we are moving to sheffield next week and it looks like my son will have to go to newfield school, can anyone tell me anything about it, its quite a way from where we are living so would there be any point appealing to get him into a nearer school

Depends where you're living.... I certainly would NEVER send ANY of my kids to Newfield School.

I'd look for alternatives if I were you.

Where is it ? I've never heard of it to be honest

WE WILL BE LIVING IN CITY ROAD, CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN THE ADMISSIONS AND APPEALS PROCESS TO ME. I WOULD PREFER MY SON TO GO TO A CLOSER SCHOOL BUT I'M TOLD THERE ARE NO CHOICES. I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD IT COULD TAKE A MONTH EVEN IF A PLACE IS AVAILIBLE TO GET HIM ADMITTED TO SCHOOL. I DO NOT WANT MY 13 YEAR OLD AT HOME FOR A MONTH!!!
I HAVE SPOKEN TO EDUCATION AT COUNCIL AND SCHOOLS.

Originally posted by gracejanet
WE WILL BE LIVING IN CITY ROAD, CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN THE ADMISSIONS AND APPEALS PROCESS TO ME. I WOULD PREFER MY SON TO GO TO A CLOSER SCHOOL BUT I'M TOLD THERE ARE NO CHOICES. I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD IT COULD TAKE A MONTH EVEN IF A PLACE IS AVAILIBLE TO GET HIM ADMITTED TO SCHOOL. I DO NOT WANT MY 13 YEAR OLD AT HOME FOR A MONTH!!!
I HAVE SPOKEN TO EDUCATION AT COUNCIL AND SCHOOLS.


Speak to the Local Education Authority - the process of appeal is fairly straightforward, fill a few forms in and go to a meeting at the town hall.

Well I'd rather send him to All Saints school or Myrtle Springs given that you're on City Road.

Is Wealtheof still open?

NO NO NO please please dont send your children to newfield !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i dont think there is any other school thats as bad.

FOLLOWING YOUR COMMENTS I'VE DECIDED NOT TO GO WITH NEWFIELDS BUT WESTFIELDS, IS THIS ANY BETTER

Originally posted by gracejanet
FOLLOWING YOUR COMMENTS I'VE DECIDED NOT TO GO WITH NEWFIELDS BUT WESTFIELDS, IS THIS ANY BETTER


Westfield school is a much better school. It had a terrible reputation a few years ago but is now much better and I believe they are building a new site soon too .... take a look at this...............http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=107135&bar=no

Westfield is MILES AND MILES away tho.

Give us a list of schools you're allowed to chose from and we'll offer some local suggestions.

the lea have told me the only two schools with year 8 places are newfield and westfield, at least westfield is a direct bus ride away. how much is kids bus fare?

its only 40p each way

I went to Newfield - ok, it isn't the best school around, but I didn't think it had such a bad reputation. Why all the negative comments?

That was then... now it's terrible.
I know cos I have friends who's kids go their and it's a shambles.

More like a big youth club than a school.
Kids (chav kids) just run riot and do what they like.

It's a proper dump!

I went to newfield, albeit 28 years ago, its not the greatest, although from city road its a better option than many
King edwards, tapton even meadowhead seem to be the best of the state schools in my experience of dealing with local youth
but I wouldn't be too down on newfield

Newfield is a good school, i would have no problems at all in sending my kids there. But City Rd is a hell of a long way away, depending on where abouts on City Rd you gonna be Myrtle Springs or Waltheof are the closest. Myrtle Springs IMO is NOT where you would be wanting, Im biased becos i work at Waltheof! But we are continually improving all the time - results are not the best (same as Myrtle last year) and we have our problems but it is one of the most friendliest of schools you will visit.

If you need anymore info on Waltheof then Please PM me.

Ta

my eldest son goes to newfield school now and he loves it, all schools have a rough element no matter where you live.

as far as im concerned that school is fine,
just remember if you want to send your kids to ALL SAINTS you need to be catholic and have a good reason at wanting to attend that school if your not. as they only accept a very small minority of non-catholics as far as i know.

DABOUNCER anad FUZBUZ are well behind the times. Over the past year the school has begun to sort out its bad kids. My children tell me that the new Head is excluding anyone who is out of line. Their classes are now much quieter, although they do seem to have a lot of supply teachers because a few staff are off long term.
My advice is to go and see it and talk with the new Head.

Update - my son has just told me that the Newfield School SATs results are up by 10% overall. This cant be bad. Is it because of the new Head? Maybe!

Newfield is a good school doing a good job in the community. I used to teach there and I had a great time. If you life on city road then I have to say that you are in the catchment area. Either that or Waltheoff which is a different kettle of fish. My advice go to Newfield and add to it rather than running and detracting from it. Its not the best but its better than most. Christmnsh@aol.com

First of all, i don't think anyone with a name like 'DaBouncer' has DaRight to make negative comments about Newfield school. No it's not the best school in sheffield and since I don't know anything about westfield school I can't compare it to that, but I am going into my final year at Newfield and can therefore give you an idea of what it's like NOW. So, gracejanet, please reply to this post if you would like some honest, up to date information on my school, and everyone else stop being so arrogant! especially those of you with stupid names like DaBouncer and Fuzbuz.
get real

I have taught at Newfield School as a supply teacher. Newfield contains kids from a very wide variety of backgrounds. The staff are excellent, but the buildings are old and in need of modernising. The behaviour of the kids can be shocking although I have has some classes which were great.

My kids report that GCSE grades were better this year. I telephoned and was told that they do not think they are good enough yet, but they are about 5% better than last year.

Originally posted by DaBouncer
Depends where you're living.... I certainly would NEVER send ANY of my kids to Newfield School.

I'd look for alternatives if I were you.

That's the ex Valley kid in you talking... Harks back to the infamous Gleadless Valley vs Newfield feud ;)

They tried to drag me into it back in the day, but being from S6 I had no idea where Newfield even was back then...

Do you remember the VOT/NBA rivalry? Was there ever any actual fighting, or was it all bravado? During my day 1990-1995, the only trace of the Newfield Barmy Army was nothing more than some old graffiti on some of the buildings.

Anyway, just to start the fights back up.... I hear it's the kids who would have been in the Valley catchment area that have made Newfield so bad. Discuss! :twisted:

I went to Newfield 10 years ago and there is nothing wrong with it! not perfect but no dump either. My nephew and cousins kids r there now.

Go Newfielder!!

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I went to Newfield school and it isn't that bad at all. they are about to have all new buildings as well./ Certainly don't send your kid to Mrytle Springs if you want it to get a good education. That school has one of the worste results in sheffield.

Items of interest:
The Science department at Newfield School obtained the highest rise in sats results in Sheffield and against a background of a national fall of 2% actually went up by 8% - this placed them in the top 7.5% in the country.
One of Newfield students was in the top 5% at GCSE for MFL and in the top 5% for RE.
We have been told that we are definitely going to have a new building. It will be state-of-the-art with all ribbons, whistles, bells and sirens you would ecpect from a school built for the 21st Century and the most up to date technology.

Yes I can spell "expect" as I am a teacher. Sadly I am not a typist!

I have just sold my house purely because newfield school is the school that my son went to 3 years ago and had to transfer to King Edward v11 school.He has a special need( epilepsy, dyspraxia and a social difficulty).He did not get the right support at school and he was picked on. Despite being intelligent, he was not pushed to achieve his potential.
I have an 8 year old at Carfiled school who would go there if we still lived in the area.
I am having to take out a bigger mortgage to move to the area where my son attends school as the travel expenses would be too expensive to send 2 children to King Edwards.
My experience of that school is not a good one.
You can have a new building but it takes something much more radical than that to change the way a school is run and managed.

