King's Norton Boys' School

If l could grade this school a minus, even that would be more than this school deserves. It's merged with King Edwards, so is now called King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys. If your son has SEN, this isn’t the school for you. Although they say they accept pupil's with SEN, Learning Support is very limited and not one staff member understands the challenges a pupil with SEN has throughout a school day. There's structures, routines and a points system that keeps your son 'in check.' With obsession being a trait of a neurodivergent, PDA, ASD/Autism, my son struggled when he lost points, as basically giving a response after the teacher has spoken is deemed as "answering back," so my son's anxiety was constantly heightened. When he got home, he'd have meltdowns, which the school never witnessed, so it has to "something" or "someone" at home causing him to be like this. My son needed the whole evening to declimatise when he got home, so he barely spoke to anyone and needed lots of space too, mentally. It's renowned for bullying and still is. No school wants to admit it's got a bullying problem, but it's rife and very toxic. They will lie and collude and make you feel it's not as serious as your son says. There's been racism problems and lastly, my son wasn't heard by 3 staff members, strongly encouraged to compete in sports day, goading from his peers, he competed in a race and collapsed upon finishing. My son has been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome courtesy of the ignorance of staff members and Mr Clayton.

My son has been in this school since September 2022.I am very pleased with it ,his last school in Cotteridge (he came home with bruises on his legs /from other lads ..every week ..and his grades have improved a lot ...when he started ,they ,tested him and said he had a reading capability of a 9 yr old ..with lots of help he has been given ,that has now been resolved ..I was worried about him starting secondary school with much older children …but he has settled in like …a duck to water …

Teachers are nice on most occasions
Students can be quite unfriendly to each other (not much intervention from staff unless physical violence occurs)
Less important rules are enforced more heavily than more important ones
Cleanliness varies greatly from classroom to classroom but all desks have gum
Computer facilities are barely functional