The Macclesfield Academy

This school was absolutely atrocious i wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. I faced constant bullying from teachers and pastoral i experienced shameless homophobia from many members of staff. I was ostracised completely by the teachers who refused to even acknowledge the fact i was SEN never mind put things in place to help me ! I was completely abandoned seen as a problem child instead of a child in need of help. They witnessed the endless torment I received from my peers and not only offered me no support but allot of the times joined in with the bullying. Majority of the staff are on crazy power trips and take their own depressing lives out on the more vulnerable students. The only students who were respected and/or pushed to success where those who kissed the feet of galvin and his gang of minions who viewed all the students as numbers or potential to further their careers. I also had sexual assault reports laughed off by pastoral who told me i was a liar and then later took it seriously and followed it up to the fullest extent when a female reported the same person for the same thing yet they never showed any remorse for how they treated me when i made my report. I overheard teachers asking about doing drugs with students, having sexual relations with students ect. This school deserves all the terrible offsted reports and in my opinion should not remain open they completely failed to meet their duty of care for majority students in my year and treated it more as a chance to relive their youth and take out their frustrations on the vunerable than to prepare young people for the future.

I don’t think it’s a bad school, but there’s definitely lots of room for improvement.
Firstly, the school says it opens at 8 AM- false! There are many kids who arrive early, and they are forced to stand outside until around 8:25 AM, which is extremely difficult during the cold winter months and during strong winds and rainfall, which is certainly not uncommon. When a few year 7s tried to sit in the warm (but containing extremely limited seating) reception during such weather, a member of staff sent them back out immediately saying “you messing around in here will provide a bad reputation of the school to visitors!” Since when did schools start caring about their image more than their children? I believe the bad reputation the school is getting is through staff members who stay inside the warm building from the moment they arrive, with their warm beverages, not minding the freezing children outside- not the normal behaviour of a 12 year old!
I’ve definitely seen some staff favour British children over immigrant children since their attitude changes from talkative and friendly to cold and short tempered for no reason. However, this applies to only a minority of staff.
Now for the good things- most teachers are kind, welcoming and friendly and it’s easy to have conversations with them and express any doubts without feeling intimidated. A lot of them are open to teaching beyond lesson time, so I would say educational support is strong in this school.
Also, for year 11 proms, students can send pictures with their friends to the school and they make a photo book for free! I think this is a great keepsake and definitely a positive and unique aspect of this school.
Overall, it’s not a bad school, but improvements such as assigning a gatekeeper for every day and perhaps hosting more events in which students can participate such as trips would make it even better.

the schools crap, the students are horrible

v good, enjoyed it here, only downside is the fact that there’s no sixth form, and only from looking at others nearby did i realise how lucky i was to have my 5 years here. will miss it a lot