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Former Student
Sep 27, 2023

One Star too Generous

I attended this school for seven years, from year 7 up until year 13. One star is too generous.

I ended up confining to a teacher in distress about my parent abusing me in my first year. It was true. The school had a meeting with my parent, who said I was lying due to being grounded. The school dismissed the case. I was beat when I got home and trapped in an abusive household until I left when I turned 18.

My form tutor mistakenly marked me as late, warranting a 45 minute detention after school. The teacher and I went to inform the head of year, who claimed there was nothing that could be done, warranting another beating.

Another teacher asked me to come in at break for an unwarranted detention. I did so, and she wasn’t there. I sat in the corner of her classroom while some sixth form students worked on their project. The teacher never came and when break ended, I went to my next class. When I had this teacher again, she made me stand at the front of the class while she screamed at me claiming that her sixth form students said I wasn’t there and apparently I was just magically meant to know she was in the office.

A student injured her leg in PE, so I stopped doing the activity to help her. The PE teacher proceeded to make me do laps in front of everyone, as punishment for being a decent person. But the girl who threw a dodgeball at me so hard, 3 times until two of my fingers and my nose was broken, was applauded. Oh, and I was forced to sit there struggling to breathe, with broken bones, swelling and turning a dark purple “because they’re not broken, you’re just being dramatic.”

I found a girl cutting herself in the toilets and bought her to first receive medical attention, then to the head of year. I tried to seek help for her across 11 different teachers, all said she bought it upon herself.

I sat in the medical room for a few lunches and a girl with an eating disorder was being forced to eat in front of a teacher in the next room. Her sobs genuinely haunt my nightmares.

I was banned from a school trip due to being anxious.

Teachers have expressed that male victims of assault don’t exist. Building on from this point, another girl in sixth form, a whole adult, wanted to do a project on sexual assault. She was banned from it, rightfully expressed upset at this choice, and was threatened to be kicked out of sixth form for questioning it.

There are a lot of experiences and stories similar to these. But, the most horrifying, is that a girl in sixth form emailed highlighting homicidal thoughts (yes, as in wanting to kill another person) and she wasn’t safeguarded! This directly breaks the law (Tarasoff Rule)!

Maybe the school should focus less on promoting nothing but a left-wing agenda and creating a hostile environment for students (especially muslims and other religions) and instead, seek therapy for their employees who seem to get off on power and ruining children’s lives.
Other
Nov 20, 2022

A Bad School Bad Teaching

Racist- indoctrinating-hypocritical A School not fit for purpose
Former Student
Nov 20, 2022

Education

Atrocious messages given out to the future generation.
Other
Nov 20, 2022

Mr Dorringtons speech

FULL OF RACISM

I was very much disgraced to see the behaviour of the teacher Mr Dorrington.

I am writing in response to a video recording of Mr Dorrington, a member of staff at your school.

During the video Mr Dorrington displayed extremely aggressive and racist language and tone.

The language he used feeds into the racist rhetoric that is still so very rampant in society. Why did he use the word Muslims as opposed to terrorists? He has linked terrorism directly to Muslims and Islam.

His tone is extremely aggressive and I struggle to understand how this is considered appropriate behaviour.

I have also read the response the school has posted on the back of the video being shared.

To say that the Schools response to this video is disappointing is an understatement.
You seem to have focused completely on the impact on your staff member whilst ignoring the issue of racism and the potential impact this would have on your young students.

I hope the police, involved, will take a impartial view, and see that Mr Dorrington displayed aggressive and racist views and language.

I am appalled that you are almost trying to condone this behaviour and language.

When you choose to discuss such topics you are surely aware that it will lead to passionate debate, which should always be welcomed.

If staff are unequipped to deal with and manage emotive topics then maybe you should consider not hosting such events, rather than having a staff member aggressively put an end to the discussion.

If you truly are focused on tolerance shouldn't you support your students to have different views and beliefs as long as they remain respectful? And not to say things like ho back to your own country I mean how pathetic is he,
He needs to be sacked and replaced with a good teacher. Further more a message to Qureshi go and study the quran again you idiot you should be stoned to death.

How could Woodgreen High School become so low and become this racist to even bring in such people this is nothing more than racism.
Employee
Nov 19, 2022

Racist school

bad school to go to very racist
Student
Nov 19, 2022

Very racist and discriminative School

Bad school to go to very racist and discriminative.Shocking behavior towards six form students
Student
Nov 19, 2022

Not a safe environment

This school is the reason we have such devision in society. Students at this age are meant to be under the protection of the school which parents put their trust in. It's meant to be a safe environment for learning, not politics. Very disappointed.
Student
Nov 19, 2022

Not a safe environment

This school is the reason we have such devision in society. Students at this age are meant to be under the protection of the school which parents put their trust in. It's meant to be a safe environment for learning, not politics. Very disappointed.
Other
Nov 18, 2022

Worst school

Disgusting school, don't go here.
Student
Apr 24, 2022

Meh school

Ok school. Not the best, not the worst. Mental health doesn't matter as much as doing homework to the school on a whole but some teachers are good about it.
Student
Sep 18, 2020

School

A good school bullys just get talked to and thats it

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