School Summary

St Edward's Church of England Academy


Boys: 384
Girls: 333
Total Pupils: 717
Opened: 01-01-2013
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Principal: Thomas Hutchinson
St Edward's Church of England Academy
Westwood Road
Leek
Staffordshire
ST13 8DN
Telephone: 01538714740
Website: http://stedwards.academy

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CensusDate: 20-01-2022
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Diocese (name): Diocese of Lichfield
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HeadFirstName: Thomas
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PercentageFSM: 12.40
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Street: Westwood Road
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"11 months ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"To sum up my time at this school: horrendous. My brother was bullied for having a condition he couldn't help. He was physically, verbally and bullied online. another thing about this is that I was bullied for being related to him, The teachers simply don't care about the pupils, as we asked time and time again for them to do something but they didn't do a thing. The only good part of this school was the waffles at break.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"To sum up my time at this school: horrendous. My brother was bullied for having a condition he couldn't help. He was physically, verbally and bullied online. another thing about this is that I was bullied for being related to him, The teachers simply don't care about the pupils, as we asked time and time again for them to do something but they didn't do a thing. The only good part of this school was the waffles at break.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Iris Haigh","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/105749681239702545742\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjV7ZSpeLeCtYZIN8xQ6JgT9IOQ3sGoWrTIHKjNJDb_Sv0E=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-10-14T06:03:08Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"4 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"To start off, don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t bring your child here. There is so many teachers that don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t care about your children\u00e2\u0080\u0099s education and will say everything they do is bad and bring them down until they can\u00e2\u0080\u0099t be brought down anymore. They will come home acting happy but they truly are crying inside. I have friends who were forced to eat in a toilet cubical because they were not allowed to eat within the dinner hall. The food is made of paper, well tastes like it anyway. OFSTED reviews say it all, they always get bad and unsatisfactory reviews. Overall it is the worst possible middle school to be sent to","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"To start off, don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t bring your child here. There is so many teachers that don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t care about your children\u00e2\u0080\u0099s education and will say everything they do is bad and bring them down until they can\u00e2\u0080\u0099t be brought down anymore. They will come home acting happy but they truly are crying inside. I have friends who were forced to eat in a toilet cubical because they were not allowed to eat within the dinner hall. The food is made of paper, well tastes like it anyway. OFSTED reviews say it all, they always get bad and unsatisfactory reviews. Overall it is the worst possible middle school to be sent to","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Jaikzen","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/106879870626958103333\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjX-F5jYSwcUKXZ3zaL518k1lX6XX9YhyPpRt-lQ_5vqMYM=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-03-15T11:28:04Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"4 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Awful. Care about the uniform more than they do students. Don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t particularly do anything about bullying either or deal with things properly so it gets to the point when you don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t want to come into school because of it. 5 lessons a day were better than 6 because it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s rushing the topics and loosing education time with is the most important throughout school. Some teachers just go way too far.. completely honest I left with no self confidence at all. Bullying takes a big part in it and so do the teachers, the teachers do nothing about it. Plenty of times I was different teachers and they did nothing about it! Never got believed until finally it got to the point it was happening to more people than just me until they actually took notice of it. No offence taken in this but some teachers value more students than others. Often times where teachers wouldn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t like me and I\u00e2\u0080\u0099d get pointed out from everyone else for no reason.. happened a few times. Just made me feel like I wasn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t apart of the school or the \u00e2\u0080\u0098family\u00e2\u0080\u0099 as they call it but everyone\u00e2\u0080\u0099s supposed to feel like they belong there? I trired and nothing got done about some of the problems I had so no people don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t always feel like they belong there but don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t bother saying anything because nothing gets done about it. They say talk to someone and the teachers don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t help but when you get a parent or parents to come into school about it many times they\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll say something will be done and it never happens. Often many times I\u00e2\u0080\u0099d go to a teacher about something because it got to the point where I didn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t want to come into school and I\u00e2\u0080\u0099d speak to a teacher and the other people would go in after me and try to say it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s me making things up when I had no reason too I\u00e2\u0080\u0099d walk out and I\u00e2\u0080\u0099d hear off the teachers \u00e2\u0080\u0098don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t worry I believe you\u00e2\u0080\u0099 you can\u00e2\u0080\u0099t take sides. Some of the students have to deal with not feeling like they belong and they go round saying they believe other people and not you, it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s not right. They try to do something and speak to someone and nothing gets done. Some aspects of the school are good, I agree with that but in my opinion a lot needs to be done about it.