Should'nt your son have gone to a special needs school if that is the case??? or do Newfield have a special needs section?

It would be lovely if children could be all educated together (inclusion) but it's hard to work it. There are only so many teaching assistants / professional teaching assistants per year and many children with learning disabilities, many with parents who are demanding and want thier child to have the assistant with them at all times.

I have one class (not at Newfield) that has half of the class with SEN, it's hard to teach what is expected when they all have different needs, Teachers cannot plan a lessons for groups like this unless they are given time to plan and make fab lessons that need to also be suited to each pupil. I always wish I could do more for my SEN pupils but I just have to try my best with the resources and time allowed.

Many schools have excellent SEN departments, often taking the SEN pupils out to do extra /alternative work and give them strategies to help in class; though as they are taken out of the 'normal' lesson it's not really inclusion, if it cannot be done in the normal lesons, it makes me wonder how good ( there IS lots of goods things i can think of!)it is for pupils with SEN to be in a school as they often do get picked on because they are 'different' in other pupils eyes as they get taken out of lessons to do 'things'

I hope your child does well at his new school :-)

My son is really doing well at King Edwards.
The problem is that he has epilepsy, dyspraxia and a social difficulty( on the autistic spectrum) but doesnt want to admit to any of it so he percieves himself as not having any need at all!!which is good in 1 respect but hard from parents views.

He will manage, but he did not manage at all at Newfield.

Originally posted by shelley1
Should'nt your son have gone to a special needs school if that is the case??? or do Newfield have a special needs section?

I have to disagree geently with you, shelley1, about segregating kids with SEN.

If at all practicable, i do feel that children with SEN's or disabilities should be taught in mainstream schools, where possible, and I am firmly of the belief that, if a child is physically disabled, and of "normal" intellect, then there should be no barriers to inclusion in mainstream. I feel that, if children with SENs and Physical disabilities are included, the other children get an experience of a more "rounded and diverse society". It helps them be empathetic, accepting, and understanding of People with Disabilities (PWD's)

There are always going to be children who have learning disabilities so severe that they would not manage at all in a mainstream school, no matter how much money and resources were thrown theier way. My two youngest nephews are a case n point. one is 15, and functions at the level of a pre-schooler (he is functionally, about 4-ish) and the other is 12, and because if severe brain damage, he functions at about 18/20 months. they would never manage in mainstream schooling. However, they are in an excellent special needs school which is really doing well for them both.

It is obvious that maistream would be innapropriate for my nephews, I mean, just visualise it....

There's the class of 12 -yr olds, all sat in the chemistry laboratory, learning the periodic table... and there's my nephew, bless him, with the brain function of a toddler, expected to comprehend manufacturing hydrogen with the hydrochloric acid and whatever it was that we reacted it with... Obviously, it would not work.

I went to senior-school with a group of four kids who had physical disabilities, who had been transfered into mainstream schooling, from a "special" school. (we also had a Partially-Hearing Unit, or PHU) To a man, the four disabled students all said that, in their experience, the mainstream schooling was preferable to them, as they were getting an education, rather than the emphasis on "physical achievement" that was pushed at the special school. (to the detriment of their academic achievement). I know that four wheelchair users, out of a school of about 1500-odd pupils doesn't sound much, but in the mid-1970's, you have to appreciate, the idea of integration, well! This was a ground-breaking concept!

At that time I was not disabled, myself. I think that the "normality" of having the lads who were wheelchair-users around us, helped me be more accepting of my own physical limitations when I acquired a disability, myself, 11 years ago, and had to rely on a wheelchair.

25-odd years on, I am still friends with, and still "knock-about -with" at least three of them (the fourth is no longer with us. He, sadly, had a terminal condition, which he would not have survived out of his teens)

PT

I agree that where possible, with the right resources(and that is the main problem), that kids with a special need should be intgrated within mainstream schools.
They should not be excluded at all.
They need extra support due to their difficulties but they should be treat in the same way as the other kids.
I work for a charity that helps and supports people to find employment with learning disabilities/mental health problems and autism and I see so much misunderstanding in the workplace, due to employesrs not been eductaed in the rights of people with disabilities.They also jump to conclusions that people are not capable of doing their job due to their difficulties.
I am not sure that the disability discrimination act addresses that, but we are working on it.
Schools need to be managed properly and teachers need to be trained in how to deal with kids with disabilities and special needs,not exclude tham as soon as they misbehave.
The reason(usually) that they misbehave in the first place is usually because they have not been taught correctly The teacher does not know why they are behaving in the way they do, and even if they do know, they do not have time to spend more time with a kid needing extra help.
The Governement has a lot to account for.More money is required.

I think I can have some pretty good input here.

I have worked in both All Saints and Newfield School. The kids in Newfield seemed to be one hell of a lot better behaved than those in All Saints. However like da bouncer says they do seem to skive as it suits them best. The teaching staff in Newfield seemed alot better than that of All Saints.

At all Saints I left within 4 months as the staff/kids there were the worst I've ever encounted.

I would not advise sending my children to either school but if I had to chose one I would choose Newfield as it's not as bad as people make out.

As a parent, I am not aware of issues with All Saints.
The only experience that I have is of newfield.
I also have freinds who , reluctantly have allowed their kids( now teeneagers) to stay in the school as it is so much hassle to take them out.
The support they got at their primary school was excellent and they go up there with so much potenetial.
These are really bright kids.
What happens is that because they are in a class of kids who arent really aware of the consequences of not giving everything at school to get the best chance in life, they end up not giving 100% and the results show that, whilst they are bright, their academic achievements do not reflect that.
You are then in a situstion where your kids are struggling to get a pass at GCSE.There is no 6th form either so are then faced with prospect of Castle College /one of the other colleges if they want a place to do A levels.
I sing the praises of King Edwards.We took the right decision and I will take the same with my daughter.

I cannot help but agree that there havebeen failures in secondary (and primary) schools to adapt for SEN students. The comment that this can be put down to a lack of resources is partially true. Equally a commitment from teachers and other staff is vital for proper provision to be made. I can assure you that in the past 12 months we have made a very great effort to better meet the needs of SEN students. However, I have found that the focus of a parent upon their own child, as is right and proper, can sometimes blinker them to the practical contingencies of a school's situation. Having been deputy head of a school that had a special unit for disabled students I know that there is a very difficult balancing act in this area, that is often tipping one way and then back. All I can say is that we do care for our SEN youngsters as best we can, with only disruptive behaviour generating a vigorous and unbending response. Certainly we have a very large number of parents who are pleased with what we do.

Put your efforts in to reading web sites like this one and take some action to address the real needs and concerns of ordinary families.
The school system is a joke.
I have accepted an offer on my house and have contacted local schools to make sure that there is a place for my daughter when we move(son already catches 4 buses a day to King Edwards).I have been told in 2 of the junior schools that I have contacted that they are oversubscribed and that there sre no Y4 places available.
It is costing an extra 60k in borrowing and stamp duty at 3% of purchase price to move nearer to my sons school , only to be told that there are no places in the junior school for my daughter!
More training and resources are required.
I thinkit is good that the head of Newfield reads these threads.The real changes need to come from above.
Forget George Bush on another continent.
We are British and we all have a desire for our kids to be educated in the best possible way, wherever we live.

