# Oxclose Community Academy — Washington, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Secondary
- **Parent rating:** 1.4/5 from 26 published reviews
- **Students:** 1106
- **Principal:** Mrs A Parkes

## Contact

- **Address:** Dilston Close, Oxclose Village, Washington, Tyne & Wear
- **Phone:** 0191 4195120
- **Website:** https://www.oxclosecommunity.laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk/
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/washington/oxclose-community-academy-14183

## About

Oxclose Community Academy is a high achieving and inspiring learning environment where our pupils feel safe and confident. They are challenged in every lesson to broaden and deepen their learning. We are a thriving community school with aspirations to provide a world class learning experience.

## Official rankings

- **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Dec 2010
- **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Dec 2010

## Recent parent reviews

- **3/5** — Good school: One of the best schools in Washington. As a student I feel safe at school and I love most of the teachers. I do have some issues with some of the teachers. Aka teaching stuff that is too advanced occasionally putting kids down but it doesn't happen often. *(Nov 2025)*
- **1/5** — GIVE MORE LUNCH TIME: This is the worst school ever teachers give c points thinking that's going to stop kids and also they only have 30 minutes for lunch which is not even enough to eat your food and go see your friends also they are charging 85p for a single drink and some of the ham in the sandwiches are raw *(May 2025)*
- **1/5** — Terrible: Absolutely terrible they aren't letting there kids go to the toilets and taking away the toilet passes for people with medical issues if your bullied they don't care. They say they care about there pupils mental health but if you talk to them you can be suspended for harming yourself as it's dangerous behaviour? I don't think so. The teachers avoid the parents calls and when you leave a message they never get back to you the teachers bully the kids more than other students do threatening them wi… *(Mar 2025)*
- **1/5** — Worst school ever: Absolutely horrible school teachers follow you everywhere and grab you wherever they want the teachers don't care about students wellbeing and only care about the pay if a student is crying they just send them to reset which is a place where you just sit in silence and you get no one to talk to the communication between staff is horrendous aswell and the bullying is never dealt with and the school is always stuffy until Ofsted come and they deep clean the school and put pressure on the students … *(Nov 2024)*
- **1/5** — My son named sage gets bullied everyday for having a lazy eye.: My 500 pound son named sage gets bullied everyday for having a lazy eye. MY son LOOKS like gojo and I will NOT have kids telling him otherwise *(Sep 2024)*
- **1/5** — bad school: this school is absolutely horrid. kids are mistreated and staff don’t care about most issues. many teachers are rude,misslesding and ignorant. head of years say they will help you sort any issues but most times kids are scared to tell them issues because of how they react and “resolve” the issue. this needs to get resolved. no help is given for kids who need it *(Sep 2024)*
- **1/5** — BAD people: CHILDREN locked in big large cupboards, teacheres whipped for being late and late code in the ceiling and stripped naked, on parents evening they launched naked teachers everywhere *(Sep 2024)*
- **1/5** — BAD SCHOOL: this school definitely needs to improve. im not impressed. staff are horrid and not only do you only 45 minutes for break and lunch (COMBINED) which is not enough time and is illegal. there has been multiple reports of bad teachers and teachers hitting kids. bullying is a common issue in this school and they do little to help resolve it. the school properties are often outdated and damaged, they dont offer much help when it comes to attending school for mental health reasons and instead punish t… *(Sep 2024)*
- **1/5** — HELP ME: I ahre it here it is so bad don’t come it’s hell!! *(Sep 2024)*
- **1/5** — Don’t send your children to oxclose.: Worst School ever my child was struggling really bad to a point where she was hurting herself and screaming in the morning about not wanting to go absolute joke. No one helped they knew my child needed help and lied to my face saying they were “giving them help” even the teachers will admit this school is horrible if you love you child please don’t send them here unless they are a bully, then they will fit in fine. *(Jan 2024)*

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