Madras College

School is shocking, kids vaping and smoking weed in school. Bullying is horrendous. If you want you kid to have the worse experience of high school. Send them to madras. Teachers do nothing about it.

Bullying seems to an everyday Occurrence by both pupils and staff, kids life’s are made miserable every day . Heads will say what parents want to hear but not carry out the actions as protested . Does a child need to take there own life before this school sit up and take notice!

Its so bad the teacher don't listen and the staff are horrid and they don't care if your getting battered or bullied

I haven't been in madras or more than a year but the time that I have spent in madras has decreased my mental health rapidly. As a student who has harmed myself the school has done barely anything to help my mental health. I have had counselling and been told by the school that I would be given an referral for somewhere to help. It never happened. I absolutely support all the reviews which state that there is no care or consideration to the students who are struggling with their mental health. Here are a just a few points that I have to share on the stuff I have seen/experienced at this school: • Teachers bully the students • Too much pressure • Bullies seem to be glorified and praised. • Teachers do not believe the students • Punishment for being upset or not knowing the answers • Punished for standing up for your rights • Teachers telling students that they should know something that they have not even been taught yet • Teachers humiliating children on purpose to get their point across. • Pressure, pressure, pressure; and then being punished when you snap. • Teachers throwing students and pinning them to a wall • The students bully the students with disabilities and even go as far as assaulting them • Weapons and tobacco products are ignored My Parents are currently trying to get me homeschooled due to horrendous bullying and them not helping me with my health condition I even obtained a diagnosis of my health condition and provided this to the school as "evidence", the teachers still accused me AND my parents of lying and would try and insinuate that I was just a lazy teen who was trying to get out of school. My teachers made me feel extremely attacked and neglected at madras. I was told that I was going to fail and that I wont get a good job or make any money because I was behind on my school work (due to being extremely unwell and having a lot of time off due to the bullying). This could not be further from the truth. And dear any kid who wishes to come here. It isn’t worth the short praise few adults give you for going to a so called “good school with a good reputation” . Most of the time i get dirty looks and “is it as awful as i’ve heard?” when people find out i go here. And finally to any current student at madras. It’ll be okay, it’ll be over as soon as you know it. Talk to someone please. Befriend a student from an older year. We have all been where you are right now and i promise we aren’t as scary as you may think. Love from a struggling madras pupil xx

If i could leave 0 stars i def would. I’m currently in S5 at this awful school and i am leaving with anxiety, depression, suspected BPD, an ED, three therapists and a pending psychiatric. The ‘school’ is uncaring, poorly ran and aims to make your kid leave with a million different mh issues after their first year. Madras is an awful awful awful school and has turned many students heavily suicidal. Due to the untreated bullying my friend faced from this school, they’re now dead. They took their own life. Madras took my friend. Parents, if you are reading this, please don’t send your child here, it isn’t safe. If you value your kid’s life, keep them as far away as possible. Madras will destroy them. I used to be a very happy kid, now my mum has held me crying one too many times because of the school blaming me for being SA’d by another student.

