# St Wilfrid's RC College — South Shields, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Secondary
- **Parent rating:** 1.9/5 from 11 published reviews
- **Principal:** Mrs C Lennox

## Contact

- **Address:** Temple Park Road, South Shields, Tyne & Wear
- **Phone:** 0191 456 9121
- **Website:** https://www.st-wilfrids.org
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/south-shields/st-wilfrids-rc-college-17169

## About

We are a thriving, welcoming school with the highest of expectations for all. Our distinct Catholic ethos, high standards and commitment to every member of our school community make St Wilfrid’s a special place to learn and to grow, allowing each child to become the best version of themselves.

## Official rankings

- **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Outstanding — Oct 2018
- **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Outstanding — Oct 2018

## Recent parent reviews

- **1/5** — Poor Standards at St Wilfrids.: I must admit, I was pleased with the Reception Staff at this school, but what lies behind this is appalling. In particular, the very poor behaviour exhibited by the majority of children let the school down badly. For starters, they do not follow instructions, even after multiple warnings. The amount and degree of "back chat" is disgraceful! Furthermore, some of the Teachers at this school are not supportive at all, even being most rude at times, showing no respect for Supply Staff. There are a f… *(Aug 2024)*
- **5/5** — Amazing School Experience: My daughter is in her first year at St Wilfrid's and we are thoroughly impressed with the school's values, facilities, and teachers. The staff are always approachable and supportive, and we feel confident that she is receiving a well-rounded education. We would highly recommend this school to anyone! *(Mar 2022)*
- **2/5** — Mental breakdown and anxiety-inducing experience: Year 7-9 was ok. Year 10 is like a death trap. If surviving Secondary school was a GCSE, I'd get a 6 because of each experience of every school year I had. I actually wish I was back in year 7 because there was pretty much nothing to worry or be anxious about. *(Oct 2021)*
- **5/5** — Excellent Support for our Child: We have been very pleased with the support and guidance our son has received at St Wilfrid's, particularly through the Skills Academy program. The teachers are dedicated and enthusiastic, and we appreciate the strong Catholic ethos of the school. Our son has really thrived here, and we feel grateful to be part of the community. *(Sep 2021)*
- **2/5** — Anything good there doesn't last forever: The school is very bold to assume we can all do a million exams in one week with just last-minute revision. The only thing good is the food and the 1% of the teachers who are actually nice. The 'Code of Conduct' is like the school itself; a joke. If I got a debit, I wouldn't be scared because I'm in trouble and screwed up a relationship with a teacher, but because IT'S A WASTE OF TIME! I got a debit in Year 7 for something I didn't do. Someone threw my bottle and I tried to get it back and the t… *(Jul 2021)*
- **1/5** — My experience at St wilfrids: It is an awful school the code system is totally broken with the teachers bending the rules when It suites them and pretending to be friendly and approachable when ofsted are around but when in reality this is far from the case they all have God complexes and think they are a higher human being than you and this has personally annoyed me to say the least no matter how good and satisfying my life outside of school can be inside of St wilfrids it is 90% of the time a stressful and condescending en… *(Jun 2021)*
- **1/5** — Outdated: School dinners were shit The staff are awful with few good ones Rules are shit and outdated Love to bend the rules as they please ** ***** is most definitely a cuck who takes pride in the children’s misery No other school has the ridiculous rules Forces their religion on others *(Jan 2021)*
- **1/5** — Complaint: Never enjoyed a single day here the code system is completely random and only applies when teachers think they can give you a code for any reason. Homework is pointless and does nothing to help you in school whatsoever. It needs to be done by a specific standard and you’ll get a code and be told to do it again if you didn’t know how to do it. They don’t care about students in the slightest. The things they tell us to do make no sense. Tell a teacher if anyone bullies you, what happened to sticki… *(Jan 2021)*
- **2/5** — what it’s like being a student in St. Wilfrid’s: it’s honestly disappointing. the teachers are too harsh on you and they don’t even treat us like people with lives outside of school. and they tell the girls to pull their skirts down? like stop looking there wth. anyways, the food’s great, don’t get me wrong, but the teachers stare at us all the time when we’re sitting down- ALSO, there was this one teacher that says “if someone is hurting you don’t fight them back because that’ll get you into trouble, just tell a teacher immediately.” LIKE WHA… *(Jan 2021)*
- **1/5** — Secondary school: I’ve never enjoyed being here *(Jan 2021)*

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