St Leonard's Catholic School

Totally class. Huge amount of support from teachers. Loads of clubs, loads going on.

The food isn’t very nice. The fizzy drinks were out of date. Some teachers give detention for stupid reason. They are way to strict on our uniform #hermaparkviewdurhamjohnstonframwelgatemoorontop #leonardsissteppingdown the ranks

we’re on the news every other week just for being shit lmfaooo. they have no care at all for disabled students and u get after-school-detentions for having stuff in your outside pockets

The school do not live up to their Catholic status. The teachers are bullies who discriminate against children with SEN. It is like a concentration camp! The Headteacher is a dictator

st leonard’s school is an appalling school which include bad teaching, terrible sympathy towards mental health of students as they do not help people getting bullied. they constantly preach mental health but when a matters at hand they fail to care or do anything that requires minimal effort. I’ve heard in many occasions involving mental health where they couldn’t be bothered to solve the situation so they told someone to leave the school. On the other hand there are about 2 teachers that genuinely care about the well-being of students so i urge them to get out while they can. Another matter, girls constantly being sexualised over the length of their skirts all because they’re slightly rolled. their argument for this is that it distracts male teachers. if this is so much of an issue i’m sure if they’re affected by teenage girls wearing clothes how they want it’s their problem and they shouldn’t be around children. i’m sure no boys or male teachers acc care about lengths of skirts. stop this dictatorship regime. they constantly allow boys to be sent home over the slightest things but as soon as girls have menstrual problems etc they couldn’t care less school is supposed to be a safe place but it’s completely lacking any respect for students

Some of the teachers are cool but since the new head teacher the school has essentially become a dictatorship. He only cares about uniform and grades and couldn't care less about the effect this has on the children. My child was bullied for most of his school career and even asked his tutor and head if year for help, the only response was them laughing it off and putting it down to character building. Would not recommend going here if you want teachers to care.

Don’t care about anything but ofsted grades and the length of your tie. Teachers are rude, lessons don’t make sense, and if you come in dueing covid it’s practically hell on earth. Just because it’s a catholic school doesn’t mean it’s good. Would not recommend whatsoever. Litter outside, Stuffy classrooms, and the teachers don’t give one about anyone’s mental health. They also treat girls alot better than boys.

Wouldn’t recommend you get bullied, ended up with an anxiety disorder, Head Of Year didn’t care at all. I left and moved to St Johns

The learning was average, facilities average, everything pretty average but outside the classrooms I got heavily bullied for just about everything - ended up with anorexia and an anxiety disorder that wouldn’t let me leave the house. Head of year didn’t care, constantly promised my parents and me better treatment - just got referred to the counsellor which didn’t really help. If you aren’t someone who wants a social experience out of school or you’re not one of the ‘populars’ you’re gonna have a tough time. If you need any counselling or support you’re going to need to rely on external services.