Oakgrove secondary school

I’m a former student at oak grove secondary, I’m 14 years old and I unenrolled in year 10 despite it being one of the most important years in my education. My 3 years in oak grove have been nothing but suffering for both me and my family. Bullying in oak grove has been a big problem for a very Long time, and when brought up with the pastoral team NONE of these concerns have been dealt with or resolved maturely. Most of the time these bullies weren’t students but teachers. The attention to students mental health is extremely poor and brushed over, with the safeguarding team ‘being too busy’ or sending pupils too the isolation room until further notice making it ‘not their problem’. The rules are extremely outdated preaching independence and finding your identity but not letting students experiment with their appearance. For example if your hair is dyed an un natural colour you will be put up in isolation until it is dyed back even if that means missing out on a whole school year. Or if students refuse to remove ANY makeup they will be put up into isolation. medical acne being covered by foundation is not an acceptation neither is false eyelashes for Trichotillomania -hair pulling disorder. This teaches your children they will only be heard if they fit into a certain category. In my own personal experience I spent all together a whole year up in isolation because my hair was an un natural colour and it wasn’t possible to get it back too a natural state without it falling off. Meanwhile people who fight in school grounds only get a minimum of 1 day in isolation. This has affected my learning massively as I was teaching myself out of a book. Me and my younger sister are now homeschooled and I’m regularly attending therapy. I will never forget the relief i felt when I was told I never had to go back. With all that being said PLEASE think twice about sending you children to oakgrove secondary school, their mental health and will too live should be your first priority.
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Disgraceful school.. I was bullied horribly, went to my form tutor and head of year and teachers several times and they did nothing.. forced to endure endless days of being made fun off even when I teacher found a note being spread around class about me which was literally evidence of bullying he did nothing.. I was made fun off, have stuff stolen, they even sa me by daring a guy to grab my ass and made fun of me for being to scared to stand up for myself cause I knew full well if you didn't listen to my comments about all the bullying you sure as hell aren't going to do anything about that.. they do not care one bit about your kid it's a horrendous school. I don't know how the teachers sit there watching a student struggling with bullying and mental health issues cry and beg for help and proceed to do nothing, you have to have a complete heart of stone to allow that. That school damaged me making me have to now pay for therapy to fix. You want a happy kid then this ain't the place for it.

i am a recent ex student and have finally decided to share my experience at oakgrove.

this school took away my happiness, confidence and will to live. i’ve struggled with mental health (specifically severe social anxiety) for years but i became really unwell when i was in year 9. i no longer was able to attend school and was given little to no work during my 2 year absence. my parents begged for work to be provided (since my gcses were up and coming) but the teachers provided little to nothing. i was struggling so much and had absolutely no understanding from the oakgrove staff. they only cared about my attendance and never on my actual well-being. i was close to taking my own life at 14 and all oakgrove would only care about was my attendance. i wish i had not been neglected from my own school. they never cared about me. they are so damn focused on grades and looking good in the rankings. a disgusting warped vision.

all schools have the responsibility to understand, respect and protect EVERY child (and especially during the hours they are responsible for students). did oakgrove understand, respect and protect me? absolutely NOT. i felt completely and utterly abandoned. i just know that if i was physically unwell in the hospital (rather than mentally unwell) my treatment from the school would have been different. maybe they would have cared more? who knows…

they don’t give a toss about mental health.

the few occasions i was pressured into attending can only be described as hell. i experienced debilitating anxiety even stepping foot on oakgrove grounds. i was at the point where only attending for 30 minutes was causing me such significant anxiety i was physically being sick and shaking like a leaf. i would never wish any of this on even my worse enemy. as the years went on, my mental health only got worse. i had no hope in life and had now missed 2 years of school. i ended up self teaching myself a few gcses- oakgrove failed to provide me helpful resources, so i was truly being my own teacher. finally in year 11, i was referred to a SEN school. i can say that attending alternative education saved my life. i left year 11 with 4 gcses and a whole lot of trauma.

i would NEVER recommend this school and hope that parents who are considering oakgrove for their children think again. no one would wish for their own child (or themselves) to experience similar experiences to myself. so why put ur child's sacred mental health at risk? oakgrove destroyed my life and if they’ve done it once, they are more than capable of doing it again. i know there are many current oakgrove students who are struggling as of right now and there HAS to be a change. i will forever advocate and share my experiences to try and protect the lives of others and spread awareness.

my life would be completely different if i had received the correct care and understanding from oakgrove. i deserved so much better.

