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SecondaryStoke-on-Trent
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2.8

Based on 12 reviews and 108 answers

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  • Other
    4.0
    16 September 2025

    Parking

    What’s the point of painting red lines all around the school when staff & parents constantly park on them , Should be Fined

  • Parent
    1.0
    25 June 2025

    Absolutely Appalling – Avoid at All Costs

    Do not be fooled into thinking, as I once did, “How bad can it be?” Discovery Academy is far worse than you could ever imagine. Let’s start with leadership. The principal is incredibly insincere, telling parents whatever she thinks they want to hear in the moment, with no intention of following through. It’s all smoke and mirrors. The senior leadership team is an absolute disaster — completely disorganised, uncommunicative, and clearly not working together. Nobody seems to know what anyone else...

  • Parent
    3.0
    8 May 2025

    The school review

    The school is terrible teachers are mean students are horrible I bad my daughter come home crying that she was being threatened by this girl and she was getting boys on her I went up to the school we had a meeting all they said was not anything they could do so I pulled my daughter out of the school and she's being doing better I recommend do not go if ur child gets bullied as it is xx

  • Former Student
    5.0
    12 May 2024

    AMAZING SCHOOL

    I was a student here and the school is really good and they care about students and there mental health . everyday I had to get a taxi to and from school and I sat in reception because my taxi was always late but the people there was so lovely and they gave me jobs to do when I was bored and When I moved school they thrown a little party and the people in reception was lovely they all said bye and just genrelly loving , Mr prince was so nice to me as i was going through a lot and he taught me maths and I wasn`t doing work but Mr prince sent me to talk to other teachers to help me and support me . But when I was getting bullied they helped me and Miss james helped me when my behavouir when down hill and encouraged me to build it up again . Miss moss she was my form tutor she is so caring and when I would normally spend my lunch and break with her and we would just talk none stop about how things have been and she would help me when I was struggling . I would really really recommend this school!!!!

  • Student
    1.0
    21 April 2023

    discovery is shit

    The school is so disgusting and racist . The teachers dont control the class and instead of punishing the one they punish everyone around them . They dont at all about our mental health and they dint even celebrate the different cultures in this school. They dont care about racism and in itself it is racist . They mistreat and dont enclude them . They specialise more people from the rest and they have favourites AND YOU CAN TELL .

  • Student
    1.0
    10 February 2023

    The new prison

    Thus school is turning into a prison I'm one of the students there

  • Student
    2.0
    6 February 2023

    bad school

    such a bad school, the rules that they coming up with are ridiculous. They won’t let students go toilet and yes i get that u don’t want us to miss education but we can’t go at break or dinner bc they are full with people vaping/smoking in there,some of the toilet are blocked off by gates.They don’t care about mental health just about have we look and how we have to meet the expectations. with the year 8 and year 7 we have to stand out in the cold doing lesson prep which is making us stand out side with out arms up and with no coat on. Also don’t like how if we have a blazers on we get a 15 minute detention it’s getting rediculous it’s hard to cope in this school. And today (6/02/2023) the principal said we don’t have human rights to go to the toilet during lesson and yes we bloody damn right do!!

  • Student
    2.0
    6 February 2023

    Bad school

    Such a bad school , they don’t care about you all they care about is your mental health I am a student there and all they care about is getting u to lesson and if you don’t go they will just iso you or exclude you and not ask u why they also don’t let you go toilet unless you have a Medical pass you can’t even go at break or lunch cuz there is people in there smoking and vaping and there is teachers standing there yelling at you telling u turn around , u also have to stand with u arms in the air...

  • Student
    1.0
    12 April 2022

    Bad school

    Don't care at all about mental health. Useless. Half of the teachers don't even know how to control the class so nothing get done. Horrifc. Barley anytime to eat. And the uniform rules are getting ridiculous now. Don't allow any self expression. Keep letting bad behaviour slide. There's so much more but I can't fit it into one review. Just awful.

  • Former Student
    1.0
    8 September 2021

    Don't recommend

    Terrible place the teachers there are horrible and useless, the students there are vile and overall the work environment is not good. Would not recommend

  • Student
    1.0
    4 July 2021

    my review

    i go and it’s shit also they won’t sack a teacher that said girls in cycling shorts are distracting also when you try and get mental health help from personal experience i felt like i was being rushed to go back to lessons felt like they didn’t even care

  • Parent
    1.0
    20 December 2020

    Review

    Teachers dont give one about students mental health, ive seen the way they do a covid 19 system and no social distancing is in place. Ive had my son come up to me, saying a certian teacher is coming up ti his face and shouting “put ur mask on” and is making him feel uncomfortable. It takes for ever to get hold of your lines and it takes kids the whole of their lunchtime to get leftovers for their dinner, not happy