Workington Academy

I will say that this place does have the days where it's bearable the rest is just a mess. I was the type to stick to myself and was too nervous to speak up if anything had happened, I was bullied not occasionally but there were the moments where it would happen, but when it did happen those who did the bullying would only get attention and they would sometimes treat these students as friends or that is what it looked like. Yes, I was given "counselling" for the bullying but this counsellor would always ask me about home rather than school, and it wasn't just the counsellor it was the school itself asking how was home, pretty much putting the blame at home when it was all at the school. My attendance was awful cause I was too stressed in entering the school from the bullying and I wasn't the only one, I have heard that someone that I know had to leave the school as they were bullied and this bullying had caused them to gain eating problems. The place is a mess and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

This school has far too many children in it the school is overrun please do not send your child to this school unless you want them to become depressed and disillusioned the staff have no time to do anything and most of them seem to hate there job and the children suffer for it.

Don’t attend don’t wast the time here. They think they’re quirky by making us do things different from other schools. No wonder the report is only “good” - that’s nothing to brag about - especially how it took them long enough. Other schools have much less pressure on students and more freedom and still manage “outstanding”. I think the rules can be so stupid and awkward . I heard that they also want to get rid of skirts but use the excuse of “gender neutral uniform” but in reality it’s just them being sexist and weird about young girls showing their legs. This problem will never leave until they let go of the whole idea of skirts being short is a distraction. Well tell the boys that’s their issue instead of making young girls feel sexualised and guilty for a man’s disgusting thoughts.
Meals are raw and disgusting, they get embarrassed when parents complain on Facebook and tell them to take the posts down. Lol. No wonder no teachers but the food. It’s disgusting and overpriced literally scamming children for a bottle of water. It’s a fortune, and unnecessary. Especially for the quality of it. So inadequate

It is a very bad school. It’s awkward rules to pressure students to work harder do not work. Things such as no study leave, forcing students to come in for pointless time where they can spend revising. Things like non uniform days, banned, why can other schools do so but this one can’t, it looks incapable of having fun activities for children to involve in - especially compared to other schools. I heard they Threaten sixth-form students that they will be kicked out for bad AS levels in year 12, this is no threat in any other school I know of. How is this meant to help grades? Other than put students under anxiety and stress which probably results into the bad as grades the school gets. Sixth-form students cannot leave in free periods which again, some other schools allow, it should be optional for students as it’s their decision to waste this time messing about or revising from home. Study environments can be distracting with friends obviously, home sounds a better environment for some. Minimal productive school trips to evolve curriculum and learning in a fun engaging way, especially older years although they sit exams, these things are useful to mental health: This school does not consider. There are no half-days like other schools, which I never understand why they make the children stay in for the full day? Extra two lessons? Not really sure, but there’s a lot of things they think they’re helping but it doesn’t. It’s stressful and overwhelming for the students to set these horrible expectations and feel under pressure thats unnecessary when other schools who result with similar (or even better) grade results in GCSEs or A-LEVELS manage these little things much better, the school is trying but not very well, in fact in the worse ways possible. They want to be different so bad, but instead just makes students hate the environment and embarrassing compared to other schools; I mean look at the ofsted reports; only just received “good”… other schools manage the students mental health and rules and still manage to get “outstanding” learn from others rather than trying to be quirky.

Used to attend this school around 3 years ago until I moved to a much better school. They do not do anything to sort out bullying, they didn’t take it seriously until my mother contacted the Board of Governors - however even then they did not do anything to resolve the bullying I went though for 2 years.