School Summary
Kirk Balk Academy
Girls: 643
Total Pupils: 1310
Opened: 01-03-2015
: Dean Buckley
Kirk Balk Academy
West Street
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S74 9HX
Telephone: 01226742286
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a year ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"I wish I could leave a lower score. This school doesn't deal with bullying at all. The head of year 9 is a rude nasty person. I'm in the process of making a complaint against him. This school does not care about its students well-being it only cares about stupid rules. The teaching there is worst I have ever known. Don't send your child here. Prison officers are nicer.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I wish I could leave a lower score. This school doesn't deal with bullying at all. The head of year 9 is a rude nasty person. I'm in the process of making a complaint against him. This school does not care about its students well-being it only cares about stupid rules. The teaching there is worst I have ever known. Don't send your child here. 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The school only look for maths and English results, not caring about any other subject. I understand maths and English are mandatory these days, but they really need to start taking other subjects seriously. A student may require a subject that's NOT maths or English to get to where they want to be in the future, and the school not taking this seriously is holding them back. And when you try talking to the supposedly 'senior leaders', they do nothing but make the point of 'maths and English takes priority'. Explain why I have 2 lessons of computer science a week, and 9 hours of maths? It needs balancing out. You see massive posters when the year 11s leave boasting about their maths and English results, and never about student satisfaction, or showcasing where students went in the future. This basically invalidates their motto of 'No Limits'.\n\nSecondly, the rules them implement are notoriously strict and pointless. A prime example of this is in-between lessons, the students NEED to walk in complete total silence, and failure to do so will result in an hour detention after school. With constant stress and pressure on the year 11s, is it fair that they need to worry about pointless rules like this too? Imagine you're sat in a lesson for complete total silence for the past one or two hours, and you can't even say a word to your friend on the way to next period? And if you have your phone confiscated (which is fair enough), a parent has to collect it for you? How about if peoples parents work shifts, and maybe out saving someone's life? Ridiculous, or so I think it is.\n\nThirdly, the staff here are leaving. The teachers who work at this school don't even like it. That really says a lot about it. 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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a year ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"I wish I could leave a lower score. This school doesn't deal with bullying at all. The head of year 9 is a rude nasty person. I'm in the process of making a complaint against him. This school does not care about its students well-being it only cares about stupid rules. The teaching there is worst I have ever known. Don't send your child here. Prison officers are nicer.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I wish I could leave a lower score. This school doesn't deal with bullying at all. The head of year 9 is a rude nasty person. I'm in the process of making a complaint against him. This school does not care about its students well-being it only cares about stupid rules. The teaching there is worst I have ever known. Don't send your child here. Prison officers are nicer.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Caroline Fraser","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/117366758816455794108\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjVMxe204vJDv9JZVopzvtbwEHH2Cld3R5yio-8IEHe3JTE=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-09-15T13:43:17Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"8 months ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"i rated it a one bc ppl are getting bullied and all they care abt is ur skirt length and they di nt even care abt ur education","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"i rated it a one bc ppl are getting bullied and all they care abt is ur skirt length and they di nt even care abt ur education","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Bailey","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/105775248208803735834\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocL_5yJPqtmphvrLf5MGAMl6DxUk9gKU2ynctxmjrDLx=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2023-01-06T05:48:16Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 months ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"They are cruel and reception never answers the phone so I cant contact them.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"They are cruel and reception never answers the phone so I cant contact them.