I went to Newfield as well, and I have to say when I was there (1987-1992) it was pretty alright. Newfield and Gleadless Valley merged after I left, of course, so I don't know what it's like nowadays... one of the really good things about Newfield from my point of view were the grounds - big, open grass areas for football pitches and stuff... the woods close by.

Jon

Anyone out there who attended Newfield School until 1986, if so what are u doing now? Any stories?

Try 'friends reunited' website i'm sure you'll find loads of people from your year have posted on there.

www.friendsreunited.co.uk

My son goes to newfield, I certainly will not be sending my daughter!

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I am very sad that you have felt it necessary to post your message. Come in and talk with me about what you feel we need to do to put things right. without this feedback we are unable to properly judge the expectations of parents.
We have established a regular termly Parents' Forum for you and other parents to meet with me and representatives from the Governing body. this is open to all parents and your views will be most welcome.

Last week we had a meeting for people in the local community to tell us their concerns and how they feel they and we can work together to improve the school. Most of those who came had positive things to say, although there are some who carry angst as there have been incidents in near streets, in some of which our students have had a hand. I say "some" as we cannot always identify the culprits, but when we can we respond vigorously - often to the annoyance of their parents. In others we have identified the culprits as belonging to other schools, no longer in school, or excluded from various schools.

It is through our meeting that we can get the messages clear from us to you and you to us.

Please feel free to write to me at any time, either at the school or by e-mail on headteacher@newfield.sheffield.sch.uk

We want to improve - we are working to improve - we are improving!

Well, I went to Newfield (1997-2002) and my younger brother is still there. I must say, I think a lot of the comments on this thread are unfounded.

When we moved on from primary school, many parents refused to send their children to Newfield, preferring Meadowhead because it was apparently a better school. Newfield may have had its nutters but, from speaking to some ex-students, it sounds like Meadowhead had its fair share too.

I never had any problems at Newfield even though our form group had a reputation for unruly behaviour. These kids were soon moved forms and seperated and if they still refused to behave, were kicked out of the school (and most ended up at Abbeydale Grange).

Those with particular difficulties were given extra support and those who were expected to highly achieve at GCSE, were also pushed so they achieved their best.

So what if the buildings are old? Surely it's the teaching that matters? Anyway, the school is being rebuilt next year apparently.

Newfield didn't do me any harm- I'm currently studying the first year of a law degree.

I went to Newfield and hated it and both my children have gone to Westfield - my son left last year and did really well and my daughter loves it there and also doing well. People run it down but a new building is being built on Eckington Way next door to Direct Cars.

i went to newfield 1996-2001(when Mr Cockburn :hihi: was headteacher) it was ok realy, some behaviour was poor but i suppose you get that everywhere .. i did quite well in my GCSEs 8 A-Cs :clap: i would have reommended it then, but not sure how it is now!!

I just wanted to put your fears to rest regarding Newfield School. My son left last year to go to college - a grade A student in the gifted and talented programme.

My daughter is still there, aged 15, she is also in the gifted and talented programme. The school have taken both my children as far as they can go as regards to their education. A few years ago my daughter was bullied by some older girls and within days the school had put a stop to it and she hasn't had any problems since.

I would rate the school very highly - they have really helped both my children.

My kids will go to Newfield - I have no concerns & my in-laws are Sheffield teachers - they have no concerns !!

Every school had it's 'rough crowd' but if the kids you send want to learn and not disrupt... I feel sure they will be ok!!

Newfield School is the worse. My son goes and although a very bright clever lad he is one of the lads, joking and laughing in class when should be working. Had meeting with Headmaster, promised this that and the other, nothing doing. Had to chase up for help. finally got a mentor to talk with my son, but nothing that was promised came to light. Might as well have banged my head against a wall. I went to All Saints. Lot better school than Newfield. My son is taught values at home only for Newfield School to disregard any values whatsoever. Tell him he has to wear uniform only to see other kids wearing whatever. No discipline, no rules! Was told by Headmaster teachers not even allowed to give out lines anymore!

Went to meeting re: choices for GSCEs and were told that kids need not bother thinking what they want to do when they leave school just to pick subjects they would enjoy for next 2 years. ALL WRONG. They need to be thinking bout future. ITs a cold harsh world out there, competitive and hard. They need to be taught that hard work pays off not sitting on back side laughing about with mates. System all wrong.

The school has no morals. Other parents I know having same kind of trouble with the school.

I agree it is a hard world and that kids should be taught that from an early age, if they want things from life, theyhave to work.
What is the alternative?
A dead end job that has no prospects and thay they will be bored in for the rest of their lives.
Schools have a responsibility to get kids to change their attitudes to life and and put the amount of work in that is necessary to get where they want to be

Originally posted by sezemeseeds
Went to meeting re: choices for GSCEs and were told that kids need not bother thinking what they want to do when they leave school just to pick subjects they would enjoy for next 2 years. ALL WRONG. They need to be thinking bout future.


Having left college last year and going to University, I can honestly say that my choice of GCSE didn't really affect my college or University course. My degree course simply required a certain set of grades at A-level, no restrictions on the subjects these grades were acquired in.

Unless the college course or further education institute requires certain GCSEs, what's the problem with your child choosing subjects which they are going to enjoy and therefore, possibly get better grades in? All the subjects teach different learning skills which can only broaden your child's education.

All the college requirements are usually in the key subjects of English, Maths and Science and these have to be taught anyway.

I wouldn't worry so much about the GCSEs taken, but how well your child does in their chosen GCSEs- it's this that makes the difference.

An A* is an A* no matter what subject it's in and your child can't really go far wrong with the choices on offer.

Having said that, some subjects offer more revision guidance. The Modern Foreign Languages (I did French and German) and History departments were great come exam time. I don't know how much things have changed though.

Good luck to your child in the Summer of the exams- I can throughly sympathise :)

Education is very fustrating for us as parents. We want the best for our children but the school does not seem to care. I understand that they have hundreds of pupils but surely their aim is for better education for all pupils. One parent I know said she had no problem with Newfield school. Her son gets on great. But then again he is on the school football team.

My son's class were told that if they leave school at 16 they could get a job in a retail store and would get paid £250 per week. In what world is that then? A 16 year old getting paid that much, probably if they work every day for 16 hours.

We discussed getting a private tutor if and when the time arises for GCSE's. I don't want my son to struggle for a living or to go without. I want him to have a comfortable life. He has that now but it has took a long hard struggle on my part to get him there.

Hopefully, he will go to university. I pray he will. A life away from home will give him freedom and independence. A good start in life and hopefully a good job at the end of it.
:rolleyes:

:rant:I absolutely hate it:rant: did anyone esle go?

I used to go. Is Mr Price (Chewbacca) still there?

Originally posted by Reidstar
I used to go. Is Mr Price (Chewbacca) still there?

Yeh he is still there! Why do you hate it so much?

So did i. Is Mr Bird still there?

I went to Newfield too but I guess before your time. If I were to say Chinny, Fatneck and Pinhead that would give my age away to those select few in the know. ;) And to those who aren't - no they weren't pupils! :heyhey:

Interested to know why you thought it that bad though - there was and still is a lot worse IMHO.

I seem to have seen another post on here recently regarding Newfield....from what that said the School is not bad at all....maybe should be merged...hey mods!!

Well komal and I were in the same year, and I have to agree that for the most part it was completely w*nk. Full of mindless 'chavs' with no respect or willingness to learn, obnoxious, spitting, bullying.....not nice people.

