Jarrow School

We have been thoroughly impressed with the way Jarrow School has supported our son's learning and wellbeing. The staff are friendly and responsive, and the school has a lovely atmosphere. We feel so grateful to have found a school that meets our son's needs and makes him feel valued.

Our daughter has thrived at Jarrow School, and we are constantly impressed by the school's commitment to delivering an outstanding education. The teachers are knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and the school offers a wide range of extracurricular activities that have helped our daughter develop new skills and interests. We would highly recommend Jarrow School to any family looking for a supportive and stimulating learning environment.

I'm going to have to rate this school quite low, here are some key reasons why to start of:
Threatened to be put on pastoral staff if I didn't do well in a test,
Getting a detention if your pen runs out of ink or you loose it,
And that's only the start, they say they take bullying ''seriously'' but at break time the teachers are just sitting there on there phone while they should be keeping a close eye on students. 2/3 of teachers are unwelcoming, mean or just generally trying to ruin your day. Food is a overall 5/10 as sometimes they can have quite nice food but the portion sizes are too small and once I was given a tiny packet of fries for lunch. They have little to no learning support. I don't know too much about Academics so I will give it a 6/10. Facilities and After school activities and Facilities are quite impressive though apart from the playground which is the worst I have seen ever, nothing to do and you aren't allowed to run. For this school, I will give a 4/10

it was not good but as the end came near it was good

i was a student here and it was awful, the school was told about multiple sexual assault cases and who did them and they did nothing about it, the staff there are treated awfully by the students who think there all that and theres only about 3 nice teachers in that school who i personally feel actually care about the students education, the amount of things that was let slide because it was “banter” is unbelievable, i was harassed and made a fool by the students in my year for being trans having my dead name shouted at me from the students in my class which was very obvious that the teachers herd and they did piss all about it, if your kids a knob they
get the special treatment if your
kid is the type too get bullied they dont give a toss, shit people, mostly shit teachers, glad i got through the 5 years.

Love this school, in year 9 and been through a covid lockdown. Teachers still kept in touch and facilities are perfect.

Where the hell do you start about jarrow school. Well at the time of writing I'm a current student at the school and I have to say, if you want to put your child in jarrow school please don't. Jarrow school is nothing like they make it out to be. Shit teachers, shit students and an overall shit school.

The teachers don't even try to contact the chaos around the school and when they do try it only results in problems escalating. Some teachers are also ridiculously strict handing out detentions if a student is a minute late or walking in the corridor in the 'wrong' direction.

If your child falls under any of the LGBTQ+ spectrum keep them far away from the school. Students who identify as part of the community, expecially trans gender ones will be harassed by the student body. Homophobia is also rampant in the school and this isn't help by the lack of consequences on the subject. Being a student who falls under this group my self I have experience all of this first hand.

Jarrow school practically encourages bullying or does nothing to stop it and simply turns a blind eye. Once again from personal experience with the school it took a parental figure to walk into the school and demand I was allowed before the school even dedicated them selves into looking into the case and this isn't a one off event ever. I know of several other students who have not trusted the school to sort the bullying problems and there for don't bother to even tell them. Returning to my story onec again The only way I managed to stop the bullying was to befriend my bully, I'm my opinion no child should have to befriend a bully because the school won't stop the bullying when asked.

Mental health issues are over looked. I beg you if you know you child is autistic or suffers from Mental health issues please don't send them here practically no help is offered unless it a learning disability and even then some students are still rejected the help they need.

Another thing is the fact the school on multiple times has had accusations of Sexual harassment which have never been dealt with as its primary happens out side of the school and then when these activities do become something more serious the school continues to turn a blind eye.

These are only a small list of things I have seen and heard during my time at jarrow. Other things Include:
Weapons e.g. knives and airguns and more,
Teachers abusing there Power,
Poor and a lack of communication between the staff and students,
Teachers deeming it okay to use racial slurs,
And teachers not taking student complaints seriously.

This school can only be good if you’re high. The male teachers are extremely sexist and only adhere to entertaining the boys. They rub the wrong way. The female teachers are quite a bit better, for the most part they’re welcoming and very friendly. I can only be glad the head teacher isn’t a man, god knows what it would be like. The homophobia is very prominent and if you’re gay you don’t have much of a chance of being liked. There’s way too many chavs. You walk through the halls and all you smell is fake tan and cheap Victoria secret. The year sevens need controlling honestly. Steer clear of a certain few students, they’re dangerously toxic.

The school has went majorly downhill over the past five years. Students don’t have respect like they used to and the other staff are constantly pushing my buttons. As sad as it is to say i think i am losing my passion for teaching. The problems of the school are deeply rooted with the head teacher falling out of touch with all of the reasons she got the job. I’m sick of my job here and i am thinking about changing to go teach somewhere else, this school is beyond help this time.

If you’d like a list of incidents that have caused me to feel this way i’ll bullet point below:

• Head teacher (who will remain nameless) is extremely condescending and treats staff differently depending on how much she likes them

• It’s been a while now but a few years ago i got called to the male students toilets to guard it because one of them took a poo, in the urinal.

• Students are constantly being removed from my class into other classes at their parents request pretty much because the students don't like that i won’t tolerate bad behaviour

• Bikes being stolen on school premises when locked up “safely” and the school refusing to pay the poor victims

• My fellow english teachers trying to justify the use of the N word when reading out certain texts and novellas. There isn’t an excuse, it’s not for historical context, you can still skip the printed word. It’s plain racist.

• I’m called to help up break fights constantly.

• Kids have made inappropriate and sexual harassment type comments about me.

Jarrow school is a horrible school, let me explain why. I won't say what year I am as to remind completely anonymous. How this school treats mental health is horrible myself and many others who have mental health problems are completely disregard for students they can praise and put on their front page. If your disabled you're kinda fucked don't expect to do anything for years. If your lgbtq+ prepared to be treated like shit from students and teachers especially if your trans. If your a student who isn't white you'll experience constantly racial remarks from students thag isn't felt with and teachers saying the n word and saying it's for historical reasons. This school has constantly tried me out and made me want to end it all because they won't do anything. Don't come here unless you're a chav.