Q3 Academy Langley

If you care for your child do not send them this school it’s horrible probably the worst experience any year 7 should go through do not go here

Pretty good school ( Q3 langley ) food Is bad and we barely get food but nice teachers.

I HATE THIS SCHOOL SO MUCH WE HAVE INDEPENDENT LEARNING TESTS EVERY SINGLE DAY EXCEPT FOR 2 DAYS AND IT GETS EVERYONE STRESSED AND DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE HORRIBLE DISGUSTING FOOD THAT THEY MAKE US EAT SOMETIMES I EVEN QUESTION IF ITS EDIBLE. ALSO MOST OF THE RULES ARE USELESS LIKE WHAT DO YOU MEAN IM GONNA GET A 15 MINUTE DETENTION FOR NOT RAISING MY HAND HIGH ENOUGH?!!??!! ALSO THE REMINDERS ON FACEBOOK ABOUT GOING BACK TO SCHOOL AFTER THE HOLIDAYS ARE SO SAD LIKE YOU NEED TO CALM THE DOWN ALRIGHT NO ONE ELSE IS EXCITED FOR SCHOOL EXCEPT FOR SOME TEACHERS. AND TO MAKE MATTERS EVEN WORSE YOU NEED A FLIPPING TOILET PASS TO GO TO THE TOILET LIKE WHAT IF YOU HAVE SEVERE DIARRHOEA AND YOU NEED THE TOILET REALLY BAD AND NO ONE IS LETTING YOU BECAUSE YOU DONT HAVE A BLOODY PASS. okay but one good thing is that the building is big. right, that’s enough from me unicornsparkles101 out. one last thing is that Q3 just need to put the fries in the bag bro, ill be having a word with them later.

Excellent school and brilliant staff

Absolutely appauling school. Head teacher is obsessed with being 'top of the pyramid', and cares more about how the school looks than the students that attend it. Attendance overall is good, but only because the Attendance team Harrass students - they won't accept any reason for being away from school except if hospital trip is needed or they have the corona virus, they show up to student's houses to make sure that they can't be in school and often forced students to go into school, despite being sick, even if it put other students at risk. Mental health is totally ignored unless the student is mentally challenged in a visible way. The PE team Is the worst for ignoring mental health, will often yell at students and force them to do things, only can a doctors note get them out of the class. Staff often run their classrooms on fear, cold calling is the main form of 'helping students learn', and shaming them or yelling at them if they get a question wrong instead of being understanding and helping the student. Students aren't allowed to use the bathroom when eating lunch or in class unless they cry or have a 'toilet pass' which have to be redone every year, sometimes less, leaving some students without one when they need one, which has resulted in students having accidents in the past. Students made to stand outside no matter what, even in the cold, not allowed to have hoods up despite crowds of birds around, and once stood in line to go inside can wait for around 5 minutes each time and is not allowed to move, it was common for students to be defacated on, this often led to the bullying of that student. Students often bullies, aggressive and even more commonly racist and sexist, yet this is taken less seriously than a student have the wrong coloured hair tie. Many serious fights have taken place, yet in my 5 years there, I only ever knew one student who got expelled for wiping food on other students, i am not sure about other year groups, but in mine this was certainly the case. The food was absolutely disgusting, the amount of times I and others found rotten or undercooked food and hairs in those tiny boxes they gave us was atrocious, me and multiple others students chose to starve all day instead of eating the repulsive chunky slop that they called food. A few meals were okay, such as pizza, but that's extremely hard to mess up. There were a large group of staff that were miserable and unenthusiastic, which is understandable, but they took and anger out on students. Again this was only a selection of staff, there were a few that were lovely, and I miss a lot. No electronic devices allowed, which is fine, but the phones collected in the 'phone box' were collected by students, and in my tutor, the role to collect them was given to a horrible, racist, sexist, bully who often didn't even bother giving people their phones back, and whenever he was in right path (isolation), the role went to a nicer person, but he was extremely clumsy and often dropped the phones, luckily none ever broke. People dying their hair too red or in any way an unnatural colour, or even cutting their hair too short or odd was punished harsher than racism, sexism, bulling, fighting ect. I had a friend who was put in right path (isolation) for two weeks whilst their hair grew out, whilst a someone who was racist, and their racism resulted in a fight was only in right path (isolation) for one day. No sprays were allowed, and once taken off were never given back despite being told that they would be, lack of spray, especially after PE often led to bullying. Back onto the topic of PE, staff were rude and forced students to take part, even if they were sick or their uniform was too small and close to ripping (based on personal experience), I, myself, despite being an active person hated the sports that they made us do, most commonly rounders or cricket, had mental breakdowns almost every lesson because I was afraid of making a fool of myself, or just because I really didn't want to do it, yet the staff would just yell at me and tell me to take part, dismissing anything that I said. When the students who did like the sports given yelled at me or other students for not being good enough, the teachers would either ignore it or encourage them. Occasionally, another member of staff that was not apart of the PE team would cover and the lesson would improve vastly, in terms of support for students who, like me, did not like cricket or rounders. The idea of school uniform all being the same including coats and bags is understandable, it definitely made an impact on bullying, I just wish there was a summer uniform and winter uniform because it was always far too cold in the winter, even inside. Only drink allowed was water, which I don't really understand because staff were allowed any drink they wanted, but to be fair this rule wasn't often enforced so didn't make much of a difference. Even now, when I walk past this school to pick up my younger brother from school, the crowds of children, who ignore the fact that they are in public, or next to two primary schools is revolting. The students have no manners, they block the path and force people and young children to walk in the road. They also block the roads, making the traffic abysmal, the parents parking is just as bad, they block the road, block people's driveways. The students on these paths kick things around, fight each other, yell swears and racist/sexist things and the teachers do absolutely nothing except stand there and stare. They take random selfies or videos, often capturing children or passers by in the background, if you say excuse me or even attempt to walk through the crowds they yell at you or look at you as if you are dirt on their shoe. I have honestly never met such rude teenagers, even Oldbury and Bristnall aren't this bad, despite having a bad reputation, and the teachers, when it comes to controlling these students or teaching them manners are absolutely useless. Many students walk through the primary schools to get home, and they are still disruptive, rude, arrogant, i could go on. Honestly, I could type for days about how awful this school is, but I feel like I have written enough for one review, if I have one piece of advice that I could give anyone it would be to not send your children to this military camp.

