The Thomas Alleyne Academy

People get jumped a lot and bullied but teachers are nice and helpful however food is expensive

This school is horrible they have no care for out mental health and do not let us go to the toilet or get water when needed they only care abt how there school comes across they are ruining the lives of many teens and they let ppl get away with sexual assault just because of a disorder and they are letting teachers treat pupils badly. the only thing they care abt us is our uniform this school needs to be shut down now.

I went to Thomas Alleyne at the end of year 7 due to being bullied at my previous school. Right at the beginning when I joined the staff were amazing and supportive but in my eyes this was just for 'show'. When i went into year 8 in the following September I was being bullied for having a disabled brother (discrimination) I went and told there pastoral team, all they did was take us out of lessons as a group (me and the people bullying) and sit down in a room to 'sort it out'. After this I was still getting grief off of these people but the school support staff took this no further. My behavior went completely down hill, a certain group of people were making comments on my looks and commenting about my little brother, i walked out of classes due to these comments because the teaching staff did nothing/said nothing and I was being given none stop detentions. Ever since my behavior got so bad because I was rebelling against the teachers because I felt like i wasn't being supported at all. On the 21st of March it is WDSD (World Down Syndrome Day) my mum and I requested that either the whole school or just my year group wears odd socks to spread awareness but yet again the school out right refused (once again discrimination) I then went into school wearing odd socks on the 21st and I was put into inclusion for 'wearing incorrect uniform'. When I went into year 9 I was going to really try and get my head down, I was then being bullied non stop again and the school did fuck all again. My nan passed away in October 22 and the pastoral team basically told me to get over her death. A week later this one person was making comments on my brother, my family and the fact that my nan had passed away, i spoke to the school about this and oh love and behold they did nothing to the point that at break time the next day that person started commenting again and I just went for her and got into a fight. For this I was suspended for a day and they still did nothing with this person apart from sat us in a room together which did fuck all. After this I started rebelling again and my behavior points were raising quickly and I was getting non-stop suspended. Again on the 21st of march my mum and I requested for them to help spread awareness by asking people to wear odd socks but yet again refused. I went into school wearing odd socks and they isolated me for 'wearing incorrect uniform'. At this point I was being non-stop suspended and always on a 5 day pending permanent exclusion. In between me getting into trouble I was struggling in a large setting (I struggle in a mainstream school as it is) but the school did nothing to support this. They then brought up in one of my meeting about ASD but didn't help my mum 1 bit about getting a diagnosis. Overall this school gives NO support.

I would not recommend this school if your child has learning difficulties or suffer with poor mental health

They honestly have no clue how to deal with these type of children and just say even though you have learning difficulties it’s still your choice on how u behave

Shit school, if you get bullied they blame you and the teachers always have an opinion on you.

Some of these reviews are very suss, especially given the dates.
To talk about an isolated incident that happened years ago and is no-ones business but those concerned. Cheap shot. Teachers are normal human beings too, who have feelings and care deeply about the children. It is a vocation. Not a job.
This site is awful with some idiotic comments and bitterness. I can say hand on heart as a former student that this school is wonderful and the teachers do everything in their power to support children, particularly those of lower income homes that are perhaps a little more disadvantaged.
They work exceptional hard, long hours and it can be a thankless job particularly when you read comments like these.
Now as a teacher myself, I find these comments every bit as hurtful and spiteful as the bullies you claim to hate. It makes you no better.

First of all I wouldn't even give this school a 1 star I would give it 0.
The teachers and head teacher are rude not helpful and blame ur child/children for.something the teacher has done wrong.
They laugh at ur mental health instead of helping they said to my child no one wants to talk to u coz ur bad.
The bulling is unbelievable they don't sort it out there was a girl in the school that took her own life on school premises because she got bullied and was laughed at by staff about her mental health.
THE SCHOOL SHOULD BE SHUT DONE THE STAFF SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEM SELF!!!

I myself was bullied at the school and when explaining it to a teacher was told there was nothing they could do because i wasn't physically hit, just called very nasty names. My brother also had a bad time at the school, teachers saying they disliked him to his face despite the fact he had high grades and never misbehaved. Do not send your child here, unless you are happy for them to come out with mental health problems.

