Neale-Wade Academy
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Based on 29 reviews and 236 answers
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Average of 27 reviews with area ratings
- Food2.6
- Activities2.2
- Communication2.0
- Staff1.9
- Indoor environment1.8
- Outdoor environment1.8
- Education1.6
- Safety1.5
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- Parent1.020 September 2026
Homophobia in Neale wade
Homophobia is a constant thing that gets ignored and not a soul even trys to care, im ashamed to even bring my 15 year old daughter here
- Former Student1.08 March 2026
This is not the place for any child
Do not send your children here. Bullying sadly happens at every school, however, the level of bullying at this school is an abomination to humanity. Not only was I beaten on multiple occasions at the age of eleven, harassed for years om end, I also witnessed this amongst my peers. I understand there is only so much teachers can do, but to be ignored is a complete disgrace. During my time here, I was raped by a fellow student. He had previously stabbed another student with a pencil, vandalised pr...
- Parent1.02 January 2025
Avoid this school at all costs.
Absolutely horrendous school. If you have any choice at all, choose a different school for your child. Read the ofsted reviews and be warned.
- Student2.013 January 2024
Some things to definitely look out for!
The food. You do have quite a few options but they're mainly pastries and breads and not much healthy things, like sausage rolls, bacon rolls, pizza slices, Paninis, you do get pasta and or spaghetti which is half decent and on Wednesdays they do chips they're gone in about 20 minutes. The prices though are abit rubbish. 1 chocolate cookie for 40p which is the size of my 6yr old brothers hand palm. I could bring a pack lunch with a whole pack of cookies for like £1 and have 20 cookies but in the canteen it's £1for 2 cookies, prices r stupid parents already have to pay a fortune for uniform then scamming us out of lunch money. On average meals comes to about £2 for break then another £2 for lunch, about a fiver every day for a normal school lunch The education is alright if they've been working there for a while but the substitutes r a nightmare. i had english one with a tall dark buffed up man and some kids where playing around and they burst in and said i need a pencil trying to be funny and he immediately got up and got in their faces saying dont come in my face like that when they werent they were at the door no where near the desk and they stepped outside the door and they were saying what r u gonna do such and such and he was not backing down the teacher was slapping his chest shouting come at me come I dare u to touch me. I was so scared sitting in my chair with my friends I went quite . They left and about 30 minutes into the lesson he hadn't done the register and we were silent reading and I asked if he could do it as i didnt want to get marked not here and he said later but he was ,want to ages ago! Its goverment documents. I kept asking him and I ended up getting a c3 as he felt i was annoying him. Im sorry I'm just making sure my attendance doesn't go down bc of you and everyone gets marked here and not 10 teachers have to walk around the building looking for us when we r acc in the classroom?so then got a c3 which is relocation to another room and detention the next day. But before I got sent out he brought up the kids again and I said if u was to hit them do u think that would be right and he said yes?!?!? Because it's 'self defence' how. He said if a kid touches me I can hit them back . no?!?! Thats assault?!?! Your a grown man wanting to hit kids. He ended up calling head of year and we could all see he was so nervous trying to explain himself while the rest of us tried telling the head he was threating to hit kids. He ended up being okay and got away with it for the rest of the lesson (register wasn't signed btw at the end) but must say one the worst experience ever. oh and he hasn't come back ever since that day. So teachers r okay , subs r scary, foods over priced along w uniform, BUT BULLYING. They don't care theyll have a chat with both of u but won't put the bully is inclusion or any sort of punishment even if it's completely their entire fault. Messed up school wouldn't recommend but tbf all schools can be like this but this one is the worst, would recommended home schooling for the safety of your child .
- Student1.011 October 2023
DO NOT COME TO THIS SCHOOL!!!!!!!!
My experience in this school is absolutely horrific, the teachers do nothing if you are getting bullied, the teachers in send told us that they would close send down and force us all back to lessons. All the teachers are leaving which means we have substitutes mosty all of our lessons and the substitutes are horrible to the students and call them names and swear at students. i would not recommend this school to anyone it is horrible!!!!
