Shelley College

This school is obsessed with 100% attendance. They have introduced a treat/voucher for people who have 100% attendance. Shaming children for being ill, have mental health issues, having a bad day. Absolutely disgusting! And if it's not attendance. It's about uniform and how you look. I wish they were this passionate about bullying and children's well-being. Awful!

I found Shelley College to be very unorganised, apathetic, and completely uninterested in student needs and very quick to blame good students in situations because it makes the situation easier for them. They thrive on no bullying allowed but I was openly allowed to be bullied with proof and told just to admit "I was the issue" when my bully emotionally tore me. Teachers are very forgetful and unorganised always to the students cost and very much with the mentality of "if one person is to blame everyone has to pay the price" and lack of support until they advise to "just give up". Despite the issues with the staff and school system, the outdoor areas are pleasant to hang in the summer, would be perfect if more areas to sit. Plus good sport facilities. Unfortunately the inside isn't the same, during lunch I often find the toilets full of girls in one stall vaping and food all over the floor, toilet and in the sink making it an unpleasant environment. During lesson change overs the corridors are so full there's no doubt you will get pushed and shoved by arrogant students or late to your lessons in result. Overall, I came out with good grades from Shelley but at the price of my confidence and mental health and severe doubt in our countries system if this is the standards they hold proud of.

They are good at teaching us and help with any need we have

Teachers can be very unequal and very mean ? personal story btw but I got a full lunch isolation for something that was miniscule. They also can't handle bullying properly in my case and although there may be good pe resources and it can be fun at times along with the homework it's okay ,may I add teachers give alot of homeworks that could be due tomorrow

Bullying needs to be reviewed at this school as its still not being resolved, there is a over rate of pupils due to lack of schools or schools close which doesn't leave for pupils to have space in the social area or moving on corridors which is a safety issue if fire or other related issues occur. Autism, deafness, disability, medical condition are a up most concern too, they are not taken notice of, lack of care.

Teachers seem to be able to take as much time off at school as they want, several teachers seem to be off all the time,they should set an example and rules should also apply to teachers if they want good attendance from pupils. If pupils get told to come to school with a cold, headaches,pain etc then so should teachers!!! One rule for them and another for pupils! Very unfair

lower school is poor. a member of staff got me to write a report for an assault in school along with others who experienced the same thing and i never heard any kind of follow up from it. bullying went unnoticed a lot, year nines act like they’re still in first school, some new teachers (eg. patel) left soon after joining (i wonder why?), sexist/racist ‘jokes’ fly under the radar, corridors are tiny and it seems hilarious to shove eachother especially at the end of the day at the main doors, one way system doesn’t work and punishes you for being late when you have to do a lap around to get from rooms before year nine social area to rooms on the cut through corridor while you also can’t get through the mass of screaming year nines. please improve.

Would not recommend this school at all. Bullying is ignored and many pupils and parents let down including my children. Many teachers very immature and treat pupils more like friends and classmates and no authority. Laughing/joking about when pupils are trying to learn. Teachers telling inappropriate jokes. Police always at the school. School only care about attendance and appearance. This is the only thing they make a big fuss about. If they did the same about bullying maybe they would get somewhere and pupils and parents wouldn't be let down time and time again and maybe them bullies would get proper punishments but this is too much effort for them so gets brushed under the carpet. School is not handled well at all, it's all over the place. Dinner time they run out of food and some pupils left without or have to choose dry unappetising food that is left over. Teachers push into dinner queues to get food but if pupils did this they would get told off! School buses are over run with naughty kids and absolutely packed. Many pupils let down...genuine children that need the help are not getting it because of disruptive pupils that play up get all the help and attention. Be naughty = get more help and attention. The school seriously needs a good inspection and investigating.

I am an ex student from Shelley college,the reason I am not there anymore isn’t because of my age,its about the bullying problem that the school have chosen to ignore while telling my parent that there is no more to be done and that’s it’s out of the there hands,now I have to go to another school out of my area and far for me to travel,it is the schools job to find this school for me,they have been unable to do so just like the bullying situation that is still going on to this day,I have spoken to other parents about my problem and they all agree that the situation is a disgrace and needs to be handled,I will be going to the local newspaper about it if the situation isn’t handled soon,the school said they did what they could about the situation by putting me in there “ssc” this was just a way to remove me from the situation till 3 o clock where it is “out of there hands” a head teacher saw me being robbed and little punishment to the student happened,do not send your children to this school because the teachers here care very little for the students welfare and more about there ratings,I have chosen to write this as I have had enough of the repetitive situations that keep happening while the school isn’t taking responsibility.

The pastoral team are awful Cover up dr*gs, s*xual assault and bullying incredibly easy. If the teachers try to help a student they are stopped by senior leadership. The Food is awful which is a Shame bc the dinner staff are great. This school is a great example of why outstanding schools can’t be trusted

Tbh the best part about this place is the kids here not anything else and my friend made me write this review

Teachers are good but the other members of staff like heads of years and whatnot are dreadful. They clearly favorite certain children and treat many good kids terribly. Some teachers fail to teach your child the needed material for exams and some don't tell you about work you have to do but then complain you haven't done it. Would not recommend.