The Nelson Thomlinson School

Your not allowed to go inside when it rains

Some teachers are lovely. Most are not. Especially maths teachers for some reason. The pastoral staff is completely unjust, you could be 100% right but if a teacher decided you weren’t don’t think you can defend yourself. 2 English teachers in particular are lovely and they know who they are. The business team are all lovely. Most science teachers are boring. The history staff are entirely awful except for the one male teacher who actually knows what he’s talking about. The computing team are all lovely. Some teachers hate the children and I have no idea why they work in a school. The food is not great, but it’s decent enough. There’s a lot of clubs which is cool I guess.

Great school honestly

The schools food is horrendous and nasty. All the cheese on the pizzas are tacky and the variety for vegetarians are awful. They asked us if we wanted vegan/vegetarian options knowing the majority of the school aren't vegetarian even tho the minority that are can't get much at the canteen just so they didn't have to do more work. The majority of staff don't care about mental health and just care about grades and how you look. Some of the teachers are really nice. The rules are stupid like all skirts have to be to your knee, your logo on the tie has to be showing, you can wear jewellery but can't show it?? And if you don't follow all these stupid rules you get a put into h16 for lunch. Even if it's scorching outside we can't take of our blazers until it's past 20 degrees and when it's freezing we can't wear our coats inside because apparently our blazers are warm enough when they are actually thin. Overall don't come here unless you want your mental state to be ruined, bullied and don't want teachers to be helpful.

Since the expectations are relatively high compared to most schools, I'd say it's hard to settle in (or at least that's how I found it). However, after year 8 I had been past detections and all the rest of it and I was settling very well. I find that the teachers are pretty good and I even get on well with some of them on a more personal level. The building itself is very good although the art department needs a bit of work, however, science department in particular, the building looks modern enough to look well kept but not too modern to become overwhelming. The other students are very nice and I have made a small group of friends. The food, unfortunately, isn't as good. With the reluctancy to inform students of ingredients, allergy information or even what the price of the food actually is (you have to find out by attempting to pay for it), I find that to be an absolute diagrace. The kitchen staff aren't particularly pleasent either. I think a fix is needed for other students. I would suggest maybe a better notification system to inform students of price changes or even what is being served. Overall, this school is a good first choice academicly if you live in the area but be warned about the food and hygiene.

Some pretty good teachers but some have a massive ego complex and run the place like it’s the 1800s. Slightly sexist, slightly transphobic. Just the usual. Good crack but you probably won’t get through without developing at least one mental illness.

Well the school is decent a few of the teachers sleep with sixth formers but that’s not illegal so it’s fine and the average grades are like 6s school is good crack but serious when it needs to be so recommended