Albany Academy

As a professional in the field of psychology, I am disturbed by the actions and attitudes of the teachers at this institution. Including the "counselling" services they offer to pupils battling with their mental health. The level of victim blaming is staggering. The lack of care is a disgrace. We're talking about children here! Not to mention that one of the employees here is a former police officer who is constantly eager to tell others about what she **used** to do. Nobody cares. Stop thinking about the past and focus on your current job. It's completely irrelevant. As a former police officer, you have a terrible and unprofessional attitude that should make you ashamed. Victim-blaming is not acceptable! The "counsellors" provided within this school are not registered with the BACP either, therefore confidentiality is not a thing here. Your child’s struggles are merely staff room gossip! Terrible school. Please, do better!

The teachers are so kind to my young son in year 7. They make him feel very welcome in the school, and she sometimes stays behind with the teachers when they want to help him with homework. This is great teaching.

Teachers do not understand pupils well-being!!! if you are thinking of applying your child for year 7 please dont, the head teacher walked in on the girls while they were changing (he is male) and the girls where half naked getting ready for pe! year 7 head of year screamed at my child becuase she was pointing out something that was off topic, and the school do not care about bullying aswell! that school makes mental health worse for the kids!

If you want you child picked on by teachers then by all means send them here! My child has been singled out for the colour of her hair (if you’re reading this teachers you know who I am!) when loads of other girls have dyed hair! First it’s “too bright” so I dulled it down then it was because it’s “two toned” when it was just blonde highlights yet there are other girls with skunk stripes and money pieces at the front of their hair but highlights is too much!! My daughter saved up her own money to go ginger with blonde highlights and now that £70 has been flushed down the drain because a teacher said they don’t like it so she’s had to get a box dye and do it black after only enjoying her dream hair colour for 3 days!! Disgusting! One rule for one and one for another! If they don’t like your child they will pick at every little thing they do, my daughter has had enough of being bullied by the students (one of which is the child of a teacher in the school) now she has to put up with the teachers picking on her and yes I’m reporting this to the school board too

awful school, i was kicked out at the beginning of year 10 because i reacted to abuse i was receiving off another student who didn't recieve any consequence whatsoever.

Most teachers at Albany were great, but a particular individual decided to ruin it with their "leadership" and less than comfortable attitude and approach to children. Don't bother going to Albany, systems are awful and a waste of time. Any other school in Chorley would be better than this.

Went there when I was 11, I’m now 15. I only stayed 7 months because of the relentless bullying from my peers and the abuse from the teachers...nothing was even done about it. They couldn’t care less about anything or anyone but themselves.