The phrase "awful school" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a school that is perceived as very bad or unsatisfactory in some way.
Example: "After attending for a year, I realized that it was an awful school with poor facilities and unqualified teachers."
Alternatives: "terrible school" or "dreadful school".
JUST three months after he unveiled it, Bobby Jindal, the governor of Louisiana, has signed into law an unprecedented overhaul of the state's awful school system.
Michelle Rhee, the chancellor of the awful school system in Washington, DC, closed failing schools, fired more than 200 ineffective teachers and principals, and advocated merit pay.
So, if you're talking about school bus safety, maybe there's some perfectly good arguments, but then one day there's an awful school bus accident, and that happens to be when legislators act.
But trying so hard on stuff I didn't want to do was awful". School systems are stretched, doing the best they can by a vast number of students.
His awful school teacher refused to sign to him, punished him for signing, and at one point even screamed into his ear; forcing the audience to witness the violent ableism many deaf people have faced historically, and still face today.
Broughton wasn't an awful school, and it was knocked down and rebuilt from scratch while I was there, but it always seemed to us that Fettes students were purposefully being kept away from us commoners, lest we pervert their precious minds.
"There are fewer awful schools.
Four reforms must be put back into the legislation: Offer true school choice, especially for children stuck in awful schools.
"This country has disabled black people with awful schools that we fail to fund effectively," he said.
Faced with budget crunches and federal pressure to turn around awful schools, many districts are cutting their advanced classes as well as art and music.
This would be a great pity, since vouchers provide many of the poorest children with their only means of escape from awful schools.
