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Northgate High School
Secondary · Maintained · Ipswich
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The Staff Target!!
In my opinion to the school I think that the staff are bad because my friend got court playing with their self and did not even get a minus point, no detention, nothing but I scream quite loud in the morning and get a 45 minute detention just for screaming and I think people will agree with me that the teachers here and staff just target people and "Bully" them. For example my friend had done low amount of work and the teacher tells me off because I'm "Too slow" and my friend does not get told off a bit. other than that the food is Great. but not worth going to the school because it takes just one thing then the whole staff team is against you!
ABSOLUTE HELL HOLE
DO NOT send your children to this school. SEND Support Plan in place for my child is ignored. No support given as he is not academic enough for them. They punish rather then support, they have no interest in under achievers at all. Absolutely shocking school for those who need extra support.
WE WANT OUR HOODIES
Where’s our hoodies then x
Many, MANY more problems, than I have listed
At northgate, it is a struggle to survive in the toilet, since there are raving mobbs of lunatics, with apparently superhuman strength, who break doors off their hinges tear the, securely screwed and taped, soaps off the once sturdy walls, before emptying them, inconveniently, down the drain, along with all kinds of litter and packets of contraband food that they are not supposed to eat, and ate in the toilet to not get told off, and, pull the "toilet roll", or whatever stuff that is with the consistency of a butterfly wing, off the side of the plastic cubicle, so that no one can ever go to the toilet, because they can't close the non existent door with an almost undoubtedly broken lock anyway, and they can't even wipe, because the toilet paper is impossible to use, and is shoved down the toilet, and blocks it, and causes the toilet to overflow after about a million people trying to flush the toilet, which might explain how urine manages to creep up to the ceiling, until the janitors decide to clean the toilets, but not very thoroughly. And, when the janitors do clean the toilets, they lock the toilet door, I don't know why they would do this unless they are defending us from some toilet monster taking revenge on the students for vandalism, so I have to use another toilet, but I can't, because the head teacher decided that about 500 year 8 and 9 students can use 3 broken cubicles and a few urinals blocked with a million types of food packets, at lunch time, not that there is much food, given that everyone eats it within about 2 minutes of the 30 minute break, which mostly gets spent queuing, especially when it gets to "Christmas lunch", where the last 2 times I had nothing to eat, and ate the dust, instead, which was more nutritious by far.
There are also multiple fields, that are rather large, and have perfectly kept and trimmed grass, however these fields are never used, not even for breakables when everyone is mushed up in the breaktime area, as if it's a washing machine, where we are only allowed to go in the best of weather conditions, and if there is the tiniest bit of precipitation, panic! Bing, bong, bung, "Mrs Mackie speaking, . . . I will leave you a little bit of time to finnish what your doing and listen . . . I'm afraid it is a wet break..." the head teacher installed speakers all around the school, so she gets to pester you about everything all the time, no matter where you are. It is quite intreasting that the head teacher doesn't mind the constant war, air raids, machine gunners, and all the military tactics of the super technicologically advanced, seagulls. I think that, secretly, they have a mission to make life as miserable as possible for northgate students, because otherwise the aim bot on their firing and the tenacity with which they steal your food is completely out of place and unexplainable.
Also, in a normal school, the teachers discipline and teach the students, however, at northgate, the students run rampant and get given hundreds of detentions without ever going to any of them.
There are also multiple fields, that are rather large, and have perfectly kept and trimmed grass, however these fields are never used, not even for breakables when everyone is mushed up in the breaktime area, as if it's a washing machine, where we are only allowed to go in the best of weather conditions, and if there is the tiniest bit of precipitation, panic! Bing, bong, bung, "Mrs Mackie speaking, . . . I will leave you a little bit of time to finnish what your doing and listen . . . I'm afraid it is a wet break..." the head teacher installed speakers all around the school, so she gets to pester you about everything all the time, no matter where you are. It is quite intreasting that the head teacher doesn't mind the constant war, air raids, machine gunners, and all the military tactics of the super technicologically advanced, seagulls. I think that, secretly, they have a mission to make life as miserable as possible for northgate students, because otherwise the aim bot on their firing and the tenacity with which they steal your food is completely out of place and unexplainable.
Also, in a normal school, the teachers discipline and teach the students, however, at northgate, the students run rampant and get given hundreds of detentions without ever going to any of them.
GCSEs
English Essay about NORTHGATE!!!!
Firstly, I would like to request an option for 0 stars as that is how I would rate it. The "food", if you can call it that, which they serve at lunch time is just flavourless plastic slop which has been 3d printed and then microwaved to provide the perfect consistency of COWPAT which is frozen in some parts and scalding in others. The seating arrangements are sub-standard by comparison to PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS in Russia and we have to put up with tables which slide half way across the lunch hall while we eat, forcing us to play BUMPER CARS with our classmates while we desperately attempt to stop our "food" from slipping off our tiny plastic plates!!!
As much as this pains me to talk about, you deserve to know about the nightmares we are put through during PE. If you are in years 7-9 you are forced to endure TWO lessons of PE EVERY WEEK. During these lessons you may cover anything from table tennis with broken bats and squashed balls which bounce off the tables in entirely random directions to volleyball with the ROADMEN who will kick the ball into your face at 99mph without receiving any punishments. The teachers all sit on their IPADS in the corner of the room playing Angry Birds 2 while they let their class run wild, wreaking havoc on the facilities and disturbing all lessons going on within the vicinity.
