School Summary

Unity College


Boys: 646
Girls: 653
Total Pupils: 1299
Opened: 01-08-2006
Ofsted: Good
Head Teacher: Jane Richardson
Unity College
Townley Holmes
Burnley
Lancashire
BB11 3DF
Telephone: 01282683010
Website: http://www.unity-college.com/

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Trusts (name): Burnley Education Trust
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"2 years ago","rating":2,"text":{"text":"My last review was awful. Just like this place do not come here. They handled the pandemic awfuly they don't care for year 11 students be prepared to fail. Also they pack us in a small area outside like sardines not good for covid I expect? Teacher's don't care saying you'll fail or you'll get a grade 4 brings down confidence i know from experience in maths. Please you are warned","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"My last review was awful. Just like this place do not come here. They handled the pandemic awfuly they don't care for year 11 students be prepared to fail. Also they pack us in a small area outside like sardines not good for covid I expect? Teacher's don't care saying you'll fail or you'll get a grade 4 brings down confidence i know from experience in maths. Please you are warned","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Arenosion","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/113200039857634424482\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjXRmIuXQynh2-DTO07qDsINo6dAiimZPaL2KUmfKyoGug=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2021-04-07T21:21:29Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"2 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"my friend used to go here the pizza tastes like play dough and the teachers were salty . she said and i quote ,\"mr makin was a real g he was the best maths teacher in the world but he was old and dusty like a dinasour \"","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"my friend used to go here the pizza tastes like play dough and the teachers were salty . she said and i quote ,\"mr makin was a real g he was the best maths teacher in the world but he was old and dusty like a dinasour \"","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Damzon Reeve","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/104604469814332956957\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocK3ZKkaTmqpvemsm06e2SYZBszAQwbC2ilMlIzyIn4p=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2021-08-16T22:46:07Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"4 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Make sure your priorities are straight by suffocating your child with a dense pillow in the back seat of your car before ever bringing them here.\nAt least 95% of the students have IQs no higher than room temperature, however this isn't the school's fault, but it can't be helped.\nUncontrollable violence: I recall being sprinted at by one of the former teachers (a scene much like the one in Get Out when that guy is running at him at night). I also remember carefully watching as an at least 7ft year 11 gracefully elevated a helpless year 7 and snapped him over his knee, and the screams echoed throughout the halls. I'd like to say that the harsh memories have been buried deep within the furthest corners of my mind, but I have yet to forget.\nI remember how unhelpful the teachers were, oh they dismissed us.. I remember them commenting on our lack of knowledge and, much like Thanos from the legendary Marvel productions, they told us how our failure was \"inevitable\". For me, I wish I was too like Thanos, as I'd often hope that i could snap my fingers and make it all go away.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Make sure your priorities are straight by suffocating your child with a dense pillow in the back seat of your car before ever bringing them here.\nAt least 95% of the students have IQs no higher than room temperature, however this isn't the school's fault, but it can't be helped.\nUncontrollable violence: I recall being sprinted at by one of the former teachers (a scene much like the one in Get Out when that guy is running at him at night). I also remember carefully watching as an at least 7ft year 11 gracefully elevated a helpless year 7 and snapped him over his knee, and the screams echoed throughout the halls. I'd like to say that the harsh memories have been buried deep within the furthest corners of my mind, but I have yet to forget.\nI remember how unhelpful the teachers were, oh they dismissed us.. I remember them commenting on our lack of knowledge and, much like Thanos from the legendary Marvel productions, they told us how our failure was \"inevitable\". For me, I wish I was too like Thanos, as I'd often hope that i could snap my fingers and make it all go away.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"E","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/116776685833125373100\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjVfSnw5pvZtxm5pNuMkxnUTyMszvdR40XYfRKsEpkeZT-s=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-08-02T19:34:06Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"4 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"So if you come here, or bring your child here prepare yourselves with tissues because there can only be tears.\nYou get slapped in the face on the last week of term and you get told to \"Sort it out because we're nearly done now\" by the support team.\nYou are in the lowest set of maths where a maths teacher says \"You're gonna fail your GCSEs\" purely based off the set you're in for the subject.\nIf you're in P.E. And your teacher leaves the room as you're climbing a huge wall which in sure they're not allowed to do. They may or may not come back to a student who has fallen due to a certain someone's grotesque hands letting go of the rope.\nScience was fun, I guess.\nEither way you might as well go to Shuttleworth or somethung because this place is a nightmare built on a swamp.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"So if you come here, or bring your child here prepare yourselves with tissues because there can only be tears.\nYou get slapped in the face on the last week of term and you get told to \"Sort it out because we're nearly done now\" by the support team.\nYou are in the lowest set of maths where a maths teacher says \"You're gonna fail your GCSEs\" purely based off the set you're in for the subject.\nIf you're in P.E. And your teacher leaves the room as you're climbing a huge wall which in sure they're not allowed to do. They may or may not come back to a student who has fallen due to a certain someone's grotesque hands letting go of the rope.\nScience was fun, I guess.\nEither way you might as well go to Shuttleworth or somethung because this place is a nightmare built on a swamp.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"UWU OWO","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/116764420076740424603\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocLVxxY1plpCTOcH0E3UwRL6iD4QUQtL3o3CVDUQToB-=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-08-02T20:37:55Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"2 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"the food is trash except from the pizza and the only good teacher mr standen . Luke Smith says hi . mr heron brigngs the moood dowen. and umm theire is no fun englichs lesoons .","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"the food is trash except from the pizza and the only good teacher mr standen . Luke Smith says hi . mr heron brigngs the moood dowen. and umm theire is no fun englichs lesoons .","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"K1ll Blank","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/110044386100744976573\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjXUPXxDj_suMt0xR3v4uGbBbtDSH-9-elzEUsuWqM26Bw=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2020-11-14T23:58:05Z"}]