Venerable Bede Church of England Academy

This school is terrible please save yourself or your child from this nightmare. The SLT (senior leadership team) and some staff are insufferable they say children are at the heart of the school where they really arent. They think a bunch of concerts and some new options for lunch with make it a better place. Your phone gets taken if they see it, dosent matter if you use it or not. I think most of the staff genuinely despise children and need to go. I feel like alcatraz would be a better place than here. Also more about the teachers there used to be a teacher who said "I hope you fall down the stairs" to a student and meant it, a teacher who still works here took someone's shoe until the end of the day, a teacher who used to work here refused to give someone their inhaler, and THEN another teacher who used to work here took a students ( person dosent come here anymore) ear rings and threw them away. The homework system is horrendous, they use sparx maths and sparx reader, I don't do it but I tried to one time and I would rather live on a burning desert island for the rest of my life without human contact than ever use sparx again. I feel like I have became more stupid ever since I started here, it takes them a really long time to sort out problems and this place makes me feel like I'm trapped in a prison I can't escape. This school is dreadful please don't go here.

This is a disgrace of a school. As a currant student i feel ashamed too be called apart of this school community. Ill start with the SLT, they dont know what they are doing. They go on and on about ready respectful and safe but never has a member of SLT respected me. There has only been one SLT i like thats it. The teachers care more about punishing the bad students rather then praising the good ones and even then it feels like the rules are negotiable ive seen so many students get out of detentions just because they asked nicely? Im sorry but thats stupid. The food is stright awful i have been sick plenty of times from its watery cheese or raw jacket potato and the good system is worse i got 5 MINS too eat my food and they calles that a "reasonable and ample time too eat his food" its awful There is too much too properly explain just let this be a warning DONT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE FOR BOTH THERE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH.

This school is actually disgusting, first the teachers focus on bad behaviour more than the well behaved students (sometimes reward good behaviour) , the SLT don't know what the fuck they are doing, and there's a bunch of pointless things that just dont need to be there. My time at this prison has been horrendous PLEASE do not send you children here.

At this school there is a new slt member that I am under the impression that their homophobic, this staff member has commented on a lesbian couple multiple times as the were holding hands in the corridor, as much as I understand if I was a school rule that they cannot but nowhere does it say this, the other teachers in this school have even said “I like your style” as they are supposed to enter the school in twos, this is a supposedly supportive school of the lgbtq+ community but this slt member seems to not abide by that

When the Burgess ain't skibidi

my child ha a horrible time here. he hate this place.the school is horrible and is on the news multiple times for being a shit place. This school has hurt him mentally and physically. PLEASE don't send your children here as the education is horrendous

If I can advise anything, it’s to not sign your child up to this school. I was a pupil from 2019-2024 and the issues I faced at this school were indescribable. Teachers were more focused on poorly behaved children rather than praising the children who had never stepped out of line. There was a lack of maths, english and science teachers so lessons were often replaced by bone idol substitute teachers who couldn’t control the class and didn’t teach the lesson. This explains why the school has such a low pass rate on core subjects. Bullying is also a very big issue in this school. Don’t get me wrong bullying happens in every school but at this school nothing was dealt with accordingly, leaving students facing mental health issues and many students to de register. As a whole the school is very unorganised and more or less ran by the children, it almost seems like it would be more hassle for the teachers to approach the badly behaved children rather than to just leave them. DONT SEND YOUR CHILDREN HERE! Not to even mention the amount of graffiti and vandalism around the school, toilets were often locked and you weren’t allowed in without a toilet pass, this also caused a huge problem which could have easily been avoided. OFSTED have recently rated this school as requires improvement, it is in need of a major change or to be just shut down completely!!!

The slt staff and mental health staff are absolutely excellent and I can’t explain how much I am grateful for these people. my son was struggling with school and they were amazing with dealing with all of his problems

School is poor in all fronts staff failure to care or support student. School does not follow its own policies nor does it get back to concerns and worries that been raises. It dismisses the concern and places worries on calibre of students from the local community. Example teacher advised that the behaviour in the school was reflection of the local community and therefore out of their control. The Leadership lacks the ability to lead, school is just so poor in all area. I could go on and on with a deleted account of how poor the school. However would like to say that there are pockets of good individuals who just let down by the leadership.

The accessibility for disability is great however it takes a while for any access arrangements to be sorted. Food is average but an alright price. Teachers vary from amazing teachers that really help students to learn to teachers that are horrendous and scream at students. The main issue is that nobody is allowed to go to the toilet during classes unless they have a toilet pass. This is detrimental as it is against human rights and can cause incidents in class that could have been prevented. The communication between staff is terrible and i would definitely say if you have a problem that it may take a while for all teachers to be informed if they are at all. On the plus side this school has really good facilities like computers and a gym and good science equipment for practicals.

Do t send your child here - unless you want them severely bullied, ignored and academically neglected.

Awful school. Pupils are not supported and the bullying is horrid! They have won a anti bullying award however this isn't a real reflection of the school. Fights always happen and the school do nothing about it. Teaching is poor and the teachers are awful. Food is ok and not too expensive, limited space to sit outside. Place is full of litter and full of plastic items. The Office team are no help if you have questions. Most equipment around the school is broken and the toilets are disgusting. You can't even flush the toilet. There is no soap in the toilets and they are always dirty. Detentions have been issued with no warning and people often missed medical appointments because teachers did not compromise. Very good disabled access. X2 lifts and ramps aroud the school.

The school is on a spiralling end to disaster. People do not social distancing and teachers can not control the students. Fights are always happening causing disruption then the year that the pupils are from get shouted at event hough there are not involved and it is an unsafe school as no social distancing happens causing the cases to rise in the school and country.

I have 2 children in this school and unfortunately currently I do NOT believe the school is doing everything they can to keep pupils safe. My pupils have been off 5 times each time back to back with possitive cases. I am also aware the school went with a "do it without any teacher support" approach this means they have not had any help in the past month. Also the pupils only get 20mins for lunch which is not enough time to chill and eat your food.However on the other hand on a normal day without covid the school is very good place.

Very average school but some teachers aren’t great and the quality of work is average too. There’s a good selection for meals on dinner times for anyone who does not take pack lunches. Additionally, the support wasn’t the greatest and that should be improved.