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The Palmer Catholic Academy

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2.4

Based on 16 reviews and 144 answers

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  • Food1.8
  • Education1.6
  • Communication1.6
  • Activities1.5
  • Staff1.4
  • Indoor environment1.4
  • Outdoor environment1.4
  • Safety1.3
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  • Parent
    1.0
    8 October 2026

    Child endangerment

    I don't think this school even deserves 1 star, as the safeguarding issues are not taken seriously, teachers and safeguard lead especially endanger children, lie on report on children and parents, cannot adequately support students with mental health issues, neurodivergence, learning difficulties, and those groomed and exploited. Lack of support for children and families. Send children struggling with traumatic situations/experiences yo PRU schools rather help get right support. Punishing studen...

  • Other
    1.0
    29 July 2025

    PLEASE DONT SEND UR CHILD HERE .

    A dead school to be honest . There’s too much physical bullying and verbal bullying and teachers and students are racist . This school should be shut down based on so many 1 stars even I think it should get a 0 .

  • Student
    1.0
    29 July 2025

    Too many fights and gang members are offering weed and vapes

    One of the worst schools in the borough. Please don’t send ur child here .

  • Student
    1.0
    29 July 2025

    This school is ass

    This school is ass , there is no control in this school . Please don’t send ur children to This school.

  • Other
    1.0
    29 July 2025

    THIS SCHOOL SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN TO BE HONEST

    The Worst school, bullying physically everyday and teachers wouldn’t do anything about to help or stop a fight they are scared of the students because they get there backside beaten up as well there are gang members around the school they offer drugs and vapes to students the teachers and students are racist and teachers are so disrespectful TO PARENTS , THE TOILETS ARE BROKEN PEOPLE WITH HOODS LOCK YOU IN THE TOILETS AND STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS WATCHING INAPPROPRIATE STUFF ON THERE PHONES DURING L...

  • Other
    1.0
    29 July 2025

    The Palmer Catholic Academy

    This school is very bad and students will physically bully each and other teachers would get beaten up as well and they would not stop a fight there is always a fight in the playground THE TEACHERS ARE RACIST AND DISRESPECTFUL TO PARENTS There gang members all AROUND THE SCHOOL OFFERING STUDENTS DRUGS AND VAPES AND THEY SKIP LESSONS AND LOCK PEOPLE UP IN THE TOILETS , Most of the toilets are broken and mirrors are shattered . Their teaching is horrible . Students do what they like in lessons and the teachers don’t say anything they even start fighting during lessons and they pull there phones out and start watching P*RN Under the tables And the students are just gonna attack other students and they would assault other students out side the school this school is not safe . PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD TO THIS SCHOOL .

  • Other
    1.0
    29 July 2025

    The Palmer Catholic Academy

    The school environment IS REALLY BAD AND GANG MEMBERS AROUND THE SCHOOL THEY ARE ALWAYS BEING RACIST AND ATTACKING STUDENTS THERE IS A FIGHT IN THE SCHOOL MOSTLY EVERYDAY AND THE TEACHERS DONT GIVE A CRAP WHATSOEVER THE STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE PLANNING TO ATTACK YOU AND THEY ALWAYS GONNA BE RACIST AND TEACHERS ARE SO DISRESPECTFUL TO PARENTS LIKE THEY WOULD ACT LIKE THEY ARE NOT LISTENING TO PARENTS WHEN EVER THERE IS A FIGHT OR SOMETHING STUDENTS ARE SMOKING , VAPING AND THEY WILL LOCK YOU UP IN THE TOILETS I SEE SO MANY HOODED STUDENTS AROUND THE SCHOOL TEACHERS WOULD STOP A FIGHT THERE STAFF IS NOT EVEN RELIABLE . THE TOILETS ARE ALWAYS BROKEN AND THE CLASSROOMS LOOK LIKE CHEAP SHIIII . DONT SEND YOUR CHILDREN HERE I BEG U .

