Plymstock School

the students first of all are so disrespectful and nothing gets done about it because the teachers can find them ‘funny’, even if they’re racist and homophobic

the school says they care about mental health but realistically they do absolutely nothing about it. for example if ur in the queue for mental health counselling u dont hear from them even after a year. they dont care.

also personal development classes do not teach us almost as much as they should

additionally the reception who runs the phone etc is so unorganised. if someone calls them for something important, and the reception says they will call them back, they never do

there are two queues for the galley and it is always so packed. you have to wait so long to get food then you have no time to eat it

kids’ mental health goes ignored until they start being badly behaved

however the teaching at this school is most of the time quite good and i learn a decent amount of things going to this school mostly

I am a staff member at this school and the lack of respect I get from the staff is appalling. The way I get spoken to on a daily bases is disgusting. Please do not get a job at Plymstock school if you want to keep your happiness and mental health. Can't wait to leave the workplace.

Dreadful school - it needs an inspection it is failing SEN children and sending them to RTE rooms thus breaching the Education Act and the Human Rights Act.
Too large, too chaotic, too inconsistent and some dreadful teachers.

There is a lot to say about this school. Many areas are really awful, in my experience many of the teachers in the English department couldn't care less about your health, I once had a teacher email me asking for my homework whilst I was lying in a hospital bed - they genuinely only care about the grades. The maths department is a mix, from all of the teachers I have had they are all lovely however, whether they can teach is a different question. Maths teachers are either brilliant at teaching or really quite awful. The science department is also pretty similar, although I have found that it is generally only the physics teachers who cannot teach there, as nice as some of them are. The PE department's a bit of a lucky draw when it comes to how you will experience those lessons but the facilities are pretty good. The school has quite a lot of great gcse options like business, health and social care, photography, computer science, drama and music. The performing arts at this school will forever have a place in my heart. The teachers made me who I am today, they've given me the confidence I needed to be where I am and really allowed me to see the talent I really have. Every year there is a show and it is the greatest thing about being a part of plymstock school. I have spent five years at Plymstock and completed four shows (covid stole one from me) and nowhere else in my life have a felt a better sense of community and belonging than I did during these times. It's a family. It took me a really long time to feel a part of this school, but I can say that thanks to the help of the music and drama department I finally feel like I have a home.

This school does have its ups and downs and while generally nothing gets done about bullying, racism and homophobia it is possible to feel like you belong. From what I have experienced at Plymstock, if you are being bullied you should handle it yourself, it may seem daunting but it is the only way something will get done about it and you will feel so good about yourself because of it.

So yeah, plymstock my not be the greatest place but in the five years I have spent here I've made lifelong friends and created a bucket ton of core memories. It's safe to say that I will be sad to leave it behind in a few days.

The school is okay on the outside. Me and my siblings all went to this school and I will tell you now, it was the worst 5 years of my life. There is no middle ground, you're either good or you're not. There isn't any place to go if you feel unsafe or down mentally and half of the teachers are homophobic and just plain rude. All they care about is you getting grades and if you're not meeting those standards, oops looks like you've got to attend mandatory after-school sessions. But what happens if you don't? You get a detention. The ready to learn system is terrible. I knew kids that got sent there because they liked it. A full day inclusion unit with all the roudy kids isn't a good idea. Also, they do not manage the students very well. As someone who suffered with selfharm and an eating dissorder, my Teachers checked up on me by pulling me out of classes and making me show them I was eating/not self harming. My head of year was homophobic and if you're in the older years you have nowhere to sit at lunch or during break. You have to walk around which wasn't allowed if you had hot food from the canteen.

But I can say something good about this school, once you're in the school, it's okay, yeah you've got all the crap about those teachers and stuff but at the end of the day it's school. It doesn't matter if you have friends or not, if you're good or bad. It isn't going to matter in 60 years time on your deathbead. Personally for me, it was the worst years of my life. But some people thrived and I don't know, maybe that's why they're considered good. Oh and the food from the galley was actually really good. I do reccomend the cheese and ham panini's and the hot wraps.

Some teacher aren't great but otherwise evryhing is pefect, struct rules help guide you later in life, inclusive teachers, that do a lot about bullying, I know as I experienced it myself. Great enviroment and super fun lessons. I do not know what the other people are talking about. TEACHER DEFINUETLY DO NOT SWEAR THAT IS JUST THE BIGGEST LIE I HEARD.

Where to start, the teachers are just plain rude, don't really care about your mental well-being, the students are horrible, so rude, bad mannered, it's a disgusting ground full of litter, the toilets are so dirty. Their anti-bullying campaign is so bad, if your getting bullied at this school it's best to handle it yourself, the teachers won't do anything. Would never ever recommend this school to anyone!