The building is a complete wreck - it's getting rebuilt in the same style as Tapton and King Teds lower soon on a PFI scheme. At one point after we had left the cleaners went on strike and apparently noone touched any surfaces any more.

However, the teachers were fantastic, especially considering the abuse they put up with, Art lessons were amazing, and most of all there were some wicked people there (like komal :D:D:D) to make friends with and hang around with.

Overall though, those f*cking nasty kids made a lot of my time there unpleasant.

hi
i have been following the earlier thread about Newfield on the living/moving to Sheffield link. Like Frenchfie, an ex pupil during the time of Chinney, Fatneck, and Pinhead. From views expressed on the other thread, things must have really gone down hill since my time.
Newfield wasnt perfect by any means, but i dont feel it deserves some of the negative points which have been posted on the previous threads. I wasnt over enthusiastic about my time there, the bullying, sarcastic and intimidating teachers, (i always compare Newfield, to the school in the film Kes, and how Barry Hines captured the feeling of a Secondry / Comprehensive school of the 1970s), but was an introduction to the real world (from the niceness of Junior school), it was a big school with 900+ pupils, and to move up to Newfield from 1 class of 25 kids at Junior school, was quite a traumatic experience even for an eleven year old.
The teachers probably had more than enough to cope with the numbers, and things did go unoticed, and unpunished.
Cant say i enjoyed it there, but didnt hate it, and i hope the modernisation makes it better for all.

Originally posted by 367squadron
Yeh he is still there! Why do you hate it so much?

I can't believe oyu asked that

Originally posted by noseyrosie
Well komal and I were in the same year, and I have to agree that for the most part it was completely w*nk. Full of mindless 'chavs' with no respect or willingness to learn, obnoxious, spitting, bullying.....not nice people.

The building is a complete wreck - it's getting rebuilt in the same style as Tapton and King Teds lower soon on a PFI scheme. At one point after we had left the cleaners went on strike and apparently noone touched any surfaces any more

However, the teachers were fantastic, especially considering the abuse they put up with, Art lessons were amazing, and most of all there were some wicked people there (like komal :D:D:D) to make friends with and hang around with.

Overall though, those f*cking nasty kids made a lot of my time there unpleasant. There is also plans to build a new special school near there. Surely it cant be that bad all schools have reputations.:|

I was at Gleadless Valley during the late 1980s/early 90s and at the time there was a feud between Newfield and Valley... It often got a bit violent I gather, not that I personally ever got involved being from outside the Norton/Gleadless Valley area.

Oh the amount of times we had their Chief Sir in our assemblies moaning about skirmishes between Valley kids and Newfielders was beyond belief at times.

Originally posted by frenchfrie
I went to Newfield too but I guess before your time. If I were to say Chinny, Fatneck and Pinhead that would give my age away to those select few in the know. ;) And to those who aren't - no they weren't pupils! :heyhey:



Sorry to turn this into a history thread!

Ah Chinney!! fond memories, he was still alive and living in Greenhill up to a few years ago.

How about Mr Almond his sidekick.

Jesus - Mr Price was my form teacher


Mr Cunnington and Ogden? PE teachers

Originally posted by Rich
I was at Gleadless Valley during the late 1980s/early 90s and at the time there was a feud between Newfield and Valley... It often got a bit violent I gather, not that I personally ever got involved being from outside the Norton/Gleadless Valley area.

This later turned into end of term fights between Myrtle Springs (formally Hurlfield) and Newfield. They (MS) used to come down through the woods and on to Newfield's bottom field. I think hostages were taken one year :)

Mr Poore, as you can imagine (if anyone knows him), went mad.

Ah, the memories.

I joined this discussion on the Moving to/Living In forum and looking back, Newfield wasn't bad :)

Originally posted by mikey
Sorry to turn this into a history thread!

Ah Chinney!! fond memories, he was still alive and living in Greenhill up to a few years ago.

How about Mr Almond his sidekick.

Jesus - Mr Price was my form teacher

How about the mad Doctor ? physics teacher, chain smoker and big drinker.

Mr Cunnington and Ogden? PE teachers

Cunnington, Pryce, Bird were all there when I left in '03. If by the mad doctor you mean Mr Poore, he's now deputy head!

Originally posted by Norton
This later turned into end of term fights between Myrtle Springs (formally Hurlfield) and Newfield. They (MS) used to come down through the woods and on to Newfield's bottom field. I think hostages were taken one year :)

Mr Poore, as you can imagine (if anyone knows him), went mad.

Ah, the memories.

I joined this discussion on the Moving to/Living In forum and looking back, Newfield wasn't bad :)

Ah yes, Mr Poore... I remember him well, big tall bloke with white hair, one of the few Valley teachers I actually liked.

Along with Mr Dunn, the Valley Chief Sir.

i think my friends mother works at newfield - ms drew?

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Joe

i loved going to newfield school.anyone remember mr pye music he was an amazing teacher as i was in the band we went for a party every year at his house .all his family were great.he is sadly passed away now.i however remember two certain girl bullies(you know who you are)but it was never like it is today and it was dealt with.i would love to go back for a visit

Originally posted by lint
i loved going to newfield school.anyone remember mr pye music he was an amazing teacher as i was in the band we went for a party every year at his house .all his family were great.he is sadly passed away now.i however remember two certain girl bullies(you know who you are)but it was never like it is today and it was dealt with.i would love to go back for a visit

Glad someone enjoyed it....My kids will be attending Newfield in a couple of years so far I seem to have heard nothing but bad things about it on here....however all of my neighbours' kids who attend are doing well and have no problems with the school and are looking forward to the school being rebuilt....

I have heard worse things from parents whose kids attend All Saints/Meadowhead !!

I think parents should support their children in local schools - I think in many instances sending a child to a school outside of their catchment can create more problems for the child in the long run !! Especially when making friends/forging relationships is a crucial part of their transition into adulthood!!!

Does anybody out there agree.....???

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I have a teenager who attended Newfield for 1 year and basically, the problems we had were unsurmountable.
That was his catchment area school but as he has a lot of difficulties, I felt that another school may be more supportive.
He moved to King Edwards although we still ( for another 2 weeks at least live in Meersbrook).
King teds have been much better with him,although he still has his problems, I am much happier with the way that they are dealt with by them than I was with Newfield.
I have a daughter, aged 9 who is doing extremely well at her Primary school, and, if we were still living at Meersbrook,she would have to go to newfield.
We are now waiting to exchange contracts on a house that we have been trying to exchange on( see other threads) for a long time.
I dont think you ever really know if you have done the right thing by your kids.
As a parent, you do what seems the right thing at that time.
In my case, things had gone down hill too far and that was our only choice
I stand by that decision and that is also what I want for my daughter.
whatever you decide, you have to be comfortable with the decision and then you have to live with it.

I would like to know what probs you encountered - feel free to PM me!!

I would like to again thank everyone who posts their thoughts on this site. I read them, as you know, and always wish to acknowledge them.
It seems to me that much of what is written is still based on the past. We need to look at what is going on NOW. Exam results improving, behaviour improving, LEA approval increasing, KS3 Strategy Authority raising our ranking (in Maths by 2 groups), etc. These cannot all be by chance.
I would urge you to come and talk with us rather than taking as true all of the stories you hear.
If you would like to do so, please send us your e-mail address and we will place you in our address book so that you get a copy of the Newsletter each month. This should at least give you an ongoing awareness of what we are trying to do and how good the vast majority of our students are.

