The John Locke Academy

"I attended for 6 years, made some friends, got bullied, I got in trouble for that, don't know why, its ok, food is terrible, bring packed lunch, staff good/kind not so strict. Helped me gain skills for high school and helped me prepare for the times ahead."

"i used to be a student here and THIS SCHOOL IS INCREDIBLE all the other schools ive gone to there staff are incredible supportive people there is so much freedom and creativity and independent working BEST SCHOOL in the WORLD highly reccommend"

"My daughter moved from Heathrow Primary to John Locke at the beginning of year 5. It was the best decision we could have made. Especially during lockdowns, the school showed how organised and professional staff are. From the start of the lockdown in March 2020 children were provided with online work, access to videos recorded by teachers and online meetings. They were supported throughout the difficult time. From day 1 when my daughter started learning in John Locke September 2019 she has been happy, progressing, getting more and more confident. I would definitely recommend this school!"

"I have two children at this school, one in Yr. 2 and the other just started Reception having attended the Nursery. Both of them throughly enjoy attending and learning in this environment and it constantly amazes me just how varied their knowledge has become. From day one (2years ago) when there were only 43 4 year olds, to this day of over 250 pupils, there has been a consistent and tenacious focus on delivering the best learning for all of its pupils. The leadership team are warm and welcoming, making themselves highly visible at the school gate and always willing to listen to parents' views or offer advice. They have set out a strong set of values and life skills which are positively reinforced across the school in a consistent way from class teacher to whole assembly. For some of these traits the children are asked to behave like a particular ' Learnasaur ' character such as the Tryasaurus who is always willing to try new things or a Sharadactyl who shares their learning resources. Both my kids have really engaged with this type of encouragement and it is commonplace to hear us talking about them at home. All the staff that have been recruited display a huge passion for delivering the best experience for the children, whether they're dinner ladies, site managers or have office roles. The teaching staff are great and display the same understated professionalism day in day out, they have embraced the opportunity this new school presents and are working well together to deliver a first class education. Mr Butler's musical influences have shown themselves many times over the last couple of years during assemblies and Nativity plays. My personal highlight was last years Year 1 performance which involved the whole year group, lasted over 40 mins and was incredible to watch, it was hard to believe we were watching 6 year olds as the performance level and engagement across the whole group was so strong and mature. Other highlights from last year included the children asking Boris Johnson some tough questions when he visited the school and the Pupils performing their 'Big Dance' at the summer fayre."

"Absolutely awful, staff do not care about parents or pupil safety! There is a major bullying problem within the school which they cannot get a grip over, which is shocking as they only have 2 year groups and the oldest pupils in the school are 6!"