Madras is a litro prison None of the teachers and other members of staff give a Damm about your mental health and well-being and some teachers litro laugh at students when their crying in class, only the loud/popular students are aloud to go to the toilet most the the time the rest of them they tell you to “suck it up” and btw you get in trouble for walking out even if it’s for an important reason. The school is infamous for bullying and has been for years & there are many bullying situations and nothing gets done and so much rumours are spread it’s unbelievable when it comes the bullying they say they will sort it but they don’t do anything. I had to spend 4 years dealing with harassment from other students, nothing but death threats and nonstop mockery. This took the worst toll on my mental health (as it would any normal person) and drove me to more death attempts and thank god I don’t have to deal with that anymore as I left the school 4 months ago. The teachers are absolutely horrendous don’t care about mental health they scream at you when you’re extremely upset and only care about your class work, they always shout at u take there anger out on students in utter disrespect and give u consequences for asking for help it’s a joke honestly and also they mishandled an abuse situation, broke confidentiality and one teacher called a student an offensive insult then pinned them to the wall. When I was here I had to deal with multiple teachers shouting and disrespecting me In loads of ways. The head of years are unreliable and only care about their salary. The SLT staff are horrific they scream at you if you do the slightest thing wrong or if you look at them, most teachers couldn't care less about the students in their school. it is scientifically proven that students learn better when they are having fun. Can't do that if they scream like toddlers at every student and I'm speaking from personal experience here. Once I got accused of hitting someone. A teacher brought me outside to shout at me and my friends with no proof of me doing anything. Also I got a couple of consequences for looking at my jotter. They also don’t help ppl with autism or ppl with sensory issues (they think autism and sensory issues is an excuse) like they’re treated like dirt, when it comes to the press they act like they are the “Best school in Tayside and Fife” keep all the badly behaved students away in an isolated classroom while theirs inspectors and other people that are in the media industry When it comes to complaints my parents had to complain to the school god knows how many times about the amount of death threats and bullying I had to suffer through but no brush all of it under the carpet as they want to keep the reputation of the school high. Slurs get thrown around constantly the whole entire school is just litro chaos knifes vapes cigarettes & drugs and teachers just don’t care, making it a hostile environment. The behaviour of many students is very poor, disruptive & aggressive the kids here are just so mean for no reason at all, like if you don't fit in their standard you'll be outcasted for the rest of your school years & Definitely not a safe place for people of the LGBT community either, even though the school have posters saying that they “support it”. And if you end up in B0 corridor (“support department”) don’t think you’ll be treated better than in the normal classes you’ll be treated 10x worse and you’ll be extremely isolated from everyone else. I recommend you DO NOT send ur kid to madras as they will gain massive mental health problems and most likely ptsd.

this is a horrible school, my children go here and often they’d come home crying to me because they saw a teacher pin a student to the wall while screaming in their face. The school deal with absolutely nothing and always blame the people that need the help the most. No wonder the mental health of kids is the way it is these days. I have moved my child out of this school and it was the best decision I have ever made Bullying is a huge issue at this school and nobody is willing to listen to the victims or there family’s. Think twice before sending your children here. It’s there mental health & state. Many parents i have spoken with are dealing with the same problems. The deputy and head teacher should be ashamed of themselves and the whole school should be under investigation.

I would have rated this school zero if I couldn't have as this school is a haven for future offenders and abusers only facilitated by head teachers and pupil support teachers who have absolutely no interest in actually being human beings. Only let your children attend here if you want them to experience gender abuse and have no resolution resulting in them being advised to ignore and stay away from the demons who perpetrate this abuse. Welcome to hell.

Such a horrible horrible school! Do not send your child here ever! The way that this school deals with bullying is absolutely disgusting, they would rather allow a child to goes as far as to attempting to end their life then defusing the situation. The staff in charge are not fit for the roles they have, 0 support for pupils unless they’re rich. Clear favouritism when it comes to the neds. The food is disgusting and the school says they have a zero tolerance policy for bullying but when bullying happens they just ignore it and don’t bad an eyelid & speaking of the teachers, they’d rather tell a student to take their hoodie off than deal with a student who is being bullied. The toilets in both female and male toilets are always full of people skipping classes and you’d get screamed at by them and the teachers if you attempt to go to the toilet. Parents for the sake of your child/children’s safety please avoid this school at all costs.

Madras College is a disgrace. They never help with anything and when you don’t go to them they shout at you and make it out to be your fault when they don’t exactly make you feel as if you can speak with them about your life. If you have bad mental health you are told that the constant panic attacks and/or anxiety attacks are ridiculous and a lie and when you speak with your head if hears about specific teachers being unprofessional and out of line they speak with them and say there’s been a complaint and yet nothing is ever taken any further when you continue to tell the, there has been no change. A lot of students drop out of subjects they thoroughly enjoy because of the teachers they have and we are never given help with exams and are instead told to suck it up and get on with it. Us as students are never given any support or clarification from anyone and if complaints are made we are never updated on the outcome mostly because nothing has been done. I have been threatened to be stabbed multiple times and it’s always made out to be my fault or I’m overreacting. I am sick of the lack of support and action at Madras College in the areas of bullying and mental health and considering the tragedy of a young boy killing himself and who attended the school, you would think Madras would be more supportive when it comes to mental health and you’d think this school is top notch because it’s in St. Andrews. But of course this isn’t the case.