- Student1.011 October 2023
dont recomend this school at all!!!!
i currently attend nwa, and have been bullied non stop since i have started, after the first incident they put me back into mainstream and the same thing occurred, but even worse this time. a teacher tried to deal with my incident and then got fed up with it and asked someone else to deal with it. i am now being forced into mainstream. recently me and my friends are being picked on and we said ONE thing back and got put into seclusion and the bullies got nothing done to them. i wouldnt recomend this school to anyone!!!!!!!
- Employee1.022 June 2023
so rubbish :)
i am a student here at neale wade and my personal opinion on this school is absolutely shocking there's teachers who c3 you for absolutely no reason its just a massive L never send your kids here
- Student1.024 April 2023
Horrible horrible horrible
Food most of the time is cold or raw and also my mate has had food poisoning from the canteen multiple times. Only 2% of teachers make lessons engaging and most of them left.
- Other1.029 March 2023
Disneyland Paris trip.
My grandson has gone on the disneyland paris trip today. What a nightmare for all the pupils. Expecting a meal after the river cruise ..oh to be waiting over 20mins and lots of the pupils went and bought their own McDonald's food. Not good.
- Parent2.028 March 2023
Behaviour and disappline
Sick of the bullying an nothing done about it good well behaved kids can't get on in class an learn for stupid unruly ones getting away with it still nothing done if your kids good they well be kicked aside an rude brates aloud to get on with what ever their doing place needs new management all round
- Parent1.027 February 2023
The toilet graffiti taught me more.
Absolute L school, especially if you have ever needed to go to the toilet.
- Former Student1.027 February 2023
Shit whole
Don't even bother sending up kids here teachers r disrespectful and full of false promises, there's is very few good teachers, the head of school is wonderful but the staff are let downs, so if u want Your kids to fail this is the place to send them
- Student1.07 February 2023
Dont come here
I am a student here reading these reviews and i am afraid to say everything people have written is true. Teachers dont care about bullying and have no respect. dont send your children here
- Student1.026 October 2022
13 reasons
Honestly quite bad, there are shop barriers on the bathrooms cause the students kept kicking down the doors. The police are there every day and the ambulances have blue lighted and backed up the the school doors 5 times in the past half term. All of the students skip class and the police have to be sent out. A few people have been busted for carrying a knife. Bad resources for sixth form too. Not one decent physics teacher and teachers are always leaving. And unbearable amount of homework. Teachers have been arrested for being a pedophile. They don’t bother approaching the massive uniform issue. Regular fights where the teachers don’t intervene. A teacher threw a glue stick at my brothers head. One kid also got pinned down whilst another one stomped and kicked him in the head, the teachers did nothing (he had shoe marks on his face afterwards and had to go to hospital). The teachers literally bully the students, A teacher has threatened my mate with a month’s seclusion cause she refused to do PE in her bra (she didn’t bring her pe kit). One teacher was fired for asking a student for drugs in the street. Nothing is done about bullying. The maths department is very strong though, brilliant teachers, understanding and easy to talk to, they know their stuff but that’s the only good part about the school.
- Other5.012 September 2022
lovely school
please send your kids here it is wonderful
- Student1.015 July 2022
Get your school together
I have been nearly ki##ed in your school and you done nothing I've could of end up in a hospital and I have witness is lily I have told her most of the things what Jess has done she has done it 3 times and threatened me today get your school together or I will call the cops on her
- Student1.015 July 2022
don't send your kids here
I'm a student at Neale-wade and I recommend not sending you children there i have a friend that has been threatened and strangled numerus times and the school only talked to us and didn't even check the cameras and didn't give the student who straggled them any consequence but when said student started crying and says stuff about us the teacher gave us a warning. Said teacher did give the student a warning however no further action was taken. also the student, who strangled my friend, has said mutable times to kill our self and has hit and hurt us but complains when we do it back and goes crying to a teacher and getting said teacher on her side.
- Student1.07 July 2022
Honestly the worse school in Cambridgeshire!
