I had to move my child from this school a year ago...

I had to move my child from this school a year ago - the best decision we ever made.

This school is not outstanding - it s last Ofsted report was 2006, so it s utterly irrelevant.

My child suffered from awful bullying- the school knew and did little. There is zero pastoral care - probably due to low staff numbers.

The teaching staff constantly changed, and my child was left with approx 15% of their lessons as cover lessons . This usually meant an unqualified teacher getting the children to do unplanned class work in an IT room. Not good in the lead up to GCSE options.

This school spends its cash on flash buildings, rather than increasing teaching staff.

The behaviour of pupils is often awful.

Having moved my child, I have seen how a school should be run - budget restrictions don t need to be an excuse.