Newfield Secondary School
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Based on 16 reviews and 139 answers
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Average of 16 reviews with area ratings
- Outdoor environment3.3
- Food3.1
- Indoor environment2.8
- Education2.7
- Staff2.7
- Communication2.7
- Safety2.3
- Activities2.2
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- Student1.05 February 2026
Help me please
The school has gave me mental issues.
- Other1.026 January 2026
Bullying
I was led to believe this school was very strict regarding bullying. What a joke! A group of both male and female have been targeting 1 child and standings back and watching it happen. This has been addressed and now the bullied child is being totally ignored by the bullies and it is being allowed to happen. What happens to the mental health of the person being bullied and abused. Will be on the schools heads should anybody get harmed. Do your jobs and prevent this behaviour from happening
- Former Student1.03 October 2025
Terrible place
Bullying was not taken seriously at all by senior staff when I was there, now i have a younger sibling at the school and the new headteacher has implemented ridiculous draconian rules that I strongly believe have been put in place purely to make children miserable. its an absoloute cult of personality.
- Employee1.012 September 2025
GAHHHHHHH GAHHHHH DONT CUMe HERE
THERES DINOSAURS IN THE TOLIET THAT HAND YOU TOILET PAPER UNDER THE DOOR....THEY SOMETIMES PEEK UNDER LIKE SOME SCANDINAVIAN. HELPPPPP I DONT LIK ITTTTT TAKE OUTTTTT
- Parent2.03 July 2025
Fair Staff, dismal management
As a former state school teacher and University Lecture at Russell Group University and parent of a child at the school. I have a relatively fair opinion of the teachers at Newfield, counterweighed by extremely poor opinion of Management. Management is overbloated, draconian to the point of bullying students, Mangement actively avoid communication and engagement with parents and the community. They simultaneously ignore important messages while bombarding parents with meaningless overliy genera...
- Student2.011 June 2024
Newfield school is awful
This school is shit it cares more about giving Kids detention then giving kids education they would rather have kids in all day isolation + a half a hour detention or even a hour not letting them leave at normal times then have kids in their lesson over a minor issue in my 5 years of attending they have never shown any care to anybody’s mental health or how there kids are doing the rules are pathetic. Its a rat race they only care about how the school looks an how the kids are presented then the actual kids themselves the food is decent but quite shit it’s like 1.25 for one tiny slice of pizza which is normally rock hard or covered in tomato sauce they give hour detentions for 2 kids being ina cubical even if one of the kids is crying eg anything like that they do not Care for the kids every half term they bring in a lot more silly rules like walking around with your pencil case to make lesson time longer asif it doesn’t take 2 seconds to get it out ur bag they never listen to kids wen kids are wrongly given detentions the communication is horrid a lot of times the school is wrong but never accepts it it’s like all the teachers are big baby brats
- Student2.01 November 2023
bullying
this school is a nightmare for me, everything was fine apart from the fact that bullying between students is allowed however this was clearly visible to all teachers but none barley did any action in regards to.Also when i went to this school my english was tough,But my teachers would love to put me down by asking me questions about the lesson in front of everyone,knowing for sure that i don't know how to answer! this school should establish a subject called manners to teach their children! because raising a generation that don't know what manners is should be very imbaressing.
- Student2.024 August 2023
HORRIBLE.
This school isn’t what it seems. Its learning system is Average and could work effectively. I say ‘could’ because the teachers are absolutely dreadful. My mental health went down the drain as I went to the school. I spent half of the year crying in the toilet because I dealt with bullying, shouting, scolding, pressure and racism. And the school knew about it! I was in a depressed state and having fear of going to that school. My insomnia got worse and the teachers don’t care about the children a...
- Parent5.016 December 2022
I would recommend
very nice and clean and people and teachers are great!
- Former Student1.021 February 2022
Honest SEND & SLT Review
As a former student here at this school I can confirm that the methods used by the school are inadequate to what you would want for your child. If your child has SEND related support this is 100% not the place to take them. This school does not host a supportive, accurate nor funded SEND team. The staff here are under equipped to meet the needs of your child. Please do not be fooled by their approach, they may deceive you on paper but from personal experience the support they decide to provide will eventually be revoked by a higher power. Needless to say the support here is not person centred but in fact tailored to meet the schools/staff needs and not your child. The school neither succeeds in the provision of care as the utilities are non-existent. Having identified this flaw students most often are kept to the school's regime, if your child cannot handle busy environments and needs care 1-to-1 then this will most often be a lacking factor in this school. Overall the lack of support for your child will undoubtedly lead your child down a terrible spiral of decline. The Senior Leadership Team (SLT) have no regard for the students that fall under the SEND umbrella despite being advertised as a 'diverse' school. Instead of upholding a duty of care, I and others have witnessed children simply crawl under the fence and leave the school grounds due to a sensory overload and lack of support. This is something the schools fail in the most, the safeguarding of children is not the top of their priorities. Prepare to have your child excluded with countless meetings with staff and nothing but a dim horizon for your child's future. Having left this school I am in the firm opinion that I have not only exceeded the school's expectations but that of my own. With the right support and education your child can experience the best of what's to be provided in the education system especially with the right support.
- Parent1.020 December 2021
An absolute joke of a school
Honestly the worst school. Allows bullying to occur to the point students are scared to come in. Mental health support is lacking (not the actual learning support team, they were lovely). The school system as a whole is incredibly corrupt, allowing students to get away with hurting others on several occasions without severe action. A few teachers who are amazing. Other teachers will blame a student for bullying and defend the student who is inflicting harm on others.Cases of sexual assault not taken seriously. Avoid, unless you want your kids to be miserable.
- Student3.03 July 2021
My view
Not really the best school they have the right support for mental health and before I left it felt like more strict then it was I felt like I was trapped they need to help people with mental health or getting bullied u can’t even go out of class unless u have a pass like what if someone does actually need the toilet it’s pathetic
- Former Student4.024 June 2021
Great not perfect
Brilliant teachers except a few years ago when I left I repeatedly got in trouble for someone else causing everything and every time I got the blame even though clearly they were in the wrong.
- Former Student2.023 June 2021
Newfield ruined my mental health
I honestly wouldn't recommend this school to anybody. Mental health is very rarely ever taken into consideration and they care more about how they look then anything else. They will tell parents what they want to hear and then do the complete opposite. Furthermore, bullying, including homophobic bullying is not taken seriously and is chosen to be dealt with in a ridiculous way. There are a couple of decent teachers here, that will get you through. Overall, avoid this school at all costs.
- Student2.027 May 2021
Ruined my mental health
Been told that I’m basically not allowed to cry
- Student3.05 February 2021
Review
New field school is alright the teachers help you with your work and everything ❤️