St Martin's School Brentwood

I studied here for GCSEs and A Levels, where I experienced bullying and harassment on a daily basis. This was completely disregarded by staff. As a teenager, I was suicidal and wanted to drop out and self-study due to the way I was treated. Expect racial and sexual harassment that is ignored by staff.

I have had ongoing therapy for years and only now feel like I'm recovering from my past experiences at 22. Please think carefully before sending your child here.

A year after my first review, I've decided to make yet another review. I would still rather to the gulag than go to this school, cause I'd know that I've done something to deserve it rather than rotting in a sty while being "taught" stuff that I don't need. 70% of the time you do stuff that you don't need; the other 30% is break and lunchtime, excluding the fact that you'd probably be in detention for some irrelevant/impossible thing like not doing the 40-mark question that was set yesterday.
I haven't even gotten to the worst part yet, the people. While most teachers and students are ok, there is a small minority that ruins everyone else's day. The number of brain-dead students who think that they're the hardest ones around just cause do stupid stuff purely for their own and other individuals who are equally or even more brain-dead students is small but it'll drive you crazy. And there are teachers who actually reward these students. Last year, two of the kids sitting next to me sorted paracetamol. The next week, one of those kids got an award for working hard (for him, teachers thought that he was working harder than how he usually worked. He was not.) The stupid thing about this story was the teacher who gave him the award was the teacher who was teaching the class when he sorted the paracetamol. To be honest, I guess that's what you get when you're the favourite kid.
The amount of times I wished a car would run over me is too high to count, I guess I'd just need to take the number of days I've been in school to. Last September, we had a fight every other day for 2 weeks. And to include a quote from a friend of mine to end this "Our school is the definition of hell"
Please don't come to this hellhouse, but if you do, good luck.

I left this school in the 70s and from what I know it's still a toilet 🪠

It is full of racists, communists and american sympathisers

I would rather go to the gulag than go to this school.

I am writing this while im at this school. run

So to start off with my son went to this school just left recently with all the other year 11s. They was numerous racist comments left about my son calling him such words I can’t describe on this website. All I am saying is please don’t come to this school if I knew this would have happened I would have not took him there. My son used to come home to me in year 8-9 saying to me students were trying to peer pressure my son into vaping and smoking in the toilets. I don’t know how children these days are purchasing vapes but it needs to stop.

Terrible the school is racist they allow bullies no matter your colour that’s a fact they ignore complaints punish the victims. The headmaster acts clue less the head of years make no sense being there at all. The school allows diabolical behaviour from both teachers and students.

This is a terrible school when it comes to bullying. Do not take your child there

bit shite but the psychology teacher is good (G.L)

Virtually from the day my daughter started the school in year 10 she was the victim of bullying, victimisation, ostracisim and physical abuse by boys and girls alike.

For some reason, she became a pariah. Looking back, I feel extremly guilty for leaving her at the school but she had GCSEs looming so the risk of a change of schools would have been risky.

I'll never understand how the school welfare officers could be so quick to single out parents but had total lack of control over internal problems such as those above. I feel the damage done to my daughter will be with her for life. This school needed an on site police officer as these nasty little thugs were acting criminally.

I would not recommend this school.

I have been truly impressed with St Martin's School. The facilities are fantastic, and my child loves the sports clubs and music lessons. The teachers are always available and supportive.

My daughter was bullied by a pupil who was supported by the a PE teacher, due to her talent at netball. The teacher blatantly lied in a meeting we called, yet the teacher went on to become a head of year. A rather unpleasant woman. Further, photographs of the bully playing netball were displayed in the school halls.
My daughter went on to be bullied by a girl, part of a bitchy group, for which I have recorded evidence of the harassing behaviour of the girl. She went on to become head girl.

Sadly the teachers have favourites, especially the sports teachers, one who went on to become a head of year. She blatantly lied and supported her favourite pupil after the pupil had bullied my daughter. The school went on to plaster photographs of the bully on the corridor walls. Another girl, part of a bitchy group, bullied my daughter, for which I have recorded evidence, went on to become head girl. Not great.

