Pool Hayes Academy

i spent 2 days there as a staff member. Horrid experience,left to get on with it.No induction or introduction.90% of students were out of chairs, applying make up, screaming and on their phones

Pool Hayes Academy is rubbish when it comes to two things. 1. If your child is being bullied (Physically or/and Verbally) The school will not act until the bullying has been continous for 8 weeks. If bullying hasn't been continuous for 8 weeks, the school pass it off as "banter." I was told this by a member of staff when my child was there. Kids have committed suicide in less time so I think the school should look at their bullying policy again. 2. Trying to contact members of staff (Head of years) is none existent. Tried numerous times to contact staff via the office staff to be told the teacher will be emailed and your call will be returned later that day but the returned call never comes. Also emails are purposely ignored too (I know this from experience) Apart from that the school is an OK school

this school ruined my teenager years don’t send ur kids here if u want ur kid to be happy, safe and treated well in school. if u send them here ur setting them up for failure

I’m really impressed with the school my son started late in year 7 after not getting into the school we had selected and I I'm now glad he didn’t he’s settled in so well not had one issue he really enjoys it and is excelling in every lesson! Parent’s evening teachers had nothing but wonderful things to say about my son and fully explained how they plan to move forward with his education to push him which I appreciate

This is by far the worst school I have ever seen I move down from wales to here and my children are getting hurt non stop by member of staff also pupils I do not tolerate it anymore

Do not recommend I got bullied for being black almost every day being bullied, cried got beated up and I'm taking legal actions that's all.

Did nothing about bullying. Teacher made fun of me in front of everybody. Nothing is done if you complain about teachers no matter how bad of a teacher they are.

So I’m getting bulled at school because this kid is the teacher kid and acting all cool and just bulling me

I was bullied for the five years i was there. this included physical and emotional abuse from students in my year. i had brought this up with teachers many times and each time i was told to “just ignore them”. i couldn’t. this caused me suicidal thoughts resulting in me attempting suicide 3 times within my time there and i had turned to self harm. i’m in therapy now for ptsd, anxiety, depression and an eating disorder which are all results from being at this school. as well as the bullying some teachers would constantly put me down. i was told several times by the career advisor that i’d never go anywhere in life and that my career goals are unrealistic and i should change my path. one of the science teachers also told me i was stupid and would never get into sixth form because of how dumb i was. the drama department as a whole is pathetic. they play favourites and aren’t discreet about it. they make you feel shit and even if you do have talent if they don’t like you, if you aren’t pretty enough or don’t want to take drama for sixth form, you aren’t respected. i did bring up how unfair it all was with a friend as it was getting to us a lot but nothing was ever resolved and the unfair treatment continued. the dance department also repeatedly told me i was too fat to dance and should just give up. they don’t care about you unless your skinny. i did a dance show and one of the costumes didn’t fit and after bringing this up with the head dance teacher she told me to get rid of my breasts and lose weight. this treatment along with peer bullying led me to develop an eating disorder and i’m still not recovered a couple years later. there was only around 5 teachers in the whole 5 years that actually cared about me but half of these ended leaving before i ended year 11 but even then they just told me to just ignore them. if you aren’t pretty, smart, or fit their standards the school doesn’t care about you. i have so much trauma and mental health issues resulting from me being at this school and even with the teachers knowing nobody did anything. there’s little support both academically and mentally and it has to get better. i know i’m not the only kid who has experienced this type of treatment.

I mean, I would not recommend, in my opinion, there is so much bullying there, somebody I know got bullied there so much to the point they wanted to take their life, and the school did little to nothing about it, the school has slightly improved but my sibling also attended and was bullied to the point of harming themself and again, they did nothing.