# Great Academy Ashton — Ashton-under-Lyne, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Secondary
- **Parent rating:** 1.4/5 from 14 published reviews

## Contact

- **Address:** Broadoak Road
- **Phone:** +44 1612419555
- **Website:** https://www.gaa.org.uk
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/ashton-under-lyne/great-academy-ashton-11683

## Official rankings

- **Ofsted (Behaviour and Attitudes):** Requires Improvement — Mar 2023
- **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Requires Improvement — Mar 2023
- **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Requires Improvement — Mar 2023
- **Ofsted (Personal Development):** Good — Mar 2023
- **Ofsted (Quality of Education):** Requires Improvement — Mar 2023

## Recent parent reviews

- **1/5** — BAD School: Mark Holland asked a girl if she had a bomb under her hjab and called a girl a dumb blonde and also a nun the same girl *(Mar 2025)*
- **1/5** — Human rights: Toilets are locked during lessons and we share 4 small toilets between 13 thousand kids Whitch then during break and lunch year 11s have to use the same toilets the whole school has used. All stairs are locked during lessons so if you are on top floor you are locked up there and cannot get down lifts are blocked with keycards so people with disabilities. *(Jan 2025)*
- **1/5** — don't go to this school: Too many pupils and not enough staff , which can not control the student's nor put any effort into lessons. The whole building is falling down , there's leaks all over the ceilings and half of the lights in the whole school don't work . If you look around the school the majority of it has cracked or broken walls / ceilings . In 'B' block the ceiling and lights fell down on a fellow classmates . And is a dangerous place to walk in. *(Dec 2023)*
- **1/5** — horrible school: terribel school terribel teachers and terible food overall terible *(Nov 2022)*
- **1/5** — ABSOLUTELY VILE SCHOOL (Don’t recommend): NO WORDS!! the hygein in that rotten discusting shameful school is not on. Farrel thinks it’s okay to nearly batter the kids every morning for not taking their coats off. My child feels intimidated by the dinner ladies cuz they throw burgers at you and tell you to f off and i find that horrific. The toilets have writing saying rude inappropriate things. Woody the cleaner starts running over the year 7s scaring the life out of them. Cleaners throw tables about and don’t think i’m having it mate c… *(Nov 2022)*
- **1/5** — SAVE YOUR KIDS: School is absolutely rotten.A great amount of students in that school and a new rule has been placed one 4 toilets are available for the whole school. Therefore children are losing their learning times and spending most of their education queueing for the toilet. I think it’s so so unfair this new rule and i will not allow my daughter to be places is such a horrendous school. I’m absolutely terrified to step foot in that school. Gangs everywhere, teachers verbally abusing the children and using … *(Nov 2022)*
- **4/5** — Average: Can’t fault it. They try there hardest to solve any situation *(Oct 2022)*
- **1/5** — Hate it wouldn't recommend going there: None stop bullying, honestly wouldn't recommend going 4 years has been going on, hate it, teachers try but are scared of students, they don't know the well behaved students only acknowledge the misbehaving ones *(Oct 2022)*
- **5/5** — Good school: Left the school on Friday because I’m in year 11 gonna miss sitting having conversation with the teachers and the support that they give u in lesson it’s honestly such a good school and I will honestly miss it so much Keilon ❤️ *(May 2021)*
- **1/5** — Humanity's Lowest Point: The teachers are completely under-qualified, or simply don't care. The few good ones leave after a couple of years. Incidents of bullying or abuse are not taken seriously. Teachers have very little control over the students, there is a complete lack of resources, the school is absolutely unfit for any kind of productive learning at all. *(Dec 2020)*

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