Eckington School

I’m currently going to Eckington and there’s a lot of issues that are in the school. I think their priorities aren’t really in focus because instead of trying to sort out the huge bullying problem the school has, or instead of hiring better staff instead of having supplies for almost a whole year for a lesson, or instead of tackling large safeguarding issues to do with safety at school and creepy teachers, instead they think the way to fix the school is to make new houses and put up posters saying “it’s not ok” - I’m pretty sure most of those have been ripped off by students now. Some of the teachers are really cruel or mean, especially my maths teacher who has shouted at me a couple of times for seemingly no reason. But I can’t say all he staff are bad, a lot of the teachers are really good, my English, science, art, music, drama, geography, history and my other maths teacher are really good. I hope some of the big issues at school can be fixed because most of the staff are great.

Just maybe instead of worrying about needless uniform and how long girls skirts are we should be worrying about real issues though.

Teachers are the only perk and the only teachers I feel confident enough to talk to I can list on one hand about mental health. Sex ed wasn't even taught to us because the teacher I had didn't want to so fucking great thanks for that. Dinner ladies are super nice though (love them).

Just shit to be honest with yous.Bout 2 Teachers in that school who can actually do their jobs which is bit shit ennet.Not as if there is that many teachers left its just filled with random supply teachers you will see for a week and then they sod off.Food tech is the worst part of it all its the most unhygienic kitchen ive ever seen, found an ant in some me cooking once.Filled with noncey teachers all full of them selves,you can see their egos growing by the minute, you’ve really got no chance of a future if you go to eckington so dont.

Teachers are weird and always try and pick on ppl who look like they cause no good

My son is Asian been at school roughly 3 years he's been abused harresed confidence is very low the school should be ashamed am not surprised with the ofsted report they should be ashamed off them self's

This school is shocking!My son yesterday has gone in and he didn’t have his blazer on;they've took his coat off him.This is a big concern for me as a mother,i understand there are rules in place such as wear a blazer,however they are not allowed to deny him a coat in 2° weather.Also my daughter gets excluded everyweek and she’s on a part timetable that’s not even 10 lessons a week.How is she ment to understand any of the learning and excel when there’s grown adults preventing her from that.

I am a student in this school and this school is absolutely horrible. First of all, there is so much bullying here. I get bullied all the time and the teachers doesn't even see. I told a teacher I was being bullied and at the end they did nothing. All they do is put "ITS not okay" Which doesn't help a single bit. Not only that, the assemblies they do is completely useless. Most of the time is just don't bully assemblies which doesn't even help! The education isn't any better. Some lessons we always get supplies which doesn't know what they are doing which students take advantage of. Like science, history, music it's just supplies who do nothing and really be useless. We also had pe which was terrible. The old pe teacher just focused on the athletic boys while didn't focus on the people who were struggling. They never talk to us or ask us to improve just basically let us do our thing. Only good thing about this school is the food. Really the food is up to high standard. So many kids here really just kill your confidence and put you down while the teachers do nothing. Don't go to this school please!

Eckington school is an awful place they allowed a teacher to still work there after telling a young girl her bra was too bright and distracting and made her take it off in his office, they allowed student who assaulted girls to walked around and gave them special treatment

I don’t know where to start, I’ve gone to the score of the last five years. I am now in year 11 and I’ve seen the lot teachers game be up weapons being brought into the building into the building someone presses the fire alarm every other week the school is dirty. There are rats. i’ve never seen one on the inside of the building, but a lot outside from all the mess and litter that is left behind. The toilets are DISGUSTING. They don’t care about mental health, bullying or anything that a school should care about they have their mindset on things like uniform and attendance and their reputation, which isn’t very good and I remember a few weeks ago, a brawl took place in the school canteen this started with two girls pushing each other and triggered an EXPLOSION of anger between the whole year group I remember this must’ve gone on for at least an hour and 20 minute because this started almost halfway through dinner and did not end until school finished. Nobody went to their lessons just so they could stay and fight each other. I don’t know why people think this is a safe environment to be in and this is not even the worst story I can remember once I was in the toilets and there was a student running around shouting I’m going to do it. I’m going to kill myself whilst all the staff were trying to rugby, tackled them down whilst they were running around with a chair leg I didn’t know if I should lock myself in the toilet cubicle or run away I ended up waiting for it to calm down and then went back to lesson but still got a detention because I was too long. Anyway, I’ve got way more stories I could tell, but I simply do not have time.

