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Wymondham High Academy
Gymnasium · Academy UK · Wymondham
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A Warning
Parents be warned, do not send your children here. Unfortunately it was the closest school available and I had to attend, I was miserable throughout my entire time. I was not only targeted by students but teachers, grown adults. There is little mental health support, In fact I would vouch there’s none. Teachers will send you back to class to lighten their work load and counsellors do not care. I struggle with various mental health problems including servere depression and anxiety. Nothing is done about bullying in order to preserve their records, it is dismissed and belittled. I had multiple grown adults speak down to me about an bullying incident involving a boy, brushing it off with statements like “He likes you”. They say on their website they take bullying accusations very seriously, do not believe it. Real bullying takes up paperwork, reports, parental emails and god forbid tarnishing their school record! It is also one of the schools supposedly “allowed” to assault students. I was grabbed and yanked back into school by an female worker whilst having a mental breakdown. An male art teacher publicly humiliated me, KNOWING I have extreme social anxiety because I failed to complete homework whilst being bullied. He would announce to the whole class I failed, yelling at me and verbally abusing me. Every staff has an inflated ego and damaged power dynamic over students. Teachers will purposely choose to have an selective memory around bullying, I was tormented by an group of male students during an cooking class and had a breakdown. I ran into an “student help room” was given vacant looks off teachers and told to go back to class all while tears were streaming down my face. To top all that off, they do not take physical health seriously either. At the most you are given an ice pack, an male student fractured his leg here and was just given an ice pack after being dismissed. Unbelievable! This school should be seriously investigated and shut down.I wouldn’t be surprised if only then even more vile things are uncovered.
Awful school
This school is going down month by month and already a really bad school.
No concept, nothing at all and the new head is absolutely no clue whatsoever.
This school is shame.
No concept, nothing at all and the new head is absolutely no clue whatsoever.
This school is shame.
fucking awful
shit school, honestly scared to even turn up, sort ur shit out
Backward school
This school has a lot of bullying, and deals with issues of racism very poorly, as a lot of people who work and attend this school are very backward. Needs to be sorted. There is a real lack of diversity in this place.The school can deny it all they like.
Parent
This school is so bad I would highly recommend you don't send your child here. This last 2 years I've had nothing but trouble with them. I have to children at this school and the way certain students are treated is appalling. My daughter has always been a target for teachers. Yes I no there's rules but it seems there are different rules for different kids and my daughter is always picked on for breaking rules when the rest of the students are OK to get away with it. I did bring this up with the deputy head and there has been nothing done but because my girl has been playing up through unfairness she has been suspended on several occasions because of this. She was also suspended for so called bullying which in a meeting with the duty head he agreed that to label her a bullied was unfair as there were some issues with another student and alot of jealousy on the other girls side. I also asked to see evidence which I'm still waiting to see 3 months later. This same girl attacked my daughter an I have email from a teacher telling me this went on yet the school has done nothing about this when I complained. My daughters mental health has declined and she has admittedly played up more at school because she feels like they are making her feel like she's no good an not a good person and how they never seem to listen to her or her side of the story. Yet when she ask why she is put in ieu when she don't no why they don't tell her why an cause she replys with I'm not doing it until you tell me what I've meant to of done they then suspend her again for breaking the ieu. This school is really disgusting how they say how kids need to behave yet certain teachers don't know how to behave. I have also had a teacher lie to myself and called her out on it and said I can now see why my daughter feels this way. They are now moving my daughter to another school because they can't handle her or me sticking up for our rights and how I've called them out for lying and breaking certain school policies. I also have my other child who is due to leave in the nxt few Months but because of all the pressure that school put on the students an how certain teachers have been towards my son he has now been signed off in going in for his mental health. With all this in mind I've now decided that my youngest child will not be attending this school. It is an appalling school an it seems all they worry about is the grades the students gets to make they school look better. They don't seem to worry about mental health and there well being service is so over ran that they can't even help half the students which to be honest I think half of the problem is how much pressure this school puts on the students just so they can look good when it comes to grades an looking Iike a better school. This school should be looked into by ofsted as there has been many parents students saying really bad things about this school past and present and I just Don't understand how a school can make a child/ren suffer so much in their mental health. It has also now effected my mental health also but as I don't think my daughter has been treated fairly I will be looking into this further.
bad school i don’t rate it at all
this school is very bad, most of the teachers put us children down and don’t help enough with mental health all they care about is uniform and to get “good grades” but everyone is not perfect. most of the teachers lie about a lot of stuff. being a student myself and whiteness many female students from the school saying how mr king makes them very uncomfortable. the school needs to think about students mental health and how it can affect there learning ,behaviour and other things
Don’t go here!
This school ripped my family apart don’t ever send your kids here please 🙏
Awful school should be ashamed
Such a bad school don’t care about your mental health the teachers are just as bad giving you ieus and detentions for stupid reasons eg rolling your skirt up which even male teachers ask to look which is wrong in so many ways not even allowed to go to the toilet this school is hell makes me feel horrible I never feel safe at all and never will do
Yr 8 student review as a subject of bullying
I have been a subject of alot of bullying and its not taken seriously at this school.
Experience as a student at Wymondham high school
Has little representation of LGBTQ + and staff don't seem to understand mental health at all my was once rung up saying "we can't have kids like this at our school." Following a panic attack and I have a sibling who had to leave the school due to bullying and the school not knowing how to help a child with mental health problems they also do very little about issues u have with bullying ect
I also feel I didn't get a lot of help for my dislexia and that I was judge a lot for my issues.
