The Bourne Academy

This is the worst school I have been to in my life, yes where I live there is Avonbourne and Glenmore but the school I currently attend is sick. It is evil and has a terrible school system and treats students abusiveley, teachers smoke in the car park and they also never alow students to have their own rights for either going to the loo or the way they present themselves in school. For the sake of your children's health, never send them to this hell on earth. They are trying to emulate the same archaic values of Winton & Glenmoor to impress ofsted, thus approach is out of date and damaging to the well being of young people

while i attended this school my mum passed away, i went to school a few days later, keep in mind the head teacher was aware of what had happened ,just to get whinged at by him for no reason. i never once spoke to the school counsellor ,however many girls at the school went to her everyday despite the fact they had minor problems compared to mine. im not saying they didn’t need the ‘school counsellor’ but it’s weird that i always had very few teachers to go to when i had problems. they don’t care about bullying but to be fair it benefited me because it made me realise that a majority of people in this world are stuck up their @rses. i never misbehaved and i always got the best grades possible ,but that school failed me and they know they’re bad for behaviour & bullying so they try to copy all the better schools😅some of the teachers are actually decent,but they don’t know how to control anyone’s behaviour & most of my lessons were just kids playing up & most of the time getting away with it. if ur kids got thick skin & wants to be in an environment where no one actually cares about what you’re doing or each other,then send them here x

The school is actually alright academically but it is a full on hotspot for bullying. I was bullied right from year 7 and nothing was sorted, I was left to deal with it and sort it out on my own. I’d often pretend I was ill or ask my mum to skips days to avoid the behaviour of my peers or it would result in me turning up late in non uniform because of how badly it had effected me. I know that there are plenty of other situations with the same reason, the level of help you get is terrible and a lot of teachers tend to take the mick. If you have a choice don’t send your child here, it will ruin their mental health just as much as it did mine.

My daughter was bullied for years and nothing was done about it, she now suffers with extremely poor mental health and anxiety because of the school's ridiculous rules and expectations that you simply cannot expect children to comply with. There is not enough support for these children, they are sanctioned over silly things and the school wonders why the kids don't want to be there.