Crawforddyke Primary School

I highly regrett starting my kids and this school there is an extreme level of bullying from the teachers which I think is why they turn the other way when most of the kids are bullying too the support teachers I couldn’t say a wrong word about and qite honestly they are the backbone of the full place the teachers are nosey and invasive with the children asking personal questions about the parents to the children and trying to break in asking other family members about parents too allot of there attitude is revolting and be warned if you raise any concerns or say anything they don’t like they will go as far as contacting social services and lying and make false complaints on you my child genuinely made themself vomit to be sent home due to the teachers harassment and treatment towards them truely an awful place and environment for a young child meant to be be learning in early devopmental stages of life the head teacher claims they are all a *big family* while being malicious and having a horrible attitude towards parents and then there children when anyone simply raises an issue if this is how they think family should be treated then I honestly find it pittyful and hypocritical towards family of theirs and very hypocritical that they think they are in a place to judge how others raise theirs with there very strong and unfair opinions and malicious acts young kids should be showed kindness and compassion and should be able to go into school not having to worry about bullying from teachers and fellow pupils and the same time parents need to be very wary of this place they try and speak to kids asking them personal details that they can then have little staff room gossip about as other parents aswell as myself have witnessed the type of questions kids are being asked about there’s parents and when brought up it’s simply just denied and then comes malicious allegations against parents which is extremely immature and unprofessional and a disgusting way to behave

This is a truly awful school. It is let down by a poor management team and leadership who would rather focus on trying to raise funds for the school through whatever questionable methods at their disposal, rather than educate the students.
A surprisingly engrained bullying culture is rife through this school, while teachers turn the other way.
The standard of education is poor, with such examples as being taught that there are 'diagonal lines of symmetry through a letter I', and that 'every result in the 2 times table appears in the 4 times table'. (does 6? or even 2 itself?) When the pupils question this, they are told to be quiet.
We are lucky that our child is bright and has done well inspite of this school, but it has is some ways made her loose respect for the teachers in the education system.
Finally, and I will avoid leaving names here, but at least one of the management team in this school is currently under investigation by the SPSO (the highest level of investigation.