Falmouth School

Good 30% Penryn better. 70%

I got beat up outside the school and got told it was a skill issue

Literally sucks, they don't care about your mental health, only a few good teachers.

This is now a great school. It wasn't in the past, but over the last 2 years it has improved enormously. The new head has driven through excellent changes and has reversed the previous problems. I have 2 children here and they are both thriving academically, socially and in extra curricular stuff as well. Don't listen to the other reviews, especially if you are considering Falmouth for a year 7 place. By the time your child is in Yr11 you will be delighted that you decided to choose Falmouth.

Alright , could be better

2017-2021 Short version Shockingly poor management Long version Most of the teachers seemed fine (albeit exhausted and stressed) but most communication & management was shockingly poor. They prolonged screening then supporting my child with dyslexia. Teachers weren't even informed. My child who was previously a high achiever became overwhelmed and ill, his attendance dropped, and despite a dr backing this up over and over, their answer was to threaten him to his face that if he didn't stop getting stomach aches etc he would be responsible for sending his remaining parent to prison! They along with ewo's would only agree to this not happening IF my child took strong drugs. Then, were completely intolerant to the side effects and drowsiness and so continued to threaten. We managed to get counselling for him and a head of year sat in on it and interjected that my child was making up their side. Reception never answered/replied with anything more than "we've passed this on" You weren't allowed to know the contact details for the head. Any groups to discuss school were infiltrated, threatened and shut down. It was a rarity that I got a reply to important things without contacting them repeatedly every day and just proved I wasn't going away. They'd wind you up so much ignoring/diminishing/blaming but if you got slightly wound up you'd be treated as though you were crazy and a Karen, they'd gaslight you that you were the 'only parent' with this issue, or it was you who didn't understand something. The saddest thing was to report an issue with the local council you had to have a code proving you'd gone through the correct procedures and spoken to the governor's first. The link (like so many) to contact the governors didn't work and suprisingly no one would reply to requests to find out their contact details. According to my friend who did eventually get through to the governors in the final months, they were much of the same. So I wonder if this is the underlying issue, as this was the second head (I've witnessed) within this academy that led in this aggressive approach. When their management was under fire they would become obsessive about socks and shows of obedience. Luckily Ofsted didn't need a code.

I personally go to this school, it is awful. Mental health- In this school your mental health doesn't matter. You could tell a teacher in lesson that you feel anxious or upset about something and nothing is done. The only suggestion from teachers is "go to base" the teacher in base is lovely but usually tells you to "go back to class but if you start to feel worse come back" there is nothing wrong with that but 9/ 10 the teacher wont let you go back to base. I feel scared and worried walking around school because when I report anything nothing ever gets done. Recently, a new form of reporting something was introduced, you have to fill out a form and give it to the head of year, I have never known ANYONE to report something and have it be sorted PROPERLY. For example, if you were to get in an argument with someone all that is done is you have a meeting with them and they expect that to solve everything. Hygiene- School food is often disgusting or people have touched it , I have free school meals so I use that to an advantage. Usually I have a pasta meal deal, if you don't want cheese you have it as a meal deal if you do have cheese it's not a meal deal, when I don't ask for cheese there is usually some in there anyway. Staff- Some suppliy teachers are rude and dont seem to be updated on new rules. Some teachers are nice and dont agree with all of the school rules. General- We are restricted from using the bathroom in lesson. We are told to go at break, this is an issue because of all the people using toilets at break to vape and other things at break hence why so many people ask to go during lesson. The toilets are often locked during lesson time. HORRIBLE SCHOOL DO NOT RECOMEND

some teachers are nice but the roseland academy could do better with the management and there a\re barely any teachers there and just supplies who normally arent specialized at the lesson they are teaching

This school is shit, most the teachers grab the stuff that’s in your hands if you haven’t done anything wrong even if you look at the time on ur phone u get sent to reset.

Terrible school teachers are horrible they make you life a living hell sneak don’t care if your sad they really don’t care if ur having a hard time they will just chuck you in a isolation room they don’t care for your well being toilets are closed during lesson and fountains which is horrible especially for the girls on there periods the head teacher needs to get her head straight.

I loved my time at the school and i’m now year 13 watching from the side and the roseland trust is 100% ruining the school, i feel bad that mrs de sousa has joined at this time and it’s a shame that so many of the actually good teachers have left because these new ones can’t seem to control their students ?

The communication at this school is so poor. It’s very rare someone answers the phone when you ring. If you request a call back you won’t get one. If you email you won’t get a response. If your child has any issues weather big or small there’s zero support. This school has gone down hill so bad.

This school is shocking! The communication is really poor. If your child has any struggles the support isn’t there! There’s many children who are falling through the net. The teachers who teach the children their subjects are great but the head of years etc are so slack!! Do not send your child here if they have any support needs big or small.!!

This school was ok. The teachers were lovely but they set so much exam work in year 11 which we do get feedback, but I think they should at least take the pressure of gcse students because I had to (and all the other year 11S) had 10 subjects to focus on. The 6th form is good but they do a month trial and if you don’t achieve the grades in that month, you get kicked off the course which is unfair to be honest. In conclusion, good school with lovely teachers but bring your own packed lunch because the food at this school is not the best. And good 6th form but I only recommend it if your 100 percent sure your going to pass.

Not very good at all

Could do better, some teachers don't care about us but then some do. They can be be so strict though ??.

The school has made good attempts to communicate with students, there are tutor meetings every morning on weekdays to reassure the welfare of Students. I do think there could be more done.

It's so horrific here it isnt even funny. half of the facilities are falling apart and the teachers are having to buy supplies out of their own money to teach us properly because the school spend all its money on sports. also, the school food is terrible and loads of people have to have it every day because of free school meals. no body tells you where certain rooms are and you can be lost for ages trying to find classes before you even get close. people are doing so much stuff in class it sint even funny. I've seen smokers, people literally stabbing others and worse.

The SLT cannot run a school, hense the Ofsted report. The overall Attitude staff is disgusting, they act like students. The food is terrible, we should have kitchen nightmares here! The teaching quality is ok.