Nova Hreod Academy
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Based on 18 reviews and 162 answers
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Average of 18 reviews with area ratings
- Indoor environment2.2
- Outdoor environment2.2
- Education2.1
- Staff1.9
- Safety1.9
- Food1.9
- Communication1.8
- Activities1.8
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- Former Student1.018 October 2026
if you love your children, do not send them here.
absolutely abhorrent school. left in 2023 and my brother is telling me it's only getting worse. bullying (physical and verbal) is abundant, and the only punishment for it is a verbal warning which only eggs said bullies on because the teachers will not bother to hide the fact you spoke to them. i lost two friends to this school. that is not a joke. 'good' teachers are far and few between. some will be fair, teach you like they're meant to, actually care for their students. others will send you...
- Student1.024 September 2026
nova hreod
ruined my mental health. don't come here it teaches students and has good ratings,but in the most draining way possible. you get isolation for being a second late to a lesson I wouldn't recommend one of the worst schools in Swindon by far
- Other1.08 September 2026
AVOID AT ALL COSTS
I would give a 0 if I could such a dumb school avoid at all costs detentions for nothing and racism and discrimination from teacher and always hearing complaints from parents and students
- Student1.09 December 2025
NEVER GO HERE. EVER.
I HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLY BULLIED, NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT, MOST OF MY FRIENDS THINK I AM NOT MYSELF ANYMORE, I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE I WITH THESE PROBLEMS, I AM CONSTANTLY BELITTLED, I AM LIKELY MOVING SCHOOLS, I HAVE EDITED THE WIKIPEDIA, CHECK IT OUT
- Student1.023 April 2025
Horrible school
Absolutely horrible school, teachers do NOT care for students well being, more time they are absolutely selfish and never care about children’s comfort ability, i think they forget that the whole reason they have a job is because of us. Can’t even put ur hand on your face when listening to the teacher and new head teacher seems to be making the place a living hell, barely any non uniform and he’s taking away all of our ‘fun days’ such as: non school uniform, culture days etc. it’s disgusting.
- Student1.026 February 2025
Summary of my time so far at nova
Im a scholar at this school and out of all schools ive been too nova hreod academy is the worst. First off you get yelled at for breathing in lessons or blinking at the wrong time, You never get a propper say in things happeneing, And the school 'respects' scholars yet they let people get away with stomping on people and hurting people because they have issues (no hate implied to issues) but as sokn as the person tries to protect themselves they are in the wrong. If you had to go to a school i would never recommend nova
- Student1.023 February 2025
HATE THIS SCHOOL
I hate this god forsaken school the teacher suck and they expect us to do hours of homework so a 30 minutes detention is better than hours of homework do t send anyone here it feels like a prison
- Former Student1.024 September 2024
Poor experience
The experience I had was really bad they didn’t even let students use the toilets and I had such a hard time with the teachers
- Employee1.09 September 2024
horrendous school awful teachers.
they’ve had teachers nudes be exposed they’ve had sex videos of teachers exposed when concerns risen children were told if they spoke on these topics punishment would be in place parents were not informed this was all done in an assembly in school numerous teachers have been sacked for abnormal reasons and also this is not reported or relayed to parents/ guardians yet the children’s “welfare” is their best interest !???? yeah i think not
- Student1.028 September 2023
Student sayings
Went on a tour at y6 and even the students said don’t come here it’s a really bad school luckily I didn’t
- Former Student1.014 June 2023
nova swindon
most awful school in swindon the teachers are useless say they are a no bullying school yet my brother has been bullied for months and i know multiple other children that have had the same problem and actually left the school….they don’t seem to care they ignore emails, phone calls and are more worried about if u are wearing some earrings or a nose stud ? getting worse by the day the schools a disgrace DO NOT SEND UR CHILD HERE!!! (nova)
- Student2.024 January 2023
Even abbey Park is better
This school is ok not the best but it has gotten better over the years but I don't like that some teachers are really strict and need to loosen up a bit and since I got my casts on today I'm scared to go back on Thursday since I have bullies at that school and I'm scared if they trip me up.
- Other1.08 October 2022
horrid school would never send my children to this bad school
this school is so bad there is too much bullying and the teachers do nothing about it this school should be appalled of them self's i've read other people's reports and i agree with most of the bad ones you are way too strict you make your students miserable and underestimate the students knowledge like what do actually need from school it a waste of time and even more of a waste of time when it comes to nova i would never send any of my children to this horrid school other schools get their students to such amazing places compared to yours
- Other2.08 October 2022
Too strict!!!
can't believe how bad it is.It's way too strict need to loosen up a little.
- Parent1.022 July 2022
Bad school.
A teacher thought it would be good to belittle my daughter today . Last day of term all because she didn't know what line to queue in. Shame on you Nova now she's miserable for her summer holidays which she was looking forward too.So thanks for that if she doesn't come back for yr11 on your head be it.
- Parent1.022 July 2022
Bad school.
Last day today before summer holidays and one of the teachers thought it would be ok to belittle my daughter because she didn't know which line to get in. Shame on you she's caught up so well after all the lockdowns . She was looking forward to yr11 not now though.
- Former Student2.06 July 2021
Do not recommend.
I just left this year so thought this might helpful. Teachers seem to be more concerned about how well students do in exams rather than the students own well-being. The school mental health councillor was fired a couple years back for some reason so there’s barely any decent support system for people struggling. There’s no regard for how the excessive amount of homework is having on students’ mental health. Uniform rules are way way to strict and unnecessary; you get put in isolation for having socks below the ankle. Food is almost always lukewarm and sometimes undercooked. There are only a small handful of teachers that aren’t only fixated on grades. As a music student, the performing arts department is horrendously under-funded. most guitars and drum kits are damaged in some way and haven’t been replaced for 4 years+ and the imacs are slow and unreliable (none of this is the teacher’s fault). Especially since COVID-19 hit, it has worsened. When we came back in september 2020 the one way system failed dramatically; as the months went on, there was no pushing the younger years to wear masks and i saw almost all of years 7-9 not wearing one. half our year was forced to self isolate multiple times so kisses out on vital parts of the curriculum.
- DLStudent5.03 April 2021
This is the school you want
Nova Hreod Academy is a school with a great community of students, teachers and other members of staff. Everyone is polite and respectful because that’s the Nova way. If you want to send your child to a school where the teachers and staff members truly care about your child’s education and well being then you can’t go wrong here. Nova has some of the most caring staff members who care about each and every student. The teachers are supportive and trust worthy. At Nova, the teachers have a way of...