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2.5

Based on 11 reviews and 99 answers

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  • Indoor environment1.8
  • Safety1.7
  • Activities1.7
  • Education1.6
  • Staff1.6
  • Outdoor environment1.5
  • Food1.5
  • Communication1.2
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  • Student
    1.0
    21 February 2024

    Thornaby ups and downs (mainly downs)

    This school is AWFUL. Please do not send your child here. I must admit that the Northern Education Trust has improved this school tremendously over the past 2 months. They’ve improved the structure and understanding of lessons. But I would love to tell u about things I hope would change. The no makeup rule, I feel this is detrimental towards young girls (also boys but no boys I’ve seen wear makeup in this school) these kids are in a time of their lives where they are so vulnerable and insecure i...

  • Student
    1.0
    22 November 2023

    Bullying needs to stop

    I am not happy with this schoolmy daughter was taken advantage of and was threatened

  • Parent
    1.0
    11 July 2023

    Rubbish school

    My daughter attended from year 7 to year 10 when I withdrew her to home educate. She was predicted low grades in school yet achieved the highest grades in English, Maths and Science double award GCSES when sat at an independent exam centre. They certainly don’t push children to fulfil there potential especially when they have a substitute teacher in maths for a year who tells them to copy out of a textbook. My daughter was punished for low attendance and couldn’t go to see a band that the rest o...

  • Student
    1.0
    6 July 2023

    rubbish school

    DO NOT GO TO THIS SCHOOL

  • Other
    1.0
    5 July 2023

    School is a disgrace

    My child attended here.its absolutely the worse school in teesside.They do nothing to tackle bullying issues and the staff are rude obnoxious and do not safeguard the children.after 2 years 9f bullying and my child self harming i moved my childs school.Now my childs thriving

  • Student
    2.0
    5 July 2023

    Bad school

    I have adhd and i don’t get the proper help i need . Overall i is bad

  • Student
    3.0
    5 July 2023

    TA review

    School is okay just needs to get the kids in there to actually behave and not be idiots .

  • Student
    1.0
    18 April 2023

    Thornaby Academy

    the teachers don't care about your mental health. they don't let you go to the toilet even though it's a human right and we cant control our bladder. they lecture about your marks on tests even if your struggling mentally and not being able to focus because of something happening in your life

  • Former Student
    1.0
    6 June 2022

    Inadequate

    I am an ex SEN student, please consider carefully placing your child at this school if they have SENs, it can be very unpleasant for them and they will learn very little. The school has been judged inadequate by OFSTED for a reason.

  • Former Student
    1.0
    24 April 2022

    horrible horrible school

    I have attended this school since year 7. Despite recently getting an improved ofsted score, i personally feel the school has gotten somehow even worse than it was before. The way teachers communicate with most students makes our environment feel more like a hierarchy than a community, and staff regularly exercise their authority among students and lower status members of staff, making a harmonious school environment next to impossible to achieve. Bullying is terribly dealt with and students with a higher social status get away almost anything. Students with learning disabilities are rarely helped and often punished for things they are unable to control, such as losing concentration in a lesson or fidgeting. This had happened to me on multiple occasions and no action was taken due to staff never taking students seriously. The younger years such as the 7s and 8s wouldnt know respect if it hit them in the face and staff do nothing but pander to them instead of teaching them the right way to act. absolutely awful school if your child is considered different, the students and staff will make their lives hell

  • Parent
    1.0
    3 December 2020

    Bullying

    I don’t recommend this school, my daughter is being bullied horribly here and they aren’t helping. police are involved, but the school won’t touch it even if it happens in school