# Drapers' Academy — Romford, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/romford/drapers-academy-11925 ## At a glance - **Type:** Secondary - **Parent rating:** 1.5/5 from 9 published reviews ## Contact - **Address:** Settle Road, Harold Hill - **Phone:** +44 1708371331 - **Website:** http://www.drapersacademy.com - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/romford/drapers-academy-11925 ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Behaviour and Attitudes):** Good — Mar 2020 - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Mar 2020 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Mar 2020 - **Ofsted (Personal Development):** Good — Mar 2020 - **Ofsted (Quality of Education):** Good — Mar 2020 ## Recent parent reviews - **1/5** — Really poor behavior from staff: Really bad attitude towards kids with mental heath even suspended her for it and quickly did a u turn on the reason for suspension *(Oct 2025)* - **1/5** — Please do not send your children here.: In my time at Drapers', I experienced bullying non-stop. Bullies lies are instantly believed, and if not, punishment is never taken very far. In this place, I have been verbally and physically assaulted. Homophobia can be a *massive* issue, and students like myself who were somehow achieving above average grades constantly had the mick taken out of us by other students who cannot be bothered to put any effort into their own learning and see it as a waste if time. Out of all of our year group, I … *(Aug 2025)* - **1/5** — Avoid this school at all costs.: I would have given this review a 0 if I was able to. My son was being bullied in class, so his teacher ( Mr Plager ) decided to remove him from the class room for "disturbing the class " but when he was able to come back into the classroom, he realised his phone was missing from his Blazer. Turns out that a student took his phone from his pocket when he was gone and the teacher confiscated it without telling my son. My son won't be returning. *(Aug 2023)* - **5/5** — very good school: really good, teachers there are really top quality. *(Aug 2023)* - **1/5** — Terrible school: My time here was deeply unsatisfactory. The disinterested teachers, outdated curriculum, inadequate facilities, and poor administration made it challenging to thrive academically. I would not recommend this school. *(Jun 2023)* - **1/5** — Yh not great: Yeah definitely not great. Have been a student here for a while and bullying issues have not always been their strong point. The education they offer isn't the best either. *(May 2023)* - **1/5** — They do nothing: This is my personal story To start of with it was really good school but like at every school there would be a few fights and the school did nothing and when I went though something I told the school and they did absolutely nothing it got so bad I had to leave so then my mum wanted to get in contact with are school pc and they didn’t even tell him and the school told my mum she was be dramatic when they didn’t get in contact with her when I was threatened with a knife and jumped on *(May 2023)* - **2/5** — Decent: In terms of the academics and studying atmosphere, the school is great. However, since I’ve started the school, the school struggles to take issues, such as racism and bullying seriously. Since my time being at the Academy, I’ve had multiple struggles with bullying and racism that teachers have not cared about making it their priority to resolve. The issue of racism within the school has been an increasing problem since I started here and I hope for the sake of the school, the problems are bette… *(Nov 2022)* - **5/5** — Excellent!: School is amazing! Helped me rebuild my life and get me out of a dark place. Cannot fault them! By far the best secondary school in the area. Parents of children who are going into senior school, please have a look at Drapers’ and the opportunities they provide! :) *(Dec 2020)* ## Other schools in Romford - [Lime Academy Forest Approach](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/romford/lime-academy-forest-approach-16715) — 4.6/5 (4 reviews) - [The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/romford/the-frances-bardsley-academy-for-girls-13698) — 4.5/5 (4 reviews) - [Drapers' Brookside Infant School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/romford/drapers-brookside-infant-school-17460) — 4.2/5 (4 reviews) - [The Mawney Foundation School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/romford/the-mawney-foundation-school-10752) — 4.8/5 (3 reviews) - [Oasis Academy Pinewood](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/romford/oasis-academy-pinewood-15049) — 4.7/5 (3 reviews) - [The Royal Liberty School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/romford/the-royal-liberty-school-18209) — 4.7/5 (3 reviews) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. Please attribute and link to https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/romford/drapers-academy-11925 when citing this data.