# Thorns Collegiate Academy — Brierley Hill, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/brierley-hill/thorns-collegiate-academy-18162 ## At a glance - **Type:** Secondary - **Parent rating:** 1.8/5 from 13 published reviews - **Principal:** Ms Nikki Jones ## Contact - **Address:** Thorns Collegiate Academy, Stockwell Avenue, Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill, DY5 2NU - **Phone:** 01384 987973 - **Website:** https://www.thornsca.org.uk - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/brierley-hill/thorns-collegiate-academy-18162 ## About We believe that every student should be safe, happy, ambitious for themselves and respectful of all. We see it in the small moments – individual successes in the classroom – as well as the big moments – whole school concerts, sporting fixtures and assemblies. ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Behaviour and Attitudes):** Requires Improvement — Mar 2024 - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Mar 2024 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Requires Improvement — Mar 2024 - **Ofsted (Personal Development):** Good — Mar 2024 - **Ofsted (Quality of Education):** Requires Improvement — Mar 2024 ## Recent parent reviews - **1/5** — disappointed: This school is nothing but useless, you do nothing but scream and shout at children but if it was the other way round it would be “you’re excluded”. You don’t do anything about people getting bullied, you say “you will sort it” and nothing gets sorted! You let the worst people attend prom-2024 and did not invite the people the tried to make a change for themselves just to attend prom night. The lot of you are disgusting by the way you defend the bad ones and let the rest not come and enjoy a few… *(Jul 2024)* - **1/5** — Bad school don’t send your kids: The school is terrible if you get bullied they don’t do anything just stick the kid in bms for a little bit you just get bullied and bullied and bullied the teachers don’t di anything I had a teacher she took something that belonged to me and said I could have it back at the end of the day she didn’t bother coming back I had to wait there hyper ventilating just to get my item back because it was very important to me and had my house keys in if you care about your children do not send them here *(Aug 2023)* - **1/5** — wargwarn: nah so baso this one donny slapped me so i banged the guy in the jaw and my name is big man josh *(Jul 2023)* - **1/5** — Shitty school: worst school in Dudley, staff are horrible ,BMS is stupid , and the teachers ( BMS staff ) are always having ago at you for fuck all. if you refuse to give your phone to BMS ,Mr. sparks will talk to you and convince you to give them your phone ,if you still refuse they call your parents to come in and get your phone from you ,then you get put in BMS for the rest of the day, and might have a meeting with Mr. spark or Mr. Branton . the teachers and supply teacher ( where do they get the supply tea… *(Mar 2023)* - **1/5** — worst school in dudley: one of the worst schools in Dudley its all been the same since my anti was hear its horrible all the nice teachers are gone now we have some of the worst teachers in the school its stupid there's a BMS for people who are naughty or distracting the class there always having a go at you and when u go to bms you have to hand over your phone if you refuse you get excluded what i think is just harsh just because u don't want to had other your phone I'm a student at thorns colligate academy all the te… *(Mar 2023)* - **2/5** — DO NOT BRING YOUR KIDS HERE WORST SCHOOL: The school has harsh teacher. There is a place people go if they are naughty called BMS they are basically saying we all have behaviour management what I don't like because the school don't care if u get bulled in or out of the school the only good thing is the students have a sense of humour and the food is good and they got id of all the nice teachers what I don't like we have the worst head teachers and during first section the school gets people to read even if they don't want to they force … *(Nov 2022)* - **5/5** — Excellent Start to Secondary School: We've been delighted with the welcome at Thorns Collegiate Academy. The staff are warm and friendly, and my child has settled in quickly. We appreciate the emphasis on wellbeing and the support for victims of domestic violence through Operation Encompass. The facilities are impressive and the school's values align with our own. *(Sep 2022)* - **1/5** — Bad school: Head teacher kicked my daughter out this school in year 11 for something we proved she did not do. Well she went to college done business and has a job in accounts at a big company so all at that school can kiss her ass nobody wanted to help at that school when she needed it the most !!!!! *(Jun 2022)* - **5/5** — A Great Education and Support: We've been impressed with the school's focus on innovation, collaboration, and respect for all. My child has thrived in the KS3 Achievements program and the staff have been very supportive. The facilities are modern and well-maintained. I'm grateful for the sense of community here. *(Jun 2022)* - **4/5** — Good and Bad Experiences: We had a mixed experience at Thorns. Our child enjoyed the Young Voices program and the school's anti-bullying initiatives. However, we felt that communication with teachers and the school office could be improved. Overall, it's a good school with some excellent staff, but there's room for improvement in certain areas. *(Mar 2022)* ## Other schools in Brierley Hill - [Withymoor Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/brierley-hill/withymoor-primary-school-23347) — 4.7/5 (4 reviews) - [St Mary's RC Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/brierley-hill/st-marys-rc-primary-school-16261) — 4.2/5 (4 reviews) - [The Bromley-Pensnett Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/brierley-hill/the-bromley-pensnett-primary-school-16652) — 3.6/5 (4 reviews) - [Thorns Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/brierley-hill/thorns-primary-school-23235) — 4.7/5 (3 reviews) - [Hawbush Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/brierley-hill/hawbush-primary-school-23573) — 4.6/5 (3 reviews) - [Brockmoor Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/brierley-hill/brockmoor-primary-school-1896) — 1.0/5 (2 reviews) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. 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