# Wootton Upper School — Bedford, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bedford/wootton-upper-school-13063 ## At a glance - **Type:** Secondary - **Parent rating:** 1.1/5 from 10 published reviews ## Contact - **Address:** Hall End Road, Wootton - **Phone:** +44 1234767123 - **Website:** https://www.wootton.beds.sch.uk - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bedford/wootton-upper-school-13063 ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Nov 2017 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Nov 2017 ## Recent parent reviews - **1/5** — Somebody needs to take action to stop what is happening at this school: I would like to give this no stars. Unless your child is a star pupil do not bother with this school. The mental damage this school is doing to children needs to be brought to public attention and they need held accountable. Someone needs to do something about this before a child takes their life over the mental torture from the draconian rules brought in by the new head *(Jul 2025)* - **1/5** — oh my god: the school system is ruining my mental health. our head of trust doesnt believe that neurodivergence and bad mental health is real, and he is trying to take away the SEND department. we have specific rooms for SEND children to attend when theyre struggling to go into lessons, and this man is trying to take them away. he is creating a vile school environment, making us feel unsafe and unheard in our own school. it negatively impacts our attitude towards learning, forcing children with sensory iss… *(Jun 2025)* - **1/5** — Avoid at all costs: Absolutely awful school. More of a prison camp than education setting. Headteacher is very unsupportive and will lie to never be proved wrong. Even if your child is well behaved they will come away emotionally damaged *(Jun 2025)* - **1/5** — Not a caring environment for learning: Terrible experience, teachers bullying kids, treating them like they are an inconvenience, if your child has any learning difficulties or special needs, even after proof from professionals expect to have to keep reminding them. If you are a perfect student not needing any additional help you might be ok? *(Jun 2025)* - **1/5** — Avoid!: Absolutely ludicrous school. Completely disproportionate corrections for minor things. Ms Lynes is awful and many other teachers follow suit. All the good / fair teachers seem to be off sick a lot of the time (I wonder why!). Way too many substitute teachers. Absolutely can’t wait for my child to leave *(Jun 2025)* - **1/5** — WORST SCHOOL IN BEDFORDSHIRE EVEN LUTON SCHOOLS ARE BETTER: If you value your child's education, mental health or if your child has any SEND needs then I'd avoid this school massively My daughters soul was destroyed here, 2 years in a separate room no work given ehcp refused only under ground they built a fake file along side a file to kick her out. She was assaulted by a teacher and a pupil that recorded it as evidence was also permanently excluded. Held a governors meeting well let's just say Dave Rhodes I really would live to know how u sat head of th… *(May 2025)* - **1/5** — Do not recommend: Terrible school Only handful of teachers that are pleasant if that. Certain teacher very vocal with her nasty opinions to children when they are not needed but school dismiss this and allow it. Never get replies to complaints or issues Children always in trouble for silly reasons and in afterschool everyday or lrc all day. *(May 2025)* - **2/5** — do not recommend: I am a student who goes here, and it is fairly poor. we get a new science teacher every few weeks, most of them can't teach or even speak English. teachers leave or can't control the classroom in general. ever since the new head of trust came, it's gotten even worse in my opinion. the rules are misogynistic. all of them are about the girls and how short the skirts are or makeup, whereas males are allowed to show off their behind without getting told off. the first day of school for year 9s, most… *(Apr 2025)* - **1/5** — a school for the nerds pretending to be one for the gays: having a new pedo for every school year doesn’t give the best reputation to the school, especially if it’s broadcasted all over facebook for the entire student population to see. is a performing arts based school really but they haven’t put any funding into those areas for years and instead focus of stem, which is t a bad thing you just shouldn’t advertise as a PA school if you’re then not going to fund it. too many students on drugs or drinking and a scary amount of knife threats. i saw a kid b… *(Oct 2022)* - **4/5** — GCSE student: Quite good school for GCSE *(Sep 2020)* ## Other schools in Bedford - [Marston Vale Middle School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bedford/marston-vale-middle-school-19838) — 1.2/5 (24 reviews) - [Sharnbrook Academy](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bedford/sharnbrook-academy-12188) — 2.0/5 (20 reviews) - [Castle Newnham School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bedford/castle-newnham-school-26286) — 2.9/5 (16 reviews) - [Redborne Upper School and Community College](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bedford/redborne-upper-school-and-community-college-12258) — 2.3/5 (15 reviews) - [Bedford Free School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bedford/bedford-free-school-13620) — 1.9/5 (15 reviews) - [Mark Rutherford School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bedford/mark-rutherford-school-14376) — 2.0/5 (14 reviews) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. 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