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Denefield School
Secondary · Academy · Reading
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This school is literally hell
This school is like a prison, one of the teachers once said we don’t deserve an hour break in the whole school day. I’m leaving this year finally after feeling trapped the last five years
Do not send you child/ren here!
As a parent I find this school to be quite shocking. No structure. Teachers/staff are atrocious. They do not help when a child asks for help. One teacher threatens to shoot them (I kid you not). No cares for the children and their mental wellbeing. This school has really gone downhill since a certain head took over. He wants to run a boot camp instead of educating our children. Oh and if you wish to speak to him directly. Good luck!!
School is a joke. Send your child at your own peril
School is a joke. Send your child at your own peril
It's not too bad
Drugs and vaping problem and the teachers are awful but it's better than little heath!
Gcses
Shut it down
The school is horrifically bad. The high-up staff felt the need to have complete power over students and were not supportive at all. There is nowhere to go at break because the canteen is full and the courts are wet or the benches get stolen. The boys are incredibly homophobic and sexist and most of the girls are stuck up and bitchy. The good teachers keep leaving so it is incredibly understaffed and the teachers there are under-qualified. One teacher before he left told us he was leaving because the management was awful. Also, when I was upset, on multiple occasions I was told that I was just being dramatic, to be quiet because I was bothering everyone and that they were too busy for me. A lot of students were ignored and harassed to the point they required counselling which was hard to access and poor quality. I always feel uncomfortable and unsafe. The school is run by an incompetent man who is not able to spell or organise anything. He spent money on things that had no benefit to the school other than to rebrand it and make it his own. Whenever parents complain about anything it is very rare they get a response and even if they do, nothing is done. The teachers have also lost, ruined and incorrectly graded Year 11 mock exams. They have also incorrectly recorded the final language speaking exams meaning several students had to retake them. I have no idea how the school is allowed to operate but it should definitely be shut down.
Gcses
It’s alright but would look at other schools
Some teachers are lovely but silly rules. Spiralled downhill since the new Headteacher joined. I left last year after completing year 11. They never taught you how to revise. So you have to do figure it out.
Horrific
The school is terrible in every way. If I could give a worse review I absolutely would.
Gcses
No no no
Some great teachers but generally not enough support , ridiculous rules and no bullying help. Would not recommend
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