Hi I have 3 children all scheduled to come to Newfield over the next 2/7 years ....My father in law is ex-head master of Gleadless Valley - Mr David Roger Dunn...he has no concerns over his grandchildren attending this school but the trend is apparant that neighbours are choosing All Saints/St Egberts and Meadowhead over their own catchement school.....and already my son at Y5 level is questioning his secondary education!!

Can I be sure they will continue to be educated at an adequate level and also kept same from harm??

Newfileld school is nothing but a bump and its falling down and it leakes when it rains and a lot more..................

i do not like the school at all

:rant: :suspect:

My Boyfriend Left newfield School in 2003 n u Wana see how he's turned out!! hahaha! personally i'd pick my old school, Handsworth Grange, Then Again, Maybe Not!

I went to Newfield School, i left about 7 years ago! I left Gleadless Valley to go to Newfield when it was ready to be demolished :(

I dont know what the biggy is about Newfield, me, my sis, my cousins and in September my younger sis will attend there. Its not the best school ever but its certainly not the worst! Dont go to Myrtle School - this is definatly one of the worst.

I got all my GSCE's, then moved on to college - i havnt done bad for myself to say i apparently went to a completely **** school....!

In my opinion it depends on your personality to how you turn out and how willing you are to learn...yeah and i suppose your upbringing....there is a mixute of all different pupils at Newfield, some do bad some do good...just like any other school.

I was happy there my form teacher was Mr Cadman, i couldnt have asked for a better form teacher - the head then was Mr Cockburn - i didnt think he was that bad either.

Whichever school you choose it will have its good points and bad points!

My son is at Newfield Y10 and he has had no problems what so ever up there. I am very happy for my daughter also to go to Newfield which will be in 3 years time. He has played football for school since he started there...I dont know if that makes any difference. He isnt a naughty kid and he is`nt a Boff (I think thats the term teenagers use) either, he enjoys it at Newfield.So go along to the open evening and find out for yourself, you may be surprised.

I was going to go to Newfield when i was younger but i went to the open evening and my mum thought it was an absolute dump! I ended up going there for a few weeks but then left as i was being bullied every day. This was reported to the head teacher and my form tutor and they never did anything to stop this. I then went to High Storrs and it was the best school ever!

Originally posted by freedomchap
I went to newfield, albeit 28 years ago, its not the greatest, although from city road its a better option than many
King edwards, tapton even meadowhead seem to be the best of the state schools in my experience of dealing with local youth
but I wouldn't be too down on newfield

whats happened to newfield school,,i left in the summer of 81,
anyone out there remember RUBY WHITTAM , THRELFALL,
MR RING, LEECH,PHILLIPS (who jumped off stool to cane you),
puffy LASLETT, DR COOKE, MISS CLARK (PURDY).......AND ALL THE REST OF THE GANG,,,,,,AT THAT TIME THIS SCHOOL WAS TIP TOP,,,,also to all you "oldies" out there
WHO RAN THE CHICKEN RUN THROUGH CAT LANE WOODS !!!!
WOULD LOVE TO RETURN TO SEE THE OLD PLACE

Originally posted by gracejanet
WE WILL BE LIVING IN CITY ROAD, CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN THE ADMISSIONS AND APPEALS PROCESS TO ME. I WOULD PREFER MY SON TO GO TO A CLOSER SCHOOL BUT I'M TOLD THERE ARE NO CHOICES. I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD IT COULD TAKE A MONTH EVEN IF A PLACE IS AVAILIBLE TO GET HIM ADMITTED TO SCHOOL. I DO NOT WANT MY 13 YEAR OLD AT HOME FOR A MONTH!!!
I HAVE SPOKEN TO EDUCATION AT COUNCIL AND SCHOOLS.
I've sucessfully done this, if you PM me I would be happy to tell you more about it

Originally posted by KYeates
Thank you to all who have e-mailed back to me. As Headteacher of the school I listen and read all comments made. Many are interesting, some are ill informed and some seem to be basically malicious. The only way to find out what is going on in the school is to contact us and arrange to visit. All are very welcome to do so as we believe that what we have done over the past 12 months has had a very positive impact.
COME TO THE OPEN EVENING ON 29th SEPTEMBER 2004 for a glimpse of what we are doing and to find out what we plan for the future.

I rather think that reading an Ofsted report is a much better way of getting a better independent idea of a school's performance and having read a lot of Ofsted reports lately - we're moving too - the report for Newfield is good compared to many and I previously didn't want to consider Newfield because of all the nagtive comments I had heard. Stop listening to to opinion, start forming your own http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/

Originally posted by james13123
Newfileld school is nothing but a bump and its falling down and it leakes when it rains and a lot more..................

i do not like the school at all

:rant: :suspect:

Oh James, I hope you're not at Newfields, what a bad example you are. Poor punctuation, poor spelling.
dump not bump
leaks not leakes
ellipses are by convention three dots
I should be capitalised
And finally, where is your full stop

I suggest you spend less time complaining and more time learning :P

Thing is, Newfield is so split - there's a complete divide, whether teachers would like admit it or not, between the kids from Gleadless Valley, and the kids from Norton/Meersbrook, which is consistently shown up in exam results too.

It's a sad fact that class and educational attainment are so closely linked, but there's no denying that it's true. Newfield churns out some very high achievers and some very low achievers, and I don't know how it could be tackled. I myseld got one of the highest graded bunch of GCSEs in my year when I left, but some kids who I knew were capable of equally good grades were getting very low ones. Britain's education system still only caters for the middle classes and that's a fact.

I went to Newfield 1987-1992... trying to remember some of the old teachers...

- Mr Schofield, woodwork teacker
- Mr Drabble, art & design who used to stand on Fargate selling Socialist Worker on a Saturday morning
- Mr Cadman, lanky science teacher, we used to call him Tea Caddy
- Miss Rich, art teacher with a fondness for martini
- Miss Agar, English teacher with a dandruff problem, we called her "snowy"
- Miss Perrin and Mrs Parsons and Mrs Moxon in the English department
- Mrs Lewis, Scottish maths teacher who was about 4 foot tall
- Mr Pryce, Mr Walton, Mrs Weston maths teachers
- Mr Dolby, PE teacher who got in the Star for cutting down a neighbour's tree so he could see his local chuch better from his kitchen window
- Mrs Kenwood, RE teacher
- Mr Leach, fun with potassium!
- Mr Cunnington, very cool geography teacher, supported Lincoln City
- Mrs Jepson, mad Irish woman, used to teach "Integrated Humanities"
- Scary Mrs Pepall who had her form in the library, wife of DJ Dean Pepall
- Mr Threlfall and then Mr Cockburn were head teachers
- Dave Hewitt, Business Studies, nice bloke
- Mr Pye and then Mr Bird, has the thankless task of trying to teach us music
- Terrifying Miss Simpson, Home Economics - everyone's least favourite teacher!

God, the memories flooding back...

Originally posted by JonMMUK
I went to Newfield 1987-1992... trying to remember some of the old teachers...

