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  • Former Student
    1.0
    20 September 2026

    Don’t send your child here, please. - a former student.

    I’m a recently former student at this school, and I can personally say there’s hardly anything good about it. The only good thing I can say was that a few teachers were very lovely and friendly. However, there are many problems with the school as a whole. Firstly, one of the teachers who (at the time of this review) teaches drama at this school was terrible. They were mean, would leave the classroom for long stretches of time, and would scream at students for not doing something ‘correctly’ wh...

  • Student
    2.0
    28 May 2026

    Hopeless School

    I have been going for 3 years now and everything in this school is a joke. Most rules they introduce are stupid or no one listens to them. For some reason pupils are not allowed to go to the toilet 10 minutes into class and 10 minutes before the bell which I have had to deal with. There also had some one way only plan but it failed as no one cared about it and was forgotten quickly they also cant control the lunch lines and only sell some things at different lines meaning there is always one lin...

  • Former Student
    1.0
    17 April 2026

    terrible

    horrible terrible school never go there

  • Student
    1.0
    4 June 2025

    Horrible

    Lochside Academy is probably the worst school you can send your kids to. Firstly, the drug and alcohol use is worrying. People vape and smoke in the disabled toilets. Speaking of toilets they are usually LOCKED throughout the WHOLE DAY. This has to be a joke. Staff got so much complaints about it but ditch the subject and would rather keep talking about equality and respect which most students here dont have. Teachers are lazy and don’t support to the best of their ability and there’s bullies EVERYWHERE and nothing gets done about it. If you send your kid here their spark is gone.

  • Student
    1.0
    14 May 2025

    Do not come.

    The school Chicken roast give me diarrhoea and the Chicken and cheese last week gave me diarrhoea also, I do not recommended this. School is ass, Pupils uses water guns to shoot other students inside the classroom. They do not have math teachers and have subs for most subjects, A teacher in the drama department called children fat, lazy and etc, she also is very ableist . Do not come.

  • Other
    5.0
    24 February 2025

    The true review

    Good school awesome education

  • Student
    4.0
    8 December 2024

    Lochside academy 2025 Review

    Decent school I'm an S1 and I have joined lochside not Long ago. I think it a ok school teacher are fine but there are a lot of substitutes. Some time people in the class are quite disruptive and canteen food is great and over all decent. ??

  • Former Student
    2.0
    27 September 2024

    Disgusting place!

    I hate this school!!! Teachers can’t even control the class, students have no respect for the facility or teachers and they vape and smoke in the bathrooms! This is crazy. Ceiling tiles are missing everywhere and you can nearly ever find a clean bathroom. Disgusting

  • Student
    1.0
    22 June 2024

    Losers

    ITS HARLAW HERE WE ARE BETTER

  • Student
    5.0
    11 May 2024

    Good school

    Good schooldhsbdisfhsudbjdbfdh

  • Parent
    1.0
    2 May 2024

    DO NOT LET YOUR KIDS GO HERE.

    MY POOR BOY GOT HARASSED BY A TEACHER!!!

  • Parent
    1.0
    1 March 2024

    dangerous school

    this school is horrible , my child goes to this school and i have been told their are wires that are sticking out of the walls that have been damaged , missing ceiling tiles in class rooms and toilets and wires dangling from the roof wich is not safe at all , broken doors , holes in walls with insulation poking through tiles sitting on floors

  • Parent
    1.0
    26 February 2024

    Jay the buly

    J am saandwich A nd penutbutteeer Y es i know fortnite B eeeecccaaaaase R eecess peicces U ndeerstanding math C ats are my favoooouriteee animal E xellent people at this school Is a bully

  • Employee
    1.0
    20 February 2024

    SHOCKING SCHOOL

    no good teachers they have no respect for any students i would not reccomend putting your child too this school and also if they get into a fight the teachers only come when the fight is over and most of the time students are not held accountable for their actions 0/10

  • Student
    1.0
    23 January 2024

    Bad school

    You could set a bomb off in this place and they would still Make you do star jumps in PE. Joke a place if you don’t laugh you’ll cry the Lewis Erskine river. Bams!

