Ok, my child was at Parkside for secondary and 6th and I was a governor there. I am afraid I do not have good things to say. First. As an academy, they had a lot of non-qualified teachers. Way too many. Some teachers were fantastic but more often than not your child will be taught by stressed out, non-qualified people and supply teachers. There’s no consistency. If they have any special need, forget any support: they will not get it. Staff move on all the time, and when United Learning took over it got 10 times worse. Education isn’t a commodity people! I would put my kid elsewhere if I were you. Also a huge drug problem there which everybody knows about and does nothing about - given the police station is 100 feet away, it’s ridiculous.
A great school. Nothing negative to share. A privilege to attend. Dynamic & motivated staff. Positive atmosphere also. Interesting mix of students. Good range of after school clubs.
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