Mossbourne Community Academy

My two boys are both doing really well at this school and are happy. The school feels like a safe, friendly place to learn. They seem to have got to grips with all of the rules very quickly and mostly find it easy not to break them. Very small things are punished but only with 20 minute detentions - no anger, no shouting or screaming and no one seems to mention it again. There are some rules that seem ridiculous and the school is not always very good at explaining things to parents or taking their views on board but teachers are available to talk to on the phone and seem to be responsive. I appreciate that others might have a different experience but overall the discipline creates an atmosphere where teachers can actually teach and students can learn. Aspirations are high and progress is constantly measured to ensure that pupils are on track to achieve their best.

I don't want to give any stars. if you want your child to become a very very angry human being, send them to this school. My kids went here and my daughter went from a angry teenager to a angry young adult. My son constantly second guess in a lot of the things he does. The school never stopped ringing about theost stupid things that, in the end my partner and myself didn't answer the phone if they called. However, there was no avoiding the persistence of their stupidity as letters were sent home or the poor children were kept in detentions. My son was so enthusiastic before he went there. My daughter got really good SATS results. Within the first month she had been moved down leaving her white primary school friend moving up the ranks. she was accused of being a bully a thief a liar. I was called up the school and was told by a great strapping woman teacher that, when she was questioning my daughter about an incident that happened she feared for her life as my daughter became quite aggressive all 5ft of her. These are the type of labels they put mostly on the black children in the school. My daughter had friends from all different backgrounds as she is mixed race. However, the white girls were told to keep away from the likes of her as it would not be in their best interest to be her friend. Wow! There's more but I would be writing forever. I got a phone call for my son who had picked someones pen up as they dropped it and had to do a 6o'clock detention. He took a sip of water without asking same thing. He was accused of being a thief as he had found a whiteboard pen outside a classroom and the offered it to another teacher who had forgotten his in the staffroom. He tried to explain to deaf ears. The day they left we all sighed of relief. I would not send my dog there. You might think your doing your child a favour but unless they're willing to do the uncle Tom's dance, No masa, yes masa they will not get very far

If I could rate it a 0 I would but for now it’s a one this school has honestly negatively affected the mental health of so many. Where do I even begin ? First of all the strict rules on hair and uniform the boys hair can only be cut till a level one they state this is a rule because new hair cuts can only be afforded by some and that people who can’t afford a haircut could potentially get bullied however, teachers always make fun of students for hair whether that’s to their face or behind their backs meaning they’re total hypocrites furthermore students will get detentions everyday until their hair grows back again is this necessary why should someone with a haircut be punished . For the girls they have to tie their hair back in a “neat” way anyone with curly hair knows how difficult it is and they specifically target pocs and people with curly hair and always let them know their hair is uneat my hair was damaged because I would use so much gel to slick it back to look “professional” this school wants all the students to look the same they preach that we shouldn’t feel insecure if we’re differnet yet try to hard to keep us the same. Finally the skirt rule whilst girls were walking to school if their skirt was a little over their knees infront of everyone they were sent to a teacher imagine how embarrasing that is ? So many girls ended up crying because of the stress and the teachers would respond “just get a bigger dress “ or “cut the hem of the skirt” a male teacher would look at our legs to make sure it wasn’t above the knees . Male teacher . Same teacher that gave detentions 1 hour and twenty mintue detentions to all the girls whose “skirt” wasn’t deemed right. This as you can already see is a negative atmosphere. Secondly the teachers . I won’t name names but the teachers here are absolutely horrific they shout at you for things such as not walking in a straight line or dropping a pen they use their power to essentially just scream everyday I’m telling you if you want your child to have a good mental health do not send them here they overwhelm us with homework and work and they love to say we have amazing grades that is only because the students work hard the teachers here only read thing off a board a slide they made back in 2005 they don’t allow interactive work or an exciting atmosphere no no . They advocate mental health and yet are the main reason why so many students have a horrible one genuinely my friends in all years have received such stress from this school they have had to go therapy me being one of them it’s a horrible environment do not let the “grades” trick you that is solely because of the hard work of students not at all because of the teachers here they’re as bad as a school with bad grades mossbourne is a gateway to hell and will never get better