Preston School Academy

Best school for my son and got so much education!

I got sa’d here for the first and hopefully last time in my life. My whole year said i lied about it just because it was a ‘popular’ kid who did it, or bullied me and called me gay. School said that I should report anyone who makes fun or doesn’t believe me to them, but that didn’t help, and people threatened to get me jumped because ‘i’m a liar’. My english teacher bullied me once in class and let the whole class laugh at me because i didn’t know the answer to an easy question, and now I don’t feel comfortable talking to any members of staff at all. I have issues with my concentration which the school overlooks and says it’s my fault and I get ‘engagement in learning’ behaviour points even though there is nothing I can physically do in my power to help. Toilets are incredibly poorly maintained. Some absolutely astonishing toilet issues follow. Whole bottles of soap are regularly being wasted daily. Someone had a poo in the urinal. Someone got poo all over the toilet seat last year. Students regularly boot in the stall doors that their mates are in shaking the all the doors too. Almost all the lights are broken in there. There’s normally urine all over the floor. The main food place in the school, ‘The Hub’ (the new year 7s can’t get enough of that name) lines are EXTREMELY long and sometimes you can’t even get food at break without having to use up all your break time, and don’t get me started on the lines on ‘chip’ Fridays. Teachers will hand out behaviour points if you are simply missing one piece of equipment (incredibly annoying when students steal each others’ equipment for the fun of it). The school has an awful budget, they can’t afford books in different colours so all books are currently blue. Almost all the students have an unfair social hierarchy. I know that can’t be held against the school, but the school sucks at making everyone feel equal. I’m constantly picked on for petty stuff and it really annoys me, as the hierarchy ranks me incredibly low due to being seen as abnormal by a lot. Lessons are constantly interrupted by students who think that they are funny. Lots of students are wannabe roadmen (gangsters), and think that school doesn’t matter and they will be a part of a gang. The school should be guiding them away from that future, but they don’t. A girl in the school got a day of isolation because she smacked a racist and sexist boy in her year, telling her horrendous things. She should’ve been applauded in my opinion. Staff are incapable of controlling students, there was a fight in a P.E. class which the teacher failed to sort out properly and could’ve ended horribly wrong had no other teachers come to aid, and a student who has done sa on school grounds before got appointed as a top level student council member. TL;DR: School is absolutely dreadful in lots of ways.

I hate it so much teachers don’t let you go to the toilet all the teachers just care about the uniform to tuck your shirt in un roll your skirt . And I have had people been horrible to me my mum rung up before and the school did nothing . And to much homework as well you have to knowledge builder every night and right words off a screen like honestly what is that going to do and then you get extra homework like pieces a week and I generally think it is to much and they could try to make the school a lot better than it is right now. Every day I dread coming to school . The only positive thing about this school is the food I enjoy the food and that’s it . I’am just warning you I don’t think it’s a good idea to come to this school. I can’t wait until I finish in this school .DON’TTTTTTTTTTT COMEEEEE TOOOO THISSSSSSSSSS SCHOOLLLLLL!!!!!

Students are pulling toilets off of the walls in the boys toilets, some doors of the toilets don't have locks on them and the school refuses to fix them, there's Nazi symbols burned into the toilet walls, ground is constantly covered in piss and you can smell it every time you walk past them,recently in the boys toilets someone or a group of students have pissed in all of the toilet roll holders. That's just the toilets, just today a year 7 was bodied by a year 10 and unable to get up for about 10 minutes whilst groups of students just watched him on the floor crying also students are constantly saying racial and homophobic slurs like it's normal and no one corrects them. Teachers don't seem to care much about the students and only complain about how we look, we aren't allowed tram lines in our hair and if we don't get it fixed right away we are out into isolation until we do also teachers will sit in the changing rooms mainly the girls ones whilst they get changed

My Yr 7 science teacher is rude and unfair. He's always giving out c1, c2,c3 and c4s. So rude not a good school.

Overall, great school. But horrible food. Found a DEAD SPIDER on my food. That's why I am writing. Had to have my food replaced and lunch lady's DIDNT APOLOGIZE! My mother is angry and my dad Is disappointed. I will now ask them to check my food before serving. APPAULING!

weird teachers exclude people for 'inappropriate jewellery' on the spot and don't punish kids if they smoke a cigarette in school they care more about their reputation then teaching kids

The academic support is decent and most teachers are willing to help and support students however there is very little pastoral support. I've seen people have to fight tooth and nail to see any support needs met as (although they have student support/safeguarding officers) their systems for support are not accessible to the general student population. There is also an abelist school culture with attitudes such as "everyone can succeed if they try hard enough" being prevelant. They are fairly strict with school policy/rules and will give detentions out for things such as repeated lateness, missing homework, repeatedly missing equipment (from an extensive list that students must bring in themselves). I have not experienced this first hand but they do not deal with bullying well and prefer to sweep issues under the rug instead of deal with them (e.g. they appointed a guy to be a prefect despite multiple sexual harassment logs). Finally although they have a student suggestions box and a student council, input from students is mainly ignored and rarely ever implemented.

It’s okay. Probably made me into a slightly worse person overall but at least the teachers are nice. Idk was kinda mid, had some awful days but some good ones.

I have never had a proper issue with this school. Student behaviour the best, but it’s the “norm” for most UK schools, I would definitely say I have heard worse. Some teachers are amazing at their job, they make you feel somewhat supported and actually care about your success. Preston is working towards making the school better and I support that.

Nothing made me happier than leaving the school after years of bullying and not receiving support. I was bullied from the very start of Year 7 and right through to the end of Year 11, I wasn’t really the sort of person to go to anyone for “support” and tried to manage everything myself , however I decided to go to my Head of Year to make them aware of what is going on and seeing what can be done about the bullying and absolutely… nothing . I managed to put up with it until Year 10 when things started getting quite bad , I seeked helped numerous times from teachers/support staff and was always told that the people would be spoken to , I would be moved away from those who are bullying me and that this “ would not be tolerated” and did any of this happen … no . I couldn’t go anywhere without feeling uncomfortable, the bullying carried on whilst I continued to seek support and it was just endless me trying to get this sorted and nothing happening and bearing in mind this went on for my whole time at school . I was so glad when I left as I’ve been so much happier away from those people who bullied me .

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I hate it so much I don’t enjoy it the teachers are absolutely extremely horrid and nasty and the school smells of pee because they don’t clean the toilets properly and the classrooms have holes and drawings all over them and whenever you have a problem they don’t actually help and just shove you on and tell them to make up even when it could be deadly serious and the food is stale and the teachers always look for a problem and try look up your skirt and say that its too short and that it’s distracting the male teachers. Kids are horrible here too!

This school says its excellent and perfect but its not i was bullied the entire time i was there they did nothing about it they waste money on things that are useless in school and never surport people's mental health they have never done anything good lies about education students bathrooms have cameras in them the toilets are disgusting and smell thoughout the hallways especially around lunch and break times. No students can contact their parents without permisson and they would have a teacher watch then lots of teachers make up lies about you even when your telling the truth the uniform has to be perfect since the school believes that clothing is important and students phones have to be silent thoughout the day but can easily be looked at in the bathroom stalls Don't pick this school they never cared for anything but their own self extreme this school should be shut down