The Portsmouth Academy

Honestly, this school is something that you will regret coming to, This school has tried so many ways to fix things but ends up getting worse and worse by the year.

First Reason: On Way System
One way systems are terrible, they made up this rule recently, and it's becoming annoying, when it hadn't existed it was normal, but now it's becoming worse, people pushing in the corridor and screaming to move like what?

Second Reason: Mobile Phones
Mobile phones aren't a big deal in school, honestly it's not like it's going to kill you or something, they let us use to have it in Break and Lunch, reasonable, but now it's when you leave the school premises. Which makes it worse. Honestly no-wonder people are leaving this school often

Also, doesn't care about things that are going on around like Mental Disorder or Racism or bullying, super bad

they don't care about autistic people or anyone who isn't seen as "normal" (this is coming from an openly non-binary autistic former student), i remember the amount of times my mum tried to scream at the school to sort something out when i was being bullied so badly... but they never did and apparently one time, the receptionist just smirked at her!!
i came into this school back in 2017 as someone who was looking forward to their future; i came out in 2022 as an anxious, depressed and traumatised person who freezes up whenever they see one of their former bullies out in public!! whatever happened to helping kids have a safe and happy future?? because they seem more important at keeping their reputation instead of actually helping kids out...

i might not remember all my experiences well due to blocking it out (but i certainly remember how i felt being here), but looking at most of the reviews here, it shows that this school has gotten worse and it's still continuing to ruin other people's mental health and to this day they STILL let racism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia and stuff like that slide. they don't care if you're getting bullied, all they tell you to do is "just ignore them 🥺🥺🥺"... these teachers CLEARLY do not know how it feels to be completely DESTROYED over and over (if that's even a thing) by other people!! it's disgusting, really.

what am i saying?? don't go here. to anyone who goes here and can relate to my experiences, i feel bad for you + you deserve so much better.
i'm sorry if anything is worded poorly, but i hope you get what i'm trying to say here.

It's shouldn't even be aloud to operate its not fit the head staff are vile no respect for parents or students if you have a child woth send don't even bother it completely breaks them my son had learning disabilities and sensory when he started a Yr ago he's now got a long list of mental health issues to add all that's to this schools neglect education what education he's sat in a room.for 6hrs doing nothing the staff can not protect students they also goad certain students to fight others alot of us parents with children at the school can't understand how they keep getting away with everything I do have to add a select few members of staff are amazing

we made a student cry in the bathroom👍
bring yiur child here NOW

I got a swirly while being bl0wed and receiving an@l 😫😫

The worst school I am constantly bullied I was locked in a classroom with a teacher for standing up for myself with bullies they care more about a tie then mental health

The crap school ever they dont let us use the toilet or fill our water bottle up the teacher dont help it used to be so good in year 7 but now its just craps the food is yummy tho

I got bullied almost every day, no suppot.

If you don't want your child's mental health to be affected and them to be beaten up, pushed in corridors and for them to not feel protected, then do not send them to this school. Portsmouth Academy Secondary School. Only care about uniform and home work being in on time. Kids climb over the fence daily. Get up to no good in toilets. Speak to the staff badly and have no respect for staff because they witness fights and pushing in corridors and do not say a word to the students. No consequences. No strict rules to behave or procedures to follow. Like the staff are scared of the students. The students rule this school for sure. Your child will leave this school mentally damaged. Girls wear fake eye lashes, nails and chew gum at the school. The language that comes out of the children's mouths is so bad. Your child will leave a different child. Low self-esteem, depressed, anxiety the lot! Your child will have a report on behaviour on class Charts and if their home work isn't in on time, it shows parents on Class Charts that they have red next to behaviour on there. Messed up. Never ever can get through to reception. They do not call you back either. Not even if it's a massive issue.

