Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College

The school is focused on attendance and appearance. The staff speak to students disrespectfully,but expect the children to respect them back. The SEND provision is none existent. No real empathy or compassion towards the children. Don't choose this school

Terrible school. Staff do naff all for bullying even when presented with clear evidence. Some staff are pretty much bullies themselves. Filth everywhere. Kids treated like jews in a Nazi camp. Nobody on the board or working in the school cares about the kids, just the money, as presented by Alan Warboys driving his expensive car round the car park honking and waving at the kids… teachers here don’t teach you anything just hand out work sheets without explaining how to do it, my grades here significantly dropped until I moved to another school. I used to come home from school and cut myself and cry every day because of how bad it was.

The behaviour of the students going to and from the academy is disgusting. From verbal abuse to damage to property. They then swan about like so little 2 pence gangsters as they have it in their mind that they are untouchable.

Regrettably, my child has completed her A levels at this abysmal college, and based on my understanding, it may not be an ideal choice for prospective students. The administration of the sixth form is overseen by an individual who can only be described as lethargic. Despite holding the title of 'Director of Post-16', he appears to delegate much of the 'directing' to the college office staff. His management has resulted in distressing treatment towards their old PPT, leading to her crying in front of students and subsequent resignation midway through the academic year. The absence of effective leadership has contributed to disorganisation within the sixth form. For instance, staff were instructed to prioritise year 13 students due to their impending A level exams, yet there were occasions when the year 13s had entire days without lessons, as their teachers were facilitating 'drop down days' for year 11s. Alarmingly, staff were told not to disclose this information to students, as they rightfully wouldn’t want to attend college on those days. In February, the head of Sixth Form implemented 'mandatory period 8s', extending the school day until 4:45pm for select students. While I agree that additional learning time is valuable, this decision overlooked students' existing commitments, such as part-time employment. Insensitively, a teacher expressed in an assembly that "Your job doesn't care about you!" disregarding the fact that many students rely on these jobs for their livelihood. In one instance, a student mentioned their inability to attend period 8s due to the need to work and pay rent, to which the insufferable criminology teacher and head of year responded dismissively with "Tough". I would also like to add that the teachers supposedly had no choice in holding these extra two-hour sessions and were not paid for them. During the same month, 'mandatory masterclasses' were introduced during half term breaks to compensate for the college's inability to deliver sufficient teaching during term time, unlike other colleges in the area. The college's lack of organisation has led to instances where students made to teach themselves A level content due to constraints in time and resources. This evident lack of support has had a detrimental impact on student performance where I have heard instances of whole classes failing mock exams, students being entered for papers worth only half an A level, and one student having a meeting only five weeks prior to exams about not allowing her to sit exams because teachers didn’t believe she’d show up. I have also been informed of instances where teachers were reportedly teaching exam content on the actual day of the final A-Level exam. At the beginning of Year 13, my daughter attended an assembly where the notoriously ineffective ‘Director’ of Sixth Form claimed that previous Year 13 students had complained about their grades, despite allegedly not putting in the necessary effort or revising adequately. However, the reality was that these students had indeed worked hard and were ultimately let down by the staff. This college does not appear to strive for excellence, as evidenced not only by its lack of commitment but also by the subpar grades it consistently produces. The Accord Sixth Form website attempts to present the college’s performance as above the national average by categorizing grades in a particular way, yet in truth, they fall below that standard. The school's careers advisor is fully aware of this situation and, rather than motivating students to aim high, often encourages them to set lower aspirations. I have heard accounts of students being advised to change their university choices on UCAS to what the advisor deems “realistic universities,” even when these students had high predicted grades. It is worth noting that these predicted grades often seem inflated, as the actual A-Level results tend to be significantly lower. Furthermore, this same careers advisor has reportedly discouraged students from applying to Oxbridge, while selectively choosing which students are given opportunities to engage with Oxbridge representatives. My daughter has observed that these selected students tend to come from the same white, middle-class demographic. Additionally, the apathetic Director of Sixth Form has shown a troubling tendency to confuse and mix up students of the same race, confidently addressing them as if they were someone else. This was not a mere oversight, as it continued to happen well into their second year at the college. It is evident that the ineligible Director of Sixth Form needs to step down after years of inadequate leadership, making way for someone with the appropriate work ethic to effectively lead Accord Sixth Form. It is unacceptable that both staff and students are well aware of his inability to perform his duties. My daughter should not have to justify poor grades by saying, “well, it’s a bad college,” and students should not have to settle for a mediocre education. Regrettably, it is purported that the college's poor organisation has led to the departure of all post-16 teachers, with only a small few remaining for the next academic year. I sincerely hope that the college receives a sufficient number of formal complaints for the Accord Multi Academy Trust to finally take notice and take appropriate action as, from what I have heard, the issues I have raised have persisted for many years.