My son went to this disgusting place. He was bullied through year 7&8 and eventually left for another school when, in year 9 he was attacked with a fork (my son got the same punishment for defending himself than the attacker got for sticking a fork in his chest)! He was also jumped by 4 boys getting on the school bus.. result... Nothing done!!! His mental health nosedived until we got him out. Now he loves life in a new school.
The entire leadership of this abomination needs to leave. Do NOT be swayed by their 'policies', they don't stick to them. Please do not send your children here!!!

My children attended this School 25 year ago, bullying was a big problem then. I know children that are there currently and bullying is an even bigger problem and the real problem appears to be the school itself. The bully's get away with very little or no punishment and their victims just contiue being victims.
Bully's should be expelled, problem solved but the school is too weak for that it means being decisive.

As a previous student at Eckington (headteacher Mr Tracey at the time) it used to be a fantastic school although didn’t realise at the time. Disciple and respect went both ways. It’s a shame how this school is currently being run with many teachers who cannot control the children abs instead of listening to them it is easier to give them isolation. Many times my child has come home from school upset because she has been accused of something and rather than find out the whole story it is easier to send the children out of class. They are more interested in whether your ankle bone is showing as trainer socks are deemed inappropriate. Yet teachers telling kids about their personal lives seems to be ok.
As a student studying GCSE I find it worrying at the lack of work given for homework and the amount. Of teachers I hear saying they refuse to teach certain children. So much so parents hve either removed the child from school or moved form. As a once proud school with a great head teacher it has come to such low standards with many who don’t have the qualities to bring the best out in children at such a critical stage in their life. However this does not apply to all teachers. It’s unfortunate that the decent teachers are overshadowed by those who need further training. The meals at school are bland and children don’t have enough time to eat a decent meal due to having to go the gym area to eat. With no seating and therefore have to sit on thedirty gym floors. This school needs to look at improving on the last ofsted report rather than looking at the length of kids socks. It’s the same teachers sending kids out of lesson.

Let's start with a massive issue at this school, Bullying. What are the punishments at school for bullying? I have been bullied at this school for many years and still don't know the consequences my bullies received. After reporting many, many cases why hasn't the school reached out and asked if I was okay? Bullying is not just the Bully being violent, it is an act of abuse towards another student and damages mental health. If this is true why aren't we helping the victim? Students feel depressed and anxious walking around school but get no help and it's never offered unless you show physical signs of trauma.
Buses are a hot-spot for bullying, they are really busy and no-one gets in trouble because it's "out of school grounds" but students are still in uniform. This means they are still under schools care untill they are at home. School pay for buses, just for the bus drivers to watch Bullying happen. This is not okay and needs sorting.
Let's not forget "snitches get stiches" used often by teachers and students. My advise to students is no matter how big or small the problem, report it and don't lie about what happened, honesty is the best policy!

My next isssue is with uniform! Why does having your shirt untucked get an afterschool detention but being disruptive and annoying in class only gets a warning? What happens when you have false nails or ankle showing?You get isolation and kept out of classes for the day making your learning worse because of your uniform. This school cares more about how your dressed than anything else and still wonder why students aren't listening anymore. They completely disregard students view on the uniform and students go unheard with ideas that everyone else agrees with.

Other points:
- Unlock the toilets at break and lunch
- More teachers in corridors ( no supervision and is a hot-spot for bullying)
- Teachers need to speak to students not just send out digital questionnaires
- Directional signs need to be replaced with new ones, you can barely see some of them
- One way system gets ignored by students and teachers (100+ students through double doors at one time)

Very focused on appearance rather than quality of education. My last 2 years of education were spent with no chemistry teacher, meaning I had to teach a lot of the content to myself. They threatened to kick me out when I supported a twitter account that aimed to expose the unjust acts of the school (I had no followers so no actual power). Detentions were given out to those who’s ankles were showing, and one teacher made a girl change her socks simply because he didn’t like the style, they were apparently provocative. My bus driver was a creep who played inappropriate music, but when it was brought up with the school they claimed it wasn’t their issue to solve. My form tutor once told me that her mental health was deteriorating because I wouldn’t make eye contact with her when she was speaking to the class. Majority of the teachers were amazing, but it was poorly run and priorities were all over the place.

