Co-op Academy Swinton

This school ruined my mental health. The staff care more about uniform and makeup and jewellery over peoples mental health and education. One day, my english teacher was not in as he left before school started so we were all stood outside waiting for a substitute until a teacher put us in the classroom, shut the door and left us. You would have thought a substitute would have arrived but no. The entire lesson we learnt nothing and we missed out on education but all they cared about was behaviour. I was constantly bullied by pupils, this being online and physical but the school did nothing about it as the cyber was happening outside of school and not on school grounds. My mental health got so bad for the bullying that I constantly refused to go to my lessons and was off school for ages due to me feeling unsafe on school grounds. I was also bullied by a teacher as she said that I deserved to be in isolation just because I was crying a lot due to all the things I was going through. My mother reported this and yet nothing was done about it, the teacher to this day, has never apologised for her actions. The school acted as if getting "Good" from Ofsted was amazing but it was not as they made all of the students behave and teachers would go from screaming at a student to being all kind and helpful as soon as Ofsted set foot in their classroom which is why Ofsted ranked it "Good" but what they do not show around their school is the fact Ofsted said "Needs Improvement". If you were ever sick, you would have to take a picture of the sick and show a teacher. No offense, why do I have to have a picture of my sick in my camera role, just so I can go home and get better. You would get excluded for the silliest of things such as dyed hair, jewellery, fake tan and makeup. The makeup part felt stupid as the head teacher would walk around with layers of makeup and false lashes on every day. The dyed hair and no jewellery irritated me as you felt as you could not be yourself and you had to be like everyone else which felt like a prison. If you had tiny stud earrings in, the school would absolutely flip out and it felt silly. My tiny earrings will not harm anyone and there were so dramatic about it. Many students got food poisoning from eating the food from the canteens as when the chicken was checked, it was pink and not fully cooked which caused many students to fall very ill and the school's attendance went down hill. If you had to hand in your jewellery, it would almost immediately get forgotten about and lost. I had a friend whose pandora bracelet went missing and it is yet to be returned. If you were caught chewing gum, you would get a detention because it apparently distracts your learning but what if chewing gum helps me focus more and it stops my mouth from talking as its distracted by chewing the gum. We were not allowed to eat food outside of the canteen unless it was bought from the cold hut at the end of the yard.

The teachers are really horrible and basically bully you,They will loose your jewlery if you give it them,i once lost my braclette in that school and they didnt do a thing to try and get it back,the school RUINS your mental health,your not allowed to wear socks cos it will "attract male attention" same with ankle socks,You have to have your blazer on at all times even if it is 360 degrees,they have put fobs on every door so you cant get in,making you late to your lessons,they also LOCK the toilets all day,if you was having a panic attack they wouldnt give to shiny shizzles,you cant even have a drink o water you have to ask,your not allowed to drink all day unless it was break or lunch,they give you food posioning,giving you pink chicken and the pizza is neer cooked also the food is very over priced it is £1.50 just for CHIPS on its own, they also give the naughty kids rewards but not the kids who are good,they also faviourete students are target certain ones,not sending kids homes unless your physically sick and you have to a photo of your sick,you will get excludded if you dyed your hair.THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE WORST SCHOOLS EVER!

this is the worst school ever i go here now and miss fisher is rude to all of us and they do it all the time im leaving this school to move to buile hill

This school is the worst one time my daughter had a severe headache she stayed in the waiting room until they never came to see her she went to other teachers and the other teachers told her if shes alright till the end of the day when my daughter came home her head was extremely hot this was unusual until I took her to the doctors and the doctors said she coudve fainted this school is so broke and out of money!!!

This school is appalling I’m a year 8 student and I think some other students should come forward to address this school of its horrible teachers , rude and disrespectful students and the amount of attention that is given in class may I also mention that this shite school dosent offer any help towards bullying so I rest my case the teachers are shite and the school in general is shite

The budget is low. The y7s are annoying. Overall I haven’t been shot yet and there doesn’t seem to any drugs worse than smoking and energy drinks from the dodgy corner shop. Reading some other reviews it’s seems better than most. Top 2 sets are full of girls though which shows a real sexism in our society and I won’t stand for it.