Springfield Primary School

Reviews

1. najib Chutney ★★★☆☆

   I really liked the staff when I use to go here as a child, but its the school curriculum that there was an issue with. I think it was seriously noticeable when going into secondary school, that the kids from other schools were learning more stuff than us. A lvl 5 in y6 for us was considered amazing as the average student was getting 4's. And thats just it! because the kids from other schools were preforming at 5-7, it set us back and made us have to work harder in secondary just to keep up. I never showed up in primary school. I probably missed around 20-30 days of y6 alone... but I still managed to make the same grades as my piers. For some student the curriculum wasn't stimulating enough, thats one of the reasons why I skipped school alot.

   almost 4 years ago
2. Joe Carter ★★★★☆

   I started volunteering at Springfield in Y2 at the start of 2019 in preparation for my Teaching Assistant course. I then got a placement for my course starting in September 2019 and I am still there now. I don't have a bad word to say, friendly and talkative staff, a nice environment, everyone has been nice to me and I love the diversity both pupil and staff wise. I believe the children in my Y2 class enjoy school as much as any child does and I am more than happy there.

   almost 5 years ago
3. jeffrey wallace ★☆☆☆☆

   - During my preparation for SATs, I was disgusted to hear that we were spending most of our time singing for an upcoming concert. The class voiced their concern, but nothing was ever done and, as a result, some people's SATs scores were sabotaged, leading to a bad school atmosphere. - I've seen teachers shout at kids, once I saw one forcefully pull the jumper over a Year 1 kid without the child's permission. Most teachers also act groggy and like they don't want to be there. - Teachers are unprofessional and often will chat about their lives during trips. One teaching assistant admit openly to my class that they got their friend the job at the school. - Once I got in trouble; two children who were in Year 6 at the time taunted me, I got mad and chased after them and I was reprimanded despite the children being the ones who pushed me over the edge. Later that day, my Year 4 teacher mentioned how we shouldn't attack people and stared at me, prompting the whole class to stare at me, I only stared back at her in amazement of how unprofessional she was as she knew next to nothing about the incident yet had judged me already. - Punishments are double-standard: some children get off with a light tap on the wrist for the same thing that someone who is sent to the head teacher's office is. - Subsequent punishments include: sending the child to a lower year group's class (possibly to humiliate them, but almost never works); sending them outside the principal's office to do their work (which sounds kinda plausible until the child gets stuck on something); and ringing their parents up which never works when they ring my parents. - Dinners are hot though they taste like they were frozen and heated back up (one example is the burger: flaky and dry bun and a very moist patty). Custard sometimes tastes like water, but the desserts are delicious, though I have come across extremely hard brownies. I could go on about how some teacher's rant on and on about subjects and halt the kids' learning or how they insist singing is part of the curriculum when, in actual fact, it isn't, but it would eat into this review.

   more 7 years ago

1. سعادة القلوب ★★★★★

   Great staff. Good learning but parents from arab and gulf countries most of the time come late and take children away during school times

   more 8 years ago

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