I have been kicked out of this school for sticking up for myself against a bully, they do absolutely nothing to the bully’s but soon as someone turns around and sticks up to there self’s they don’t like it. They have no respect towards the kids, but the kids have no respect for the teachers either it’s a battle everyday at that school. The head teacher would rather be your best buddy than a head teacher. They have moved me to Thomas Clarkson academy which I am very excited to go to. Hopefully I...
- Former Student1.03 May 2022
noah church is fat
this school is terrible noah church bullys me everyday he calls me alssya and call me a ginger n word and miss read u hotty oscar morris is a nob.
- Parent2.029 April 2022
it is just a bad school
it is bad and the school is horrible
- Employee2.023 January 2022
Under Ofsted gaze may improve short term.
The school is trying to make positive changes, however, there has been a significant decline since the previous Head of School left, when it was accredited a 'Good' Ofsted status from it previous 'Requires Improvement' status. Subsequently,this Requires Improvement status has returned under the new Head of School. The school is top heavy with management who are attempting to introduce significant changes without viewing the larger picture or being given clear guidance and future vision from the current Head of School. This leads to ineffective behaviour policies being introduced which do not address the underlying causation of behaviours, attendance or mental well-being. Unfortunately, many quality teachers and support staff leave after a short period at the Academy due to inconsistencies and lack of support from management. I personally would not send my child there if there is an alternative, however, now the school is under the Ofsted gaze I'm sure improvements will be implemented but question the longevity of these changes.
- Parent1.024 November 2021
Terrible school
Do not send your child to Neal wade.the teachers can't control most of the pupils they have no respect for them then wonder why the kids have no respect for them .my child was pushed and referred as that from teachers .they know my child has problems but do nothing to help but push her so they can't cope .bulling is awful and if your child sticks up for there self they are the ones punished.i have removed my child twice and they will not be going back the school .thanks Neal Wade for letting my...
- Student1.015 May 2021
Neale wade? no thanks
We are students at this school and its actually terrible! Firstly there is miss Griffin, she is actually so annoying! if u turn around she will literally shout at u louder than a plane taking off. If u do something wrong she will literally go "sad face" I MEAN WHO SAYS IT OUT LOUD!? Secondly there is Mr Smith. He is very ragey and he spends half the lesson talking nonsence. Also the food is quite terrible, HAIRY CHICKEN!! But the sausage rolls are good. We have had an issue with bullying though. The other kids are sometimes horrible, also i have food thrown at me all the time at my break. The toilets... I have had people kicking the toilet door down on me while i was in the toilet and it was actually horrible, I am now scared to use the toilets at school because of the girls there. Thats my review, i hope i never see u at my school bc otherwise you have made a grave error. TURRNNN BACKKKK NOWWWWWWWW....
- Student2.01 April 2021
Very poor hygiene
They literally have not put soap in the girls bathroom for over a week. Only one toilet door works and there’s rubbish and dirt all over the bathrooms. The school has a really bad lack of organisation, for example with year 11 revision sessions over half terms, several of them clash because the subject heads could not be bothered to talk to each other. Of course there are some nice teachers but overall the teaching and supply teaching quality isn’t great. I would nOt recommend you go here. Kids don’t respect it/ or the staff but there’s a reason for that.
- Parent1.06 November 2020
Useless with track and trace
Heard NWA Yr 11 students ha da day where peoples track and trace apps kept giving them messages. And no one did anything about it and all kids are still attending school! Outrage!!
- Student1.031 October 2020
Neale wade terrible school
Worst school I’ve ever seen. No precautions with COVID, no care for their students, teachers are bully’s to the students.
- Student1.01 October 2020
Bad School
Awful teachers, Horrible learning experience, little to no preparations against COVID-19
- Student1.030 September 2020
Rubbish
Worst school ever would not recommend sending your child here
- Student1.026 August 2020
hell on earth
the worst school, I wouldn’t recommend it to my worst enemy teachers do not care about the children in there care, I say care although I thought that was key in a school now I know it is key in a functioning school, which this school is not!