Whitburn Academy - Sunderland

[Jugglingitall85]

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone has had their DC's go here and what you thought of it? Also thinking about St Roberts, but not sure what their rep is nowadays.

Thanks

Both my sister & I went here (although 10 years ago now) and it was amazing when I was there, ranked very highly, outstanding by Ofsted.

We have family members who are there now and who say it has changed a lot. I think it is still a good school, lots of things to get involved in extra curricular wise, but it does seem to have changed a bit. Apparently they are having issues with vaping in toilets so now toilets are locked during lesson time which I think is pretty poor, the way they have set lunchtimes up now means that most students only have 20 minutes to get into the dining hall, queue for & get their food, eat their food & be out ready for their next lesson which is causing problems for lots of people, they aren’t great for SEN children or for dealing with other things like bullying as an example. It’s definitely changed since I was there but I do think it’s still a good school