Bobby Moore Academy

Notice to all parents, if you care about your kids education, I implore you not to do your child the disservice of sending them to Bobby Moore Academy. My son wasted a who year at thus "BUSINESS", My son scored highly in his SATS from Primary School, only to have his end of year 7 results drop drastically.by around 20%. The school is disorganised with all aspects of the day to day running of the school/business, and is at times completely incompetent. The main focus of the school is behaviour NOT education. and your child will find themselves in detentions for minor infractions of the school code, which has them out of the classroom not being educated. These punishments are also duplicated because of admin errors, so your child will sit a detentions for nothing. I have school workbooks that are close to empty, so for a entire year no work had been done especially in computer science, and PHSE. They play a tune between lesson breaks and the children are required to be in their next lesson as it ends, I'm not kidding either, Squid Game! Detentions if they fail. They have a gym and that the children are NOT allowed to use, and other sports facilities are limited to table tennis and occasional they play football and rugby. They don't have a rugby or cricket pitch.

PLEASE DON'T SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO BOBBY MOORE ACADEMY, THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT EDUCATION, THEY CARE ONLY ABOUT CONTROL AND FUNDING!

Disgrace to Bobby Moores name!

I recently completed five years at Bobby Moore Academy, a period marked by consistent dissatisfaction and exhaustion. My first year began under the leadership of Principal Lawrence Foley. Foley was determined to impose private school standards on a public school setting, enforcing unnecessary rules and strict uniform standards, such as requiring students to wear shoes in which costed £60 or more. Foley eventually left the school for reasons unknown to me, and was succeeded by Sarah Donnelly.

Upon Donnelly's arrival, the school underwent rapid and significant changes. New rules were implemented, the house system was altered, and the uniform was changed to a version that was cheap in appearance, overpriced, and uncomfortable. My first interaction with Donnelly involved a discussion about my uniform, during which she instructed me to make adjustments or I face exclusion. Although I complied, I found her manner intimidating and dismissive.

During my second interaction with Donnelly, which took place during the GCSE season, I was summoned to her office along with 15-20 other students. We missed approximately an hour of our English lesson as we waited to speak with her individually. Each student left the room visibly distressed, leading me to expect unfavorable news. When I was finally called in, she unprofessionally makes a unpromising offer with me, (as she does with many of her staff and students) she scans through my grades and sees i'm failing maths as I was left without a maths teacher. Donnelly offered an ultimatum rather than a genuine choice: if I dropped GCSE PE in favor of BTEC Sport, she said "If you can drop GCSE PE for me and choose BTEC Sport I will get you a maths tutor for the rest of your GCSE season" meaning she'd arrange a math tutor for the remainder of the GCSE season. This offer was made without informing my parents or guardians, leaving me uncertain about whether I should accept it without their consent. Moreover, I was concerned about the impact this change would have on my ability to focus on subjects I struggled with, such as math.

Despite my reservations, I agreed, as it seemed clear that refusal was not an option. The meeting felt less like a negotiation and more like a directive. Consequently, I devoted a significant amount of time to the BTEC course, which resulted in falling behind in my other subjects, particularly Math, English, and Art.

With two months remaining before the GCSE exams, I realized that the promised math tutor had never materialized. I was failing math while striving to keep up with the BTEC course, which had been imposed on me. I consulted a teacher, who confirmed that Donnelly had made similar unfulfilled promises to other students and staff. Feeling misled, I attempted to contact Donnelly, but she was frequently unavailable during the crucial exam period.

In the weeks leading up to the exams, I worked diligently to catch up in all my subjects, while also observing that the school's staff were overworked and received little to no recognition for their efforts. One week before the GCSEs, I felt somewhat more confident, particularly in math, despite the challenges.

My final encounter with Donnelly occurred when a colleague and I sought permission for study leave. Donnelly, appearing frustrated, summoned us to her office and informed us that we were being permanently excluded from the school based on our involvement in an incident outside of school, an accusation I denied. She dismissed my explanation and instructed her staff to remove us from her office in a dismissive and unprofessional manner. My parents were not informed of this decision.

During my exclusion, I sent multiple emails to the school, highlighting Donnelly's unprofessional behavior and violations of school policy, including failing to inform parents of the exclusion, not obtaining a signed acknowledgment from the student, and not arranging a meeting with parents. Additionally, Donnelly imposed a 100-meter restriction from school property, which is not a standard policy. She also instructed us to take our GCSE exams in a primary school setting, which I found inappropriate for the gravity of these exams. After expressing my concerns in an email, Donnelly reconsidered her decision and allowed us to take our exams on school property, provided we maintained full attendance and good behavior.

Ultimately, I completed my GCSEs at the school and had no further interactions with Donnelly. Her unprofessional conduct negatively impacted my mental well-being and education. Furthermore, the school's staff remain overworked and underappreciated, and Donnelly's leadership caused distress among various headteachers. I do not recommend Bobby Moore Academy for any student.

Thanks to the support of my parents and the dedicated, albeit mistreated, staff, I was able to pass all my core subjects.

bobby moore academy is the ABSOLUTE WORST SCHOOL i have ever seen in my whole 35 years of being alive the saff are dis respectful the head of academy had taken away my daughter and many other young girls bags as well because apparently the had not looked “professional” (ted baker handbags) it’s a absolute disgrace school is not a safe place the head of academy is extremely disrespectful even when spoken politely they teachers pick on students making school an uncomfortable environment my child started almost felt as if she wanted to k!ll her self because of this school it’s an absolute joke they say it the kids in the school but it’s really the staff absolute jokes the school is it’s embarrassing

No safeguarding policy in place here, children are unsafe and staff are not trained well especially the so called receptionists who are basically non existent. Staff are not friendly.

This school needs to be placed in urgent special measures. There are huge safeguarding concerns, regular fights, a phenomenal turnover of teachers including head teachers and an appalling ability to control behaviour or in any way "broaden horizons" as per their strap line. Staff won't listen to parents' concerns and yet expect respect from pupils by implementing increasingly punitive, bullying and unnecessary punishments which then also affect the learning for the rest of the year group - for example, GCSE drama group work is desperately behind in learning and so, 2 days before the final exam, group rehersals not possible as one child removed for no particular reason, thus disadvantaging all children. The first 2 years were great, but in the last 3 years, I have written to the various heads over treatment of my child/safety of the children, written to the governors and to DRET itself with not even acknowledgement and now, finally have written to the head of education for Newham to express concerns. I know this is at the same time as huge swathes of other parents writing to Ofsted and expressing similar concerns - and also removing them from the school. We can't wait to leave. There are other schools to choose from, don't choose this one! So upset, so exasperated that I've actually taken to writing this on here as a final attempt to make it right for subsequent children.