# St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School — Birmingham, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Secondary
- **Parent rating:** 2.1/5 from 16 published reviews
- **Principal:** Mr C. Martin

## Contact

- **Address:** Wychall Lane, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B38 8AP
- **Phone:** 0121 464 4643
- **Website:** https://www.stacs.org
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/birmingham/st-thomas-aquinas-catholic-school-16543

## About

Committed Learners | Exceptional People Our Learning Virtues Intentional Attentive Eloquent Our Living Virtues Integrity Compassion Service

## Official rankings

- **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Nov 2018
- **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Nov 2018

## Recent parent reviews

- **1/5** — Students receive detention for needing the toilet before class!: If your child needs the toilet in-between lessons and is 30secs late to the next class, the teacher will impose a C1 (30 mins) detention. If the child attempts to defend him/herself, this is regarded as talk back and the teacher hands out a C2 (1 hour detention). A draconian leadership at this school which urgently needs review by Ofsted or the DfE. *(May 2024)*
- **1/5** — The school values themself more than they should.: The majority of teachers do not get along well with the students at all and there are a load of troubled kids because of this. There are fights almost every fortnight and have a week of isolation. Close to 1000 kids are in the school leading to overcrowded corridors taking ages to get from lesson to lesson every hour and the detention system is extremely over used. You have a C1(30 minute detention) a C2. (half hour detention) and a C3 (2 hour detention) which teachers abuse. *(Aug 2023)*
- **1/5** — Just bad.: i go here right now and the school is unsupportive of people’s needs and says they sweat the small things like ties, uniform and homework while things like fights, racism and homophobia go under the radar and don’t get sorted. most of the teachers (especially SLT) don’t care about students and don’t care about what their going through as long as they walk on the left side of the corridor and don’t turn around in line. *(May 2023)*
- **1/5** — not a good school: the rules are too strict and cant even drink water outside or do anything you have to ask to do anything there are locks on the toliets *(Mar 2023)*
- **1/5** — Teachers: Teachers are absolute bullies, they really have a problem with this at this school *(Jan 2023)*
- **5/5** — Fantastic school and caring teachers: Fantastic school. The teachers are supportive and very understanding with how to teach the children to their abilities. My child has superb support and I am glad that the has this wonderful school . *(Oct 2022)*
- **2/5** — Less good than expected for my child: Everyone has their own experience of a school, good ir less good. My child experienced a lot of bullying and consequent anxiety here. It's a probably a good school if you are very academic and in the top sets but my child's peers were often unpleasant, there is a lot of cyber bullying and a need for more kindness and respect. *(Sep 2022)*
- **1/5** — Shittest School in Brum: I left tommies in YR8, during my 2 years there I have seen about 17 fights. The kids are unruly and walk all over the teachers, students throw water all over everyone and the teachers being included and all they get is a hour detention and maybe a day is isolation depending on your background or race or whether you're "troubled". The cameras do not work and probably don't planned on being fixed, the PE equipment is literally barely useable anymore and the machinery is basically a safety hazard. … *(Sep 2022)*
- **5/5** — Wonderful School Community: We've been thrilled with St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School. The values of compassion, service, and integrity are genuinely reflected in the way staff and students support each other. Our child loves attending the Aquinas Experience events, such as the trip to the Rep Theatre. *(Sep 2022)*
- **4/5** — Mixed Feelings: We've had a bit of a mixed experience with the school. While the staff are generally lovely, we've had some issues with communication and homework expectations. Our child enjoys the Aquinas Experience events, but we're still waiting to see the full impact on their education. *(May 2022)*

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