Studio West

If I could rate this a 0 I would.. This school changed for the worse when the trust came in.. Children sat doing gcse's with sometimes no teacher turning up...children just told to copy out of books instead of the teacher actually taking an interest in educating the children.. The children rule the teachers and just do what they want when they want.. A part of the fence is missing "major safeguarding issue" and children can escape through it and
Still to this day it hasn't been repaired despite them being contacted..

Children are given rewards for trips that have been given c4s c5s and detentions.. Children are forgotten about.

The uniform rules are non existent and pupils turn up for school looking like there on a night out that actually getting ready for a day of learning..

If you're child has any sort of Nero diversity just don't bother sending them.. No offers of support are ever put in place and their way of dealing with the "naughty" children is to give them constant detentions rather than actually get to the root of the problem and offer support.

I could go on but I'll leave it there. Best thing studio west could do is shut the doors and keep them shut.. Forever

If I could give this school a minus I would, and that may be too good for it! The decent teachers have left the sunken ship! Now it’s full of “people” who care more about what coats kids have on than education, I use that word extremely lightly! There is no provision at all for SEND pupils, my child colours in for her education there! The male teachers go into the girls toilets (when they’re open!) “teachers” place their hands on your child and refuse to let you see the cctv footage, the “teachers” look more like prison wardens with their high visibility jackets on! Don’t ever expect a problem to be dealt with that’s if you’re lucky enough to speak to someone in the first place! AVOID AVOID AVOID!!!!!!!!

It is such a shame that this school, which was once a lovely place to work and study and had staff who worked so hard to give the best for all the students, is now falling apart and leaving the students without qualified teachers, and leaving the teachers, who previously made the school the amazing place it was, leaving in droves. The new trust promised so much and not only failed to deliver, but has destroyed the very heart and soul of the school. The students are not being taught properly, with instances of the entirety of year nine being taught English in the lecture hall due to the lack of teachers, and even then, lessons have been sporadic, jumping between reading ‘The Hunger Games’ and ‘Romeo and Juliet’ without any analysis of the text or clear structure.
At recent parent’s evenings (which all occurred on the same day, with parents only able to see their child’s form tutor) the data provided were extremely insufficient, with students missing subjects on their report cards and no record of current attainment or target goals. The interventions that were listed for students who were not making expected progress (whatever that may entail) included having work marked, being asked questions in class, and having feedback given on pieces of homework (laughable in itself, as some students report only having received three pieces of homework this academic year). While inexperienced in teaching myself, I was under the impression that these ‘interventions’ should come part and parcel with one’s role as a teacher, and are not merely appendages only necessary for struggling students.
There is no ambition to see change in the community, neither to see the students make progress and achieve great things. At the year 9 options evening, the implication given was that most students need only strive for a grade 4 in English and Maths. While previously students felt supported and encouraged by the teachers, there is now no belief that they can achieve well, and all of this results in a vicious circle of low input from staff and students and unmanageable behaviour.
As a previous student at Studio West who was supported and encouraged throughout my school career, leading to my achieving straight A* equivalents at GCSE level, it is appalling to me that, under new leadership, students who should be attaining top grades, and almost undoubtedly would do so if they were being taught well, are being told that they should be satisfied with a low pass grade, meanwhile students who are finding work difficult are not getting the support and encouragement they need to achieve well and find their passion.
The school ethos was, in the past, modelled by the staff, who made many sacrifices for the sake of the students and would do everything within their power to ensure them a good education and the possibility to achieve great things. Now, behaviour and management of it are appalling and it is generous to call Studio West a school. It breaks my heart that this has happened to the school I was once proud to represent. When the trust first took over, I was naively optimistic, expecting the school to go be improved further and reach its full potential. In fact, I was hesitant with my criticism, as I understand the inevitability of some disruption with such drastic changes. I am one who tries to see the good in everything and I can say with no word of a lie that I waited to see if things would turn around before writing this comment. Now, however, there is no denying that the changes made have been detrimental to the school. My sincere hope is that investigations will take place and the interventions made will be transformative in the right way. I also cannot write this without expressing my gratitude to the amazing staff and teachers at Studio West who only last year were fighting tooth and nail to get the best possible outcomes for pupils, and who were always there to help, encourage and teach. All the teachers went the extra mile and made school a place where everyone felt welcomed and loved. I will always be indebted to them for putting on extra catch-up lessons in the holidays and within the school day to make sure that we were confident going into our exams, and their persistence in turning up to help us revise, even when only a handful of students could make it. They will always hold a special place in my heart and I know that the pain I feel at the state of Studio West is nothing compared to that felt by them.

This school has certainly left it's mark on my child... and not a positive one! The trust should be utterly ashamed of itself in it's treatment of the pupils. For months things have been hidden from parents lessons disappearing from timetables, no free access to computer rooms for A level students , cancelling and closing down sixth form 6 month into their study time! Hiding the problems from parents until the very last minute giving next to no time for students to find alternative options, and let's not speak about the prison wardens sorry I mean hall monitors, and teachers 'leaving' in their droves... please please avoid this school. Nothing but disappointment and heartbreak.