- Mr Schofield, woodwork teacker
- Mr Drabble, art & design who used to stand on Fargate selling Socialist Worker on a Saturday morning
- Mr Cadman, lanky science teacher, we used to call him Tea Caddy
- Miss Rich, art teacher with a fondness for martini
- Miss Agar, English teacher with a dandruff problem, we called her "snowy"
- Miss Perrin and Mrs Parsons and Mrs Moxon in the English department
- Mrs Lewis, Scottish maths teacher who was about 4 foot tall
- Mr Pryce, Mr Walton, Mrs Weston maths teachers
- Mr Dolby, PE teacher who got in the Star for cutting down a neighbour's tree so he could see his local chuch better from his kitchen window
- Mrs Kenwood, RE teacher
- Mr Leach, fun with potassium!
- Mr Cunnington, very cool geography teacher, supported Lincoln City
- Mrs Jepson, mad Irish woman, used to teach "Integrated Humanities"
- Scary Mrs Pepall who had her form in the library, wife of DJ Dean Pepall
- Mr Threlfall and then Mr Cockburn were head teachers
- Dave Hewitt, Business Studies, nice bloke
- Mr Pye and then Mr Bird, has the thankless task of trying to teach us music
- Terrifying Miss Simpson, Home Economics - everyone's least favourite teacher!

God, the memories flooding back...


Yeah, i remember most of the above i started in 1994 and left in 1998 (my first year was at gleadless valley).

-Mr Cadman was my form tutor - i thought he was a top bloke
-Mr Bird was my geography teacher
-i remember most the other teachers but they didnt teach me - -- Mrs Welch was my English teacher - she was great
- Mr Harris was my maths teacher
- Mrs Hulbert (who was loved by all) was my food technology and childcare teacher
- Mr Lawrence was my french teacher
- i had about 3 different science teachers - one was Mr Cadman the other two are abig vague! oh yeah Mr Whittaker!
- my headteacher was Mr Cockburn and deputy head was Mr Poor - top bloke! Someone who you would never forget!

theres was Mrs Jenkins too - my head of year to start with.

Apparently all or most of the teachers have changed now according to my cousin!

The good old days - it seems so long ago - my teachers were great. I wonder whats happened to them now?

I went to Newfield too and remember all the teachers that other have mentioned. Andymay- if you're Andrew Mayfield, I remember you too. I did OK and had excellent teachers but my brother went there and it did him no good. I think it depends what crowd you got in with. It's only looking back now that I realise how good my teachers were so especially if Miss Boardman (Wonderwoman) is reading, thanks for putting me on my way to BSc Hons 1st class in Maths, Dip Math & Dip Comp

Originally posted by james13123
Newfileld school is nothing but a bump and its falling down and it leakes when it rains and a lot more..................

i do not like the school at all

:rant: :suspect: The school is being rebuilt and it will be a lot nicer then.This will happen at the same time as the new special school.There will be better buildings and facilities .

hi I am currently a pupil at newfield school in year 9 i hate the school. Last year we had so many supplies it was unbeliveble this year it has been slightly improved. Mr yeates is a good headteacher and has improved the behaviour of the pupils considerbly.

The reason why i hate the school is because this year i don't think i have learnt anything. in science i have a mr bolton who cannot control my class at all, when things get to much for him he sets us copying which nobody does and goes of into the preperation room. He does not notice if you fall asleep walk out or anything. pupils from my class will walk in register then go and sit on the benches outside. :rant:

also Mr speakman is totally unfair teacher never gives you a chance and also can't control my form. He teaches us the same thing about personal saftey every week always about what to do. He sent a girl out in my class that did nothing but get the chair pulled out from underneath her which wasn't her fault.
:rant:
lunchtimes are a nightmare there is nothing to do at all.

i really hate this school which is why i am leaving it and probably going to an even worse school but sorry i can't stand it.


biggin up mr bird n mr sharp, miss green n mr wildes(cherpy)!!!!!!!!!!!:thumbsup:


thanks to the head for holding sportsday
at E.I.S :clap: :thumbsup:

i left newfield 3 years ago and thought it was great my parents died while i was at the school and they are very understanding and have a great anti bulling campain

is mrs brace there

mr bird is great though

what was the art teacher called that left end 93-94 then came back now he was good alway took us on trips
sking skating macdonald
and meadowhall

noooo not newfield!
lol

:suspect: i went to newfield a long time ago ,i have had a son go through westfield and one in it ,its not that good lets hope the new one will be better ,should be built around 2007. the teachers have no control over them and it houses some bullies

Originally posted by finleybobs
:suspect: i went to newfield a long time ago ,i have had a son go through westfield and one in it ,its not that good lets hope the new one will be better ,should be built around 2007. the teachers have no control over them and it houses some bullies When the new school is built it will share the land with a special school.There will be two schools on one site.A lot of money is supposed to be spent doing these up and they should have all the latest mod cons .

My son is at Newfield now, its not as bad as some are saying. Lets be honest the majority of schools today are crap because the teachers have no power, but Newfield is ok. My son is 14 so he's been there a while and upto now NO PROBLEMS. So I dont know where the negative comments are coming from

I went to school (no not Newfield) it doesn't matter much which state school you go to, if you try hard your teachers will help, The kids who are little gits(and they appear in EVERY school) need sorting out by their parents, if your kid is a generally good kid he'll do as well there as most other places.

following the question about whether or not to send your child to newfield secondary school is actually not as bad as people make out. The kids around norton and meersbrook are well behaved kids compared to the kids around other parts of sheffield but like all schools and all areas you do get the few bad apples. I went to newfield only 3 years ago and only did work placement at that school a few months ago. Im now at university along with all my other friends who went to newfield in my opinion newfield is not that bad compared to all the other schools in sheffield i.e meadowhead, waltheof, myrtle springs.

Originally posted by pupil
hi I am currently a pupil at newfield school in year 9 i hate the school. Last year we had so many supplies it was unbeliveble this year it has been slightly improved. Mr yeates is a good headteacher and has improved the behaviour of the pupils considerbly.

The reason why i hate the school is because this year i don't think i have learnt anything. in science i have a mr bolton who cannot control my class at all, when things get to much for him he sets us copying which nobody does and goes of into the preperation room. He does not notice if you fall asleep walk out or anything. pupils from my class will walk in register then go and sit on the benches outside. :rant:

also Mr speakman is totally unfair teacher never gives you a chance and also can't control my form. He teaches us the same thing about personal saftey every week always about what to do. He sent a girl out in my class that did nothing but get the chair pulled out from underneath her which wasn't her fault.
:rant:
lunchtimes are a nightmare there is nothing to do at all.

i really hate this school which is why i am leaving it and probably going to an even worse school but sorry i can't stand it.


biggin up mr bird n mr sharp, miss green n mr wildes(cherpy)!!!!!!!!!!!:thumbsup:


thanks to the head for holding sportsday
at E.I.S :clap: :thumbsup:



mr dooley the best did work placement there and was a pupil only 3years ago.

Originally posted by DaBouncer
That was then... now it's terrible.
I know cos I have friends who's kids go their and it's a shambles.

More like a big youth club than a school.
Kids (chav kids) just run riot and do what they like.

It's a proper dump!


i went to newfield and its not that bad i only did work placement there a few months ago and some of the kids are little ****s but all the kids no matter where you go are like that now.

Having left Newfield in 1964 I suspect that things have changed considerably but, nonetheless, the school is only as good as the pupils who attend. If pupils have the intention to learn and the support of their parents then the teachers have a sound foundation on which to build.
The willingness to learn is the key factor not only in early education but in the years which follow into the working environment.
In my own occupation I see so many young people who have never striven for anything and consequently have nothing to offer a prospective employer.
I came from a tough background and had to work really hard to achieve but, with the support of the staff at Newfield, I had the opportunity to lay a good foundation on which to build a future.
The parents should do as I did with my own children and work with the school instead of ridiculing and criticising, children learn from example.

