Outwood Academy Valley

"The skl needs to behave its self and stop being little dons"

"I have a friend who goes here sorry let me rephrase that they WENT here its so bloody bad they got taken out and homeschooled. This school doesnt care abt mental health as much as they claim to, when my friend joined this school they changed, they started acting so sad and they said its because of this terrible school. I genuinly cant believe a school THIS BAD is still up and running. I hope the schools gets taken down. Its ur fault MY FRIEND is suicidal."

"It’s a fun school when u first start and make new friends but you get detentions and isolations for ridiculous reasons and they don’t care about mental health as much as they claim to"

"If you want a multi cultural School Valley is not for you, we had bought tickets to take our foster daughter home to Papua New Guinea to see her family as she had not seen them for 6 years, Our daughter is not a UK citizen and has the right to see her family back home, but yet on the fine letter it says holiday. I believe it is her Human right to see her biological parents and her grandfather before he died, I think Valley need to be more understanding to different cultures and except that it is a right to see family"

"Outwood Academy Valley is an excellent school with respectable students and staff. They are very helpful in many different fields and are excellent at what they do. The teachers are professionals and couldn't do a better job. There are always negative comments about this academy but most of the time those comments are made by parents who most likely have a child that misbehaves and is constantly getting in trouble and receiving detentions. Also I noticed that people have commented that you would be safer in prisons but as a matter of fact this school is extremely safe. They have a school Police Officer that upholds the law to the good standards that any Officer would and he works their every school day. He is friendly and approachable just like the teachers. As well as this the school has a brilliant Senior Leadership Team (SLT), and a Learning Manager for each year. The learning Managers are always there if needed and are there to support the students throughout their 5 years at this school. The rules may be strict but they are reasonable and not hard to follow. Another comment that I saw was about a student fainting on a hot day in the hallways. Firstly, the school has a First Aid room in the building with a highly trained First Aider on hand if this is to happen, and secondly, the school does have a strict but fair set of rules on school uniform which is to deter students from discrimination. The students are allowed to take their blazers off in the classrooms and if authorised by the Principal, in the hallways and outside on extremely hot days. Overall, this is a brilliant academy which does literally put 'Students First' and respects all students and staff equally."