Longfield Academy

I absolutely love this school it is by far the nicest welcoming school there is. The staff are always supportive and you can talk to anyone of the teachers about anything and they will understand. The staff are fun and kind and know how to make students happy. There educational system is amazing as if you have the right behaviour help you thrive at learning. You can understand all the teachers explanations as they make them so clear so you understand. In class the teachers always help you if you have any questions or don't understand certain stuff. They are amazing for their SEND students, they make sure they are enjoying school life and they treat everyone equal. They have a fair behavior system and the teachers are only strict when they need to be. I would absolutely recommend this school to anyone looking for a fun, safe learning environment. In my opinion one of the best schools yet 5/5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I went here a few years ago but I wasn't here for long. Seen so much awful bullying towards other students and towards SEN (special education need) pupils. Teachers have their favourite students and make remarks on others. The entire environment was unadmirable and hostile. Food area wasn't that big either and resulted in large queues with every student coming out at the same time so you couldn't really get anything decent to eat by the time you was served. The school doesn’t support you if you have mental health problems as it takes up too many resources for them - they just turn a blind eye and expect you to get on with the work. Not really sure what teachers and what leadership team work here now, but awful experience when I went. Better decision to just find a competent school for your child somewhere else, good luck

School does not make allowances for children with adhd/autism and believes that punishment is the only way forward despite my child having a medicated diagnosed condition....

not a good school, many bullying and abusive people there. needed to drop out for 2 years because of it.

Going to Longfield Academy isn’t the most best moment of my life. I was never good at subjects, I was different and being different to other people wasn’t the best thing in school. They became more inclusive to other people even setting up their own lgbtq+ club which was great. And it became a better school.

Didn't care abt mental health. They had safe guarding because of me. The head teacher is obnoxious. Most of the teachers can't teach. It's a really bad school

They do not care about mental health. They put up a support team. But I am trying to move schools due to mental health. And they say they cannot help me bc "they don't do that there" I do not recommend going to Longfield academy if u have bad mental health

The school very bad wouldn't recommend it to any kids to go to they hire teachers who are weird around kids and also they are very strict but to strict. The only teachers who are good miss glover, miss hickerson, miss bendell, miss chochrene, mrslaver.

my experience at this school has been not the best. They don't seem to understand what mental health is and that sometimes people need a break from school. I once got given so much homework that I was doing it since I got home 4:30 to 9:00 at night. If you want your child to go to a school that makes them mentally exhausted and mentally ill then go ahead and send your child here. Ever since the old head teacher left the schools been a mess. This school used to be amazing but now its just ok.

It was okay in my last year. But prior, it wasn't good, some teachers were appalling, one year I had 14 supplies for one lesson and about 6 the next year, also some of the lessons and teachers didn't make the class feel comfortable at all, some would just go on a 15 minute moaning spree and others didn't really care. I've also witnessed unfair scenarios where someone stands up for themselves after months of being harassed only to be given the same or even worse punishment than the abuser. So overall, not the best, not the worst.

I just finished year 11, I joined this school in year 9 and I have come out with 2 new CYMPHS diagnosis’ PTSD and Emotional Dysregulation. I believe my traumatic experience at this school is not exaggerated and I do not suggest you bring your children up at this school. I have autism and an anxiety disorder and also suicidal thoughts and acts and deliberate self harm diagnosis’ and for my time at this school I was using the Special educational resources centre which had “trained” SEN teachers and assistants. I say “trained” because that’s how they spoke of themselves but respectfully, I have to disagree with this statement. They don’t listen to you. This is my main problem because they always tell you how “were here for you, we will listen” but they don’t. It’s horrible. I had multiple cut urges at this school and I do not recommend. The teachers are beyond strict with their power. They abuse their powerful rights to belittle us children with special educational needs. They make it seem like a wonderful, supporting school. But my stay here has been the worst secondary school I have been to. I have been to 2 other secondary schools before this, and I must say this is the worst. I’ve been bullied by students in the past schools but in this school it’s teachers. My form tutor for year 11, who is also a SEN teacher, straight up called me an “Arsehole” in front of the class full of ASD children and when I try to explain my anxiety and feelings she talks over me in a rude manner such as “ Bla bla bla “ she says “ you lack commensense” and on multiple occasions tells me to “shut up” and not talk over her when I try to explain my disabilities. What did I do wrong? The teachers constantly sit on their laptops and hardly teach the lesson, they just put a PowerPoint up and try to guide you through it but they usually just ignore me like I’m not even in the classroom. On November 18th 2020 I was excluded for having an emotional breakdown where I was having spasms and couldn’t breathe and my heart was palpitating and it was all uncontrollable, and it was all because of my form tutor that this occurred(she sat in my seat at the back which is mentioned in my EHCP I have to sit there but she knew this and triggered my ASD on purpose to perform a scene). The fire alarm went off during and all the teachers were telling me to “put my issues aside” but you can’t tell someone with ASD and all these other disabilities to do that, it isn’t possible! I was later given a fixed-term exclusion which my mum and I, r currently fighting to get rid of on my school records. I tried multiple times to call my mum during this breakdown I was having at school, however my form tutor kept shouting at me in my face making me scared. I recently noticed in my classes when it goes silent, I hear the fire alarm ringing in my ears and a phone ringing at the same time coming from the left direction. I believe this is because I really needed my mums support and needed that phone to ring but the school was against me and the teachers said they can’t “action phone call home” but that is not on their policy or code of conduct. There was snot all over my form tutor’s desk on accident because this is how bad the breakdown was. I wasn’t coping. But the school refused my as a student with rights request to call my parents to pick me up. It seems as if this school is more like a cult and prison because a child can’t go home if suffering unless it effects others. Their compassion is fake. Unfortunately I’m staying on for sixth form if I can because I won’t let those teachers ruin my education like they have. I’m staying because I’m used to the school layout and I can’t commit to change very easily nor quickly. 3 SEN teachers all ganged up on me and said that “I won’t get anywhere in life I won’t get the grades” but I am currently waiting for my results and have been given a rough estimate and: English literature is grade 7 or 8 or 9 English language is 7 or 8 and my art is 5 - 9 my Spanish is 4 geography 4 - 6 maths 4 - 7 though science is ungraded because I wasn’t given enough time to do that GCSE. So I guess I proved those rude arrogant teachers wrong. They shouldn’t be working with children if all their going to do is downgrade them. I am mentally mortified and I am currently writing a book about my experience. Good luck. Don’t send your kids here I am serious. I wouldn’t have spent all this time writing this if I wasn’t serious. For extra notes: my form tutor bashed me into the Centre opening gates as I was leaving the school to get the bus on purpose because she was angry with me