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Samuel Ryder Academy

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2.3

Based on 13 reviews and 117 answers

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  • Activities2.5
  • Outdoor environment2.4
  • Indoor environment2.1
  • Food1.9
  • Safety1.7
  • Communication1.7
  • Education1.6
  • Staff1.6
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  • Employee
    1.0
    30 June 2026

    #notblessedbro

    peakest school. i got chased by a group of boys into a tree and was stroked continously for no reason. this school is not blessed. safe.

  • Student
    1.0
    5 June 2026

    Shitty ass school

    This school is terrible the worst school ever ive had horrible experience the teachers bully me and are very disrespectful and shout at me for no reason and one of the teachers spat on me and i didnt even do anything the teachers at this school are rubbish and underquallified and another time one bit me on the arm just because i stood up for my self

  • Employee
    1.0
    28 August 2025

    Not a good school

    Review of Samuel Ryder Academy, St Albans If I could give this place zero stars, I would. Samuel Ryder Academy manages to combine all the worst parts of a school into one frustrating package. The leadership feels disorganized, communication with parents is slow at best and non-existent at worst, and any issues raised seem to disappear into a void instead of being resolved. The teaching quality is completely inconsistent — some staff genuinely care, but far too many appear overwhelmed or disengag...

  • Student
    1.0
    30 January 2025

    Very bbbaaadddd

    Bad school people getting sanction for crossing road to of school area

  • Parent
    1.0
    10 September 2024

    Bullying is everywhere!

    This school is full of bullies. They do nothing about it apart from brush it under the table. Do not send your child to this school!

  • Parent
    1.0
    6 June 2024

    Abuse of a minor in there care

    This school has abused my son twice in front of me refuse me to speak to school governors , forcing my son to sit through lgbtq lessons which goes against our beliefs telling me I have no rights as a parent to ask him to go libary for such lessons after a boy sexually asulted another child in year 7 after lgbtq history week was pushed on them two weeks into joining the school, my child was told he had no right telling me about whst happened as school was dealing with it, also there is all sorts of lgbtq content on walls and flags around the school so I presented a straight gay affinity flag for the school to include all sexualities this was given back to my year 8 child and was told they do not support such content, making him feel not included for wanting to be a heterosexual male . I was in the car park when this happened, my child run out to me feeling vulnerable and frightened, I asked why they did not call me in to return the flags as this again is clear abuse. And again requested an appointment with govonors and still been refused. I see this one as grooming my child to keep secrets and two causing harm to him and making him feel excluded as he doesn't want to sit and watch video on how transitioning operations are done or sit listening to such content, not one lesson since he started on man woman love just lgbtq stuff pushed on them. I have never know a year 7 child try and sexually asult another boy in all the years my children have been going to school, this all happened after lgbtq lessons were pushed on them two weeks into year 7 . I feel thus is nothing more than child abuse and been told no other provisions would be put in place for him to sit in libary abd me removing him from the lessons which iam will be seen as unauthorised absence, going against the equality act 2010 our beliefs as a family and our spiritual beliefs as a family.

  • Former Student
    1.0
    12 April 2024

    hell on earth

    i used to be a student here and it was one of the WORST times of my life, i was bullied physically and emotionally here by my whole entire class and my teachers never did anything about it. the only time the teachers reacted was when i fought back and defended myself against one of my bullies and i was the one who got in trouble for it. ive been humiliated and made fun of by my own teachers, whenever i asked a genuine question that was ‘stupid’ my teacher wouldve prompted the whole class to laugh at me and they wouldve called me stupid. the school also doesnt know how to deal with mental health issues and theyre god awful at it, they didnt know how to deal with my temper tantrums from being overstimulated or my selective mutism. the school in general is just really horrible for people like me, the things my bullies did to me were genuinely horrific and scarring and no matter how much i complained about it nothing changed. PLEASE PLEASE do not bring your child here especially if they have special needs like me

  • Parent
    1.0
    6 March 2024

    Absolutely dreadful staff dreadful sen

    Please really think hard about sending your child to this school. It your child will be ok at any school, then sure they would get the grades and be ok here, if your child will struggle in any aspect, expect the school to absolutely break them!!! You will look back and wish you had listened I promise you. At least 5 members of staff are completely unprofessional, people I wouldn’t dream of teaching my child & the head covers it up, what others have said is the truth.

  • Student
    1.0
    30 September 2023

    this is such a shit school!

    this school is absolutely terrible, i have been at this school for 3 years and teachers care more about how you look than your mental health, good ofsted reports mean nothing when the teachers and students are made to act a certain way when ofsted come to the school. i have time after time been put into a little room with a desk next to windows seeing into people having fun outside, also next to a door being told i am not allowed to leave and have my phone and school ipad taken off me. i have had multiple sanctions for simply having panic attacks and the teachers don’t know how to deal with struggling teenagers. they don’t care about bullying all they care about is if they hear you swear or fight back to the bullies. they put me on a 1-6 from the start of summer term 2nd part to the next year because i kept failing it, it wasn’t my fault when i had panic attacks they did in fact ignore me and when i told them i was claustrophobic and i couldn’t be in that room they didn’t care. why should the students care when the teachers don’t? 1-6 is coming in to school at 1pm and finishing at 6pm, this should be illegal. they take your phone and school ipad off you and place you in a small room with only a desk and chair , sometimes with windows sometimes without and they don’t take you on walks every hour like they say they will, don’t know how they expect students to obey them when they have stupid rules like the size of earrings.

  • Former Student
    2.0
    30 May 2023

    lots of bullying

    lots of bullying from both staff and students... many teacher here have been caught talking or looking at young girls bodies.

  • Former Student
    1.0
    14 April 2023

    Samuel ryder academy: the school from hell.

    Worst school in my area. Staff do not care for bullying, mental health issues or anything that involves them doing what they believe they are not payed for. There was one staff member who took photos of a student’s messages that were of no concern and raised no issues, this staff member still works there. Even the names staff don’t do this. Granted you used to have good staff who would listen to you but you never felt cared for. For the safety of your child’s mental well-being do not send them here. The codes to the doors would be known and people would leave when they want. WARNING- DONT SEND CHILD HERE

  • Parent
    1.0
    30 December 2021

    Samuel Ryder Academy is Terrible

    Samuel Ryder Academy has shocking levels of bullying, by both students and staff! The head is also the deputy director of the entire academy trust, and the director for Links while actively encouraging a culture of covering up. Logs are not made of allegations of bullying from staff and peers while also not investigated as in line Keeping Children Safe in Education, threatening behaviour such as a pupil being told to kill herself is “normal teenage friendship issues”. SEND support is shockingly...

  • Student
    1.0
    24 May 2021

    bad school

    bullying at this school is terrible and teachers handling is worse had to leave this school!