Longsands Academy

awful school, treat the students horribly male teachers walk into the girls toliets, don't care about mental, no doors on toliets also exculded students over stupid reasons, and are discriminate against child with learning disabilities and behavioural needs, don't send your child here unless u hate them, built like a prison, last full ofsted review was in 2014. mr smy is the worst out off all of them discriminating against girls and children with learning disabilities. please sue this school.

all they do is stick child in isolation and excluded them teachers don't know what they doing spare your child and send them else where.

This school is absolute bullcrap, the school doesn't allow any uniqueness in appearances, not even allowing jewellery or dyed hair, as well as adding a mandatory 6th period even though a lot of students just don't have the time, or a worn out by the end of the day, so they learn literally nothing from these lessons. the only saving grace is some of the teachers are way better than the school and are actually nice people, and try their best to make the bland bullshit lessons they have to give.

the teachers preach against homophobia etc but laugh at the kids homophobic jokes and do nothing to stop them. the school is quite ableist in the fact you get told off for fidgeting or drawing in class, if you zone out the teacher will pressure you into answering the question you clearly dont know. they also force you to read aloud to the class and don’t always let you go to the toilet etc. they are ‘all for self expression’ yet don’t let you do simple things like wear jewellery or have coloured hair, which doesn’t hurt anyone or distract your learning. usually you aren’t allowed to take your blazer off without asking or wear your coat inside which is ridiculous as we often get too hot or cold. you aren’t allowed to use your phone for anything, i texted my mum asking her to pick me up once as i had a panic attack in the bathroom and didn’t want to come out because there was people waiting in the bathroom for me to come out, kicking the door and yelling at me. you’re also given detention for forgetting things like PE socks which is stupid.i have had good teachers and a good head of year though who have been very supportive to me and my learning and understand my situation so don’t put too much pressure on me.