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Awful. Care about the uniform more than they do students. Don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t particularly do anything about bullying either or deal with things properly so it gets to the point when you don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t want to come into school because of it. 5 lessons a day were better than 6 because it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s rushing the topics and loosing education time with is the most important throughout school. Some teachers just go way too far.. completely honest I left with no self confidence at all. Bullying takes a big part in it and so do the teachers, the teachers do nothing about it. Plenty of times I was different teachers and they did nothing about it! Never got believed until finally it got to the point it was happening to more people than just me until they actually took notice of it. No offence taken in this but some teachers value more students than others. Often times where teachers wouldn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t like me and I\u00e2\u0080\u0099d get pointed out from everyone else for no reason.. happened a few times. Just made me feel like I wasn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t apart of the school or the \u00e2\u0080\u0098family\u00e2\u0080\u0099 as they call it but everyone\u00e2\u0080\u0099s supposed to feel like they belong there? I trired and nothing got done about some of the problems I had so no people don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t always feel like they belong there but don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t bother saying anything because nothing gets done about it. They say talk to someone and the teachers don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t help but when you get a parent or parents to come into school about it many times they\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll say something will be done and it never happens. Often many times I\u00e2\u0080\u0099d go to a teacher about something because it got to the point where I didn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t want to come into school and I\u00e2\u0080\u0099d speak to a teacher and the other people would go in after me and try to say it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s me making things up when I had no reason too I\u00e2\u0080\u0099d walk out and I\u00e2\u0080\u0099d hear off the teachers \u00e2\u0080\u0098don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t worry I believe you\u00e2\u0080\u0099 you can\u00e2\u0080\u0099t take sides. Some of the students have to deal with not feeling like they belong and they go round saying they believe other people and not you, it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s not right. They try to do something and speak to someone and nothing gets done. Some aspects of the school are good, I agree with that but in my opinion a lot needs to be done about it.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Leah York","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/107635875275074889343\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjXsXd7_MaP8yih7vbqpVImZLGipgMZoc36EW5COjCFoEg=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-02-27T23:18:25Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Dreadful pastoral care, zero interest in the welfare and best interests of the students, a culture of favouritism and institutional bullying whilst preaching empty worthless holy virtues. Expect your child to be stripped of their individuality and self confidence if you send them there. Robot teachers teach by numbers and are largely incapable of nurturing interest or enthusiasm. I'd be amazing if a pot plant could survive a week, never mind an impressionable youngster survive 4 years with their mental health intact. I am required to give one star in order to post.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Dreadful pastoral care, zero interest in the welfare and best interests of the students, a culture of favouritism and institutional bullying whilst preaching empty worthless holy virtues. Expect your child to be stripped of their individuality and self confidence if you send them there. Robot teachers teach by numbers and are largely incapable of nurturing interest or enthusiasm. I'd be amazing if a pot plant could survive a week, never mind an impressionable youngster survive 4 years with their mental health intact. I am required to give one star in order to post.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Colin Jones","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/102376447473992768489\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjU0uGjIcfOwsLbd6QJj4f3FkNGvPIN9wrGSSyGopvJ5deE=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2018-03-07T23:30:18Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"4 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"More bothered about uniform than the education side to it? \u00f0\u009f\u00a5\u00b4 would ofsted be happy about the whole situation about banning breaks for incorrect uniform?If it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s already been put down as \u00e2\u0080\u009cneeds improvements\u00e2\u0080\u009d\nNot changes to make it worse as a school and bullying, ppl say stuff to someone else and come back and say \u00e2\u0080\u009cit\u00e2\u0080\u0099s just words\u00e2\u0080\u009d \u00e2\u0080\u009cyou\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll be fine\u00e2\u0080\u009d but when parents go in about it u make yourselves look good and say \u00e2\u0080\u009cwe promise we will sort it, it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s not right\u00e2\u0080\u009d brings ppl down honest \u00f0\u009f\u00a5\u00b4\u00f0\u009f\u00a4\u00af Never really learnt anything with lessons times changing to being 50 minutes so they could add an extra lesson on which has just made lessons get rushed most of the staff r too busy for 5 minutes of the lesson by telling students to \u00e2\u0080\u009cwalk on the left\u00e2\u0080\u009d or half way through the lesson wanting to go to the toilet or photo copy work so they get another teacher to watch their class which is then disturbing 2 lessons and not just one","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"More bothered about uniform than the education side to it? \u00f0\u009f\u00a5\u00b4 would ofsted be happy about the whole situation about banning breaks for incorrect uniform?If it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s already been put down as \u00e2\u0080\u009cneeds improvements\u00e2\u0080\u009d\nNot changes to make it worse as a school and bullying, ppl say stuff to someone else and come back and say \u00e2\u0080\u009cit\u00e2\u0080\u0099s just words\u00e2\u0080\u009d \u00e2\u0080\u009cyou\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll be fine\u00e2\u0080\u009d but when parents go in about it u make yourselves look good and say \u00e2\u0080\u009cwe promise we will sort it, it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s not right\u00e2\u0080\u009d brings ppl down honest \u00f0\u009f\u00a5\u00b4\u00f0\u009f\u00a4\u00af Never really learnt anything with lessons times changing to being 50 minutes so they could add an extra lesson on which has just made lessons get rushed most of the staff r too busy for 5 minutes of the lesson by telling students to \u00e2\u0080\u009cwalk on the left\u00e2\u0080\u009d or half way through the lesson wanting to go to the toilet or photo copy work so they get another teacher to watch their class which is then disturbing 2 lessons and not just one","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Mollie Fern","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/113277174818863263996\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocKzVxtvdrRYV8Zo-4c_vLIHpeCqLzETilCuTPxXytMc=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-02-27T23:11:21Z"}]