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Beecroft Primary School
Primary · Maintained · Leeds
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Simply the worst school in Leeds!
Teaching methods harming children
My children had a very bad experience in this school, though education there is kind of high level, but price you pay for it is emotional damage to the children. I transferred my children to a different school because they were mentally abused and tortured by school to reach school’s set high educational standards. Apparently high results in SATs are more important than children well being in this school.
Teaching methods harming children wellbeing
My children had a bad experience in this school, though education there is a quite high level, but the price you pay is emotional damage to children. I had to transfer my kids to a nearby school because of emotional abuse they were going through to reach school’s high level of performance. Parents get quickly silenced if they complain to school or any other institution. Appears school’s “good” reputation is more important than children mental health.
Abusive Headteacher
There is ongoing emotional abuse by the headteacher. Many parents have transferred their children to different schools. Some parents have tried to raise concerns but have been silenced and shut down. It does have an excellent education and attainment record, but this is coming at the cost of children's mental health following the emotional abuse to get there.
Excellent Beecroft
Beecroft is excellent in every way. The teaching, clubs, opportunities to play a musical instrument (free) are just some of the reasons it is great. It is always calm and when I was there you were really made to feel special. All children get on well together- and it is very diverse. When I went to High Schhol I knew much more than pupils from other schools.
Please don’t go to this school
Despite consistently getting outstanding reviews from visitors, this school was an awful experience. I was constantly punished for an anxiety disorder that affects my speech. I have had books thrown at me and have been pushed into walls by the teachers because of my disorder, and my best friend was forced to leave because of her Tourette’s syndrome. I was told to ‘man up’ when I said I was unhappy there and when I said I had been humiliated in class I was told by the headmistress that ‘humiliated is quite a big word’. In this school they had unrealistic expectations from students and when I could not meet these expectations I was ridiculed and made to feel I was not good enough. The teachers said me and my sister were ‘embarrassments’, ‘disgusting’ and I was called ‘the naughty little sister’ when I had non-verbal episodes. Please do not send your children here.
Do not send your child here.
While I was at this school, I witnessed and experienced a lot of emotional and physical abuse. We were told that this was a form of discipline, and that we just need to "man up". Children with disabilities were disproportionately mistreated, and those trying to speak up about issues that they were having at school in terms of their mental health were shut down immediately. I have struggled a lot with my mental health, and when i tried to get help from school, they told me "you're not even putting in enough effort into your schoolwork to please yourself,just try harder." Every day after school i would break down and cry because of the stress that they put on me to put more effort in, although i spent hours every night doing homework. When people tried to tell teachers about bullying, we were told to "stop telling tales" because "we dont have bullies in this school". Me and my sister are both traumatised and now need councilling. Please do not send your child here.
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communicate the issues faced. You will not be able to speak up about the abuse your family have experienced with this school without them contacting social services (only to be denied!) and will try to proceed with legal action. Do not be bullied by this school! You and your children deserve better. The headteacher will falsify information, as well as their staff, to turn the problems round to you instead of being accountable for their actions. They do not care about the children's mental wellbeing and they only care about their ofstead ratings/grades. They will happily belittle children instead of teaching them of their mistakes. We had to withdraw our children from the school and I know countless other parents have done the same thing due to the abusive nature of this school. The only good part of this school is their free clubs, however I worry that these children will be spending longer in an abusive environment.