School Summary
Hall Cross Academy
Girls: 1000
Total Pupils: 1886
Opened: 01-02-2012
Headteacher: Simon Swain
Hall Cross Academy
Thorne Road
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN1 2HY
Telephone: 01302320626
Website: http://hallcrossacademy.co.uk/
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Avoid This school if you want your child to develop in a decent manner and not fall into wrong groups. If you want your kid to get in trouble all the time and possibly be bullied a lot and doss in town on dinner and get in trouble then this could be the place for you , school looks nice but has its problems and people causing trouble outside the gates are often seen in gangs singling out who they want from petty arguments on social media","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Went to a neighbouring school and this one was full of wanna be gypsy families who haven't travelled since there great grandparents era and have live in doncaster ever since.the sports side of this school always performed well as they are in the town centre and ate spotted easily doing sport by spotters unlike the outskirt schools.been told by friends who went here bullying was bad ,busy school so they get away with more and teachers had relationships with young girls particularly one lass I know from balby who doesn't deny it. Avoid This school if you want your child to develop in a decent manner and not fall into wrong groups. If you want your kid to get in trouble all the time and possibly be bullied a lot and doss in town on dinner and get in trouble then this could be the place for you , school looks nice but has its problems and people causing trouble outside the gates are often seen in gangs singling out who they want from petty arguments on social media","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"martyn Lee","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/100446481111660535779\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJpzB_YNzzMmvzxb6Lf6P-ho6ieB23_u_KAJWadbXCH=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2018-12-09T13:00:24Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"6 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"My husband and i moved my daughter to hallcross at the first half of year 10.She wasnt happy for a number of reasons at her previous school and was naturally quite nervous when we suggested the move to her. We knew how unhappy she was and so for us and her it was the best suggestion.\nShe has gone from strength to strength here and cannot praise the school enough.Her grades are now outstanding considering shes only been at hallcross a year now.She has a much brighter outlook on school and actually loves going.shes made lots of new friends and has left her old school and contacts in the past.it is a big decision to change school especially at 15, but we knew something had to change .And it did.She is predicted A in lots of her GCSE S and has a bright future here in 6th form.Id like to THANK ALL the staff at hallcross for saving her and giving her the opportunity to have a great future of which she will be proud to say is down to you and lots of hard work too.THE best school atound.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"My husband and i moved my daughter to hallcross at the first half of year 10.She wasnt happy for a number of reasons at her previous school and was naturally quite nervous when we suggested the move to her. We knew how unhappy she was and so for us and her it was the best suggestion.\nShe has gone from strength to strength here and cannot praise the school enough.Her grades are now outstanding considering shes only been at hallcross a year now.She has a much brighter outlook on school and actually loves going.shes made lots of new friends and has left her old school and contacts in the past.it is a big decision to change school especially at 15, but we knew something had to change .And it did.She is predicted A in lots of her GCSE S and has a bright future here in 6th form.Id like to THANK ALL the staff at hallcross for saving her and giving her the opportunity to have a great future of which she will be proud to say is down to you and lots of hard work too.THE best school atound.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Lisa Wilson","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/107574022310489449470\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocK5k4nJuCY09iXbYXvkh_0SimnbDtYQ3vDLuYrByguK=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2017-01-25T14:59:35Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"4 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Worst school to send your children to! Racist and Discriminatory \"teachers\", should not even called be teachers (in particular, Business studies \"teachers\"), my children have witnessed Racist and Discriminatory behaviour towards Polish and Asians students in this school. I will be reporting this school to Ofsted and local MP!!! AVOID!!","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Worst school to send your children to! Racist and Discriminatory \"teachers\", should not even called be teachers (in particular, Business studies \"teachers\"), my children have witnessed Racist and Discriminatory behaviour towards Polish and Asians students in this school. I will be reporting this school to Ofsted and local MP!!! 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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"7 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"This was my favourite school ! I made tons of friends , best school you can send your kids :).\n\n| UPDATE|: OH MY GOSH I JUST REMEMBERED THIS WAS THE SCHOOL THE LOUIS TOMLINSON WENT TOO. OMG I REMEMBER WALKING PAST HIM IN THE HALLS, AND WE STARTED TALKING. WE WERE FRIENDS UNTIL HE \"GAINED FAME\" AND THEN WE LOST CONTACT :(. STILL A VERY GOOD SCHOOL. xx","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"This was my favourite school ! I made tons of friends , best school you can send your kids :).