Humphrey Perkins School

Terrible school getting worse by the day - dreadful senior leadership team who just care about reputation rather than quality of education. Misogyny and sexism is rife. Can’t believe we still have schools approach education like this in 2023. School is overly focused on uniforms and particularly what girls are wearing even on non uniform days. No leggings apparently or any top that ends at the waist or starts below the neck. Absolutely no shoulders on ‘display’ either. They may as well just add behaviour points for anyone with shoulders, breasts, bottoms or thighs. Still not really sure what this has to do with our young people’s education - everyday sexism is everyday at Humphrey’s. Focus on petty rules which change all the time and aren’t thought out to what they are trying to achieve. The approach seems to be conform and obey rather than collaborate and encourage students. Staff just randomly shouting one word directives: lanyard! shirt! blazer! Archaic behaviour policy with arbitrary application and does nothing to improve student behaviour. Staff just issuing out random threats - C1 for asking a question C2 for having legs in a skirt Students not allowed to use the toilets - either locked or teachers won’t let them leave the classroom. Also not allowed to drink water in class which probably links to the ridiculous toilet rules. Blazers on on a blazing hot day. Shorts finally allowed but must be LONG or otherwise all pupils may become distracted by the sight of knees and fail their GCSEs. Some good staff but you have to look. quite hard for them. School also seems to recruit some really unprofessional and unstable teachers who think it’s ok to scream at pupils across the school, hold vendettas and talk about students in a derogatory way to other students, seemingly hate children and are happy to tell them that. Not surprising the staff are leaving in droves. They have a head girl and head boy scheme but the speeches they do are written by the head teacher so no deviation from what’s allowed to be said. The mantra parroted by SLT is ‘we are a good school’ - which couldn’t be further from the reality. There’s no nurturing, creativity, excitement, autonomy, respect, passion to be found in the staff and these qualities aren’t recognised in students. Don’t bother complaining unless you want to hear more regurgitation about being a good school. No listening, no learning and if any concessions are eventually agreed they’re then not enacted. Avoid this school - it’s made my children absolutely miserable.

Absolutely awful school. They have a zero tolerance policy when it becomes to behavior's. The kids are treated like inmates in a prison camp. Teachers give detentions for very low level minor behavior's and then exaggerate or completely bend the truth. They hand out so many detentions that they have their own dedicated detention team. Some teachers are nice (not many) but the majority are not. They shout at the pupils and have zero respect for them. They demand respect from the pupils, but they don't know how to set a good example themselves. The current head of year 7 is very unsupportive, shouts at the pupils and threatens them. The school only cares about the rules and their image; they don't care about the pupils. Image is everything to this school, education is not important. This school has affected my son's mental health, which the school are aware of, but do nothing to support. I am currently trying to transfer to Rawlins Academy as they have a more positive behavior structure. I have spoken to a few mums who have moved their kids from Humphreys to Rawlins, due to the same issues, and they are thriving now.

This school is too involved in rules and making themselves look presentable, not about students mental health or when we raise genuine issues to teachers. There's a select few teachers who honestly care, others do not realise some of us have issues or learning difficulties that make it harder for us to learn. This school is awful and will ruin students mental health and can push students to misbehaving, hurting themselves or acting up at home. Do not send your children here, it is damaging and draining.

Awful school. Major safeguarding issues on a daily basis. Try to spend all their efforts on tackling quite minor stuff then try and sweep the big stuff like bullying and racism under the carpet. Very poor experience.

I hate this school so much

no bueno me gusta salchichas

This school is absolutely awful they do not help with bullies they ingnore it until students are the brink of hurting themselves they tell LbGTQ+ (LGBTQ+) to stop showing affection because it might "confuse the younger years" the only good thing about this school was a few select teachers that actually cares for students wellbeing and education but most of them left dew to how poor this school is I would not wish any child to go this school becoming an academy ruined them they care more about looking good than actually educating or support students , DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILDREN HERE

School isn’t great and could seriously be improved. For some reason the school and the academy seem to believe that having really strict rules and training teachers to be disrespectful and rude is going to improve behaviour and therefore improve the school and our education. However it makes it feel as though I’ve just entered China or 1939 Germany, it just doesn’t seem like a happy, pleasant positive place to be and this is coming from someone who very rarely is told off and has never had a detention and if I have been told off it has been for a very minor issue. It just feels like a really hostile uncomfortable environment.