I’m a current student here and today I walked into my English class and I was running about 5 minutes late so I got in and I have a drink on my desk ready to put in my bag and get my jotters out but then I must of chipped it and it started to spray everywhere so I asked the teacher is I could get a little bit of sellotape to make it stop and she said “NO PUT IT ON THE WINDOW” so I did so and it started to spray all over everyone so 5 minutes into the lesson she then told me to go and get sellotape from a different English teacher down the hallway, so I went with my friend as she said that was okay as I didn’t know who she was. Everything was okay and I was lied out of the classroom from getting the sellotape and then the head of my year group started to shout at me asking what the problem was? There was no problem but the fact her teacher made a seen about something totally small but bby she had to make it a big thing. So then after getting screamed at by now My English teacher and then my head of my year and it being only 9:25am she leaves us sat outside her office so I go to find my guidance teacher as she is always there for me and to help me so as I’m on my way walking in the hallway to guidance, I get stopped by a man? No clue who he was as I’ve never came across this man ? But after 2 seconds he started screaming at me asking where my mask was? Now I have asthma and from coming in from the cold and getting in a state from being screamed at from 2 teachers already I was in no fit state to have a mask over my face and he could see that. He then says to me “ YOU ARE A JOKE!!!!!” I was absolutely discussed and devastated! As a young person being screamed at and called a joke by a male Head teacher is just vile if you ask me. The them instructed me to go and see my guidance and get a red card? Which I was already going to do! But then he sends me backwards and it is a one way system!?!?!?! It would have been hell if I went back though he would have lost it ? That dose not make sense at all! I said to him that I was going to calm myself down as I was a absolute mess! Tears rolling down my face and everything!!! Then then replied with “CYA!!!!!!!” And by then I was absolutely appalled! My mother comes and gets me and then he has the cheek to call her and scream at my mum down the phone and admit to calling her child a “JOKE!” And saying “CYA!” In front of other teachers? Good luck Mr Currie as we will be taking this to the education board! I will not be attending your school anymore as I am not getting put down on a daily basis and being called a joke by you!

Madras college is an absolute joke teacher screaming at my child cause she didn't know the answer too a question and it's not the first time so been on phone again am fumming how would he like it if a went n *** shouted at him I front o his class boils ma **** ????...

Madras is Absolutely disgusting! The school is completely useless and have no standard of care for their students! Hopefully the school will be shut down ASAP!!!!

Parents If you’re thinking about enrolling your child/children into this horrific school you should really consider elsewhere. I speak for myself and many others when I say this is THE worst school ever for many reasons. First of all, there is a major lack of professionalism and compassion amongst the staff. Bullying is a thing that happens every single day & that I seen a lot of whilst I was there, and the teachers always ignored it. No empathy whatsoever. They would take months to solve issues and lot of the time they just left things untreated and just ignored it. The school has an extremely severe bullying problem. Students are absolutely awful to each other especially if you are different and stand out from all the kids. It varies from constant whispering and teasing to putting pupils in hospital. They have no respect for anyone. Teachers are a joke as all they care about is whether you're wearing correct uniform. You get an Detention if you don't bring PE kit but ignore if you're being very obviously harassed. They are very extremely strict about what you're wearing, where you're sitting at break times and absolutely nothing is done about the behaviour of students to each other Speaking of teachers,they will not help or care about students mental health. Teachers do not understand that forcing a child who is suffering from a severe mental illness to do something Infront of the class can be absolutely traumatising to them. They need to understand that ignoring obvious bullying can have devestating long lasting effects on someone. I did not stay at this school for long but the damage it has caused to my mental (and as a result physical) health is horrible and I’m forever going to be traumatised because of this school

Knives brought into school. Fights break out every day. Kids physically and verbally bullied. School does nothing to help victims. Unsafe environment for children with Bell Baxter seemingly just as bad there are no safe options for parents to choose from. Scottish school system is a joke and needs a big shake up for sure. For saying families from America pay the big bucks to send their children to university in St. Andrews and how St. Andrews is perceived you’d think this school would be top notch, however it’s one of the roughest schools I’ve seen! Kids do not care nor do the staff. Only a matter of time before some ones seriously hurt.

Smells of cheese, loved it

Teachers are a bit strict not a fan of the guidance team