# Wood Green Academy — Wednesbury, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Secondary
- **Parent rating:** 1.7/5 from 14 published reviews
- **Principal:** Mr J Topham

## Contact

- **Address:** Wood Green Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands
- **Phone:** +44 (0)121 556 4131
- **Website:** https://www.woodgreenacademy.co.uk
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/wednesbury/wood-green-academy-12312

## About

Wood Green Academy offers exciting opportunities and a very broad range of experiences to its pupils. Although a large and diverse school, staff are friendly and supportive and there are ample opportunities for professional development and advancement for all teachers.

## Official rankings

- **Ofsted (Behaviour and Attitudes):** Outstanding — Feb 2020
- **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Feb 2020
- **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Feb 2020
- **Ofsted (Personal Development):** Good — Feb 2020
- **Ofsted (Quality of Education):** Good — Feb 2020

## Recent parent reviews

- **1/5** — One Star too Generous: I attended this school for seven years, from year 7 up until year 13. One star is too generous. I ended up confining to a teacher in distress about my parent abusing me in my first year. It was true. The school had a meeting with my parent, who said I was lying due to being grounded. The school dismissed the case. I was beat when I got home and trapped in an abusive household until I left when I turned 18. My form tutor mistakenly marked me as late, warranting a 45 minute detention after school.… *(Sep 2023)*
- **1/5** — A Bad School Bad Teaching: Racist- indoctrinating-hypocritical A School not fit for purpose *(Nov 2022)*
- **1/5** — Education: Atrocious messages given out to the future generation. *(Nov 2022)*
- **1/5** — FULL OF RACISM: I was very much disgraced to see the behaviour of the teacher Mr Dorrington. I am writing in response to a video recording of Mr Dorrington, a member of staff at your school. During the video Mr Dorrington displayed extremely aggressive and racist language and tone. The language he used feeds into the racist rhetoric that is still so very rampant in society. Why did he use the word Muslims as opposed to terrorists? He has linked terrorism directly to Muslims and Islam. His tone is extremely aggr… *(Nov 2022)*
- **1/5** — Racist school: bad school to go to very racist *(Nov 2022)*
- **1/5** — Very racist and discriminative School: Bad school to go to very racist and discriminative.Shocking behavior towards six form students *(Nov 2022)*
- **1/5** — Not a safe environment: This school is the reason we have such devision in society. Students at this age are meant to be under the protection of the school which parents put their trust in. It's meant to be a safe environment for learning, not politics. Very disappointed. *(Nov 2022)*
- **1/5** — Not a safe environment: This school is the reason we have such devision in society. Students at this age are meant to be under the protection of the school which parents put their trust in. It's meant to be a safe environment for learning, not politics. Very disappointed. *(Nov 2022)*
- **1/5** — Worst school: Disgusting school, don't go here. *(Nov 2022)*
- **5/5** — Wonderful School with Excellent Facilities: Wood Green Academy has been an amazing experience for our child. The facilities are top-notch, especially the sports facilities that our child loves. We've also been impressed by the values of hard work and teamwork that the school instills in its students. Highly recommend! *(Sep 2022)*

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