St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School

My son has been left traumatized by this school. They expect children to behave like adults, punishing normal expressions like words, sounds, or even scratching their heads as “offensive.” Any child who doesn’t fit their “standard” personality is made to feel rejected. For my autistic son, instead of receiving care and patience, he was repeatedly isolated in separate rooms and even screamed at, while harmless jokes were treated as serious misbehavior. In this school, children are not allowed to be children. Now, after moving him to a new school, he is depressed and panics at the mention of “school,” asking me, “Mum, what if in this school everyone hates me too?” Schools should be safe, supportive places that nurture growth—not sources of trauma children carry for life. I would give 0 if there was option.

I have left this school now but from year 3-6 I was consistently bullied by students and teachers, the school is a majorly Catholic school and I understand if you want to send your kid there based on faith but don't go with that school there are many other Catholic school with way better ratings, if your kid has autism, Adhd or dyslexia they will be used as photo tool or completely neglected The junior schools counter part the infants school across the road point blank refuses to refer students for autism diagnoses if they aren't blatant stereotypes there treatment of kids with ADHD is horrible and I noticed this in my last year they seem to group all the 'different" kids and round them up into the same classroom completely defeating the purpose of a SEND classroom because it's far to noisy and over stimulating in there. One thing that really pissed me off is the handling of paper work is horrible mainly things are just ignored and office staff are usually just blant rude (there is one exception for the office staff she was actually quite nice) on a better note this school offers a nice range of extra curricular activities but that's one positive. in the year 6 corridor we used to have a sensory room But no it was turned into a student council meeting room wich left many overestimated autistic children in loud classrooms. The old head teacher was a massive narcissist very trip was "payed out of pocket" they weren't and he took away are year books because we scribbled on his face. There's teachers in this school who physically harm students Many students are racist and so are the teachers so if your child faces race directed bullying it would be swept under the rug, same if your child is of a different faith or is neurodivergent. Do not make the mistake of putting your child through this school