Q3 is such a good school the staff are so nice and helpful and the school teaches you a lot of lessons. The kids that go there usually go far in life and succeed.The school is strict but discipline you in the best way possible to study hard. I really recommend the school a lot

This school is excessively strict. Some teachers do not provide any help at all in any situation and instantly blame certain people for incidents when they have no idea what had happened. The food is appalling and the vegetarian options are always unimaginably disgusting. The sanctions are too extreme and are given out more often then required. The teaching is not too bad whereas some students who are extremely intelligent are in the same class as those who need extra support meaning that some students are repeatedly learning the same thing over and over again whereas others are stuck in the same position and struggle to understand the lesson. The way that some teachers behave with students is not acceptable and complaining will not get you far at all as the teachers seem to do absolutely nothing when receiving complaints.

An awful school. The head teacher is an absolute dictator. His way or no way and he will not listen to reason. I absolutely wouldn’t send my children there.

Listen. this is an amazing school for workwise and the non bullying policy and what they can to prevent this but there is still alot that happens inside of the school. Such as fighting. Sometimes the children get a bit rough in the playground but most of the time they dont stop/see anything happening. This could lead to bullying outside of the school. But on a whole this school is the best one. Better than oldbury Academy and Bristnall hall.

Terrible. Teachers speak to the children appallingly. Children not allowed phones in school but trust me if they were there would be enough evidence recorded for Ofsted to have serious concerns! Headteacher ex policeman who runs the school like he’s still working for the police! Year 11’s constantly being threatened with being banned from the prom for the most minor of offences in the last week of their time at this school. Behaviour problems not dealt with properly if your face fits it’s swept under the carpet. Problem with a group of boys using racist language last year which upset a large number of pupils but were allowed back into the academy and to the prom whereas children who were sitting in the park when a fight broke out between Bristnall Hall and Q3 were banned. These children were innocent bystanders but were penalised for sitting in a park that wasn’t even in school time!!

