The New Forest Academy

It’s good with education and safety But some of the Rules are absolutely insane! Toilets are locked until 9am. A teacher has to sign a card if your uniform is not correct and if you lose the card you get a 45 minute detention after school! Your not really allowed to go the toilet during lesson. Their bullying policy is non existent. And The teachers shout and blame us for not being in a completely straight line after break and they basically waste our lesson time until we get in a straight line.. phones are not aloud and they care about uniform more then education in my opinion. I’m in year 9 now and I miss year 7 because the school was so chill back then now it’s like a mental asylum.

This school ccan't handle students mental health very well due to lack of well-being experience, and often teachers mis-read social cues and put socially reserved people on the spot and making them feel vulnerable. They also have a zero tolerance rule for phones which can mean miscommunication when it comes to things like parent pick ups and communication to people outside of school during break times. As well as this the no phone ban means school students can feel tied down because they cannot do their homework in school hours. This leads to much homework being uncompleted. This needs to be sorted. Not only this but most students that cannot behave are often "let off" and not disciplined properly, whilst well behaved students are frequently picked on for minor things. This means many well behaved students lack self esteem in the school environment, whilst more rule breaking students are confident and loud because they believe they are above the rules, due to the fact they are rarely punished. As an overview, this school has the potential to be a very good healthy bustling learning environment, due to certain negatives, it can not be described as so. What the school lacks in morality and consideration, it certainly makes up for in staff. Vast majority of staff are lively, loveable and friendly towards students, and provide kids with a safe haven away from the strict rules and bullies. There are a select few that are overly strict and don't do the school any good, but you get those sort of teachers in any school. Majority of staff are humorous and highly inspirational towards me and other people in the school, and I can give serious credit to them for shaping me into the person I am. This school provides both stresses and reliefs. I guess it's done something right due to the clarity of my review. I hope this helps any parents who are deciding on a secondary school for their child.

I am year eight at the school and I think it is actually pretty good they handle bullying really well and other things but they are very strict on school uniform and rules they are good with the covid regulations