The Stanway School

Teachers don't care about children they just want to get paid that's why I am transferring to a different one. I also found pee all over the bathroom and gum everywhere this is a disaster. Over all the main provlem is the teachers not caring for the students 🙄

absolutely awful school, have no control over children or behaviour. Only care about grades and how we look then our mental health and the violence. Have no idea how it good good on ofstead. The whole thing is a massive act out on for view. It’s nothing like it looks or it said and made out to be. Send your child here and they will come out unrecognisable. Stanway changes children for the worst. So glad I’m out that school now!!! I don’t recommend sending your children there at all! Had the worse experience at Stanway even police had to get involved! One peice of advice for all the parents wanting to send your children there think again it’s one of the worst school in Colchester.

as a year 11 leaver from this year it is clear to state that the stanway school is vile.
i was physically assaulted by a girl who jumped me in the corridor going to maths for no reason.
i was left with 2 black eyes and lumps forming all around my face.
as a previous i had been bullied form the start of year 7 to the very end of year 11.
at the start it wasn’t that bad and it was bearable.
then it started getting worse to the point where students would put my clothes in the showers during pe and i would be resulted in having to walk around in my pe kit for the rest of they day.
this resulted in me getting pulled out of class by many members of staff to be asked “why i couldn’t get changed into my school clothes”
i said to my teachers what was happening and they did nothing about it.
further more from this i was getting cat called verbally abused having my stuff taken and even having food thrown at me and put into my clothes.
i told my parents about the treatment i was getting at school and my parents called up the school (like any parent would) and get the head of years was ALWAYS unavailable or “busy” this wasn’t just a one time thing it was every time my parents was to call about a concern about my well bieng and safety inside the school.
on the day i got jumped i got put into the isolation unit where students go when there “a step away from suspension” at this point i was extremely annoyed angry (as any student would of this had happened to them).
they refused to call my parents to let them know what had happened to me so i took matters into my own hands and decided to call my dad for him to come and pick me up as they also refused to let me leave.
they then sent me to the medical room where they put a capri sun on my face to bring out the swelling.
they proceeded to tell my dad that it was a minor incident and that i would be “fine” by the time my dad was finally allowed to take me out of the building and get me home i already had 2 black eyes and brushing and lumps all round my face that only got worse over the course of the week.
from that point on my parents refused to send me in as they couldn’t garentee my safety in the building,the school was continuously calling my parents to try “encourage” me to re enter the building.
they then told my parents if i didn’t return then a fine would be issued for refusal for me not turning up to school yet while my face was still black and blue and i still had lumps bogging out of my face.
after i returned they told me that the student that assaulted me was only given a 3 day suspension and i was left even more uncomfortable and un interested in going to school.
when i returned the bullying only got worse.
i was getting bullied by mostly everyone in my year and my school head of year would tell me “we will get all of them in a room and have a chat with them (this never happened and the bullying continued)
as a result of the assault and bullying i developed anxiety and depression and a eating disorder and became sick.
it got bad to the point where i was going in only once a week every week as i was too sick to get out of bed or my anxiety was bad on the day.
most of the days my anxiety would be bad and i would be very mentally drained to the point where i couldn’t get out of bed or even kept my eyes open.
i had a time where i went into school and had a major anxiety attack to the point my face was pale and my eyes was red sore and swollen,my head of year took me into a room to talk about about my “problems” and what was “bothering” me.
she then told me to go to class because i was “fine” and told me to get on with my day.
after about a hour i was finally sent home.
after my GCSE’S i cut all contact with anyone from the school and even decided to not attend prom as i was too scared to be around everyone where there would be no teachers to step on and help me if anything was to happen not just that but i just couldn’t deal with anymore of the comments from the students.
as a result of this i was completely uninspired to attend anything with the school with the students to the point i didn’t even attend non uniform days or even school trips.
the school is dreadful with bullying and anything else they are completely oblivious to what there students are going through.
as teachers they are obliged to make students fell safe and encourage their students to attend but in my case i was never encouraged and was just left or ignored with problems i was receiving on a day to day basis.
i now still stuffer from anxiety,depression and still have a eating disorder wich has set me back in my later life.
i now also have low confidence and self-esteem and hate the way i look on a daily basis as a result of the comments i received on a daily basis

Have not got a clue when it comes to kids with additional problems. If your child has mental health problems don't send them here cos not only will they send the child home and not address the problem but they will also make a child feel alot worse

it's an overall great school, but does have areas of improvement. definitely recommend!