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Unity College

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2.1

Based on 19 reviews and 162 answers

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  • Food2.4
  • Communication2.0
  • Activities1.9
  • Outdoor environment1.7
  • Education1.6
  • Staff1.6
  • Safety1.4
  • Indoor environment1.4
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  • Former Student
    1.0
    1 October 2026

    Bad. Very bad.

    Very poor. When I went here I was getting consistent 5s and 6s and with the school system being just purely idiotic, got moved down to bottom set in almost everything 5 months before GCSEs. Unity had made me fail several GCSEs and couldn't allow me to get onto A levels to do what I want. I was also heavily bullied and yet nothing was done about it despite countless attempts to get it sorted. I am a former student with a brother at blessed trinity and I can say blessed is FAR better.

  • Other
    1.0
    2 December 2025

    Not fit for purpose

    I have just had to pick my granddaughter up from college after she came on her period during her mock exam and has been unable to go to the toilet because she doesn't have a "toilet pass". My granddaughter has been really struggling with her mental wellbeing for at least the last year and has had to have lots of time off school due to this and other ongoing medical problems, unfortunately despite claiming to be invested in children's wellbeing as a family we have found this to be anything but th...

  • Former Student
    1.0
    24 November 2025

    Where's your cameras

    This school has bulling at the worst level possible... I.e Objects such as food items and stationary, plus much more being thrown at students by other students, whilst simply trying to eat there lunch. This school has students bringing weapons into school.... I.e at the start of the school year in 2024 a female student felt the need to arm herself with a kitchen knife, and bring that knife into school with her, due to suffering many years of traumatic bulling and constantly being let down by th...

  • Other
    1.0
    20 May 2025

    Bad school

    Absolutely horrible today at pe they told us to run 400 metres which was fine BUT THEN they told us to run 800 metres whick i felt like i was going to pass out and this other girl fainted the teachers tried getting first aid but they nurse didnt even show up as they teacher logged it as a emergency and when they finally got contact with the nurse she was asking if it was a emergency and when she did show up to the field she was walking EXTREMELY SLOW and left the wheelchair outside the field.

  • Parent
    1.0
    5 May 2025

    Beware of this school, please read before enrolling your child

    My grand daughter attended this school for 6 months, she was bullied from day one and the teachers and staff did nothing to help. Her personnel details was put up on screen for the whole class to see, including name address, telephone number etc. A boy in her class touched her inappropriately and harassed her, (blowing kisses asking her out) in front of the teacher and class. The head of year assured us a full investigation would be carried out, my grand daughter wasn't questioned, the outcom...

  • Student
    1.0
    28 June 2024

    Absolutely horrific.

    I am leaving this school soon, and I can comfortably say that this place is an absolute hell hole. Every person that gets treated nicely are the pretty ones, or the more sporty ones, and the teachers RARELY ever interact with other people. News is poorly spread around. Bullying is never properly dealt with - if you have a child who gets bullied and they tell a teacher, chances are they won’t take the child very seriously and give the person a “stern warning” (which never helps). Overall this school is terrible. So many of the teachers are incredibly strict too, so it makes the experience incredibly worse. If you are planning on enrolling your child here, don’t. Majority of the teachers in this school hate year 7s.

  • Parent
    1.0
    23 December 2023

    why you shouldnt bring your child to unity college

    my child got a detention for nothing she wasnt late all that week and got a detention for fuck all as she was “late” but she was on time getting into unity college for about 8:15-8:30am she wasnt in friday because she was at my wedding its a fucking shit school i hate it and unfortunatly i still have to send her to this shitty school to actually try to get an education but the teachers dont do anything exept have a go at your child for fuck all and when their trying to do their work the teachers shout at them for not doing enough work. over all dont bring your child here,its a shit hole.

  • Parent
    1.0
    6 October 2023

    Nor a reccomend school.

    Terrible school. Had my child coming home in tears because of bullying and staff mistreatment.

  • Parent
    1.0
    5 September 2023

    do not send your child to this school.

    i am absolutely appalled by the school not giving enough support for these poor students, my son has come home absolutely hysterical!, he has told me that on his first day of high school at unity college he has been criticised by the staff, bullied by multiple students, and being treat different to the other students in his classes, it has come to my attention that he has been specifically bullied for his looks due to his disability, i’ve been told he has gone into his lessons crying and the staff hasn’t even bothered to do anything about this or even ask if he’s okay, an older brother who also attended this school had the same issues throughout all of his school years and the staff did completely nothing about this. i am absolutely vexed by the fact that the staff haven’t even bothered to give him the extra support that he needs although i specifically told them due to his disability he needs extra support to earn the education he needs. i would not recommend sending your child here and i would definitely consider sending them to a different school so they can actually get the education and support they need. absolutely disgusted!.

  • Parent
    1.0
    5 September 2023

    Worst school ever

    Terrible school especially since new headteacher has arrived. She's ex-military and seems to think she's still in it with the way she's changed everything already. Head doesn't treat them as individuals, they are her puppets. My child used to love school but now they are terrified of going in.

  • Student
    1.0
    19 January 2023

    Shockiu=ng

    Shocking the teachers do not care 1 bit about people being bullied, this is honestly well scruffy

  • Parent
    1.0
    11 October 2022

    Horrible school

    The school does not care if a child is being bullied even when parents constantly go in or ring about it and they think its acceptable for kids to tell other kids to kill themselves and then hand the child that had this said to self halm pappers. Its a discrace of a school would not send any child here if you want them to stay sain not broken.

  • Student
    1.0
    24 May 2022

    Disgusting

    This school is rubbish and the teachers always victimise there selfs and the facilities are horrendous there is urine all over the floors and graffiti everywhere and the meals are absolutely disgusting do not apply for this school as your child will learn absolutely nothing

  • Student
    2.0
    27 April 2022

    Unity

    The girls here are horrible to each other and the boys just push you into stuff.

  • Parent
    1.0
    7 March 2022

    Bad school

    My child has asd and has constantly been bullied and teachers have done nothing a year and half they have let things get so bad she now being refered for hurting herself

  • Other
    1.0
    13 February 2021

    Severe bullying problem

    ABSOLUTELY CRAP CANNOT HANDLE BULLYING RIGHT FFS

  • Parent
    1.0
    25 January 2021

    Absolutely awful school

    Absolutely terrible. The kids got bullied my multiple teachers and kids and the school didn’t do anything about it. They cover it up and they do not care about the pupils that attend what so ever. Never apply to this school.

  • Student
    3.0
    21 November 2020

    Decent school

    Agree with review below. School handled pandemic awfuly and staff dont care if you stand outside in the cold because they're nice and warm inside. Constantly told to put masks on. People dont need to be reminded a million times a day to put masks on. A lot of teachers do care about your success but some constantly lower your self confidence. I do like this school and recommend it but knocked two stars off due to bad handling of covid pandemic

  • Parent
    1.0
    27 October 2020

    Anonymous

    It handled the pandemic awfully and the school is sending more kids off rather than dealing with it appropriately