personally i think this school is a HELL hole. i have the strongest burning hatred towards every single teacher in that school (not miss swindells) all of them approach kids with attitude yet expect nothing but respect back. they do not care about you or whatever your problems are unless higher people are involved and even then they still do not manage to make a change. what more do they want until it becomes not just people struggling to come in but people seriously hurting themselves or even taking it a step further in some cases.

i’ve had non stop problems with this school since i’ve joined in year 7 and every single one that school has known about has been over looked and ignored. since last year to this year i’ve realised how much of a horrible place it is to be and yet i know it’s a place of education and not just socialising and having fun. in a place where i’m meant to feel safe and happy, i do not, therefore i do not want to get my education from here. i’ve tried expressing my many problems to this school and my parents have been involved too. i’ve had many attendance problems and meetings about mental health yet i never get listened too. i am told that i am using things as an easy way out or just being lazy in a fact where i just cant be bothered to show up for that lesson or that test blah blah.

not only is it me, but i could name a fair amount of people who are so unhappy in this school. they speak with no respect and however they want things to go it will go their way. you can get fully shouted at like you’ve just spat on their mum for not having your shirt tucked in or blazer not on. it’s the end of the world if you have the slightest bit of makeup on or if your skirts the wrong material/ length. cant even have a simple tick on your socks without being threatened with BGR. overall this schools rules are ridiculous and they care more about how you look than anything else it’s stupid!!!

and with bullying, they act like one of the children. they don’t see sides they pick sides.. and some times not even it’s just ignored just told to ignore things or not talk to them, move your seating plan or spend your lunch and break in a classroom by yourself because they can’t deal with bullying ?? in my opinion, i think they’re the bullies in this school .

so yes overall i hate every single teacher, no u miss swindells u the sweetest:p but every single other one can actually go suck out. their weird and even looking at them now makes me feel sick. the voices of some actually make me shiver and the students oh my lord i cannot their horrible they are genuinely they can’t control things it’s like they ignore things bc they can only sort out the small things and then they give bigger punishments to the small things when there’s obviously bigger problems like hellooo open ur eyes mate ?!

and omg i’m not even done because then there’s racism because if someone says somethings if their own ethnicity/ nationality then it’s like so bad so racist all this but then if a white person does it it’s bullying if someone says something to them…? like actually get a grip of urself . UGH I CANT DEAL JUST DONT GO HERE AND IF U DO GO HERE GET OUT .

The toilets are dirty +they tell us to get out of them ,the teachers are rude and dont teach u.The canteen food is disgusting.I dont recommend

I go to oakgrove the school is so bad teachers code you for no reason they tell u they deserve your respect when they don't do anything to earn it.you could ask a teacher a question they will yell at you for putting your hand up to much. You get kicked out of detentions for misbehaving even if you dont do anything. People get in trouble for asking for a pen. You get removed from class for no reason. Yes some kids misbehave but some dont and still get in trouble.u waste so much of your free time if ur on report and the teachers try keep you on that report. I tried getting of report a teacher asked to see my planner and said oh your nearly off report and i said ye and he wouldnt keep his eyes off me all lesson. Some people were talking i turned around and got in trouble just to stay on report. They have to many rules and they are to hard to follow.Teachers yell at kids and tell them to sort their life out or they will get no where in life.If you dont leave the class when they ask you to they will physically drag you out.
Canteen food is way to overpriced and thr food is so bad.chicken and chips they out then in bags which makes the bag all greasy and it falls apart . This school is so bad do NOT send your kids here they will hve bad mental health .the school basically drains all kids make them think you have to be well disaplined to do good in life. They think just because they work there they can tell the kids what to do, how they behave , how to think , and that you shouldnt speak up for yourself. In my opinion its the worst school in milton keynes .

Bro I go to oakgrove it’s a good school. It’s jus all the students that misbehave disagree. It’s a great school Ym hating. Like I agree that some teachers are very rude mainly French ones

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Horrible school no words

The school is terrible if u try defend yourself you'll get in massive amounts of trouble and there are multiple racist teachers for example someone who was black asked to go toilet and they said no but when the kid who was white asked she said yes and if the parents knew what was going on in this school they would pull the child out immediately and all the teachers think they can talk to the students however they like but if you want respect from a student you need to respect them aswell.they don't have the worst food tbf.there are many dumb rules for example sometimes your not allowed to go to the toilet and you have to go at break or lunch and you can't have your hood up indoors.you can't also use your phones.Mr tett is the school's head teacher he is very nice and kind it's just the teachers that ruin the school for students.

A few teachers are racist, it’s a school that value the LGBTQ and puts it on us a lot despite the school being 50% religious. Food is alright but I honestly think it could be better. If a student was to tell their parents about what goes on in here they would reconsider why they placed their child here. Only thing I enjoy here is the sports, good teachers and teams.