Mossbourne Community Academy, London, United Kingdom

I started mossbourne community academy thinking that it was gonna be the best experience ever and that I would come out of it not only becoming a better version of my self but also achieving top grades in all my subjects however it was the opposite. I had a really rough time when I first joined the school because it felt as if I was put into the military service. I felt as if I couldn’t express my self and I felt as if I was doing something wrong every second which really pressured me as I was a good student and I was respectful. However I felt as if I was treated unfairly by staff. The academys policies made me feel as if I was manipulated as if the school didn’t understand that we do not live in the 1900s and that we live in 2020 where society has changed a lot in terms of discipline. I would like to start off with the fact there is no physical contact allowed in the school. I feel like this rule is limiting students to express them selves around their friends. I understand that to a certain extent some physical actions done by students may result in bigger conflict but if anything extreme was to happen it would be reported by a student and seen by the teachers but as someone who is not used to this I was very paranoid that I would be punished for being close to my friends and accidentally touching them. And the fact that we were shouted at for the little actions that were done for example spudding your friend is absolutely ridiculous because it’s the way society communicates with each other. We were made to feel as if we failed life if we done this and this is something Which bothered me a lot. Second of all I will like to talk ab the fact that students couldn’t express themselves in terms of how they wanted their hair to be. I was picked on a lot by teachers when it came to this and was getting into trouble for the way I look. As someone who has grown up in a modern society I would like to say how important I think it is to be able to express your self as there is people who like to express themselves in different ways for example some people like to dye their hair or cut the sides shorter than the top. We are human and we cannot be dictated and be made to look the same. I struggled a lot when it came to this and felt like I was being judged by teachers because of the way I look . I was told I cannot come INTO SCHOOL BECAUSE OF MY HAIR. As a ordinary person with basic human rights I have the right to look however I want. On the other hand I was a very hard working student and I was very respectful but I was still being discriminated every day. Coming from an Asian background hair is something which is very common in our background and it’s something we grow as we were brought up this way but the fact that I wasn’t able to express my self was not only psychologically affecting me but was also affecting my education at school. Health comes before everything and u have to be mentally well in order to be happy in the learning environment your in and I clearly wasnt. and on top of that i had to catch up with the work my self when i was clearly sent home for this stupid reason. Second of all i was told that i will go to a bad place in life from the way i look and i was told that it is a method of motivation. so the way to motivate is to bring students down. lovely. AND WHEN I ASKED WHAT HAS MY HAIR GOT TO DO WITH MY EDUCATION I GOT TOLD THAT IT IS TO MAKE THE SCHOOL LOOK BETTER AND STUDENTS MORE BUISNESS LIKE. so i have to basically modify my self for the schools reputation and buisness men definitely all have short hair. i can name so many people who are not like that. The mentally of most of the staff was very old fashioned especially upper school and i dont think they are living in 2020 and clearly have schizophrenia as they are in a different planet. I felt as if my teachers had something towards me for no reason and they used to make me feel stupid for not being a level 9 student and as if im going to fail life and i felt like i did not belong anywhere. honestly I think I suffer brain damage.

If you are concerned about their mental well being then do NOT choose this school

Horrible skl, they treat students like nothing

They never answer their phones. Then if you write to them, you get a generic message back that says "Please note that this account is not monitored daily and is for general enquiries only ... to ensure safe management of our communications with parents and carers, we would ask that you please contact the academy via telephone." If they can't even get contacting them right, what else are they bad at?

Trash. Worlds worst school. Dont even know why it exists