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Queen Elizabeth's School
Secondary · Academy · Wimborne
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My experience as someone with special educational needs
So there are a couple of issues with the school mainly the teachers if you are someone who doesn’t fit in well or has special educational needs I would seriously look somewhere else because my experience has come in the form of invalidation, not being believed when trying to report something that’s going on at home and needs not being met.
I would say that it has not been a pleasant experience at all which is putting it mildly both for GCSE and A-level
If you are someone who gets along with others easily and does not have any additional issues, you will be absolutely fine and may even love it there
I would say that it has not been a pleasant experience at all which is putting it mildly both for GCSE and A-level
If you are someone who gets along with others easily and does not have any additional issues, you will be absolutely fine and may even love it there
bad as heck
this school is awful and is completely useless. it got so bad that i have been made to go to therapy by the nhs because i don’t know how to regulate my emotions and anxiety. my attendance has fallen to 50% because i cannot bring myself to go because of the awful support system and they have brought court into this, but this would never have happened if they went through with the ‘accommodations’ they have apparently put in place for me (they haven’t). lol don’t send ur kids here.
Awful for mental health.
I was a student at this school. Before joining QE, I had been bullied for years and I was worried on joining. No support was put in place for me there. I was thrown straight into the school and that only resulted in more bullying because I was so "geeky" and "nervous". People took advantage of this, bullied me, and it lead to a drop in my mental health. I was put on the counselling waiting list for weeks and in those weeks everything just got extremely critical. But no attempt to boost me on the waiting list was made. I could barely leave my bedroom in order to get myself washed and dressed and ready for the school day. I have been struggling and only received counselling with a temporary apprentice which I found did not help at all, once I had finally reached the top of the list. I know students that have attendance issues because they have been so mentally drained and do not even feel well enough mentally to make it into school. I think it is disgusting that no support is put in place. Students were and still are treated like jokes.
Worst 3 years of my kid's life but they got the grades they needed...
Ok for academic kids, not much else going on. Cold, sterile environment. Some lovely teachers but staff on the whole don't seem to know what's going on. High staff turnover. Lots of miserable kids roaming the site, not a lot of follow up or discipline once teachers know they're safe and on site.
I hear a lot of "worst 3 years of my kid's life but they got the grades they needed".
I hear a lot of "worst 3 years of my kid's life but they got the grades they needed".
Worst 3 years of my life in
I got bullied by teachers and students alike - had terrible social anxiety and most staff treated me like a nuisance.
It’s ok if you fit in and are “normal” but anyone different will be bullied. Horrible place
It’s ok if you fit in and are “normal” but anyone different will be bullied. Horrible place
Behind the cross .....
The school is alright , it has a nice campus and the food is pretty good ( just get in line first to get good and not soggy cookies) the leisure center is kited out with good equipment (especially in the gym) and the leisure centre also has vending machines.the music department is good so is the art.but about 50% of the teachers probably won’t like you, even if you’re a good student. Sexual assault/harassment is prominent throughout the school . The school has put a front of equality (e.g school policy says that sexual harassment/ assault won’t be tolerated but do absolutely nothing about it , or extremely little. )Behind the lgbtq+ Pride flag the school reeks of homophobia ,transphobia ,ect. There’s not a lot to stop bullying and about a 1/3 of year 9-11 students really care about school. But a good thing about the school is that sports day turns in to a 2 day festival with charity stalls, music and more .
Don’t not go here
Teachers are mean and they don’t give us enough time to change from PE. Wouldn’t recommend it .
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