The school is full of pakis

This school it’s shite send your kids hear if u hate them the staff treat me like rubbish and talk bad about the kids in the staff room and take the mick out of the kids with disabilities

Today, I will discussing and sharing my utterly honest conclusion on this school after being there for some time. The particular topic I would like converse about is the repugnant, abhorrent state of the school restrooms. Quite commonly, I will find in those harrowing cubicles that some cretinous, inhumane being has decided it would be funny to urinate on the toilet seat, also, adding to the matter, the bins are filled with half-eaten, apples etc. This is extremely unhygienic in a toilet and and I'm quite sure many other pupils that attend the school will agree with me that it is literally repulsive.

Terrible. Bullying. Super strict. Detentions for no reason. Racist.

I would recommend everyone to stay well clear of this school they take no notice of courts rules and are happy to change names with no revelen paperwork even though the birth certificate clearly states what the child’s name his

absolutely terrible. i get called a he when i use she/they. the teachers in the hub are nasty they try ruin relationships, make people feel isolated, they are toxic and dont care about mental health.

This school is horrible the teachers are utter shit they don’t care about bullying you get detentions for extremely stupid reasons

On off the best schools that I have ever been to the teacher are amazing and the lessons are the best

awful school wouldn't recommend

Terribly strict over silly rules wouldnt send your child into this amount of emotional torment

i hate going here its full of slags and chavs it makes me want to kill myself. only send your kids here if you hate them and like torturing innocent youths. a few of my mates almost died because of the mould on the prison food

racism, homophobia and transphobia is going on in this school and all they care about is if you’re wearing earrings or if you’re wearing a little foundation to cover up insecurities or whatever or if you’re skirt is rolled, i get discipline when the skirt is short but most of the times it’s about a few inches above the knee. let’s be real no member of the public cares if you’re wearing earrings or you’re not wearing a lanyard. i wore a clear CLEAR earring which is not effecting anyone and got detention. OSSETT ACADEMY DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOURE EDUCATION AND ONLY ON HOW U REPRESENT IT and that’s a fact! it’s not sanitary and COVID is another story, ‘one way system’ meaning there’s only one exit meaning year groups mixing and i’m not joking SIDE BY SIDE pushing each other. another thing is year groups share same lunch hall and people are trying to eat whilst the stupid year 8s are literally leaning LEANING over them whilst in the line. it’s disgusting. we are there to learn not to wait half an hour after school cause we forgot to take a earring out. most students mental health has gone down the drain and it’s not discussed enough. teachers say “talk to me whenever you need to” yet they’re the same ones forcing us to read or answer a question when we clearly don’t know it and embarrassing us. i think the only teacher who actually cares is miss carrie. girls have needs to go to the toilet but are we allowed whenever we need to? NO. and make us explain in front of the class why we are desperate, MAINLY MALE. male teachers should not be handing out detentions for skirts it makes students uncomfortable and no one gets that. only a handful of genuine teachers there. i love the dinner ladies

Overall I think that ossett isn’t bad but the same core groups of students are constantly picked on and others are shown significant favouritism. Detentions are handed out for wearing coats in side when the buildings like Russia whilst the teachers walk around in their coats claiming nothing is wrong. I think that the teachers are getting better but their are still some knobs. Their is an exceedingly ridiculous amount of homework handed out and is given ridiculous deadlines. At lunch times paninis are regularly launched around the lunch hall endangering students and potential causing concussions . The hygiene of the school is a disgrace with marshmallows and other various sweets been launched around classrooms with chewing gum also stuck under the desks. The sporting facilities are very good and the Pe teachers are generally sound . The students in the school are cocky and horrible especially the year 9s. Bullying is constant and the school take very little notice of racial discrimination and bullying with little done and as of every school in the UK mental health needs to be further identified as having 6 and 1/2 hours of lessons a day is very stressful especially when u haven’t got a clue or struggle with work in most lessons ( i struggle quite a lot and I am in high sets)

I've been at the school since September 2018 and the amount of bullying, in general, is through the roof. I've had panic attacks as a result of coming here. I have seen many counts of bullying be left unpunished. For instance, a student repeatedly bullied me for six months in my first year and he only got warned to avoid me, which they haven't enforced at all. Many students have to fake illness to avoid the way we get treated and some are found out to be sick whilst out of school.

My personal experience in school have included high amounts of homophobia and racism, but not directly towards anyone. The school have done nothing to help with this which i find quite uncomfortable. I’ve also noticed that the head of years like to impact and help the whole year, but struggle to emphasise and help individual pupils with bullying or academic struggles. I feel very uncomfortable at school and i have been struggling with concentration since primary school, and it seems kind of pointless that they decide to finally do something about it in my final year of high school? Overall, I feel like the school could easily improve and I feel like the barrier of expression pupils face doesn’t help with feeling comfortable at school. For example, I feel it would be better if the makeup, hair colour and nail varnish rules could be relaxed since it is in no way going to impact my, or anyone else’s education and will help add diversity between different community’s in the school and could help pupils have less “offensive” tendencies. At my old school, we did reviews like this and the school reflected on what they could do better, I feel like ossett academy should do the same. Also the graded experiences are what I personally think and I don’t want to reflect on what I think the school does well, or bad as a whole.