Originally posted by DUFFEMS
Having left Newfield in 1964 I suspect that things have changed considerably but, nonetheless, the school is only as good as the pupils who attend. If pupils have the intention to learn and the support of their parents then the teachers have a sound foundation on which to build.
The willingness to learn is the key factor not only in early education but in the years which follow into the working environment.
In my own occupation I see so many young people who have never striven for anything and consequently have nothing to offer a prospective employer.
I came from a tough background and had to work really hard to achieve but, with the support of the staff at Newfield, I had the opportunity to lay a good foundation on which to build a future.
The parents should do as I did with my own children and work with the school instead of ridiculing and criticising, children learn from example.

:clap: Hear Hear :clap:

my grandchildren go to westfield and they have to get a bus to city road and then on a us to westfield they love it and they are building a new school due to open next year but dont send to waltheof used to be a good school but not now

Originally posted by JonMMUK
- Mr Cunnington, very cool geography teacher, supported Lincoln City


We had a Cunnington at my school in Greater London, however, Lincolnshire-born Cunnington had been around a bit - possibly the same guy; taught in East Anglia for a while and at my school supported Charlton Athletic.

Was yours about 6' 1''? Used to take the p out his fellow colleagues?

:D With reference to Mr Price (Chewbacca), Does anyone remember the Pinhead era (Mr Blyth) the caretaker that used to say 'stop messing with those doors'? In West wing

Poor old pinhead, he didn't half get some stick - he once caught us shouting the nickname at him, and our teacher was so angry she made the whole class write him a letter of apology, which only made things worse.


Mr Cunnington was ace! As was Ms Parsons, Mr Walton, Mr Hewitt (I hope they still don't teach kids I.T. using BBC computers and Lemmings!) and loads of others.

For what it's worth, things do seem to be getting better. I was unfortunate in that I was a shy, nervous kid, and as a result I went through hell for it. My best mate had to move schools 'cos the bullying was so bad. Nowadays though, they have things like clubs, proms and yearbooks, whereas they didn't used to have any of that - my younger brother left this year, and he seems to really miss the place!


However, it's true that those who work hard can get on, and those that mess around will be tomorrow's scroungers. I can happily let you know that 10 years on, people who were in my classes at Newfield went on to become teachers, counsellors, policemen, civil servants and all points in between. They live all over the place, from London to Newcastle, though many have remained in Sheffield. Some have travelled widely, and I know of at least one who has been teaching English in foreign countries. Sure, there are a few idiots and nutters who failed to achieve anything, but that happens in every school.

I've always been of the opinion that parents have a far larger influence on behaviour and academic results than teachers. Mmm - controversy!

oh dear, dont send your kids to newfield..dont dont dont please!:(

Originally posted by JonMMUK
I went to Newfield 1987-1992... trying to remember some of the old teachers...

- Mr Schofield, woodwork teacker
- Mr Drabble, art & design who used to stand on Fargate selling Socialist Worker on a Saturday morning
- Mr Cadman, lanky science teacher, we used to call him Tea Caddy
- Miss Rich, art teacher with a fondness for martini
- Miss Agar, English teacher with a dandruff problem, we called her "snowy"
- Miss Perrin and Mrs Parsons and Mrs Moxon in the English department
- Mrs Lewis, Scottish maths teacher who was about 4 foot tall
- Mr Pryce, Mr Walton, Mrs Weston maths teachers
- Mr Dolby, PE teacher who got in the Star for cutting down a neighbour's tree so he could see his local chuch better from his kitchen window
- Mrs Kenwood, RE teacher
- Mr Leach, fun with potassium!
- Mr Cunnington, very cool geography teacher, supported Lincoln City
- Mrs Jepson, mad Irish woman, used to teach "Integrated Humanities"
- Scary Mrs Pepall who had her form in the library, wife of DJ Dean Pepall
- Mr Threlfall and then Mr Cockburn were head teachers
- Dave Hewitt, Business Studies, nice bloke
- Mr Pye and then Mr Bird, has the thankless task of trying to teach us music
- Terrifying Miss Simpson, Home Economics - everyone's least favourite teacher!

God, the memories flooding back...

yeah I finished in 2002 or maybe 2003 can't remember

remember mr drabble
hmm we had a miss richardson for art she was horrble!
mr pryce haha he was still there to, he used to mutter to himself

mr cunnington was there

mr cockburn I remmber and posibly bird too

Originally posted by komal
yeah I finished in 2002 or maybe 2003 can't remember

remember mr drabble
hmm we had a miss richardson for art she was horrble!
mr pryce haha he was still there to, he used to mutter to himself

mr cunnington was there

mr cockburn I remmber and posibly bird too

"yeah I finished in 2002 or maybe 2003 can't remember"

Can't remember?????? :loopy:

Originally posted by komal
yeah I finished in 2002 or maybe 2003

mr cunnington was there


Certainly not the same guy - he was at my school from '96ish.


:)

Originally posted by komal
oh dear, dont send your kids to newfield..dont dont dont please!:(

Not if that's the standard of English that is taught there - ;)

:)

Originally posted by komal
yeah I finished in 2002 or maybe 2003 can't remember

remember mr drabble
hmm we had a miss richardson for art she was horrble!
mr pryce haha he was still there to, he used to mutter to himself

mr cunnington was there

mr cockburn I remmber and posibly bird too

yes mr drabble was my form tutor i didnt reckon much too him he used to take the mick (as im a blade and he was a brummy fan) :rolleyes:
mrs richardson taught me art i hated her she was freeky :loopy: mr price was my maths teacher he was pretty loony too :hihi: i finished newfield in 2001 thank god ... while cockburn was the headteacher.. i think hes left now tho :thumbsup:

oh i went to newfield a long long time ago .as im 44 now with 5 boys :) and soon to be a granmother :) when i was at newfield mrs vickers was our PE teacher and kids still got cained :( and the nit nurse was still checking kids heads for NITS LOL

Hey Someone Nicked My User Name ...im Finleybobs Not You At The Top Of This Thread :( And I Have Not Wrote He Above Message Either ...sat Here With Blood Boling Now :@

Yay another old Newfield thread. It's not a bad school. Period. Those lists of old teachers are pretty interesting, and some may be surprised to hear who has left recently. I've just left, been there since 03 and in that time Mr Dooley, Mr Poore and Mr Yates left not that long after I started. More recently Mr Leech, Mr Bolton, Mr Price, Mr Bird, Mr Harris (he was great), Mr Roden, Miss Phillips (D+T), Mr Cunnington, and Mr Venn (he was cool too) have all left, and probably more that I can't remember. I think Mr Laurence has left and Mr Styles is leaving soon. Shame really, good teachers. Cadman ftw!!!!!

To all making negative comments about Newfield School.
I'm a year 11 pupil at the school and I think that it is a brilliant place for learning. I have only ever had one problem, my parents contacted the school and the problem was resolved immediatly. The school has got sereral enforcements in place to deal with bullying or issues out of school, eg- cyber bullyin & family issues. I have been at the school since 2004 and will be leaving in June of this year.

At the beguining of my time here the school was not very organised and had a bad reputation due to some of the students behaving badly in and out of the school. But now there does not seem to be any disruptions around the school and in lessons and I think the credit for this should go to our new head teacher Dr. Sue Bains. Dr. Bains has pulled the school back onto it's feet, inforced new members of staff and precise roles within the school for exalple, pastoral leaders, inclution, achievment and attainment. This means that every pupil is monitored throughout each term so that any problems can be resolved before them become promonent. Since Dr. Bains joined our school the attitude toward learning throughout the school has become possitve meaning pupils are eger to learn and develop their learning in different ways.