So i’ve been in this school for years and still i have yet to have a good teacher that stays with you for the rest of the year. i’ve had like three form tutors so u can’t even put any trust in them cuz they’re just gonna leave. so i was depressed and i actually asked my form tutor for some help and she said she’d email my head of year which she did and i spoke to them for like five minutes and then they said that the next time im in their office i will be seeing the councillor, well im still waiting and it’s coming up to nearly two years. i have no trust in the school staff.
the food is actually absolutely disgusting except from the pepperoni paninis. the problem is that its £2.30 i think for one panini and everything has gone up in price since i started in year 7 it’s silly.
it’s hard to find a good teacher that doesn’t have favourites and obviously that shouldn’t happen. teachers cannot control “difficult” classes and the substitute teachers have no idea what control even is as they seem to have the loudest classes from the other side of the corridor and they hand out detentions like it’s free food.
before we had fences around our school there was a time when a former student walked in and threatened someone with a weapon and walked back out again like nothing happened, i can’t really remember but it was like 2019 or something. but we have fences now that get locked after 8:25am to just before school ends.
students do get bullied and it seems like the school doesn’t care at all. they make us sit in assemblies and go through things like bullying and being kind and respect and they don’t actually care and they don’t understand that it’s different from hen they went to school and they have no idea what it’s like.
Girls are getting touched by other students without concent; someone got expelled from school because of that but it took a hell of a long time.
the uniform is okay i guess but the skirts are like granny skirts and are down to the knees so then we roll them up and then every teacher around the school, yes including male, tell us to roll it down…question is why are you looking?
they don’t really challenge us to do better, but if they do they give a tests that we have only covered half the topics in it and then expect us to pass. seems stupid to me as they are just lowering every students belief in themselves.Another thing is that inside, the corridors or so small and so people push and shove others out the way and it can get loud as people start screaming and sometimes people fall over and it’s a big mess.
now the good thing about this school is the field, it’s massive, only problem is littering from the students even though there are bins everywhere. people are allowed to play football at lunchtime and we go on the field for pe as well.
they only this year introduced the no phone rule and it is the worst thing ever. we can’t even call our parents if we need to or call them if we are feeling sick. we have to go down to our year office to get a slip to go to the medical office.
there’s lot of other things but this is a lot of what happens in st martins school.

My child has only been at St Martin's for a year, but we have noticed some inconsistent teaching and inconsistent use of technology. However, the school's Enrichment program and House System seem to be well-organized and engaging for the children.

My child attended St Martin's from Year 6 to Year 8, and we were delighted with the care and education provided. The school's values of kindness, respect, and hard work were instilled in my child, and they are now a confident and responsible individual.

For 2 years I was relentlessly bullied by people I didn’t even know the name of. On some days it felt like the whole school was against me- and what did the school do? Sit me through long sessions, writing report after report on every incident that occurred. To put my anecdote aside, evident by the countless fights and classroom disruption they can’t handle the pressure that a few rowdy children bring. On one occasion a former student ran into the school, attacked another and ran out. On another there was an alleged clown that had broken in (during the whole clown boom of 2016). They simply can’t deal with it, so much so that most of the teachers turn a blind eye. This, nor the food or education for that matter, is not a very charming aspect of this school. My advice would be to find somewhere better, where you are ensured to have a stable education that doesn’t rely on cramming.

The teachers are raving lunatics and the senior leadership are power hungry and think they own the place. They are constantly beating you down and dramatically affecting the students mental health. The results they get are outstanding but everywhere else they are sub-par. Food always sells out due to the year 7’s buying all of it before the rest of the school can even get some and the choices are extremely limited. Dirty, crowded halls and lack of quality leadership.

If good education is a pro you’re looking for in a school, then St Martin’s might be for you. From the supportive teachers to the fresh greenery, it’s hard to find a thing wrong. However, the students and a majority of the teachers bring down the standard of this school. From the constant bullying and racism the students face from their peers to the careless teachers who disappear most of the year and practically forget to do their jobs. It’s a hard life for an average student here at St Martin’s, especially when your voice isn’t heard in a constant battle to stay sane.

I have been a student and have found the school to mishandle the set systems in place, as well as limited food choices, many of the assembly's cover the same topic in a constant repetition that doesn't reflect any current topic or important problem of the age group.

I do not support the uniform choice for girls and boys. Girls are forced to wear skimpy skirts which are constantly penalised by the teachers! Why can’t girls wear trousers? Do you want your child to focus on their education or the fear of being harassed by a teacher? I know what I would choose.

Their decision to ban phones has made me extremely upset. How are children supposed to “socialise” when told to social distance? It does not make sence.

The teachers don’t even act like teachers, they handle bullies by punishing the victim, and now they are banning phones to make us more “social”. Not to mention they banned coolmathgames.com

Bad
So many fights
Food is so bad
Why

It’s decent. No vegan options for food and little vegetarian options. Traffic jams in corridors

I been a student there and the teachers would have favourites. They will also not respect you and always getting in your business. They give detentions for stupid reasons . The food there for the price tag it’s good but the food it’s disgusting and dirty. Most of them scream at you. Teachers are very disrespectful. I do NOT recommend this school at all