Marling School

its an average school with average teacher and average students and average outdoor area and average food. i was an average student there so was my little brother. (I got all 9s pretty average, bro got all us pretty average too). sports was great but too average for me. the only thing that wasnt average though was the connection with shs which icl is not average and a much better school. but it was ok. i like the building its not average its quite good actually. the teachers are ok but if they dont like you then they will be mean. but i was ok so they quite liked me. but its a good school if your sister goes to shs otherwise id say just go to tommies if you have the potential. or stroud if your a girl obviously.

So far my son is really enjoying the school (actually loving it). It’s still early days as my son has joined year 7 but hopefully it will continue going well. I’m surprised to read about drugs because I’ve not heard anything like this. Hopefully with the new head things have shown a turnaround

Removed my child from Marling after 3 years. Too much bullying, drugs and supply teachers. Head was sacked from his post in October, rumoured to be a way of delaying the Ofsted review (no Head=no ofsted) Even my son’s tutor group teacher was leaving, had enough. The place is antiquated, misogynistic and riddled with institutionalised blindness to drug taking. Marling knew it would be a shambolic review from Ofsted, hence the tactical move to delay it. Better off at a decent comp than a terrible grammar, imo.

The P.E teacher is, at nicest, a dodgy bloke. The physics teacher is a Harry Maguire regen. The price of the food is so eye-watering that it make waitrose look like Lidl. And finally, the toilets were better in a certain part of Germany in the early forties.

Terrible school, the teachers bully students, Overload work and ignore blaitent bad behaviour to specifically target the little pitty things. The canteen is an abismal there’s either excessively greasy food or cheap chemical full rubbish made out to be healthy. The so called security is a few 2m tall gates that don’t work and were only put in, so OFSTED didn’t fail the school on security. The outside is horrible there’s 2 benches and a field of muddy wet grass with loads of rouge balls flying around, hitting people in the head.

The teachers are incredibly out of touch with students and seem unable to relate and help with issues of ‘our generation’ also the teachers offer very little in the means of supporting students that struggle with behaviour- they put them in an outdated system that focuses purely on punishment also there is not a consistent approach to punishment as many teachers allow their personal issues and relationships with students to get in the way of teaching

Bullying and extremely poor behaviour are common, with teachers doing little to stop it. The majority of teachers aren't strict enough to keep certain students from acting out and disrupting the learning of other students. There aren't many lunchtime or after school activities for students not interested in sports, either. The curriculum is ok, but those at the top of the class barely receive attention from their teachers and aren't set challenging enough work for their abilities, so their progress is limited.