i came in with mascara foundation and eyebrow gel suddenly its a issue? Thats what i don't get how they let girls with full faces of makeup walk past like they don't exists but when its me or other girls suddenly its not okay? my opinion is some slt members are pedophiles and get attracted to certain girls. same for female teachers they always favourite the popular “funny” boy they always suck up to him and always let them talk. this school seriously needs more inspection.

  • Former Student
    1.0
    21 February 2023

    don’t come to darton

    shocking school my mental health went down as soon as I joined

  • Student
    1.0
    17 November 2022

    darton from a students perspective.

    i’ve been at this school for a while now, and from my experience, i don’t have many good stories to tell. the only good things about it are my friends, the students. sometimes it feels like we’re the only sane ones. i hear the teachers telling kids off for the most utterly ridiculous reasons that make me question their priorities. we are made to go to school to live a good future, but plainly in this day and age it’s more about the teachers rather than the students themselves. i do not understan...

  • Student
    1.0
    17 November 2022

    Review from student serious must read !

    Dear anyone reading this, I have been at this school for 4 years now and I have enough experience to say it's not on the best side. The food is disgusting and soggy, with very little choice. The teachers are more concerned about the material and length of girls skirts to care about if they are getting to their lessons on time. My friends have been told they are making people "uncomfortable" by wearing skirts that are mid thigh. I'm Disgusted. Girls should be allowed to wear what clothes they like without being told we are "distracting" and "sexual". There are some great teachers here, however there are very limited. We have had a teacher suspended from school as there was a video on the darton academy Facebook of a pe teacher screaming at a child. Appalling! I would be petrified to be screamed at me like that, and it certainly wouldn't make your child listen!! The hallways also get very crowded a lot of the time with people pushing eachother all the time. People also vape in the toilets. Speaking of toilets, we used to not be allowed to go in lessons, which deprived us of a human right to be able to use a sanitary toilet at any time necessary. Fortunately though, more teachers have started letting people go to the toilet. I have rated a low personal development because I have not developed into the person I wanted to become, I have been stripped of happiness and mentally drained multiple times, and I know that many other students feel this way with nothing done about it.