There are multiple issues with this school as a whole at Portsmouth Academy. They care so much on what the school looks like, with school uniform, mobile phones and arriving on time, rather than how the children respect one another and behave. Have no respect for staff or one another. They sink it into the children every day about uniform. This is teaching the children to care more about how they look rather than how they behave. I saw a child being sent home for wearing the wrong trainers. What about being sent home for bullying or beating someone up? There are multiple fights that happen at Portsmouth Academy daily during break time and lunch breaks. A child who has Autism gets beaten up daily because he is different. When the school was told, they done nothing. Older children shove passed the younger students in corridors and will belittle them. Teachers witness it and say nothing. Like they are scared of the students. Children vape in the toilets and when they come out of school gates. The victims of bullying get punished and told they can leave lessons 5 minutes early to avoid the bullies and go into a separate room during breaks.

I’ve been going to this school since Year 8 and it’s honestly been the worst years of my life. I’ve been jumped, had my toilet stall kicked repeatedly, bullied, told I’m not a good fit for this school, had things thrown at me and have been told to kill myself. Most students (only a few are actually nice human beings) are lairy, rude, and homophobic/sexist/transphobic. I beg that you don’t send your children to this school. Almost all teachers here are nice, however some are boring and don’t actively seek to stop the bullying happening here. Also, the teachers out on watch don’t stop the harassment. I feel bad for all the staff here that have to put up with obnoxious students. Once, in my Year 10 English class, a few boys stated sing ‘California Girls’ by Katy Perry as our teacher started talking about her visit to a German concentration camp, and how she was able to see the blood on the floor from experiments n*zis had performed. Please, again, don’t send your children here. And if you’re looking for a job, DONT GO HERE!!

Since there is 1,200 students packed into this school, you have to spend your entire break lining up for food in the queues, and often they even run out of food to feed the kids.

While some of the teachers genuinely do care for the students at this school, many of them are clearly only there for their paycheck. Access needs fore students are not being met and supposedly supportive members of staff were considered a huge trigger to the students breakdowns in school. In terms of LGBTQ+ inclusion, while the school does make some limited attempts at this, the teaching staff will very often forget to use students preferred name or opt to simply dead name them. Students that decide- for their mental health- that it is best they stay home from school, get Harrasing phone calls home. Friends of said students get questioned by staff where the other pupil is! Many students have said their mental health significantly declined at this school. Bullying is not taken seriously enough either. The staff preach "we don't stand for bullying" yet someone being bullied in class is apparently not a teachers issue. If this is "one of the best schools in Portsmouth" I'm truly scared

i think this is a good school

Most people are mean because they are insecure. The school is full of bullies and cruelty, homophobia, racism and abelism. Safeguarding team are incredible. Senior staff are too entitled and rude. Disruption is never handled with. Good students are barely recognised for their efforts, but some how the bad students are rewarded for not smashing a door in. The toilets are absolutely vile. They lock every single toilet in the school permanently other than 1. The cleaners take photographs of dirty sanitary towels and rubbish instead of actually cleaning the toilets and the soap stash is another thing entirely.

I really enjoyed my time at Portsmouth Academy. Although there have been many problem along the way, they have always managed to over come this and have taught students to do the same.

overall this school has mediocre education- they don’t teach that well and the kids are so disrespectful. the staff endorse bad behaviour and then blame everyone when the same kids are acting bad. there hasn’t been much improvement and i can’t wait to leave.

If I could give 0 stars I would. This school is just awful and I put a majority of it down to the staff. Not all, some are lovely but I don’t know how some of them are even capable of working with young people. Such a shame.

In year 10, lessons are bearable and if you ignore every student in the classroom. The teachers I've had experiences with are nice and conduct their lessons well for the most part. Bullying is a huge issue and not much is done about it. I only joined in year 9 but I've faced multiple incident including having footballs purposely kicked/thrown at my head, people kicking my ankles/trying to trip me up and being called homophobic/transpobic slurs frequently, sometimes in the presence of a teacher who does nothing about it. It got so bad I had to leave school for a few weeks and when I came back, the bullying was only more discreet and obviously hadn't been handled. My friends have also been bullied for being neurodivergent and suffering from physical and verbal ticks. I don't recommend sending your child here, particularly if they have poor mental health or relate to anything mentioned here (LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, etc).

in year 10, its okay i guess. teacher's generally are nice some can be lairy and the some of the yr 10 guys are fit