Middleton Technology School

Middleton Technology School is out of touch with the rest of society - and at least a decade behind the culture shift within the working world.
They hold students to a standard that is impossible for all to maintain. Humans are by nature complex characters with different personalities and needs - universal conformity is impossible, and isn't expected anywhere outside of the school environment. Punishing children for minor transgressions only leads to them to feel worthless and rejected. It disregards the hidden struggles they may be experiencing, horrors unknown to the school that they may be dealing with. A child who appears 'difficult' is more than likely struggling much more than the teacher observing their behaviour. The idea of an employer placing someone in 'isolation' is shocking, it isn't something that would cross the mind of any sane-thinking adult. In a personal relationship, it would rightly be viewed as abusive. By disregarding these facts, Middleton Tech are contributing to the growing mental health crisis in our youth. They are not properly supporting children with EHCP, instead choosing to focus on superficial ways in which they can seem 'respectable' within the community. These children are an inconvenience, only the highest achievers are held up as representative of the school community. Personally, I'd be much more inspired by stories of children overcoming adversity with the strong support of the school, than I would easily achieved accolades from able and neurotypical students.
The uniform rules are obviously absurd. I work in a professional environment and haven't encountered anyone in a suit or tie in at least 15 years. Children in suits looks silly and uncomfortable. The jumpers worn by students until the early 2000s were smart and more age appropriate. It's a step backwards and at odds with the fact that traditional office attire has all but disappeared.
The idea of asking for permission to remove your jacket or use the bathroom is laughable and would land employers at a tribunal. Dictating a student's hairstyle oversteps the boundary of control, and places a heavy burden of cost onto parents. Hair that is left longer at the sides needs cutting more frequently, adding to the poverty that many in the community experience. A 'fade' (mid length on top with a graduated shorter length at the sides), is a smart haircut with no link whatsoever with 'gang culture' and in no way 'extreme'. You're far more likely to see your local criminal gangs sporting long hair past their shoulders these days. You're clearly holding on to a vision of 'thug' that is 20 years out of date! Its okay to change your rules as popular culture evolves Middleton Tech, get with the times! The school is trying to present a physically middle class appearance, using children from proud working class backgrounds for their own vanity. Our appearance does not dictate our worth and I pity you if you genuinely judge people in that way.
My children attended this school at the turn of the millennium, when Mr R*****s was bullying students into compliance. These days my grandchildren attend, and that physically imposing presence is replaced by teachers hiding behind 'rules' that must be blindly complied with, even as society evolves and some rules appear outdated, even as students home lives affect their ability to blindly conform. Rules that no one is allowed to challenge, as they 'agreed' to them at enrollment, and of course no one in the real world ever challenges authority or questions whether decisions are rational, no one ever makes changes in the interest of societal progression and wellbeing.. do they?! There's no room for discussion at this school as if you dont like it, your child is free to 'find a new school'. Their attitude stinks of immaturity and lacks critical thinking.
I remember Miss Kellet as a fantastic and supportive newly qualified teacher, who inspired confidence in her students. What a shame to witness how the headteacher had become indoctrinated by arbitrary rules that place student wellbeing at the bottom of their priorities. I'm sure its nice to boast about results, but there's more to life than academic achievement, believe me I'm living proof of that as I enjoy a successful career despite my underwhelming education. Inspire confidence in your students, it will take them further and earn them more respect than any qualification.
Teachers would benefit hugely from spending time in working environments outside of the school setting. I'm sure it would be a culture shock to witness how the office environment and working world as a whole has evolved, and how little a resemblance school bears to it now. The consequence is that students aren't being prepared for the reality of life outside of school, as they find themselves with much more professional and personal freedom than they're used to when they leave. Their self expression and creativity is stifled, and it takes a while for employers to undo much of the unwavering conformity that has been instilled in them. They realise that their bully at school was the staff enforcing these policies. I'm all for aspiration, and that begins by giving children the tools they need to become resilient well rounded adults who feel able to question where things can be done better, and whose main focus is advancing their expertise, not worrying whether other people will approve of their outfit or hairstyle. Individuality should be celebrated, it makes up the very fibre of our being. What a shame to hide that and replace it with identikit people who dare not stick their head above the parapet. Thankfully for them, adult life will be much kinder to them than the dictatorship they leave behind at Middleton Technology School.

My son began crying every day coming home but he did say the kebabs were nice

Summary: It's really horrible.
Hi! This is going to get long but if you want honesty and facts, if you want to be sure about the place you will send your child to become a young adult for five years, read this. 🤞😂
The senior teachers and staff (SLT TEAM) are horrible and inconsiderate. The headteacher is inconsiderate. They don't care about the actual children, they only care about the grades they produce (which isn't that great anyway)! The normal teachers are kind people who really know how to teach which only slightly makes up for it, when the school is mostly run by a harsh dictator who's only pleasure in life comes from impossible rules and standards. The place might as well be a jail.

Do not send your children here. Public education has really become a shameful prison, where headmasters just try desperately (and rather pathetically in my unwanted opinion) to be as successful as their private or grammar school competitors.

They say that they strive for excellence, however, the fact is that they will forever strive; they will never achieve. The school is horrible. Please take my advice and try to take your children to a school surrounded by real knowledge, furthermore one which is run by a headmaster driven by their passion of educating- their joy for the true success of children, rather than one who is driven by how they look and the school image (which I predict will always remain as embarrassing in comparison to their competitors, if they do not make vigorous change).
I'm telling you this truthfully, please send your child to a better school. Invest in their education and try and send them to a grammar school or maybe a private school if possible. No longer can all these public schools be trusted with the wellbeing of society's children- our society's future will crumble due to heartless and souless educators like this headmaster.

Furthermore, I do not think that this headmaster is fit for her role! After all, how can she lead teachers if she has no experience teaching kids of these days!! Please listen, the headmaster doesn't care if your family isn't fortunate, I bet she has never experienced a hard time herself , which may be why she is such a cruel dictator who can't grasp the concept that even good students will go through tough thimes which causes their attence to be poor. She can't grasp the fact that children should do what they want with their hair, and that the girls wearing their skirt an inch too high, or wearing braceletes or earrings does not warrant or give her the right to lock said kids in school for multiple extra hours.
Our children are good, they spend most of their days in school, so obviously if anything, it's the school influencing them to become so depressed and hot-tempered, just like the SLT, staff and headmaster they're around for 6+ hours of their day, 5/7 days of their weeks! Contrary to this fact , they will always try and spin the situation for it to seem totally like the parents' fault. If any staff from the school is reading this, when you sign up to be an educator, you become a big part of a child's upbringing and life, remember that responsibility if hundreds of parents are trusting you with their children for 5 years of their life ( this is the time where everyone around them can affect them as they are trying to figure out who they are and what their purpose is)

Finally, to the headteacher, Janine, learn kindness and compassion, lean about our real kids- not the case studies they tell you about in teaching courses; not the numbers you see on their attendance and the grades you see on their papers!
Learn the meaning of life, afterwards maybe you will be capable of claiming one!

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- Passionate Anonymous <3

My friend got a 30 min detention since her bus was late for her, my other friend got put on report for no reason, and my other mate got in trouble for wearing a bobble round there wrist

Also don’t care about mental health


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