Anna Cuccia

Review of Glenmoor and Winton Academies

When my girls were in year 5, I didn't even plan o...

When my girls were in year 5, I didn't even plan on looking around G&W as I had written it off due to previous bad reports. However something made us look anyway and we were extremely pleasantly surprised when we did. I work as a teacher trainer and what struck me most was that the staff were genuinely happy and there was a great atmosphere between them. G&W turned out to be the school furthest away from us, but it ended up being our first choice.
We are now at the end of year 7 and have no regrets. No school is perfect, but the responsiveness of teachers to all queries/complaints has been great. The results have been fabulous and my children have found strengths they never knew they had. The school is big on sport and the arts which I hadn't expected and they have had some amazing opportunities over the last year. Academically, they see GCSEs as a 5 year journey and so do a lot of exams. At first I didn't like the idea, but now they have been through it I can see how confident they will be by the time they get to sit the real thing.
I would definitely recommend taking a look at what G&W have to offer when thinking about schools. The only downside? No sixth form :(