Easton Church of England Primary School, Bristol

Years taught: Year 1, 2, 3, and 6

The first school I experienced in the UK and what an introduction. We headed off to the swimming pool and I sat back to relax, next thing you know this school with its 90% Muslim population are sitting down for Eid to celebrate the end of Ramadam. A real hard first day. I got to say though as a school I find it cold. The staff bar a couple were not interested in conversations and the kids are genrally a law unto themselves. The Headteacher is never seen and keeps herself in her office doing whatever it is she does, not checking on her school that's for sure. The thing that sums up the school for me is the situation that arose as I was in a Year 1 class. We released the first half of the kids to their parents before a ten minute break. The reason for this break, parents couldn't get into the school because of the punch up going on at the school gate, not between the kids but between parents. The shame of it is the kids were great and I could see why some teachers loved it, but for me the coldness of the staff make it a school I have little affection for.