My review is negative.

My review is negative.

As a fellow professional, I visited the school in December with a view to placing a family member in this school. Whilst a good show was put on for our visit and tour of the school, you could not hide the fundamental cover ups that are taking place, i.e. NONE of the teachers are qualified, the school principal isn't even a qualified teacher. The school has recently been downgraded from an outstanding school to a good school after having a second Ofsted inspection, so close to the last, this is unusual to have two Ofsted's so close together and tells me that there must have been problems and heavy complaints for Ofsted to revisit so quickly. Once at home I looked up the schools past Ofsted reports and notice that the number of students enrolling has reduced considerably, this is another concerning factor. I also noticed from my visit that the classrooms appeared tatty and I saw little in the way of resources for students which begs the question, where is all the government money going - I did spot an expensive car at the side of the school with the principals number plate so I guess that is where the money goes!!!

We will not be sending our child to this school as I could see that this was more of a money making venture rather than a caring educational establishment. Yes our child has behavioral and emotional difficulties and we will be looking for a more suitable learning environment where it is clear to us that the child comes first, not the money that is attached to them from our local authority.

Before we left the area, we popped over to Waitrose for a coffee and heard staff members laughing about the principle and a recent scam, that was the final straw for us.