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Jackson Taylor","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/115273693745024407143\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjUgOOJBcjs6Zl0voTQwaBZsFgNbl8lqqRYuch2zSimaTg=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2023-06-23T14:56:04Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 months ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Terrible\u00e2\u0080\u00a6\u00e2\u0080\u00a6\u00e2\u0080\u00a6. But seems to be getting better now Mr Whitfield is in charge","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Terrible\u00e2\u0080\u00a6\u00e2\u0080\u00a6\u00e2\u0080\u00a6. But seems to be getting better now Mr Whitfield is in charge","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Looubyloo Loobyloo","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/101891571763998255605\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocLASQO2TaoFQAMLABOL458fQLrwifYoTnYYHEovFIVw=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2023-04-27T21:44:03Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"I've unfortunately been here since 2013, so I know what it is like before and after the academy trust took over.\n\nFirst of all, the senior leadership team are absolutely shocking. They tend to make their decisions with looking good to the NET (academy trust) and other academy trusts on their minds, over the students welfare. The school only look for maths and English results, not caring about any other subject. I understand maths and English are mandatory these days, but they really need to start taking other subjects seriously. A student may require a subject that's NOT maths or English to get to where they want to be in the future, and the school not taking this seriously is holding them back. And when you try talking to the supposedly 'senior leaders', they do nothing but make the point of 'maths and English takes priority'. Explain why I have 2 lessons of computer science a week, and 9 hours of maths? It needs balancing out. You see massive posters when the year 11s leave boasting about their maths and English results, and never about student satisfaction, or showcasing where students went in the future. This basically invalidates their motto of 'No Limits'.\n\nSecondly, the rules them implement are notoriously strict and pointless. A prime example of this is in-between lessons, the students NEED to walk in complete total silence, and failure to do so will result in an hour detention after school. With constant stress and pressure on the year 11s, is it fair that they need to worry about pointless rules like this too? Imagine you're sat in a lesson for complete total silence for the past one or two hours, and you can't even say a word to your friend on the way to next period? And if you have your phone confiscated (which is fair enough), a parent has to collect it for you? How about if peoples parents work shifts, and maybe out saving someone's life? Ridiculous, or so I think it is.\n\nThirdly, the staff here are leaving. The teachers who work at this school don't even like it. That really says a lot about it. It is such a mess, teachers who have worked at Kirk Balk for longer than I have been around are looking for new jobs.\n\nI HIGHLY recommend you don't send your child to this school, and you send them elsewhere. This school has to be one of the worst in Barnsley, if not THE worst.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I've unfortunately been here since 2013, so I know what it is like before and after the academy trust took over.\n\nFirst of all, the senior leadership team are absolutely shocking. They tend to make their decisions with looking good to the NET (academy trust) and other academy trusts on their minds, over the students welfare. The school only look for maths and English results, not caring about any other subject. I understand maths and English are mandatory these days, but they really need to start taking other subjects seriously. A student may require a subject that's NOT maths or English to get to where they want to be in the future, and the school not taking this seriously is holding them back. And when you try talking to the supposedly 'senior leaders', they do nothing but make the point of 'maths and English takes priority'. Explain why I have 2 lessons of computer science a week, and 9 hours of maths? It needs balancing out. You see massive posters when the year 11s leave boasting about their maths and English results, and never about student satisfaction, or showcasing where students went in the future. This basically invalidates their motto of 'No Limits'.\n\nSecondly, the rules them implement are notoriously strict and pointless. A prime example of this is in-between lessons, the students NEED to walk in complete total silence, and failure to do so will result in an hour detention after school. With constant stress and pressure on the year 11s, is it fair that they need to worry about pointless rules like this too? Imagine you're sat in a lesson for complete total silence for the past one or two hours, and you can't even say a word to your friend on the way to next period? And if you have your phone confiscated (which is fair enough), a parent has to collect it for you? How about if peoples parents work shifts, and maybe out saving someone's life? Ridiculous, or so I think it is.\n\nThirdly, the staff here are leaving. The teachers who work at this school don't even like it. That really says a lot about it. It is such a mess, teachers who have worked at Kirk Balk for longer than I have been around are looking for new jobs.\n\nI HIGHLY recommend you don't send your child to this school, and you send them elsewhere. This school has to be one of the worst in Barnsley, if not THE worst.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Harry Neeve","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/106988247700277802419\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjXFiGm15gJd6qzJg4EfEy3RAZ0A_iaKEyq0LlMPHWqbVNM=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba4"},"publishTime":"2018-06-12T22:05:44Z"}]
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