Priestnall School

awful school i tell you, my daughter lydia is in year 10. one of the staff members (miss bolland) has been utterly RIDICULOUS!! she claimed my daughter was a thief saying she STOLE prime from miss bollands office. miss ferns another member off staff really didn’t help the situation. she claimed that lydia WAS ALSO A THIEF. i was shocked really as hazel ferne was sometimes a help when lydia was getting bullied. but oh no hazel has gone mad, i don’t know if her husband left or maybe she’s been getting no action but her behaviour OUT OF HAND I TELL YOU. don’t send your kids to this school hazel and tracy on the loose.

I go to the school and am bullied everyday. When you report it to the teachers, they say that they will do something but don't. It only gets worse. Bullies dont get told off and when they do get detention they act like they didn't do anything. I feel like the school just doesn't care about their students.

As an ex-pupil, I can honestly say that my years spent here were the worst of my life. There was a ‘hierarchy’ based on intelligence and popularity. I felt like nobody cared about me- the school were only bothered about the grades that pupils got! The handful of teachers that supported me throughout my time here were amazing, but the senior leadership couldn’t have cared any less about pupil wellbeing. It never seemed to click with them that happier, more supported students would achieve more! I really wasn’t surprised when I heard about the last ofsted rating either. The way I was treated by certain staff members was absolutely disgusting, and looking back now as an adult, I feel so so sad for my younger self having to put up with that. Unless you were a perfect A* student they didn’t care one bit. The staff member in question also probably shouldn’t be allowed to work with children either, I mean I wouldn’t want my child going on a school trip knowing that the teacher leading it had been arrested for drink-driving whilst on a previous school trip and also knowing that the same individual has a white powder history…

Worst school ever
One idiot attacked a teacher
Full of crackheads and those are just the students
The teachers are bad

im a student at priestnall and its overall pretty average. school is old and falling apart, and the school cannot afford to fix it. this is also seen through the stationary, as teachers have to pay for glue and pens with their own money. the education itself is good, the teachers know what they are doing and they give you plenty of resources to use at home. however, the social side of priestnall isnt very good. if you have any flaws about you expect to be taken advantage of, wether thats being a girl, foreign etc. some of the kids, mostly boys, will make fun of you for it at least once. ive come to realise how bad some people can be in this school, and ive heard and seen some horrible things. there is a wellbeing room, but its often full and they arevery strict about who can go in as people go in there often, and who really blames them. i recommend this school if you dont have any flaws and will most likely become popular, and if you dont mind the school being a little run down.

falling to bits x please demolish it and put me out of my misery!!!

Harassment,bullying,death is all I can describe this school as it's mortifying
Please take my advice and take your child out of this school immediately for there health and safety (mental health included)

If your child dies here it will all be swept under the rug, I can't believe it's still open

Harassment bullying death that is all I can describe this school as it's so disgraceful that this school is still an option if you want your child to fail and commit suicide then send them here

(Written by a student and a prisoner to bullying DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILDREN HERE)

I am now in year 10 and at first school was good in year 7 but it is terrible now. It’s like they don’t care as you start to get older. There’s a lack of GCSE choice and they don’t give all of us the same options which is stupid and not very equal. The teachers have got no time for us all, they always say they’re busy when they’re not busy. Some of the teachers are horrible like my cookery teacher she told me not to pick cookery as an option because i won’t pass it and it made me feel depressed literally. I wouldn’t recommend this school to anyone

As an ex student just left. I want to say what an awful place. One of the years I was there, there was a rat infestation. Boilers constantly broken, school was practically falling apart. I know they didn’t have much money but it’s a school, health and safety should come first. The teachers. I praise only a handful of them who actually made the time in school some what enjoyable, other than that majority of the teachers didn’t really bother. There was a lack of food for the whole school, sometimes ending up with no food for the lunch. Also, I personally think they need to relax a bit on rules. One year I got told my shoes weren’t allowed even though i spent £60+ and got them from the school isle, and the fact they were more worried about jewellery than your education and wellbeing is shocking. I didn’t enjoy my time at the school.

I find the school doesn’t challenge us enough and they don’t discipline those who are naughty. The majority of the teachers are rude and don’t want to help us in class and the remote learning has been stupid and if we ask for help then they say ask a friend instead.

Lots of bullying. Do not come here if there's something that makes you different. The councillor tries to help but nothing really gets done.

Sooooo where do I start?

Firstly BULLYING
What teacher stands there and watches a kid with a physical disability get beaten up then tries to intervene when another staff member does. They are not trained!
There is no bullying policy. I swear! They do nothing to stop the bullying or speak to the bully.

Secondly DISCRIMINATION
So what’s this about equality? What equality. They have favourite students. That’s not equality ! So if a student says they feel ill. They get sent to SLC. Well I felt ill and got told I’d be fine. I got made to clean the throw up off the desk let’s just say.

Thirdly FOOD HYGIENE
Food isn’t cooked properly! Frequently I’ve eaten food like chicken and been ill afterwards. Not to mention about the dinner lady’s! They’re rude!!

Fourth LESSONS
Alright some lessons are great like sociology and pe. But cookery for example. I can’t wait to go into a different tech. And I’ve heard bad things about cookery and science.

Fifth SCARED PUPILS
There’s this kid in my class who is sacred about doing lessons because of the pupils in our class. They’re so disruptive and the teachers do nothing to stop it and are never there for us!

Finally LACK OF SUPPORT
The support is stupid. The tas are quite good though some of them but others are evil and are abusive with their words. There’s a kid that has a ta next to me in maths and I heard her say to him I am here to help you and if you don’t let me help you then your going in detention. That’s not nice. They’re there to support when needed not to be nasty. The N2 room is a mess and not a quiet space it’s like toy land at Christmas.

i really dont like it there. the support system is okay,, the councilor hasnt really helped when my mum outed me to her but she has helped with other things. a lot if of the teachers cant even control the class and theres always a lot of litter around.

Not very good, there’s teachers that can’t discipline a class or even teach for that matter. All that they do if somebody does something is take them to the study centre then do it over and over rather than getting help for them until they can eventually kick them out giving them an easier job.