Duke's Aldridge Academy

"They don't deal with bullies properly the medical dosent do anything DO NOT! SEND UR CHILD HERE"

"I feel sadden by most of the negative comments about this school as my experiences have been nothing but positive. The head teacher is a great leader and she runs a tight ship which is good enough for me. I never had a problem with the teachers. They have a no nonsense approach which I think is necessary, but at the same time they are apporoacable. They are determined to get the best out of the children and will do their hardest to make sure they achieve in their subjects The head of year Mrs Bailey is a straight talking, no nonsense teacher with a warm heart and is so dedicated to her work.She's always on the go and gets the job done. Don't underestimate her! . As for the receptionist, Miss Lees, I never had any problems with her personally. She was always polite and very helpful each time I've contacted the school. I think she is just misunderstood. I'm sure people would like her,as I do, if they took time to acknowledge, and get to know her. No school is perfect at the end of the day, but if my child wasn't happy/not doing well, then I would be sure to remove them. People take for granted what goes on behind the scenes at school. I'm sure some people would be more respectful if they were aware of the additional hours that the teachers incurr after school has finished. As a parent, I think you get out what you put in. Communicate with the teachers, and I dont mean just when there is a problem! Be polite, respectful and try to build a good rapport in the interest of your child. By doing so you may find teachers are more receptive."

"I am reviewing as an external student who came to do the exams for one of my GCSEs here. The building and displays are nice, but I noticed the n-word written in Japanese Kanji on one of the walls. As this school has many black students and staff you would assume the teachers would catch on to this and remove it. All the exams that I went for started HALF AN HOUR LATE. Papers were not ready on the desks as is customary, but handed out 10 mins after sitting down (???). The Listening paper was conducted in a large, echoing hall with a metal roof that clangs every time water falls on it, I don’t know how that was approved. The Head Invigilator is a foul woman. She treated the external students like dogs- one of the external students turned around to look at the back, didn’t talk, and she screamed at us saying we were going to ‘sabotage their student’s exam.’ They told us to LEAVE the hall and come back in silence otherwise they would disqualify all of us when none of us had spoken. Meanwhile their students were screaming and throwing stuff while waiting to enter the hall. After that fiasco the exam went on. At 5 minutes left there was no warning as is procedural in all exams, which threw some younger students when that lady told us to stop. The girl in front of me (also external) was very confused as there was no warning and wrote maybe 2 more words on her paper before shutting it. This woman berated her in front of everyone, repeating how the girl had to write a report and how she shouldn’t try and justify what she did. With everyone looking at this girl she broke down into TEARS. The invigilator could not care less. Absolutely heartless and completely biased to home students versus the externals. Glad my exams here are done. Shocking."

"The teachers at this school have been some of the worst people I have ever dealt with. Constantly doubting the students and aiming to humiliate them in front of their peers. Sending my child to this school was my worst mistake."

"as soon as you walk in you’re greeted with an extremely rude receptionist, you do not want that women as the face of your school. the teachers themselves cannot teach apart from a few good ones that they managed to keep. the school is extremely broke; having to make several teachers redundant, not having enough equipment etc. the school does not care about mental health at all, they say they do but they don’t. they’ll tell you that they’ll support you but they won’t. the school councillor is very unprofessional along with many other staff members. do not send ur students here. honestly i hope i get hit by a car before i manage to finish with this school."