Dilkes Academy

Please do not send your children to this school if you care about their overall well-being

They keep the children in and don’t allow them to play with friends if they don’t believe have done enough work. If they have not done their homework and if a parent forgets to sign their reading log. It is absolutely awful! My child was in year 2 and I had enough of it! He has PTSD from everything he went through at thjs school.

I was so happy when My child got into Dilkes but children need to have fun aswell as work hard in their studies. There needs to be a healthy balance which Dilkes does not have. It is not fair because they want to uphold their scores and results that they punish children in this way

The headteacher never spoke to me about my concerns because apparently “ he doesn’t like to get involved in stuff like this” I was told by his teacher.

This is a terrible unhappy school, the best thing you can do is to get your child into a happy environment where they can be children! They are not children for long and have the rest of their lives to worry about be labelled and feeling not good enough

Simply the best school around by far. Probably in the country (I am a little biased as my kids go there).

As a parent I cannot recommend the school enough. My Kids absolutely love it. During lockdown my kids had real lessons every day and children saw their teacher and assistant teacher. I thought this was normal but when I spoke to other parents they didn't have real lessons at other schools.

Communication is brilliant and there is something on Twitter every week. You can see all of the amazing things that they do.

Never had a problem with them. They are professional and they are always helpful and polite.

The previous reviewer clearly hasn't been into the school as the school is spacious, bright and there is work made by the kids on all of the walls.

Get your kids in there if you can. Best thing I ever did

Terrible school. Don't take bullying seriously, head teacher is impossible to reach and doesn't get involved. The school is very much about grades and attendance not the happiness of children. They keep children in for break and lunch to do work and not let them play outside. Not a fun place to learn, very dated ethics where they like all kids to fit in the same box and push them with punishment to get good grades. They punish kids for not being clever enough, but don't punish bullies and instead tell children to just toughen up.

Head teacher is impossible to reach for a meeting. Not suited as a head teacher, moved up the ranks too fast.

The school themselves use bully tactics to overrule parents. The ego is huge.

They cannot supply school policies when requested. Would prefer to dismiss and abuse their power.

Use interrogation tactics on students.

There is no colour around the school, closer to a clinical, white walled psyche ward from the 1900s with the attitude to suit.

keep students in during their breaks to catch up on work on the same week the student went to their Nana’s funeral.

This school is in major need of a full government audit and a management restructure. A school should not be allowed to get away and operate in the way that Dilkes does.

Disgraceful, discriminative, no care for special needs. They are only after top performers and will throw others under the bus to get to where they want to be.

This school needs a complete reform, starting from the top.