Summerhill School

Absolute joke. They take pride and joy in their “safeguarding” team yet i have heard that on multiple occasions that they have let students who are struggling mentally down. The most recent story I’ve heard is of my mates daughter being sent back to lesson in the middle of a panic attack! They need to sort themselves out. “success through caring my 🍑”

Good for a school in this area academically however they appear to care about mental health as their motto is ‘success through caring’ when really that’s not the case as they brush off children who are struggling and simply not in a state to go to lesson as they’re crying or having a panic attack. My daughter doesn’t want to go in some days as she’s struggling in the morning with anxiety and knows that she won’t be supported in the day and will made to go to lesson until she has a panic attack surrounded by 30 kids and has to walk out the door infront of them. They know about this issue but still treat her as a problem rather than someone struggling. Fuming. Don’t get me started on the toilet situation, she has messaged me as she’s been on the verge of an accident and the teacher won’t let her go and when she finally does get to go rarely the toilets on that floor are locked so she has to walk up and down the stairs and then is told ‘she took too long.’ However when she doesn’t get to go, there are queues for the toilet at break and lunch, which is ridiculous and she’s been threatened that if she is in the toilets while other students are vaping or vandalizing she will be met with the same consequence which is absolute madness. They’re told if they go in and see these misbehaving students they need to leave and they won’t get in trouble , but if she’s bursting to go she will have an accident if she leaves and goes to find the other toilet?

Whilst I appreciate it is not just Summerhill School, but the teaching profession has a lot to answer for. It is absolutely appalling that they decide to close half day at the end of term. A cm of snow that fell few weeks back, that melted by 10am, resulted in a day closure, and it was a Friday! Conveniently. Do they not have enough annual leave that parents have to battle with their own employers to make sure we are available to collect their children. I think the profession and the T&Cs that come with their employment need looking at.

I’ve heard a lot of good things about Summerhill . I really recommend it is a great school in the local community.

Teachers are shocking Care to much about skirts and not work
Need to get there act together