# Burnside College — Wallsend, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/wallsend/burnside-college-3612 ## At a glance - **Type:** Secondary - **Parent rating:** 1.4/5 from 32 published reviews - **Students:** 1000 ## Contact - **Address:** St Peter's Road - **Phone:** 1959316447 - **Website:** http://www.burnsidecollege.org.uk - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/wallsend/burnside-college-3612 ## About Burnside College is a secondary school located in Wallsend, United Kingdom. The school is known for its commitment to providing a high-quality education and fostering a supportive learning environment. It offers a diverse curriculum that includes a wide range of subjects, catering to the varied interests and abilities of its students. The college emphasizes academic achievement alongside personal development, encouraging students to engage in extracurricular activities and community service. The facilities at Burnside College are modern and well-equipped, providing students with access to the latest technology and resources. The school has a strong reputation for its dedicated staff and positive school culture, which promotes respect and inclusivity among students. Burnside College aims to prepare its students for future success, whether that be in further education, vocational training, or the workforce. ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Behaviour and Attitudes):** Good — Jan 2020 - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Jan 2020 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Jan 2020 - **Ofsted (Personal Development):** Good — Jan 2020 - **Ofsted (Quality of Education):** Good — Jan 2020 ## Recent parent reviews - **1/5** — I hate year7s: I saw a little year 7 popping pills in block 4 and then Pave el from GTA missiled them *(Nov 2025)* - **5/5** — Perfect school: Incredible, the staff are too kind, especially the receptionists and medical staff, some students can be a pain, however I made many friends here, my father thinks otherwise, however I disagree because I think that this is a lovely school, definitely recommend. *(Oct 2025)* - **1/5** — Horrendous school: Absoloutely abysmal school, I was in maths class and the teacher comes, tells someone to stop drinking in class, then scratches them, not the only example of this among the school, but one of which I was there to witness myself *(Aug 2025)* - **1/5** — Burnside review: thank god I’m done with that school, it was such a bad school the way they dealt with my mental health. They claim they have a “mental health team and support” but if you go up and speak about your mental health they do not care and send you back to lesson. Would not recommend, such a strict school, they care more about uniform and their reputation than the actual students *(Jun 2025)* - **2/5** — Appalling: The teachers are so selfish, I was crying in the toilets as a teacher blamed me for something I had not done then that same teacher unlocked the toilet door as I explicitly said not to and grabbed me by my arms and dragged me to my head of years office. Then my head of year then carried on to scream and shout at me for skipping my lesson while I had tears streaming down my face. Not all teachers are like this but the majority of them are absolutely disgraceful. The students aren’t any better. I … *(Apr 2025)* - **1/5** — Shouldn’t even have to write this ffs: You have to wait outside the block for the toilet you can’t even enter inside the block to wait for the toilet no matter how cold it is and only 6 people can be in a toilet Que this is ridiculous not gonna lie *(Mar 2025)* - **2/5** — Not a nice place to be: Poor behaviour, lack of support for students with SEMH, a regime with no grey areas. This headteacher knows how to talk the talk so gets away with things looking good on the surface. *(Dec 2024)* - **3/5** — Too strict. There are better schools.: I just started at this school for a month now. Sometimes it's alright, sometimes it's horrible. Most of the teachers are kind and helpful, but some are just straight up too strict and annoying. The students there are an absolute nightmare. They vape, do drugs, and some are even racist. There has been quite a few fights that have happened over the years that I've heard of. If you are put in classes with really loud and immoral students who don't respect their teachers, then it would be impossible… *(Oct 2024)* - **1/5** — Terrible.: Horrible. Please don’t send your child to this. There’s lots of racism and exclusion and lots of inappropriate behaviour. Even telling a certain adult doesnt solve anything and im talking from a student view myself. There’s lack of choices in the area, like compared to my new school there is ton of different options while its limited here. Teachers don't try hard enough and really it was just a disaster *(Aug 2024)* - **1/5** — Cumbum Jamieson: this school sucks absolute a$s, i got raped by andrew the it guy, teachers started blasting ak47s whenever you got a concern, ms marriot has an onlyfans too freaky ahh school *(Jul 2024)* ## Other schools in Wallsend - [Churchill Community College](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/wallsend/churchill-community-college-3613) — 1.8/5 (10 reviews) - [Battle Hill Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/wallsend/battle-hill-primary-school-23245) — 2.7/5 (8 reviews) - [St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/wallsend/st-aidans-catholic-primary-school-wallsend-22092) — 4.8/5 (4 reviews) - [Stephenson Memorial Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/wallsend/stephenson-memorial-primary-school-23246) — 4.7/5 (4 reviews) - [St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/wallsend/st-columbas-catholic-primary-school-wallsend-22094) — 4.5/5 (4 reviews) - [St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/wallsend/st-bernadettes-catholic-primary-wallsend-22093) — 4.8/5 (3 reviews) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. 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