Another DEVASTATING factor contributing to this 0 star rating is the ELECTRIC FENCE which they have used to trap us in their nightmare of a school. They spent the entire school budget constructing said fence and are now unable to afford the basic necessities such as glue sticks and pizza. With this new installation you would think it prevents students from leaving during the day and unwanted visitors entering the premises, yet they leave the front gate wide open. The bumbling halfwits running the school need to get their act together and think through all the "improvements" they plan to make before taking action.
One way systems. Need I say more. If the lesson we are trying to access is right at the top of the stairs, we are forced to walk ALL THE WAY to the other end of the building and climb the stairs, only to walk BACK across the building to reach the classroom. While this could help to get rid of blockages by ensuring everyone walks in the same direction through the buildings, due to the staggered lunch times, there is NEVER enough traffic to cause issues. The one way system is a cunning scheme, appearing to make us healthier, yet all it does is force us to burn off calories which we never replenish due to the POOR food quality and portion sizes.
As much as this pains me to talk about, you deserve to know about the nightmares we are put through during PE. If you are in years 7-9 you are forced to endure TWO lessons of PE EVERY WEEK. During these lessons you may cover anything from table tennis with broken bats and squashed balls which bounce off the tables in entirely random directions to volleyball with the ROADMEN who will kick the ball into your face at 99mph without receiving any punishments. The teachers all sit on their IPADS in the corner of the room playing Angry Birds 2 while they let their class run wild, wreaking havoc on the facilities and disturbing all lessons going on within the vicinity.
Another DEVASTATING factor contributing to this 0 star rating is the ELECTRIC FENCE which they have used to trap us in their nightmare of a school. They spent the entire school budget constructing said fence and are now unable to afford the basic necessities such as glue sticks and pizza. With this new installation you would think it prevents students from leaving during the day and unwanted visitors entering the premises, yet they leave the front gate wide open. The bumbling halfwits running the school need to get their act together and think through all the "improvements" they plan to make before taking action.
One way systems. Need I say more. If the lesson we are trying to access is right at the top of the stairs, we are forced to walk ALL THE WAY to the other end of the building and climb the stairs, only to walk BACK across the building to reach the classroom. While this could help to get rid of blockages by ensuring everyone walks in the same direction through the buildings, due to the staggered lunch times, there is NEVER enough traffic to cause issues. The one way system is a cunning scheme, appearing to make us healthier, yet all it does is force us to burn off calories which we never replenish due to the POOR food quality and portion sizes.
GCSE
BAD STUDENTS
good school but the students keep circling around a picture of me when i sat on moss and the beach AND IT LOOKS LIKE EXCRETION I SWEAR I DID NOT DOOKIE MY PANTS STOP
Worst meals eva
THE FOOD SUCKS AR$E. They do the WORST thursday meals ever (roast dinner but its AWEFUL ITS SO DRY THE GRAVY IS WATERY AND THE MEAT IS SO DRY. worst thing is portion sizes, they give the little babies (yr 7s) like a mountain of food and the yr11s like 1/8 of a chicken breast.
Every thursday is pain, its thursday today :sob:
but overall all the meals are tiny
Every thursday is pain, its thursday today :sob:
but overall all the meals are tiny
bad bad
shit school so much corruption. awful curriculum. horribke staff. meals are disgusting and portions are tiny. don’t sell drinks or anything
my honest review on what i thought was a good school..
Obviously as a student im going to be negatively biased, but the school is really no where near as good as they say it is. teachers act amazing when the first meet you at open evening and then often loose interest in helping you. the mental health support is terrible.. they wont do anything to help unless you have some sort of proof that you need help, for example S.H or therepy. the staff at the top of tbe school are openly biassed to students who make fusses ablut LGBTQ and will listen to them and take their sides no matter what. although the diversity is great, as a black kid, it seems that white boys are espicially treated like outsiders and experince more sexism then anyone else.
lastly if you start falling behind on grades, or dont do very well, you will just be put into lower sets with bad kids, and be labelled as someone who just doesnt care about their futures.
apart from this it isnt too bad i suppose
please do extensive researxh on where you send your kids
lastly if you start falling behind on grades, or dont do very well, you will just be put into lower sets with bad kids, and be labelled as someone who just doesnt care about their futures.
apart from this it isnt too bad i suppose
please do extensive researxh on where you send your kids
Worst school in the world
Sexual harrasment this school is very bad I hate it
Northgate Review
It was good, teachers are nice but sometimes the pastoral team isn’t amazing :) However, teachers are nice, lessons are good and you do feel cared for.
Be warned
Too corrupt at the top. Not as good as they say it is
You've been warned
School is the worst in Ipswich despite peoples outside opinion if only it was as good as they say.
The Running of this school needs looking at as too much corruption.
The Running of this school needs looking at as too much corruption.
Excellent School
Excellent teachers, excellent facilities
Northgate high school
I wouldn’t recommend this school, if your are struggling and you have low grades they don’t give you extra help, Instead they put u in a class with all the naughty students. If you have any problems they don’t do much to help they are pretty pointless.
Northgate is a good choice
I loved this school, there is a diverse range of teachers and a lot of them enjoy cracking a joke here and there and getting involved, it has good facilities and a lot of open space with fresh air, teachers have good methods for revising and classwork and you don’t get a massive amount of homework, only this is outside the school is a lot of litter and rubbish from students which attracts a lot of seagulls and ruins the environmental look
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