I worked here for a little bit and it's a very clique place. They only care if you are part of the senior management or if you're family. Friends interview friends to make sure they get jobs. Staff get spoken down to all of the time as if they are the same as the children. They exclude children who don't fit into their vision. Children don't have a say at all, even if they are in the right. They don't give children time to explain. Children get bullied even though they say it doesn't happen because they push it under the carpet. They make the children do p.e in the freezing cold in the winter outside for 100 minutes The head teacher is obsessive about how the school looks and doesn't think about the children as individuals.

This school is literally the best it’s so unique and very nice teachers as well they teach really well come here you won’t regret it

It's interesting some reviewers claim that Q3 Langley is a good school; how can that be, when the standard of English written in these reviews is so poor? Maybe the students were concentrating too hard on obeying all the ridiculous rules (slanting, clapping an appreciation or maintaining silence etc.) to ask for help when they didn't understand their lessons? My experience of Q3 Langley is from a teaching perspective so I will endeavour to put forward a sincere and candid opinion in order that you can make a judgement based on facts rather than emotions. Although not a teacher myself I have first-hand experience of the life of a teacher at the school. The staff here are under enormous pressure to maintain a draconian regime that is not conducive to developing young minds in a free society. Students behave because they dare not break the rules, not because they want to learn to be better people. The academy is run like a business, where image is everything and everything must fit the brand. Consequently, students' individuality, independence and creativity is stifled, causing many students to feel constrained and undervalued. Don't be fooled by the glossy image, Q3 Langley is not a happy school, instead it is an overbearing establishment bent on sticking to the rules because its reputation is more important than its students' individual needs.

The school is strict but it is really good

This is the best school ever

They where okay in some ways but the school I do not regret saying I wasn’t going to miss it cause I generally don’t, they make us stand in single files in silence which teachers sometimes take advantage too give out detentions to students for no reason, even when they have special needs. I also believe that this school thinks too much of itself, believe it’s a non bullying school but I was bullied throughout most of it and they said I interperated it wrong and it was just name calling. I felt quieter offended when they said that as I was made felt small, felt judged. Just because I have a disability does not mean I don’t understand what the difference between bullying and name calling is. I also felt a lack of communication and support and felt as though they only cared about the money which really disappoints me because the school does have good sides to it, but makes students feel small with how strict some of the rules are

The most unsafe place to educate any ethnic minority child. No proper reporting systems, no CCTV when parents or police make requests even though they have cameras all over the place. Not properly trained or able to safeguard children or even draft a simple child safeguarding plan when most required. Definitely needs DBS reviewing/checks on staffs due to very high risk culture and staff misconducts. Excellent at ignoring policies hiding information and delaying due procedures.

I like the school in many ways, however i’m extremely disappointed with how they deal with situations. The worse the situation, the little the consequence. The little the situation, the worse the consequence.

This school is very 50/50.I finished Q3 back in May 2021, I am now in college.If you don't care about your social high school experience and Purley want a good education. This is the place for you to go. I got good grades going to Q3 and I don't think I would have achieved the grades I did in another local school however Q3 has too many down sides for me to reccomend it everyone. It is an overly strict school. Don't get me wrong, in plenty of ways it's brilliant as it means no crap is taken in class and there's no lesson time wasted. However, it often feels like your trapped or can't be yourself or express yourself because you are going to somehow get in trouble for it. If you are an anxious person or struggle with high amounts of pressure don't go here because in lessons teachers put you on the spot very very often and with how strict the rules are etc, you will really struggle if your not overly confident. About bullying. There is no way bullying will happen in class or in corridors around teachers, but there is definetly bullying/ incidents that happen when the teachers are not around. From my personal experience when the teachers found out I got bullied throughout the whole of year 7, they just moved the kid out my class and told him not to do it again. No further punishment. I have heard of other bullying incidents though where further punishments have taken place. As I say, Q3 is good depending what you want out of it. If you Purley just care about getting the grades, it's your place to go. If you want a 'normal' high shcool experience where you will enjoy yourself, this isn't the school for you. Especially due to its lack of facilities.