The Dorcan Academy

absolute shite, dont send your kids here

i’m a student here and it’s not very good. every teacher has favourites that they let get away with things and then other teachers punish too harshly. the teaching’s alright but nothing exceptional. the headteacher doesn’t really care about us students she just wants to look on ofsted. there’s little care for the mental well-being of students and the fact that we are rarely allowed to use the toilet at break? nah it don’t sit right w me.

Fights all the time. went into an assembly not long ago and blamed it all on the parents saying its not her fault why the students act the way they do. The teaching itself is good but there is a lot of people who dont get warnings ext because they are close to the teachers. Also people smoke outside of the school grounds after school constantly.

Have 2 children at this school and they are doing really well. What really stands out to me is the passion of the teachers - they so want all their pupils to do well in their subjects. They work really hard at forming good relationships with the children and this in turn makes the children want to do well. There is a small cohort of children from backgrounds that aren’t the best, who do let the school down occasionally, but you get this in every school - and hope that they will be inspired to better their behaviour. Unfortunately the grounds are not in the best condition- this is clearly not a result of teaching but of politics. But as I say the teachers are outstanding and I just hope they realise how good they are and do not decide to leave the profession as teachers are dropping like flies now and Our children need them. It’s very easy for parents to put blame on teachers but they need our support - teaching doesn’t just happen between the hours of 9 and 3 !!