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Parent
Parent
Nov 3, 2024
2.0
"Staffs poor attendance"
I’m a Y8 currently at this school and one main thing that I can give is that the staffs attendance is one of the poorest I’ve ever seen. And the subs are only aloud to give posters and worksheets that have nothing to do with what we’re leaning.
Currently in assembly’s all the supposed “head of year” is talking about is attendance and that us pupils could all do better while the staff are taking vacations with their close family and making lousy excuses on why they were gone.
In Y7 I had a science teacher that only taught two lessons then left for the entire year due to major health problems. But instead of rehiring they gave multiple supply’s in his place. Most of them tried to do the lesson plan but it always ended horrifically and no one learnt anything. During the spring/summer term I ended up with a sub that could only provide text books that once again had nothing to do with the lesson plan. By the time final exams were coming around no one knew anything, making the whole class fail at their final test. The sub would disguise the results as: “you’ve all done a terrific job!!” And never mentioned anything else.
My conclusion is that when the staff members are gone the pupils learn nothing to the point where it feels like I’m losing knowledge rather than gaining it. Isn’t that what’s schools are for in the first place? And that they should look not just at our attendance but their own.
This is an average school for higher developed ASD kids. But if your child is neurotypical please don’t send your child here unless it is a last resort.
Currently in assembly’s all the supposed “head of year” is talking about is attendance and that us pupils could all do better while the staff are taking vacations with their close family and making lousy excuses on why they were gone.
In Y7 I had a science teacher that only taught two lessons then left for the entire year due to major health problems. But instead of rehiring they gave multiple supply’s in his place. Most of them tried to do the lesson plan but it always ended horrifically and no one learnt anything. During the spring/summer term I ended up with a sub that could only provide text books that once again had nothing to do with the lesson plan. By the time final exams were coming around no one knew anything, making the whole class fail at their final test. The sub would disguise the results as: “you’ve all done a terrific job!!” And never mentioned anything else.
My conclusion is that when the staff members are gone the pupils learn nothing to the point where it feels like I’m losing knowledge rather than gaining it. Isn’t that what’s schools are for in the first place? And that they should look not just at our attendance but their own.
This is an average school for higher developed ASD kids. But if your child is neurotypical please don’t send your child here unless it is a last resort.
Safety & Wellbeing
3/5
Teaching & Learning
3/5
Communication
2/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing
3/5
Facilities
1/5
