The Studio School Liverpool

During my time at this school, I was significantly bullied by a pupil who was favoured by the teachers. I presented evidence of the bullying but the principle and the head of sixth form had no interest whatsoever and refused to help me. Additionally, one teacher hung up on my parents when they complained and when brought into a meeting, I was told they couldn't "wave a magic wand" to make people like me. Not only was the school horrific at dealing with my bully but they also excluded me from special events such as "cinema day" because of my attendance. However, my attendance was above 95% and the only time I took off school was to go to the hospital because of my chronic illness. Now because of how this school has treated me, I received two grades below my predicted grades and was rejected from my firm university despite being told that I was a straight A* student who had little improvement to make. When I cried on results day, only one of my teachers was there and she said that she was "too busy" to talk to me. In conclusion, The Studio School Liverpool is a horrendous school with teachers that do not care about their students at all. Coming to this school was the worst mistake of my life.

This school is borderline dangerous for children [especially if they are neurodiverse and/or trans]. This school has poor hygiene, poor behaviour from both students and teachers, little to NO support for learning disabilities, and is overall somewhere you should not want your child being at all.
Here are a few points to explain the awful and disturbing things this school has gotten away with, and has done nothing to stop:

1. There have been multiple teachers and support staff who have done completely inappropriate and [allegedly] possibly illegal things. A few examples of this-
-A support staff making sexual jokes towards an autistic child more than once, when reported nothing was done.
-A media teacher decided to, instead of teaching his lesson, rant about how 'global warming is not real' [this went for the whole lesson]. And another time was proudly telling students that if he quote 'hit a squirrel with my car, I would not care.' while explaining how he does not care for animals being hurt/k*lled in any way [this also had nothing to do with the lesson]. These two incidents were also reported to other staff and higher ups, and was also never acted on and nothing was done about it.
-A male teacher had been inviting only female students for a 'private lesson' [none of which was explained what they were learning etc.] that no other staff was told about, and there was it was apparently also a 'party'. Instead of being looked into and immediately shut down, once again, nothing was done about it.
-Other staff heard making sexual and inappropriate jokes [homophobic, etc.] with students and encouraging it, when reported told that 'teenagers make jokes like that it just happens'.
-A teacher was telling [I was told this was being shouted at the students] they should only speak English while they are in the school building [apparently they were not insulting anyone, just speaking another language]

2. This school is incredibly ableist with how little they will support some neurodivergent students. Multiple students received essentially 0 support, actually being shouted at and insulted [the words idiot, stupid, and lazy were used] by multiple teachers, who were fully aware of them having learning difficulties. I, myself, as well as being shouted at [etc.] for my disability, was also told I am 'just paranoid' and 'need to move on' by an official councillor/support staff at the time when I asked for support for diagnosed anxiety and other mental health issues. I was also refused a 'lift pass' because quote 'you can walk, just wait until there's less people on the stairs'. I have medical issues with my legs and very clear balance issues. I was also yelled at by different staff for not walking up said stairs 'fast enough'. PE teachers/staff standing in for those lessons have also shamed me and shouted at me [probably other students too] for quite literally not being able to do some physical activities/be fully active and standing for an entire 1-2 hours.

3. This school has barely any support for lgbtq+ students [especially for transgender students, which I saw and received no support at all for] in mine and other former/current students' experience [again it may have been better for some students, but this is in my and multiple other students' experience]. There has been multiple mild to borderline extreme harassment and bullying towards some students [many times with staff to witness it], and essentially nothing was ever done about it. Staff/teachers would not step in at all when I was repeatedly bullied, harassed, called slurs/things I do not want to put here. They did not even step in for many physical bullying and harassments that they could see happening in front of them. I did not feel safe in the slightest or protected by the adults in the school. After repeatedly asking [basically begging] for anything to be done about it, the school decided to send me to the same support staff who called me paranoid for having diagnosed disorders, and yet again I was told 'you are just paranoid' 'you are not actually being bullied'. Additionally, I went to another member of staff- who would've had more authority to step in and help- and was also called 'paranoid' for being scared of students who bullied/harassed me [physically and verbally] multiple times in front of staff and got away with it every time. I was terrified to even enter the building most mornings.

If you read all of that, thank you. It's heartbreaking to think that, if nothing changes, there will likely be more people like myself- and others- in similar situations to the ones I mentioned. These things [bullying, dangerous environments, etc.] can cause so much long term, sometimes life long damage and even trauma to children/teens.

Please be careful if you want your children to attend The Studio/Life Sciences school, though I would really not recommend it.
If you are a student still attending The Studio, I wish you the best. I'm sorry if you have dealt with any of the awful things mentioned in this post, it's not fair for anyone to go through, and it's not your fault.

My kids both loved this school, enjoyed their lessons, their grades improved, excellent SEN support
We've got absolutely no complaints
I would rate The Studio as outstanding

School is filled w emos who lurk round town and stink and dont shower if u send ur kid here u r setting them up for failure and they will end up a sweaty virgin living with you until they are 50

We're so pleased with the progress our child has made at The Studio School. The school's emphasis on creativity, critical thinking, and industry connections has helped them develop valuable skills and a passion for their chosen subject. The staff are friendly and attentive, and we feel valued as parents.

We've been thoroughly impressed with the education and care our child has received at The Studio School. The facilities are state-of-the-art, and the staff are always approachable and supportive. We feel confident that our child is receiving the best possible start in life.

We've had a mixed experience with The Studio School. Our child has enjoyed the subject options and the facilities are excellent. However, we've found the communication with teachers and staff to be inconsistent at times, which has caused some frustration. Overall, we feel The Studio School has potential, but it needs to improve its communication with parents.

Our child attended The Studio School and graduated with excellent grades. The school's focus on digital media and its industry connections helped prepare them for their future career. The staff were supportive and encouraged our child to reach their full potential.

Made my mental health worse and kicked me out for "lying to teachers" and lacking any motivation to do work because I was put in classes for subjects I really didn't give two shits about. I wasn't allowed to change them, even from the start. When I tried to talk about my issues with teachers they only made things worse, especially at home. I wouldn't recommend the school unless you're motivated enough and not struggling with mental health.

honestly, might not be the best in terms of lessons but im so fucking glad i went. if i didnt i reckon my mental health would be significantly worse than it is now. make sure you go the loo in the morning though if you go after break itll be the grimmest thing youve ever seen

School is good, kinda miss the older years but oh well the school is absolutely sick r kid

joined in year 9
got punched by a year 11 one day , cried for 2 weeks
pretty good fight club in the basement
food is average
teacher are boss
and the toilets are rank
had a few fights in the skatepark