I also feel I didn't get a lot of help for my dislexia and that I was judge a lot for my issues.
Student
No help for people with hidden learning disability always get sent out
Poor school
I always thought this was a good school until my special needs child started there. He's regularly bullied and now at home. I emailed the school but rarely receive a response. He's incredibly unhappy yet the bullies remain at the school and are allowed on school trips.
One of the worst schools in East Anglia.
hell on earth.............
I have no clue
Bad they bad yhyh they are so bad mr king needs to leave or teach science only or inclusion only like he needs to choose
Mental health treatment
Wymondham high is good for people who start at average and helps them become better over time, but has no sympathy for those below average and puts a lot of pressure on people above average. There is a VERY large culture issue, and attendance is poor due to a mental health crisis within the school.
Good school
I liked this school, teachers helped me whenever i was struggling and stuff like inclusion and well-being were really helpful, be prepared for a kinda long wait for wellbeing but i think they have added an appointment schedule which rlly helps, food is bad but other than that i enjoyed the school and was rarely picked on or anything
Teachers
Rubbish whymondham high
Rubbish schools some Teachers horrible some nice
Business studies
Could be better..
They never help with bulling i have been bullied since year 7 and im now in year 10.one of the teachers called me a disappointment because i failed there class . They need to give us more motivation instead of stressing us out
Bad leadership
I don't understand how a school can have such amazing teachers, yet be such a horrible place. There is something seriously wrong with the schools leadership - the expectations and rules are ridiculous and unattainable, they just end up making you feel like you're not good enough.
Bullying is a huge problem to the point where it's ignored by the leadership. They pander to the bullies and disruptive kids by rewarding them for expected behaviour - "you showed up on time? have a positive point!" - then they leave all the students with consistently good behaviour with no recognition.
The highlight of my time at Wymondham High was definitely being bullied and belittled by an anti-bullying ambassador. Because there's nothing quite like feeling trapped, knowing that no one will believe or help you!
The grades are another story. The pressure put on you is ridiculous. I remember when I started year 10 and the headmaster showed us a graph of Wymondham Highs grades against other schools in the area, he boasted about how great it is and then told us that it's on us to maintain this high standard. This would be acceptable in a grammar or private school but in mainstream school, where a large portion of the kids aren't academic, this pressure is unfair. I felt like I was treated as a grade on a spreadsheet, not a person. The school don't care about any non-academic achiements, unless, of course, you're one of the best at something - just prepare to have the pressure to maintain your status added onto the pressure to get the best grades.
If you attend some kind of 'open evening', you will probably be quite impressed about the school bragging about the inclusivity and charitable events that take place. Don't let this fool you. Non school uniform days (aka, an easy way to raise a grand for charity) were banned for no good reason. The LGBTQ+ group was axed due to 'insufficent funding' - despite them receiving no budget in the first place. I can probably count the number of non-white students on my hands.
God forbid you experience any kind of mental health problems. The wellbeing team (who go above and beyond, and are easily the best part of the school) are so underfunded that it's impossible for them to reach all the students that need help. Just prepare for a huge waiting list and an appointment a month because, due to the schools tight pursestrings, that's all you can be offered.
How this school maintains its reputation remains a mystery to me, any achievements you hear of come at the expense of the students. They're either
getting good grades, but overworked and miserable - or getting average grades, and made to feel inadequate.
Bullying is a huge problem to the point where it's ignored by the leadership. They pander to the bullies and disruptive kids by rewarding them for expected behaviour - "you showed up on time? have a positive point!" - then they leave all the students with consistently good behaviour with no recognition.
The highlight of my time at Wymondham High was definitely being bullied and belittled by an anti-bullying ambassador. Because there's nothing quite like feeling trapped, knowing that no one will believe or help you!
The grades are another story. The pressure put on you is ridiculous. I remember when I started year 10 and the headmaster showed us a graph of Wymondham Highs grades against other schools in the area, he boasted about how great it is and then told us that it's on us to maintain this high standard. This would be acceptable in a grammar or private school but in mainstream school, where a large portion of the kids aren't academic, this pressure is unfair. I felt like I was treated as a grade on a spreadsheet, not a person. The school don't care about any non-academic achiements, unless, of course, you're one of the best at something - just prepare to have the pressure to maintain your status added onto the pressure to get the best grades.
If you attend some kind of 'open evening', you will probably be quite impressed about the school bragging about the inclusivity and charitable events that take place. Don't let this fool you. Non school uniform days (aka, an easy way to raise a grand for charity) were banned for no good reason. The LGBTQ+ group was axed due to 'insufficent funding' - despite them receiving no budget in the first place. I can probably count the number of non-white students on my hands.
God forbid you experience any kind of mental health problems. The wellbeing team (who go above and beyond, and are easily the best part of the school) are so underfunded that it's impossible for them to reach all the students that need help. Just prepare for a huge waiting list and an appointment a month because, due to the schools tight pursestrings, that's all you can be offered.
How this school maintains its reputation remains a mystery to me, any achievements you hear of come at the expense of the students. They're either
getting good grades, but overworked and miserable - or getting average grades, and made to feel inadequate.
Stressful
It stresses me out so much,saying that if you don’t do this you will fail I’m. Year 10 yes it’s supposed to be harder but there are times where the teachers have put me down so much I struggle and struggle to do my homework
Wymondham High review
It's all about what they want you to learn rather than what you need to like money, housing etc, bullying is never sorted out and is just shrugged away until a fight breaks out and then the victim is in the wrong, the teachers arent as strict as they need to be to sort it all out
Help stop the bullying
It’s a good school except they don’t do much with the bulling
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