The Academy at Shotton Hall

They deny they have a bully culture but the bullies are rife in the school and the teachers bully the kids and are very disrespectful.. if i could have marked no stars I would have .. awful school that should be closed

Carol Bell is a total tw@t, they should sack her!!

One of the teachers there believes that “men can’t be r@ped” absolutely disgusting how can u confidently say that to a class you’re meant to be teaching.

This school has to be the worst school ever and I regret sending my child there. Bullied every single day and instead of excluding the bully and dealing with the problem they put my child in a room “safe place” and isolated them from the whole school. They laugh about bullying and say kids will be kids. No support, no empathy and make the victim out to be the bad one as if it’s their fault. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS SCHOOL

Former student) absolutely awful school. Was emotionally abused by several teachers there. The teachers are NOT correctly trained in mental health awareness and haven’t got a clue about the education of children. They do not do anything about your child being bullied but rather blame your child for the bullying. If a child has emotional problems, the teachers will chase your child, bray on the bathroom door and scream at them to grow up. No suicide or selfharm awareness, lack of empathy for struggling single parents, absolutely no knowledge of autism and adhd. This school is the worst possible. If you want your kid to start slashing themselves up or attempting suicide, then send them to shotton hall academy. This school is a disgrace and the teachers in it are just as worse. I remember a girl there who had a phobia of sickness and the receptionist decided to yell at her because she was crying. To top this off, ginger receptionist thinks it’s great to give your kids death stares or roll her eyes at your kid if they show up a minute late. Attendance officer is abusive, had the audacity to show up at my house and PHYSICALLY grab my arm and drag me outside to the school bus that they send to your house when your child does not attend school. Lunch portions is enough to fill a toddler, best off cooking your kids a whole damn meal before school. No support in place for transgender students or LGBTQ+ and lack of regard for disabled students. Education is based off of things taught in nursery and primary school. No up to date education whatsoever. Probably be teaching kids about Henry’s wives, cos that will DEFINITELY teach a child how to take care of themselves in the adult world. No support or advice for children who are wanting to plan out their future careers, nor does this school have any appropriate classes that teach children about the real world. Kids need to learn about money handling, how to keep a house, how to pay rent, how to not have a kid at 15. But instead they decide to teach you stuff from the 1900s because that apparently matters to todays society.

horrible school for so many reasons. i finished this school in March of 2020 and it was probably the best day of my life. the teachers were so authoritarian and saw themselves as some form of power entity, and they are clearly not qualified to handle children. the pastoral team were unprofessional and always victim blamed and their restorative justice techniques solved absolutely nothing. it is also filled with pedophile teachers that clearly need to be investigated.