  • Other
    1.0
    29 October 2023

    FACC U LOCHSIDE

    Lochside is really bad all my friends say they want to get ran over by a semi truck and go to hell whenever they go to Lochside if you send your children there I will cry, they will cry children don’t deserve that ugly fugly disgusting school

  • Parent
    1.0
    7 June 2023

    Embarrassment!

    Useless school, children are always doing drugs and smoking. My kid got gonorrhoea and HIV from this school! Embarrassing!

  • Parent
    1.0
    7 June 2023

    Worst school in the UK

    Useless school, children always fighting and doing drugs as well as smoking, my kid got gonorrhoea and HIV from this school! Absolutely appalling, 0/10.

  • Parent
    1.0
    11 May 2023

    Shambles

    If I could give zero stars I would! Avoid this school if at all possible. No control or discipline therefore pupils can do what they want. Zero action taking on bullying. No equal opportunities for pupils.

  • Student
    1.0
    6 May 2023

    Horrible

    Lochside is not a good school sometimes there are multiple fights in 1 day, I go to this school and by the end of my first year I only had 3 teachers for the entire year

  • Former Student
    1.0
    20 April 2023

    Lochside academy is the worst school

    The school needs to be shut down or investigated the teachers are inappropriate, you get no help what so ever and most of the time you are left to you own devices if the teachers don't like you. When you report some thing it goes round the school (teachers) just around negative environment!

  • Student
    1.0
    31 January 2023

    The definition of a hot steaming pile of garbage

    READ THIS PLEASE! If you are a parent and planning to take your child/children to Lochside please don't.Some of the teachers are ok but some of them are useless,rude or both and the other students God save your kid/kids because they're gonna regret all their life choices.From personal point of view I have been assulted twice and had weird and appropriate comments had been made to me so please if you want to keep your child/children from having depression or being overly stressed or aggressive in...

  • Former Student
    1.0
    15 January 2023

    Awful experience

    No words to explain how bad this school really is & the sad thing is it’s common knowledge! WOW! I hate to write it but it’s only a matter of time before something terrible happens.

  • Parent
    1.0
    15 January 2023

    TERRIBLY SHOCKING SCHOOL

    This school is shocking more like a prison or the wild west! The teachers are managing bad behaviour rather than teaching the children. Altens/Cove parents have been severely let down with this so called super school not to mention the children being let down! If you have a choice DO NOT PUT YOUR CHILD TO THIS SCHOOL. The level of violence in this school is questionable. Aberdeen City Council really did a number here. You have children from wealthy backgrounds merging with children who have nothing like a perfect storm! No parent should ever get a call from their child’s school saying they can not keep your child safe walking between classes!!! NEVER experienced anything like it. They make the good kids victims with safety plans /cards to allow them from class to move to the next class before the bell goes, take their breaks early & in SAFE zones! Traumatic experience to say the least. We removed our child from this very poor school. Might look great state of the art etc. Looks aren’t always what they appear to be.10% of the students are in nurture classes 3 times a week away from the curriculum teaching them how to deal with bullies. Absolute joke of a school!

  • Parent
    1.0
    16 November 2022

    Do not send you child here

    THIS SCHOOL HAS NO CONGROL WHATSOEVER OVER THE CHILDREN, THEY ALSO PUT YOUR CHILDREN IN DANGER 3 YEARS OFF BULLYING NOW ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!

  • Parent
    1.0
    1 June 2022

    Worst school ever

    This school has totally failed my child.

  • Parent
    1.0
    31 May 2022

    Terrible

    Poorly run school rife with bullying and unsupportive staff Poor communication with parents

  • Student
    1.0
    27 March 2022

    not good fam

    this ppace gave me depression nd ive been in Cornhill 7 times man. -800/10

  • Student
    1.0
    25 February 2022

    worst 4 years everrr

    teachers are so bad at teaching and set you up to fail your prelims unless you want to teach yourself. literally the worst and will constantly send letters home at every opportunity they get.

  • Employee
    1.0
    7 November 2021

    lochside academy

    All the other teachers are rude, disrespectful and inappropriate.

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