Turves Green Boys' School

"Sent my child there for the last 5 years, absolute disgrace. Nothing but gang related culture amongst the children (kids smoking weed and carrying) and severely hampered for the next stage in life. I'm now having to pick the pieces up and guide him to a better future that they didn't."

"This School was the one I attended in the 1970's. Their methods of teaching do not appear to be any better now than when I attended. I was told I would never amount to much and I was severely abused by some of the teachers. The principal wasn't much better. As it happens, I have travelled the world, lived in New Zealand for eight years and ran the sales division for Telecom Mobile New Zealand as National Sales Manager. I now run my own Building company in Queensland Australia, I have had a great deal of success in my life, sadly I cannot attribute any of my success to my so called education at this facility. There are people in Winson Green that get better treatment. To leave this write up I HAD to give a star rating where in fact I feel they deserve no stars."

"Attended as part of class of 2008 and got utterly shafted at every turn. They cultivated a climate in which bullying was ceaseless, focused and also came from the majority of the staff here. Academic achievement was not a target that the school seemed to recognise and instead acted as an aside from attempts to grind pupils down into failures. I've heard stories of some of my classmates going straight from school to jail, into life as alcoholics, young parents and general failures in the making. It's astonishing that this school could escape punishment for snuffing-out the potential of so many children each year. My five years in this school left me with traumas that are slowly stopping me from developing relationships of trust with people. I've also experienced commitment issues, stemming from not only the bullying problem that they fuelled, but also from their terrible disciplinary structure, careless pastoral staff, unfit teachers and a special educational needs department that amounts to discrimination. How Ofsted managed to assess this place as 'good' while I was there is a mystery - it came as a horrible shock while I was getting pushed helplessly toward suicide there. I'd say that, if you want your child to live happily and successfully, I'd sooner recommend violently beating them every day than sending them into this place."

"Awful school. No teachers, bullying still rife. No homework put in place. How are these children supposed to learn how to do assignments when work isn't given out. And if your child has SEN. Forget it, they do t want to know. I don't think the Headmaster in place has a clue what he is doing!"

"This school is run to a very low standard and do not respond to parent's concerns. The head teacher refuses to acknowledge any wrong doing on the staff's behalf and appears only concerned with his own career. Avoid this school if you want your child to achieve."