This school has a “good ” reputation when really it is shocking. The toilets are in a disgusting state with worms in the lights to not having enough toilet facilities because most of them are broke. When there are several toilets that are broke it takes longer for other people to go. If you are in the toilets for too long then you get a sanction even though you are waiting for the toilet. In year 7 a part of our social area was taken away and students can only go on the courts or in the dinner hall (which if you are stood up you would get told off and told to get out even though there are no available seats to sit on. Having big pieces of paper saying “it’s not okay” but when someone does actually get bullied they get maybe a 10 minute detention. Teachers are not in enough control with the students. The rules are C1 is a warning, C2 takes some of your achievement points away and a C3 is meant to be supervision but students could be disrupting the lesson multiple times and not even get a C1. When you first start secondary it is scary and at first you feel a bit reassured but after a week it becomes more of an unsafe environment. When you are upstairs in the IT2 area going to lunch is a nightmare. The way the students act is horrible and the teachers just watch people get shoved. Entering the doors to follow the one way system is a nightmare. You get shoved everywhere. Another nightmare with the one way system is that most of the time you have to go an extra long way just to get somewhere which would normally only take you 2 minutes. Teachers can’t even keep up with the rules so how do the teachers expect the kids to. Homework is a massive issue! If you can’t access teams then you can’t do anything. Clothing is way to strict. Your not allowed to wear anything on your legs other than trousers. If you don’t have black socks on (even if they are just plain white) then you get sent to the head of year to get some black socks. If you don’t have your t-shirt tucked in you get a more serious consequence then if you was being disruptive in your lessons. This school is not a place you should send your child!

been here since september, awful school, some teachers are nice but the homework you get sent is too much. you cant eat outside so have to get 100+ students into a tiny hall at once. you cant eat or dink outside. students are behaved badly. they care more about homework and how you look more than mental health. the radnor fizzes’ are £1.20 each which is really expensive. they have “ITS NOT OKAY” posters around all the school for anti bullying but if someone was bullied they would do nothing about it. you have to get 1200+ students through a set of double doors at one time which is ending in injuries according to pushing and shoving from the older years. the bus 124 is really busy, theres 2 other busses that do the same/ similar route and the people could be put on them. the bus drivers can be saying stuff sexual to students. the fights that happen can be bad but teachers never say anyting about it. they put too much pressure onto the students. especially year sevens. if you are 2 minutes late to a lesson then that will be a 30 minute detention or even a sanction. your not aloud on phones, not even to message your parents if it somthing serious. Mr Brennin is head of year 11 and still hasnt been sacked? they have cut off a whole area in year 7, causing more crowding on the courts. girls or anyone with hair are getting gum SPAT INTO THEIR HAIR! People chew gun in lessons mainly to stop them from chewing inside their cheeks or their tounge. if you forget a piece of equipment then thats a sanction immediately. the english stairs are a big problem. people get shoved down the stairs, again, another high chance of covid. i get that there are so many students but it should be under control.

Worked at this school for 6 weeks, worse place I've ever worked. Kids are rude, education is poor and I am glad to be done with the place.

Eckington school is the worst school in the UK.the teachers don't listen. My daughter goes to the school and she has autism she has an ehcp but the teachers don't follow it and don't listen to her.I tried complaining but they just didn't listen and was quite rude.

On a whole not a terrible school, there’s much worse. However,I’m pretty sure they are more worried on you appearance (uniform) than your actually learning. Embarrassing!

This school is like a prison. They priorities how students look over their actual learning and mental health. Upholding uniform rules is of course important, but when the appearance of your students matter more than their education then it is greatly flawed.