Mossbourne Community Academy

My sister-in-low had to look at the wall for 10 hours because she spoke in class which school does this except this kind of school
It’s a really bad school kids come out crying if you love your kids please stop sending your kids to this school

That school is such a strict school and when I mean strict extremely strict. I come to collect my child from their transition day at Mossbourne they was crying saying that their day was horrible . The lunch was not good and they said on her letter that they will show the year 6 the school they have not even done that and already 15 pupils got detention for being late and talking during assembly and yes I understand that talking in assembly's is rude and later on they told me that told me that excuses for being late is not permitted and what is even more crazy is that they are not allowed to meet friends and go to local shops in uniform which do not make sense at all . They don't even allow physical contact like hugging of shaking a person's hand and during their breaks they cannot be in a group that is over 6 people which I do not get at all .

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 you want to make a fearstricken teen out of you child, do send them here. You're in a constant state of distress forever walking on eggshells. With such relentless and close surveillance (as in we had a camera in one of the girls'loos) you'd think you should feel safe here. As a person with no problems with my peers, it's the teachers who are most problematic. It's a common feeling we all share of collectively treading on eggshells doing your very best and on your best behaviour all times usually in vain. "No excuses" is what we have drummed into us as well as "getting it wrong" leaving us no room to be kids or even human at this point. You are screamed at as though the world maybe about to end for the tiniest mistake, so any feeling of wanting to do better is never really out of pure personal desire to do well, but rather fuled by fear and wanting to avoid all interaction with a teacher.

You are always second guessing yourself because even when you are asking a teacher for help, especially if its for something serious , for example you don't feel safe around a peer or staff member, it is always down to you and what you could have done and how you should have reacted it's as though all the teachers who are supposed to be there for you are trained to just make you feel stupid for even trying to look out for yourself. The word is gaslighting: you really have to have a whole script planned for asking for help or time off for an appointment or just for a chat ( even though they say they're always"here to chat if you need") because you know you're going have to explain yourself as they stay questioning your every wrong breath .
There is a head of year who is still at that school give girls a detentions when they went to her about a boy who had sexually assaulted them. A boy who is known to do this. And I don't know whay she decided but she just didn't bother with it and shooed these young people away with detentions for lying. Another member of staff - the deputy head I believe- asked a girl if she blushed when she was assaulted by her partner. The girl firstly had gone through 2 other teaxherito speayto this one because she had wanted to speak with another female and secondly is black - so she cannot blush. That remark , "did you blush", and it's context sums up how seriously we as pupils and students are taken by the mca teachers. Those staff members who do see us are either not teachers, not in a role of much power to fix things and if they are teachers they never stay very long without having to change.

This school from the beginning operates in a way that i thiyis a bit pompous. It breaks you down in years 7-8 (year 7 especially are screamed at daily from induction day as year 6) and wears you the heck out. By the time you realise the nonsensical level or false vitality mca holds itself up with, you're too far gone to leave. I honestly feel like an ex-convict at my new school I'm in the environment is suspiciously conductive for learning and personal development and everyone is too happy here for this to be a proper school. It's just the way mossborne turned me out. With complex ptsd x.

I forgot to mention the overcrowding. It is insane. a building made for 800 people (all children & adults) have 1600 students no space in the corridors and wmm
Thisis so much shorter than i wanted to say but I'd be here forever if i even outlined any of my own experiences. Here, please talk to the students at the school whi don't stick around to help with open evening because they represent a bigger part of the student body and do not listen to the adults who are paid to be there and have been through their education because this isn't about them. It is about your child. So please please, before you pick a school (for your child), talk to as many of the students/ ex students and their parents as possible. To work there? As an educator? Unless you're going to be different from the rest, you're becoming part of the reason half the school don't want to wake up in the morning. Also i can only imagine how much work the teachers do and I used to wonder how overworked they were, then I'd remember they're far from being underpaid.

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