The Streetly Academy

(loving how posh i make myself sound in this lmao.apparently i’m running for longest terrible review of streetly 😀 as you can tell i don’t rlly fit in here because i’m not a chav💀💀 ok enjoy or don’t read allat )
Terrible support for mental health, feeling unsafe in playground, no space to go inside when it’s wet or cold or rainy at lunch, some HORRIBLE, HYPOCRITICAL teachers. teachers act like they don’t give a 💩 about students, the food is ok sometimes tho, i really liked the pink icing sponge cake, but i’d assume they’ve replaced that now? I’m not sure I switched to home education due to how awful this hellhole is.
Detail? OK.
1: Terrible support for mental health: I was having a full blown panic attack because of going there, and I said to some mental health assistant “I can’t breathe” because… you know? I couldn’t? And they literally just said “yes you can”. My thought after that was “oh”. I’ll admit, there were some good things for mental health, like safe rooms, but they didn’t help me they were full of loud annoying teenagers messing around (my anxiety was over the roof: more than it was normally at that place). When I refused to go back the school was not willing to make any adjustments or accommodations to assist me, and they were rude to my Mum numerous times, and accused her of lying and falsely claimed they had video proof of some BS.
2: Feeling unsafe: Might just be me, not sure, but on the outdoor area and just walking to classes in general I did.not.feel.safe. Like snarky comments, I mean I made a “friend” there (I put it in quotes cuz she was as plastic as Kim Kardashian) who I was walking to lunch with, and we passed two older year’s (year 10?11? something) and they mocked the way she spoke going “soRRAY” and walked away giggling whispering “she’s too skinny” “twig”. I was just like “okayyy i hate this place 👍” and my best friend was harassed over a hairstyle quite a lot. School did something about it one time, I think? But here’s the deal: it wasn’t just students harassing her. It was teachers too. Not as severe, I wouldn’t call it “harrassment”, but stuff like literally YELLING/SCOLDING at her for sitting next to a boy when it was “girl boy girl boy” seat arrangements, not asking her name or something or trying to figure out if she was a girl or not.
3: No space inside: OK, so, yeah, if it was raining cats and dogs we ate lunch in the hall (as a shy girl with severe social anxiety, I did not appreciate being yelled at infront of hundreds of kids for sitting somewhere I wasn’t meant to when there was NO way of knowing where to sit) But as soon as it stopped raining, we were sent out. Even if everything was soaked, even if there was nowhere to stand, or you couldn’t play with the ball because it was saturated, and if it was freezing, you just had to stand there like 🧍🧍‍♀️.
4:Awful teachers, don’t wanna call out names but a teacher I had made me cry myself to sleep out of pure anxiety and dread for his classes numerous times, he wasn’t just “bro he’s strict get over it, a good teacher is strict” ohhh no, he had a no hands up rule, was extremely loud, yelled all the time, threatened to give EVERYONE’s phone to the office if 1 person didn’t turn theirs off, acted like a saint when head of years came in, etc.
5: teachers not giving a sh💩. Basically I just heard my form tutor lied and said I was expelled when I very much left of my own accord, my Mum literally sent a letter explaining to head guy that I was leaving.
6:Food. Yeah OK ngl I clearly want to make it obvious how AWFUL this school was (my brother went here though and he had a decent experience, but judging by the rest of these reviews and what I gathered from asking people who currently go there, it’s not just me feeling this way) But the food was goooood. The mash was perfectly creamy and soft, beans were nice, I don’t like curry but I’m sure it’s good if that’s the food you like. Pizza was good, and the chips were OK but no available salt. The snacks you could get on the side were pretty good, like juicy and crunchy grapes, a bag of popcorn, crisps, varies of drinks and juice. Pink cake 🤤🤤🤤 the pink cake was so good that I learned the recipe and have baked it loads at home now. But apparently they’ve replaced it with ‘heavenly waffles” Idk if that’s true I don’t go there anymore but yeah. If you don’t give a crap about bullying, mental health, your safety, sanity and want the good food, or you’re a basic arse english person who would fit in, this place is for you! Go there! If you’re a decent human then DONT. .DONT send your child here. I mean it’s your choice but I’m trying to help someone not develope severe depression💀.

