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2.4

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  • Parent
    2.0
    12 February 2026

    Poorly handled attendance

    After a major surgery on my daughter's leg and despite continued contact between us and the school they have put our daughters attendance down as unauthorised due to her needing time off to recover. When sent the evidence of the surgery they have said this isn't proof.

  • Student
    1.0
    30 January 2026

    Mental health

    Counselling incident- my child had counselling and they left counselling to tell the office they didn’t feel ready to go back, the office said “well you have to go back.” My child told them about her depression and her nan lost to the disease being taught in the lesson recently. And her being uncomfortable with entering classrooms midway with all the eyes peering at her, they said “you’re a grown up. You can go, and if you don’t leave we can issue you truancy” (my kid has severe depression and...

  • Former Student
    1.0
    10 October 2024

    Why this school isnt what they say it is

    The teachers are Overly dramatic they don't listen to a word you say they twist students words and make out that a small issue is a 10x worse then it is

  • Student
    4.0
    20 August 2024

    School review

    The school is ok as long as you get out into one of the top 3 sets otherwise the education is really poor.

  • Former Student
    2.0
    20 March 2024

    Problems

    An okay school but there is a lot of bullying I have been on the receiving end at some point I have had a lot of absences If your child can defend himself would recommend school but if not would not recommend there is a lot of "children" year 8s and year 7s that think they are roadmen food is alright a few options packlunch is aloud now pastoral team is so bad so if your child has a past of bullying do not attend thank you for reading my review

  • Student
    1.0
    3 March 2024

    Do not come

    As a student at this school I am absolutely horrified at the lack of care for students. Bearing in mind I have only been here for a few months, my experience has been very poor. I’ve had multiple people bully me without the teachers doing anything about it and frankly, I’m thinking of leaving. The teachers care more about what you are wearing than our wellbeing and with the staff shortages we aren’t getting the right learning enviroment. I just have to say that the people in my year are horrible at school and none of the teachers do anything when you tell them about it. So please, if you can help it, try not to come to this school.

  • Parent
    1.0
    14 December 2023

    Dreadful school

    Dreadful school, massively understaffed and the staff they have got do not care about the students. Bullying is rife and goes unchallenged by staff, in fact the staff support and facilitate the bullies. The only thing the school is bothered about is uniform. Do not send your child here, I'm desperately trying to get my child out and find a school that is up to standard and actually cares about it's students.

  • Student
    3.0
    20 August 2023

    Substandard

    My experience here has been an odd one when I came to the school we where the first year of full capacity and the school was hailed by student and staff alike about the quality of teaching and pastoral care. However, when I went into my 3rd year of the school we now had 3 years at full capacity and the schools performance, pastoral team, behavior and quality/stability of teaching started to slip when we had got to choose our gcse options many wernt given first choices and some didn't even get 1...

  • Other
    1.0
    4 July 2023

    inept

    Inept management and non existent discipline. Unruly. AVOID It!

  • Student
    1.0
    19 June 2023

    Set ixworth

    It was pretty bad all the teachers are bad and yeah

  • Student
    1.0
    24 May 2023

    poor school

    currently doing my gcse and i’ve been at the school 5 year, in my time i regret coming to this school because there system on punishing students is very poor and their choice im of teachers is terrible

  • Student
    3.0
    12 May 2023

    Review of the School - Written by Current/Former Student

    I am a current student who is leaving the school shortly. I have decided to provide an unbiased opinion of the school as I have been a student for almost 5 years and know the community well. In my first two years at Ixworth, I was given a vast array of opportunities academically which not many other schools could have done. Achievements made by me and others were recognised and awarded which fostered a good working environment and motivation to succeed. The Headteacher is exceptional in provid...

  • Former Student
    1.0
    6 January 2023

    shit school

    as a student at this school I have to admit the teachers care more about skirt length than education. the teachers are horrible. They don't care about mental health or anything like that. in my opinion it's a joke.

  • Parent
    1.0
    3 November 2022

    Bullying, uncaring, unsupportive.

    This school is no different to any of the others. Full of abusive disrespectful staff. They don't deal with bullying. I had to involve police to get it to stop. There are teachers who have been arrested due to them abusing pupils and people in the community. The pastoral team is awful. They don't care about the students. The teachers swear and shout at the students and do not give them or their parents any respect but expect it in return. They shout and threaten the kids for no good reason. All they seem to be bothered about is putting on pressure for good grades, not in the best interest for the students but to make them look good. They care more about the uniform and sock policy than anything else. They love to give out detentions and isolations. Which makes even attending the school pointless if the youngsters are removed from class. If there is a problem, you never get is resolved. Poor communication between staff internally. No choice for packed lunch as they love control and their dinners are revolting. So there are times my child and others don't eat. Just a complete shambles.

  • Former Student
    2.0
    20 April 2022

    Teachers

    School does not deal with bullying as much as it says it does. It's very easy to get detentions for no reason. Teachers will give you isolation and detentions when there in bad mood.

  • Student
    1.0
    4 March 2022

    AWFUL SCHOOL

    awful school don’t listen to the students opinion i wouldn’t recommend it’s awful. The pastoral team are no help and don’t listen to the students statements

  • Parent
    1.0
    2 July 2021

    Victim shaming, bully backing disgrace of a school

    A school that puts image and results above care of students or considerations of an individuals needs. Bullying is rife and left unchecked, as it is easier to remove the bullied than adjust the actions of multiple bullies. A guise covered in a phrase of lack of evidence, makes one wonder what constitutes the evidential sufficiency test of bullies in the world according to SET Ixworth School. A place where a student does not feel safe, a place that fails to share information its own staff regarding protocols and agreements they themselves put in place and a place that does all of this with a smile and a wave. My son could not get away from this place fast enough, begging to leave and fearing to return every day, just like every school child should according to the devastatingly low standards expected from the in-crowd at SET Ixworth School