Dixons Unity Academy

A good school. Can be better. Good infrastructure and I believe the education system is good. My son lost two coats during the first month of school this term. I believe somebody stole them as they were as new, one from Puma and one Regatta. Nobody could find them and the school says children should be responsible for their own belongings... So when a coat is wet, does a student need to take it on his desk as it is or hang it to dry?! Unfortunately I believe people steal a lot in this school.. another thing, there is always issues with administration in every meeting I have been to. Every time they cannot find my son's documents etc... I also felt discrimination from behalf of some staff...

This school is absolutely amazing I left in June and I have been there since 2020 and please just be kind to teachers they will be nice to you

This school is horrible I’m a year 7 right now I’ve only been in this school for 5 months and on the second day I got bullied for how I look and when I told my teachers non of them did nowt so when someone chased me I ran off and got isolation for the rest of the day till 4:30 for keeping my self safe I’ve been in a fight when I didn’t want to cause they attacked me and I got a massive chunk of hair ragged out I’ve barely been is this school and the teachers are horrible if u cry they call u a baby and tell you to grow up and if you need a medical on call they don’t but it on they only say you will live and tell you to grow up they don’t care about your mental health or safety all they care about is your money and the good reviews I don’t recommend this school I only like one teacher that’s nice to me

I'm a student at that school and it's crappie there me and my friends get bullied I mean my BFF has been beaten up 34 times now and all the teachers do is walk upto it and break it up

This school is scary. Fights everyday , drugs and knives. You go to reset if you have earrings but not if you throw a chair in the classroom. Hardly any options at gcse end up doing a subject you don’t want. Some of the teachers are bullies but some are really nice Only good thing is chicken on a friday

I’ve been at this school for a year now, I’ve been giving a correction for picking up a pen lid off of the floor, been screamed at by an adult male teacher he locked me in a classroom with some of my friends all because we wasn’t going to sit our correction we had to wait until he opened the door for us to run away from him he continued to chase us all the way from the science department to the canteen which he finally decided to give up. I’ve been excluded 2 times because for a small period of time I wore plain black trainers to school because my school shoes were ripped and entering school one day I was stopped forced to put on spare shoes, as a size 6 shoe I was given one size 6 shoe and one size 5 shoe and I was expected to wear them for 8 hours so I took them off walking through the piazza I took them off walked bare foot to the canteen then I put my trainers back on. Waiting to go into fifth period I was stopped by a teacher , Pip palmer , being accused of refusing to put on the shoes given I tried explaining I didn’t refuse and that the shoes were one size 6 and one size 5 she refused to hear it. Tried taking me into ‘reset’ I refused , which lead me to being excluded they rang my parent my mum said just send her home when miss Hurley got off the phone with my mother she said directly to me “your mums got same attitude as you”. I’ve been there one year and refuse to go back to say I’m only in year seven I’m deeply worried of how it’s going to be when I go into year 11 .

It’s a crappy school, they don’t deal with bullying and get the kid in trouble from reacting to the bullies. The school needs a reality check

this is the most terrible school you will ever find in the uk. this school has locks on the toilets and if you are having a panic attack or anything to do with mental health they will talk with you for like 5mins then send you back to lesson even if you dont feel like it. Also the rules in this school are terrible. teachers dont care about your health mentally or physically and if you are being bullied they just tell you to ignore it and get on with your life. it is honestly rediculous.

Poor quality of teachers, bullying, harassment, discrimination, abuse, physical abuse, school doesn't do much to stop this

my son went to this school from year 8-10 and this school is acctually one of the worst schools in the uk there was a finger nail in his lunch and the staff are really cruel to the kids and let bullying and sexual assult happen and they dont do anything about it they dont care about their mental health either

This school is terrible, it accepts bullying, Doesn't care about students mental or physical health, it accepts homophobia and doesn't respect pronouns. They also provide no help for those with learning difficulties, instead they allow pupils to struggle and fail. The school rules are way too strict.

Absolutely shocking school focus more on what the kids look like than actually giving them a education they actually bully these kids it’s all about control I genuinely believe not one teacher is in there to help give a education poor teaching and poor standards

I was at this school from year 7 to 11, this school strongly believes in education they do! They wants what’s best for us students, the staff in that school have been amazing for me helped me though a lot but time to time they don’t but that should be normalised they have other things to be doing aswell there isn’t just one child in the building to cope with there are a lot they will be helping others aswell not just one they have there own things to be doing planning logging things on the computer they are quite busy... yes bullying has become a thing but really it’s not down to the teachers why are parents allowing there child to bully others why are they not punishing their child for what they are doing yes I agree teachers should try but it is parent’s responsibility too it’s not all the schools fault you have to understand schools can only do so much I now have grades I wouldn’t of got without Dixon’s up my back side about my education about me attitude they turned me around Dixon’s is a good school it’s the students that cause the trouble that is the issue

No help to my education and i can’t count the amount of teachers I’ve had change since the school entered the Dixons trust. The ridiculous rules leave students feeling overwhelmed and over stressed and has a terrible affect on our mental health not to mention how poorly they are handling online schooling and how little sense most of the work makes but we have absolutely no guidance to make it make sense. Last year one of the Spanish teachers left and instead of getting a substitute we ended up doing maths after being forced to do Spanish as a mandatory subject.

This school is a nightmare, they don't help at all, they allow bullying even when they say they don't.