Woodbridge High School

bro do not go whs. trust me the amount of racism is shocking and the teachers don't like there job they don't care about how many fights there are. some teachers have no respect and do not help people or support people with mental health or learning disability's and there's so much weed and vaping in the school

My child goes to woodbridge high school and also suffers with adhd (medicated) and dyslexia. I'd say it's a good school for children and teens who are "model students" if you like. however with my child it's like a square in a circle hole to be completely honest. there are certain members of staff such as the deputy head and SENCO who do have good intentions and put time and effort into my child. but others are quite dismissive and prone to sending her out of lessons, at one point my child wasn't even allowed to enter a certain lesson for a period of time which stopped her from learning especially as it was a core lesson. Another issue is that not all staff are aware of my child's needs, i do understand as it is a big school however, more needs to be done to help pupils like my child, because when incidents happen at lunch or break staff don't necessarily know what to do with my child or any other SEN child or how to calm things down and let them regulate. Things such as free school meals and uniform are good and their well-being team is brilliant as far as i'm concerned. Another downfall though is that the BSO's (behavioural support officers) are not so brilliant in my opinion. They use certain strategies, when kids have been removed from a lesson or accused of doing something, therefore having to write a statement that i don't think are very affective. when any child has been removed from a lesson they will be agitated, angry, upset etc. and this is a vulnerable stage for them. But i'll say this again there is some teachers who approach this in a more effective manner. For incidents where statements and accounts have to be taken in they struggle to approach it correctly with an SEN child as many may feel accused and penalised and as if they are not going to listen to their side, which shuts that pupil off from hearing anything else and later leading into more problems. Also the number of fights in this school is perticlulary concerning but i think the main pupil instigating these has been permanently excluded. this is just my point of view as a parent with a child who very much struggles in this school and has considered moving schools.

Teacher once forced me to have a panic attack at the front of the classroom, another teacher told my friend to drag me out the class when having a panic attack. The mental health team are good tho, departments like Media, English and Drama are supportive of mental health the worst departments for mental health are maths and Art, classes in general are easy to understand and the school food is average quality at best - reccomend the pasta pots and sausage rolls if you can eat pork