Now that we are in the new school, (which is a fantastic facility) the atmosphere is far more safer, cleaner, happier and possitive. The way the school and designed makes you feel that you have a bigger responsbility to keep the school the way it is, it is also a fantastic learning facility which engages you into learning.

The only people that are giving the school a bad reputation are the people that are making negative remarks about the pupils around the local community. The school is an improving possitive school of which i'm sure will shine in the next offstead inspection because thats what it now deserves.

Thank you Dr. Bains for you dedication and possitive approach towards the pupils and learning.

Hi My Son Used To Go There, I Moved Him Because He Was Getting Severeley Bullied By Some Asian Kids, The School Did Nothing, He Was Very Unhappy And He Was Faking Illnesses To Get Off School, But It Took Some Doin But We Got Him Into Meadowhead School And Hes Never Been Happier, His Schoolwork Is A Lot Better And Im Very Happy With Meadowhead, Id Never Send Any Of My Kids There Again.

111111111111:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Hello everyone...I am not from sheffield i live aprox 87 miles away
but i am here to tell you all some information about the newfield school and its current head teacher.
firstly Dr Sue Bains
This woman is the ONLY reason i finished secondry school without being expelled, a bad egg u might think....well i am not, while dealing with home issues and the worries of corsework and exams sue bains didnt only offer me support in class but out of class as well, staying till 7pm to help with my history courswork but also putting her neck out on the line with the risk of upsetting her staff which she was trying to get on side and makeing decisions that were not to the approval.
I would like to let people reading this know that i was not a student at newfield but i was a student at the school which made this woman amazing... pensnett school of technology now known as pensnett high school was in the same position when i was there as newfield is now, ofsted coming in every 2 month and the hastel of constant inspection, not only did we as a school get a brand new sports gym (that was applied for and granted for sue bains yet not for the previous head teacher) but she took a school on a "rough* area and made it succesfull.... and then moved on to another school (newfield) to do exactly the same thing, however i am not for 1 second calling newfield rough as i havent been there but the time and effort sue put into lifting my school up from the bottom to a well reputable level and then with no brake inbetween move on for a greater challange i think deservers respect...
This is again i would like to say thanks to Dr Sue Bains and her sheer commitment to her job and belives...
I think to all whom contemplate sending any children of there to a school which is being run by one of the countries most determind head teachers, that there is no second thought needed...
i am living proof of Sue's success as i finished in 2007 with predicted F's in most subjects but i cam out after her help with 5 C's adult litracy and numeracy level 2 and have gone on to do A-levels in Law, Psychology and ICT.
Again i would like to bring this to your attension i was having major issues at home but i could always count on 1 ladie to be there for me in times of trouble and dispair... i have sat in Sue's old office and cried my eyes out and i have and always considered Sue as the mum at school...i understand that i may have been a special case but who is to say your child wont be. Sue puts nothing less than 110% into everything she belives in and 9/10 she puts 110% even if she doesnt....she is a wonderfull woman and i urge you all to see that i promice she will not fail at getting the school in you community to the highest standard possible...

i hope you read this and take on board this 1st hand experiance i have had and understand that Dr Sue Bains is the way forward for this school and without her the school doesnt stand a chance.

Many Regards Sebastian Robins age 17 former student at Pensnett High School

WITH REERENCE TO DR SUE BAINS, HEAD MISTRESS
NEWFIELD SCHOOL
SHEFFIELD.

Hi, Firstly I would like to introduce myself, My name is Julia Gibson - I am Seb Robins mum. I have known the current Head Mistress; Dr Sue Bains, who is now the Head of Newfield in Sheffield. Please read if you are thinking of sending your child to another school because of the reputation Newfield currently has.

I cannot stress enough how this lady took a school full of rude, disrespectful 'yobs' and turned them into well adjusted, well mannered adults who could go into society and excel in their chosen path.

There is one thing I feel that needs to be said to help you to understand the depths of Dr Bains vocation and why you should entrust your child into her school.
I am trying to be as informal as possible yet still give the information to quell any anxiaties you may have, you see, unfortunatly the previous Head Master was too much of a dictator and did not feel he had to listen as well as speak. He laid down the law and the law was not to be broken. If it was broken under his 'reign', the child was expelled!!! Does this sound fair to you?!?! No! It was not. The school sank under the 'reign' of this tiranical Head Master (no names! I wouldn't like to be sued!). This was also the problem we found with the junior school head master as well. Zero tolerance brought into school's, my son was expelled for not eating his lunch correctly at the age of NINE!!! So while I understnad in the current climate of the education system that teachers and pupils alike cannot be bullied, there has to be some tollerance, as not every child has the same needs, or level of understanding especially with the ADHD and other learning issues that have come to light in the last 10 - 15 years.
Children are not bad people, they have issues which need to be found and focused on, in order to be able to teach children the level of acceptable behaviour that society expects and demands.

Thankfully Dr Bains was given the task of bringing the school into the 21st century, not by capital punishment, but by earning, not demanding the respect of the pupils under her tutalidge

This lady (I do not use the term Lady lightly), is one of the most vocationally dedicated people to have entered the education system in many years. The education system is all the better for having her within it's system.

Dr Bains is the only Head Mistress to whom I would trust my childrens safety in any capacity.

On a more personal note - Dr Bains took my son, Sebastian, under her wing, and dedicated her own time outside of school hours. Dr Bains made telephone calls to me to enquire after my health, as thing's were difficult at home with my chemotherapy at the time. Dr Bains made sure that Sebastian was cared for when I couldn't do the job myself. She made time to listen to him about ALL his worries both at school and at home. She helped him to come to terms with what might happen, and what did happen; also to overcome and to manage his own learning difficulties, what a success!

Sebastian started at the school Dr Bains worked in, as a bit of a rascal, causing havoc wherever and when ever he got the chance. He suffered from ADHD, Aspurgus, and Autism. He was heavily dosed on Ritalin daily, yet his head was all over the place, even with the medication.
Sebastian's problems as I have said, were not just with his own disabilities but with my illness as well. A lot for a child to deal with. Yet this was not a problem for Dr Bains.

To finalise, I cannot enthuse enough about the amount of support your child will recieve under her care. Her staff are taught how to deal with youngsters of todays climate, where they have to listen to the child as well as teach them.

Having said all of this Dr Bains is no soft touch. There are rules and regulations, and she will enforce them, but the difference between Dr Bains and the 'usual Head Teachers' I have come accross during my childrens education is that she will listen and actually hear what the child says to her, she will take the time to get all sides of the story, she does not single any child out, and has no favourites. Dr Bains is fair and firm. All in all a very positive asset to any school she works in.

If you have the chance to send your children to the school where Dr Bains works, take it with both hands, you will never regret it.
My son is a wonderfully moulded, happy, well adjusted, wel mannered member of society. I lay the praise firmly at the feet of Dr Bains.

So to Dr Bains I say "Thank you, you are a star":thumbsup:

P.S Forgive my spelling errors! Dr Bains did not educate me!!! Lol
Julia Gibson - Mother of Seb Robins!!!

we are moving to sheffield next week and it looks like my son will have to go to newfield school, can anyone tell me anything about it, its quite a way from where we are living so would there be any point appealing to get him into a nearer school

Hi - see the last two submissions on page 7 from myself and my mother. If you do have any concerns - Speak to Dr Bains directly - she will listen to you, and hear you. Good luck - Seb