  • Other
    1.0
    29 July 2025

    The Palmer Catholic Academy

    This school is just very bad and racist there’s so much bullying in this school and so much racism the students will always be planning to attack you physically and the teachers wouldn’t pay attention I’ve seen students smoking vapes and they offer weed to other students and when it comes to the teachers they will not do anything if anyone is doing something wrong and I was a student here and my experience was really bad I mean it , the toilets are always broken the mirrors are broken students...

  • Other
    1.0
    29 July 2025

    The Palmer Catholic is one of the most racist school .

    This school is so dead and some poor school every student is gonna just start bullying you and attack you and the teachers are scared from the students when ever there is a fight in the playground or something happens they just never want to help and teaching is really poor there toilets are mostly broken and poor condition the students are gonna be racist to ur child . DONT SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO THIS SCHOOL.

  • Student
    1.0
    15 June 2025

    the worst school

    this school treats me and my brother horribly they don't understand what the student need they give too much homework on my weak subject maths I get overwhelmed and they don't care the teachers literally target me and other kids because we are black only a few nice teachers but most of them are gone

  • Student
    1.0
    24 February 2025

    The most honest review you will get of The TPCA

    DO NOT send a kid to this school because this is not a school you want your child to be in. Firstly teachers are disrespectful and racist especially the head and deputy head of the school the school staff have no manners or boundaries to what you can say to a child and nobody would care if a teacher called you the N word . Secondly the school doesn't deal with harassment claims especially if you are not a white person. even if you are white the school doesn't care about its students whatsoever. thirdly fights break out pretty much everyday and there are police cars outside that school like 85% of the time and the school is really unsafe as gang members also attend that school as well. The school is so bad a student attempted to end his own life due to depression and I do not want anyone's child to try take their own life at a young age please don't send your kids their because the school doesn't even deserve a half star review their are only 2 nice people in the whole school and they are black every other teacher can not teach and I wonder how students pass GCSE

  • Student
    5.0
    17 September 2024

    Honest Review, as a Upper Grade Student

    I've been in this school from Year 11 to Year 13 (Studying; Economics, Business, Law). As of my experience, it's a great school to go to, teachers are attentive and even provide extra support by working extra hours for us. Great effort from their side, it has allowed me to improve, and especially, meeting the right people. It's all about company, the friends you keep an all. The only downside are the Forced R.E lessons for sixth formers, which isn't that bad, just slightly inconvenient. I'd li...

  • Student
    3.0
    23 May 2023

    Meh it's mid needs help but bareable and not that bad

    Needs improvement hygiene wise bc toilets are barely cleaned and there's a least one price of gum under every desk. Teachers are alr but some need to realise its a 2023 rn and things are different and not enforce religious practices w no Catholics bc they were told its still a universal school and even as a Christian myself not Catholic I still see this. The work material is acc quite good and we learn a lot of acc useful things in geography and pshe and the rest of subjects tge work is good and tge right work but not always things well acc need in the future. The playground is rlly small compared to my primary and doesn't have a field which is kinda disappointing ngl. The cafeteria is cool and well laid out and the food is not that bad but still needs improvements. Bullying normally gets sorted out but there are acc a lot of teachers that don't display themselves comfortable to acc talk to abt certain things.

  • Former Student
    1.0
    20 July 2021

    Don’t send you’re child here

    If you care about your child in anyway, you would not send them here. Hands down the worst school, very disrespectful to students, and are irresponsible when it comes to bullying and harassment claims.I did not feel safe in that school for the 5 years I attended there. Hygiene wise, the school is disgusting. I have seen myself, cleaners don’t clean tables or bathrooms with care. I have also seen another review that they force religious practices on children that are not catholic, and I can confirm this is true.

  • Student
    3.0
    5 September 2020

    Cheeks

    Bum cheeks ass school teachers disrespectful af

  • Student
    2.0
    21 August 2020

    Kind of ok

    Ok school, but way to strict. Very homophobic and will force non Christian people to participate in Christian activities. The teaches are awful