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Hermitage Academy
Secondary · Academy · Chester le Street
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DONT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE
this school is a prison the food is awful the staff care more about the uniform then the students and make it a horrible place and the staff scream in your face for no reason DONT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE
The New Head ruined everything good
I previously wrote a review and gave it 4 stars. I stand by what I said at the time, but since the new head came in, the schools became more of an anarchy with pathetic rules that no one follows, and most of the good teachers, particularly some in the math department, all left and have been replaced with alright ones, but not up to the quality of the old ones.
I will say the food has improved but not by much, so a cross between the good teachers leaving and a stricter head enforcing pathetic rules that make school life miserable have downgraded my rating. If it improves it may go back up, but for now, I can't rate it higher than a 3, and sometimes it slips below that, so I'll give it a 2 for now.
I will say the food has improved but not by much, so a cross between the good teachers leaving and a stricter head enforcing pathetic rules that make school life miserable have downgraded my rating. If it improves it may go back up, but for now, I can't rate it higher than a 3, and sometimes it slips below that, so I'll give it a 2 for now.
Disgusting behaviour
Disgusting teachers screamed at my daughter after she came back from being ill for not doing a piece of French homework it’s disgusting she won’t be returning
How bad the hermitageacademy is
The school is stupid right fine they teach you but the school rules aren't good can't wear nose piercing even if there clear can't have more that two studs per ear can't wear leggings get told of for nothing mostly some teacher's are canny some are just insane dramatic little things like I would not really pit your child in the school unless your ready for the amount of crap they put you through also mental health they only do the tiniest thing's but there no help really.
I hate this place
love the chips but the chickens bad. Also massive fight 🫢 wasn't there so its the schools fault
My time so far
When I first came to Herma a few years back I knew it was the school for me, however nowadays I do have some complaints, with some classes battered with significant low Level Distruption with ruins my learning in subjects I chose for options, and the food is either excellent or diabolical. Overall though, still a good school
Bullying
A terrible schilling for bullying !!!! I have pulled my child out of this school because of bullying the punishment is very poor
DONT SEND YOUR KIDS TO THIS SCHOOL!
do not ever send your kids to this school. The teachers dont care about students mental health. they have made a rule where you are not aloud to be bald they will take your phone off you without permission. there would be dirty teachers looking up girls skirts. They have cameras right outside the girls toilets. You would not be aloud to the toilet during lessons and if you were you would get escorted to the toilet or have to leave you phone on the tachers desk. Even if they see your phone either in your bag or pocket they will take it off you. they never listen to the other students side of the story and overall the teachers dont care if you have your own problems they only care about making you work over 6 hours a day.
Some teacher are nice
wouldn’t bother, the teachers are not supportive and only care about uniform not a safe place at all
get a better chef
I was eating my stupid burnt toast form the rubbish chef i wanted to kill myself of it it was alot of burnt shit in my mouth .know i refuse to eat shit/food from hermitage academy .shit chef.
Average
not the worst but most staff are nice, except for the odd few
Decent
It's been a good start to here, only complaint is that the food here is quite poor, except for fish and chips.
Just don't bother.
If the word 'travesty' was a school.
They waste money on pointless things that don't benefit pupil learning or enjoyment at all whilst the computers run so slow to the point where they actively hamper the work rate of students.
The learning conditions are poor and half the classrooms resemble the rooms of an abandoned psychiatric ward rather than those of a modern school.
They refuse to take action on anything important and instead focus on trivial matters like uniform more than legitimate bullying, racism & homophobia.
I'm surprised people still choose to send their kids to this place, it truly is terrible.
They waste money on pointless things that don't benefit pupil learning or enjoyment at all whilst the computers run so slow to the point where they actively hamper the work rate of students.
The learning conditions are poor and half the classrooms resemble the rooms of an abandoned psychiatric ward rather than those of a modern school.
They refuse to take action on anything important and instead focus on trivial matters like uniform more than legitimate bullying, racism & homophobia.
I'm surprised people still choose to send their kids to this place, it truly is terrible.
DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS HERE
I would give this 0 stars if I could. I was struggling so bad when I was here, bullied and acting out cause of mental health issues. The teachers do not care, I left at fourteen due to anxiety. It got to the point I couldn’t leave the house for years, I am almost 20 and I am struggling to get into the job or university I want because of the lack of support this school offered me.
I am undergoing autism and bipolar assessments, I have been diagnosed with Anxiety, Borderline Personality Disorder and Depression.
If I had a bit more support I would have been in a better place.
I am undergoing autism and bipolar assessments, I have been diagnosed with Anxiety, Borderline Personality Disorder and Depression.
If I had a bit more support I would have been in a better place.
Hermitage
In my opinion the teachers are not supportive enough and the quality of education is not good enough.
Amazing school for academics
Teachers are incredibly supportive but some behaviour issues. Overall great education but I know a lot of students don't feel safe in the school.
Herma is pretty bad
It’s really bad actually. The teachers can’t control the kids and we were given like the worst rating when ofsted visited. We got a new head but all they’ve done is made the uniform rules 10 times stricter but the actual education we get is still bad. The students behaviour is awful and I wouldn’t recommend this school.
Students view
Lovely school to go to but had its cons here and there.
Waldridge Lane, DH2 3AD, Chester le Street
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