\n\n| UPDATE|: OH MY GOSH I JUST REMEMBERED THIS WAS THE SCHOOL THE LOUIS TOMLINSON WENT TOO. OMG I REMEMBER WALKING PAST HIM IN THE HALLS, AND WE STARTED TALKING. WE WERE FRIENDS UNTIL HE \"GAINED FAME\" AND THEN WE LOST CONTACT :(. STILL A VERY GOOD SCHOOL. xx","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Emma Smith","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/107051555550300961400\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocIYdQnnxhZhj2HE4MLCW2NWJgVrEOgkIVgl-_1lH3GJ=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2016-08-13T20:21:31Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"4 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Went to a neighbouring school and this one was full of wanna be gypsy families who haven't travelled since there great grandparents era and have live in doncaster ever since.the sports side of this school always performed well as they are in the town centre and ate spotted easily doing sport by spotters unlike the outskirt schools.been told by friends who went here bullying was bad ,busy school so they get away with more and teachers had relationships with young girls particularly one lass I know from balby who doesn't deny it. Avoid This school if you want your child to develop in a decent manner and not fall into wrong groups. If you want your kid to get in trouble all the time and possibly be bullied a lot and doss in town on dinner and get in trouble then this could be the place for you , school looks nice but has its problems and people causing trouble outside the gates are often seen in gangs singling out who they want from petty arguments on social media","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Went to a neighbouring school and this one was full of wanna be gypsy families who haven't travelled since there great grandparents era and have live in doncaster ever since.the sports side of this school always performed well as they are in the town centre and ate spotted easily doing sport by spotters unlike the outskirt schools.been told by friends who went here bullying was bad ,busy school so they get away with more and teachers had relationships with young girls particularly one lass I know from balby who doesn't deny it. Avoid This school if you want your child to develop in a decent manner and not fall into wrong groups. If you want your kid to get in trouble all the time and possibly be bullied a lot and doss in town on dinner and get in trouble then this could be the place for you , school looks nice but has its problems and people causing trouble outside the gates are often seen in gangs singling out who they want from petty arguments on social media","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"martyn Lee","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/100446481111660535779\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJpzB_YNzzMmvzxb6Lf6P-ho6ieB23_u_KAJWadbXCH=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2018-12-09T13:00:24Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"6 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"My husband and i moved my daughter to hallcross at the first half of year 10.She wasnt happy for a number of reasons at her previous school and was naturally quite nervous when we suggested the move to her. We knew how unhappy she was and so for us and her it was the best suggestion.\nShe has gone from strength to strength here and cannot praise the school enough.Her grades are now outstanding considering shes only been at hallcross a year now.She has a much brighter outlook on school and actually loves going.shes made lots of new friends and has left her old school and contacts in the past.it is a big decision to change school especially at 15, but we knew something had to change .And it did.She is predicted A in lots of her GCSE S and has a bright future here in 6th form.Id like to THANK ALL the staff at hallcross for saving her and giving her the opportunity to have a great future of which she will be proud to say is down to you and lots of hard work too.THE best school atound.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"My husband and i moved my daughter to hallcross at the first half of year 10.She wasnt happy for a number of reasons at her previous school and was naturally quite nervous when we suggested the move to her. We knew how unhappy she was and so for us and her it was the best suggestion.\nShe has gone from strength to strength here and cannot praise the school enough.Her grades are now outstanding considering shes only been at hallcross a year now.She has a much brighter outlook on school and actually loves going.shes made lots of new friends and has left her old school and contacts in the past.it is a big decision to change school especially at 15, but we knew something had to change .And it did.She is predicted A in lots of her GCSE S and has a bright future here in 6th form.Id like to THANK ALL the staff at hallcross for saving her and giving her the opportunity to have a great future of which she will be proud to say is down to you and lots of hard work too.THE best school atound.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Lisa Wilson","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/107574022310489449470\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocK5k4nJuCY09iXbYXvkh_0SimnbDtYQ3vDLuYrByguK=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2017-01-25T14:59:35Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"4 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Worst school to send your children to! Racist and Discriminatory \"teachers\", should not even called be teachers (in particular, Business studies \"teachers\"), my children have witnessed Racist and Discriminatory behaviour towards Polish and Asians students in this school. I will be reporting this school to Ofsted and local MP!!! AVOID!!","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Worst school to send your children to! Racist and Discriminatory \"teachers\", should not even called be teachers (in particular, Business studies \"teachers\"), my children have witnessed Racist and Discriminatory behaviour towards Polish and Asians students in this school. I will be reporting this school to Ofsted and local MP!!! AVOID!!","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Not Available","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/100002805103454855914\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocKaQSuNXwDiFFfbz-pgE8Id-BSSVEbDTJN3frIwp_67=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba3"},"publishTime":"2018-10-25T17:23:49Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"Hall Cross is a brilliant school to sent your child. They help in confidence and other things as well. This is the Upper school but the the Lowe School is n Bessercar. You just go down St Austaias Road and there it is near the dome!","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Hall Cross is a brilliant school to sent your child. They help in confidence and other things as well. This is the Upper school but the the Lowe School is n Bessercar. You just go down St Austaias Road and there it is near the dome!","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Catholiclifestyle 101","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/112248544065808076863\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjVquwdwyg2FYUHkwLTvNCsOiIyqHCOikG6ofScYrKJsQg=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2017-09-27T17:02:17Z"}]