People who declare their local state schools to be "rubbish" - anyone care to name them?

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I want to read the Ofsted reports. I'm always intrigued that what some people would consider to be a "rubbish" school I would think sounds ok.

school\123\s1012373320040910.pdf this is a link o my old school, which has changed name but zilch else sadly- school doing best it can with very deprived kids . After 30 years you think something might have improved.

My kids school- ah. For non SN kids it's absolutely stunning and peolpe move here for it. It isn't geared up for SN though, so as it is a community school and not a private or selective, I personally deem it as not so good- it's not as if we can even choose to go elsewhere.

But I'm not naming it, these sites have eyes!

Fio, I'm fully aware you weren't trying to be helpful but ok, apology accepted.

It really was/is a very sad school, lots of poverty, lots of immigrants, just well known for being a tough school to teach at/attend. And I don't have a problem with refugees/immigrants, not at all, I am the original bleeding heart liberal but I think the not speaking English/being a refugee/poverty/crap school combination must be very hard. Harder to be in than to exist alongside obviously, but also very tough if you're the head teacher. And alongside that a very poor area, high unemployment, social deprivation in fact, "8 wards in Bristol are in top 20 most deprived areas in 5 PCTs (6/8 are in the South): Filwood; Hartcliffe: Whitchurch Park; Windmill Hill; ..." and that school is in Windmill Hill.

My nearest comp used to be Filsham Valley in St Leonards on sea (Sorry couldnt get link to work) Over my dead body Hence we left the area sharpish.

Academically selective makes a difference to exam results, private doesn't Check out Simon Langton Girls, for example. Sorry, can't do links.

I mentioned windmill hill to DH (works in Filton) and the sharp intake of breath probably agreed with you there WWW.

Sad though. I know that not one of my contemporaries wet to Uni, very few to anything post 16 bar the factories in bridgwater- and the vast majority of them are now closed. My parents had higher ideas for me for which I am grateful, and although it took somewhat longer than they hoped, I am grateful that they let me know education existed. Shame though that I had to travel for it, no Uni's in my home County, which says a lot

Hi Pc, I didn't know you were in Bristol. It was St Mary Redclife Primary and we moved to bristol in such a hurry, with hindsight I made a big mistake with that school. I was 8 months pregnant with dd though and desperate to move and the new head was very good. I really thought the school would improve under his headship but sadly he left.

Filton is tough too isn't it? My dad was a teacher in Bristol and taught at Merrywood Boys school for a while in the 80s, very tough too. And his 3rd wife taught at Hartcliffe. Merrywood Boys isn't there any more it was used as the set for Teachers and is now flats I think.

Actually I'm just across bridge atm- Dh commutes across, we were in bridgwater. Bristol might be a possibility if I get offerd that Uni - it's there or Bristol and Sister lives at Bradley Stoke.

Was offered bristol before, but Dh felt strongly that the areas we could afford on mybstudent income weren't right for the kids.

Well quite PC, that's why we relocated when I was offered a good job 150 miles away. Bristol's great if you can afford Redland, Clifton, Hotwells, Westbury Park, Henleaze, Bishopston, Southville (at a push), some of the villages etc. Do you mean over the Severn Bridge in Wales or the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Leigh Woods? Suspect you mean Severn.

Yes, Caerleon- really posh place (if you're in the old bit like me) yet even cheaper than Bridgwater was! Just too far from everyone we know- never happy LOL!

Will always stay in south west i suspect though, too many links to carnival and stuff for Dh to contemplate elsewhere

this is the nursery we sent dd to, though not the primary school. Apart from the somewhat depressing OFSTED report, we know teachers who have worked there and wouldn't go back for love nor money.

PMSL at "may drop my bollocks now"

Just spotted this thread, so proud that a school I used to work at was one of the first to make the list Surprised Hardwick wasn't on your list though Fannyannie.

This is my local senior school school\116\s511647020060908.xmlhere . DH and I will be adding ourselves to the ranks of middle class parents willing to move house rather than ever let DS go there. MIL does supply teaching there and says the ofsted report is a very accurate reflection of the school .

tubismybub - oh yes forgot Hardwick - those 3 were the first I thought of.

So which one did you useed to work at then?? And are you still in this town

peachy - be fair. Somerset hasn't got anywhere for universities to go!!! It's all smallish towns. Nothing to do with the nature/intelligence of the area. DH did his degree at the uni of the west of england in Bristol - AKA Bristol poly

I know very little about Westover Green but what I do know suggests it's still struggling. I know one child who is doing OK but he is G&T and getting more help I beleive. Mine are at Eastover and quite happy there - neither of them are high-fliers so getting on OK.

Oh no, I wasn't implyinga nythinga bout the bature iof intelligence- more what the lack of role models has as an effect on the kids groewing up, here Uni is just pasrt of everyday life.

Can't see why they couldn't put a campus based Uni somewhere: many are outside large towns these days, tanton / Yeovil would be excellent- or like some places do a Uni of Somerset with faculties around the County- religion in Glastonbury, Engioneering in Yeovil (westlands)

There is talk (I kid you not) of turning Bridgwater college into a uni !!! Not heard anything about it recently. I was brought up in Somerset and it was always assumed I would go to uni....ditto most of my friends.

None of my friends even thought of it though- maybe it's just a thing depending on your school (I went to Chilton)

Bridgwater Colege had hopes but iirc there was problems with them expanding because of location?

"Oh no, I wasn't implyinga nythinga bout the bature iof intelligence- more what the lack of role models has as an effect on the kids groewing up, here Uni is just pasrt of everyday life."

Yes, that's often key to it. Role models. If you're in an environment where it's assume dyou'll go to univesrity and virtually all your friends are you're probably more likely to (IF we think it's a good thing so many teenagers go which is another debate entirely)

Don't have the Ofsted report to hand but we used to live near Battersea Technology College which, last time I checked, had about 7 per cent of pupils getting five A-Cs at GCSE.

Oh, lots more to look at.

Agree with you batters that different schools do well by different children and that is unlikely to be reflected in the report.

I noticed in the Times today that the Bristol Academy of Drama has moved to Shepton Mallet which was a bit of a surprise, unless Shepton has changed dramatically (geddit?) in the last decade or two! I think Bath was in Somerset at one time, before they made Avon, so I suppose there was a university there once