Firth Park Academy

Seriously awful school - its making my children so depressed (and me too with the daily issues) and they are learning absolutely nothing. The school is really killing their spirits and I'm about to take them out. The school is more focused on constant discipline and just so power hungry - constant detentions, isolation and just pathetic handling of any matter - small or big. No teacher ever calls you back; they cant even tell you half the time where your children are and where they should be. Nights and days of anxiety and I really dont know what else to do.

Absolutely horrible, I’m a student here and the bullying I receive is unreal, teachers do nothing about it, just tell me to “ignore them” and when it continues they sweep it under the rug so they don’t have to deal with it, also they say they support mental health yet ever since I attended this school I have become depressed, anxious and I often have mental breakdowns. Bathrooms are absolutely disgusting too, you walk in and there’s drawings on the walls everywhere and pee everywhere and pads on the floor, not cleaned properly either, I asked a teacher if I could go to the toilet when I was on my period, (it was an emergency because I have a medical condition that makes my periods heavier and they know this) and they said no, even when I told them about my period, they didn’t let me go and told me to “hold it in” Some lessons are alright but some teachers are absolutely ruthless and inexperienced as of late, can’t even control half of a class, let alone a full class and they often leave after the first 1 or 2 years, disrupting everybody’s learning, they also know about my mental problems and yet they treat me even worse than “normal” students, talking over me and not helping me with work at all, handing me difficult work and when I can’t do it to their standards they give me a progress comment or even a reset chat or phase 4. Overall this school needs to get a grip respectfully, it’s honestly ridiculous how much fights break out too, at least 7 fights in a week or 4 fights, and teachers aren’t doing anything about it, just punish the ones on the spot, even if they did nothing wrong, I wish I never went to this school because I have lost a lot more than I did before I entered, and my grades have dropped a lot because the teachers are so inexperienced.

Principal is nice along with a lot of the teachers but the school itself is crap, I had to leave it not to long ago due to being assaulted and being threatened with a longer punishment, none of the teachers thought I was unsafe even after being cornered many times by the same person before the assault with her friends egging her on to punching me. DO NOT RECOMMEND

its actual garbage and doesnt even help its shit

Would have put 0 stars but that wasn't an option As the incompetence of so called Mr. Jones (headteacher) is infuriating he'd Rather teach geography than Keep the children and staff safe Picking on kids and making them feel uncomfortable not supporting his staff, Wouldn't recommend you sending your kids or working here until new leadership.

I lik skull but techer men. Dot be men to peple cuz peple bi sad. Anywa I hav ben getin beta at wods. I stil cat spel tho. I lik miranda but jak also lik miranda wich is vewy sad.

Me goo skul ad skul iz gud. I lik skul cus is fanny. I tak tu peple and peple men tho :( dot be men tu peple cus peple get sad T-T

This school is not appropriate for any one that is neuro diverse. Their lack of training and understanding of disability is terrible. Only gold and silver learners are priority. Also if its bad weather at break times gold and silver learners are allowed in doors whilst the rest have to stay out side. There is many staff members who are spiteful and petty. The obsession with uniform planner and attendance is ridiculous. The 5 year that my son attended that school was like a prison sentence. They even tried to "manage move" my child mainly because they didn't want "naughty or problem children" at their school ..my child has neuro disabilities he's not naughty or a problem child. Higher members of staff use their authority to try and intimate the children , bullies. Communication is appalling and its difficult to get to speak to anyone ,often being told that person will call back but this never happends. They are very quick to tell you negative feedback or when something is not right ..but never any good feedback or never any follow ups for things that have gone wrong...they are quick to accuse and never apologise when they do wrong..As for the state of the school building it really could do with a cleen and some paint the heating was also turned off last winter as apparently the boiler was broken and they couldn't pay to fix it so students were wearning their coats in class rooms. My child said there is no time to get food sometimes and the choice is terrible there is no good nutrition on the menu. I will not be sending my other child or recommend this terrible school to anyone.

They may be good for grades and how well you do on your gcse's but its at a cost. I myself have experienced bullying and they do not care and they are quite biased as alot of teachers are friends with students parents. Mental health is ignored and they put us under so much pressure for exams saying we will fail if we dont revise every day especially the maths department.

They always sweep mental health under the rug and when I asked if they could help me out with my anxiety they just gave very stupid solutions that ment they didnt have to do much. Its just laziness they dont care as long as you get the grades that make them look good and when ofsted come they change everything and act completely diferent they also do not give you enough time to get lunch at all most kids have to go without eating because of how short lunch is and its frustrating how teacher are aloud to just walk up and get food that we wait all lunch in line for.