Side notes (omfg i’m so sorry this is it i promise i just have a strong hatred for this place jelp) First day here was officially the worst day of my life, and I have been through A LOT of 💩. When you first arrive, there was no staff telling you where to go, no signs or directions, you just wondered aimlessly around a parking spot until you found a door, so you think “ok maybe the staff are busy- eh. best to not judge ig” so you go inside and you’re now alone in this MASSIVE building, where God knows what could happen, you could get your phone snatched from you, your backpack/handbag nicked, you could get jumped or stabbed, you could get bullied, you could get lost, and your anxiety is making you want to cry. I think you go in the hall for your first day, I can’t remember ngl, and there’s a huge assembly that makes you feel worse, scared and more scared. Teachers saying stuff like “if you’re scared? don’t come. we have people who would kill to be in your place, no room for cowards.” *Slowly turns to face friend with jaw dropped*. After the hellish assembly, you’re led (not sure why i’m saying you’re because i’m describing MY experience so Imma switch to ‘I’ and i’m so f****ing sorry of how long this is i’m ranting h) IM led w my form to my form room. Instead of lessons, for the first 2 periods we get to know eachother, OK, great. Break time, form tutor doesn’t know where to take us so we stand in a line next to wasps and bees nests for the entire time then go back inside, nobody had their snack or a break. At this point time was dragging by slower and slower and slower. I was annoyed and tired, as was everyone else, but the form tutor just said “ohhh yeah sorry i’m new!1!1!” BITCH SO ARE WE?? OK now here is where the day starts being the longest day of my life. Period 3. Oh.My.God.
So, we didn’t have a map. No directions. No adult to accompany us. We had to get to our class on our own, BEFORE the bell or it’d end with a detention. OK, hahaha having a mental breakdown in my head and anxiety attack wooowoowooo1!!11!1! (By the way many times through this day, I was fighting back streams of TEARS and the song “cry baby” by melanie martinez was making me bite my inner cheeks and stop the tears, after lunch tho i was sitting at the back of form room w my hair covering my face while i was quietly crying) Anyway, I managed to find it thank LORD, lesson wasn’t great I made a “friend” (that fake girl I mentioned earlier) She severely reminded me of my old fake best friend (who had the exact same speech pattern, high ponytail, and personality) didn’t see red flags lmao (on monday she made fun of me for a character from a cartoon being on my pen, a pen that my friend gave me. for MALE?ATTENTION? BITCH WHAT?) ok ok, so after the lesson it was lunch, ugh, i had to carry her bag becasue she walked out, and I sat with her while she used me as a 4th option waiting for her actual friends. I’m vegetarian keep in mind (no i’m not like vegan teacher, i can’t stomach meat and i lvoe animals i don’t tell anyone i’m vegetarian it embarrasses me) and i was being pushed so much in the line and i was so overstimulated and overwhelmed where they put CHICKEN CURRY on my plate, I CANNOT eat that, I have severe sensory problems and a big gag reflex to things i don’t like. Crying in my mind as they took the money for it. I was panicking ok and i had (have) extreme social anxiety, so it felt like a death wish to ask for something else. so i went hungry and tipped it in the bin. I went to the bathroom, locked myself in the stall and broke down crying and texted my mom explaining. Turned phone off, went to next two periods. Last lesson was english, calmed my mind a bit, since as u can tell i clearly love writing. My teacher was super nice, (only thing i miss about streetly is him-) and that day felt like my whole LIFE. oh btw i walked there but i had suffered a trauma over the summer holidays so i’m petrified to walk alone, i was already crying on the way there- so my mum came to pick me up to go home since i mentioned it to her in the bathroom text. So I went home crying , Mum tried to speak to someone in Streetly asking for mental assistance before we went home, nobody available. We went home I didn’t go the next day.

After I left my absent ended up being around 30% (yes that’s VERY bad.

atp, I DO NOT CARE IF YALL STAFF R READING THIS AND RECOGNISE ME BY WHAT IM SAYING, SCREW YOU ALL I STARTED THIS NOT WANTING TO BE RECOFNISE (eg using “they” to describe staff) BUT I DO NOT CARE NOW, YU LOT MADE MY LIFE A LIVING HELL FOR IKE A MONTH, I HIPE UR HAPPY OK BYE BYE

Cheese everywhere. Pizzinis and bread rolls flying across a block and here's this one teacher who picks his nose.i am disappointed at the hygiene because there it's wet toilet paper hanging of the cieling.theres a wierd kid who has prime and it's fake, I put soap in his prime and he was mad(it was fake). The pe teacher doesn't let me wear grey socks.an arctic wolf furrie roams around the school freely.my skins randomly starts shedding wich is wierd to...I can't control it:(

During my time at streetly, the minimal has been done to support those who have come forward about bullying or harassment within the school, if they have felt comfortable enough to say anything, plus depending on the set, in higher sets, there are better teachers who do teach, but in lower sets, the teachers are more relaxed, and tend not to teach the class. Multipul times i have had teachers who have spoken to their favourite students for the majority of the class period, instead of teaching, which has caused content to be missed or barely focused on due to a lack of time until exams.
There have been instances in which pupils with physical disabilities have not been able access parts of the school, such as upstairs A block (which is the majority of maths classrooms), and also upstairs E block, which is the entirety of geography, which could put pupils in the younger years at a disadvantage, because geography from years 7 to 9 is a requirement.

Too many NQTs who are instructed by over confident leaders or poorly trained mid leaders.

Geography and history departments good, most others bad. Science being particularly awful.

Behaviour isn't managed, teachers chew gum and go on snap chat in lessons.

Food used to be good, but now is slush and minimal portions. (If your lucky to get any without being screamed at)

Covid precisions are poor at best, more of an anti mask movement than safety.

If you are in top set your fine because you have the 1 good teacher in the department, other than that it's pretty dismal.

Seems like they have 10 senior leaders? Not sure why? Money could be better spent.

Too many children need tutors to do well in their GCSES, and university applications arnt optimistic considering the catchment area.

Chrome books are okay but IT support isn't funded enough to support the constant damages so the poorest students are left out.

Similarly high achievers arnt pushed and many fail to meet there potential.

Bit too much confidence amongst many staff and parents due to being on one side of the wealth gap and hence the top end of the sets.

Overall disappointing and too mixed to be good.