This school is poor I’ve been at this school from year 7 to year 11 and been through a lot of bullying and things at this school deals with bullying poorly and the problem never gets resolved or they have blame it on the victims because of the school not being able to do this properly someone previously committed suicide because of it the children here are Nasty,Vile,And Will tear others apart I don’t recommend this school. Dealing with metal health is also poor the metal support teacher has done and said various negative things in the past to children who need metal support and treat people like crap for example saying they are doing it for attention (sorry for my language) this has made children in the past not want to speak up and say I need help my life isn’t going to well etc she says this school is amazing and there’s no bullying (when there is). The headmaster here is unprofessional and thinks he views his authority higher than a child’s parents, he makes comments to children who are getting bullied seem like they are in the wrong and cares more about his ego and how his school looks/ his school ego the only people that are nice and will support your child is the science department and will take you seriously due to me and my friends going there recently and things actually sort of getting dealt with they do the most for bullying this school is one of the worst. They have only just added an lgbtq+ support group/club after a long battle with the school for one and they said about making an assembly about it to educate students about this unfortunately never happened. I have broken my wrist here and one of the first aid staff basically said “it’ll be ok you’ll walk it off” I went to the hospital and turns out it was broken. The children here are homophobic, racist, disgusting and horrible and violent. And the support for people who struggle learning or need help is poor.

DONT GO HERE

-a year 11 who has gone through hell with this school

Wouldn't recommend coming to this school.
Bullying never gets sorted by the head teacher and gets pushed to the side. Been here 4 years, relentlessly bullied by multiple different year groups and the head has done nothing. Will then blame it on u and tells new kids parents the school is amazing with bullying and sorts it straight away.
They preach about individuality and being yourself but the second u do so u get put in inclusion and separated from everyone else until they 'sort ur problem'.
The mental health 'team' are really something else. Shouts at u for having a panic attack then says your loving the attention.
They preach about being all inclusive to all communities all though we are on a 7 month and on going wait for an assembly on lgbtq+ and slurs. And says we shove our 'woke' beliefs in kids faces, when in realty tell them to leave us alone and let's us be ourselves while they scream slurs and say we can't be gay or trans because it's not true. Head teacher has also said we are causing other kids to come crying to them because they don't understand how to respect us and we are in the wrong for being ourselves instead of fixing the problem by educations the kids bullying us.
Not to mention this new phone and headphone rule. Don't get me wrong it's great for class and all but instantly getting it taken off when putting it away when getting into school then inclusion and no break and lunch. Oh and even if its the end of the day they will take it away if u haven't left the gates and u don't get it back till the next day?
Your also not allowed to leave school with u pe kit if u have pe last and it's 30 degrees out side and u wear trousers because the school doesn't provide us with shorts like they promise 3 years ago.
This school has gotten progressively worse in the 4 years we have been here, the head just seems to role with it and make it more and more worse. First year here a poor girl took her life because of bullying. You would think they would get very serious about bullying but I feel like they have gotten more lenient and worse. Our own head views his authority over the child's own parents.

End of story don't let your kids go here. It's a living hell. Barcleys is better.

Been in this school for 4 years and let me just say it has been the worst school experience I’ve ever had to endure (I’ve been to four primary schools) the bullying myself and my close friends have experienced has been absolutely dreadful. The homophobia/ transphobia/ableism has been the worst I’ve ever personally experienced in my life. Many of the teachers in higher authority (headteacher and deputy/ support heads) have neglected to care enough to exclude/ expel students whom have physically assaulted us in the past. The headteacher is probably the most self absorbed person I have ever had to encounter and is too busy to care about opressed groups’ issues and took 2 whole years to have a formal meeting about the bullying we have experienced and then gaslit us and proceeded to sympathise with the people verbally/ physically abusing us. Our “mental support lead” has done the opposite of mentally support me and called me an attention seeker when I was crying in her office. On the up side there are some fantastic staff (mostly in the science and drama department) who have been our only solace in any situation and actually take my friends and I seriously. If you think about sending your child here, don’t unless your child is cisgender, heterosexual and Neuro-typical. If your child isn’t one of those things they will absolutely not stand a chance against the nasty children that attend here, let alone the vast majority of the staff who is too preoccupied with incorrect uniform, attendance and whether or not your child has their phone out. Sincerely- a very emotionally exhausted year 11

I do not recommend this school. The teachers were incredibly unsupportive when my daughter was bullied. We had to help her ourselves and then the school took credit when it improved.