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Arnold Hill Academy

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2.0

Based on 27 reviews and 221 answers

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  • Indoor environment2.2
  • Outdoor environment2.1
  • Activities2.1
  • Safety2.0
  • Staff1.8
  • Communication1.8
  • Food1.8
  • Education1.7
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  • Student
    1.0
    23 September 2026

    dying.

    this school is making me end my life. My mental health is awful because of the teachers. They don’t care about the state ur in at all. It was all ur fault

  • Student
    1.0
    5 March 2026

    Detention

    Terrible school they give you a 45 minute detention for being 1 minute late

  • Parent
    1.0
    9 February 2026

    Ridiculous

    My child was doing ok however he has been picked on for not wanting to vape in year 7. Was strangled by another student on a school trip. And just recently was pinned down, kicked in the stomach and slapped whilst another student was breaking his lunch box. The school has not done anything. They haven’t even returned my call apart from to threaten to go to safeguarding because I have refused to send him back until they sort the situation out . They keep saying someone will contact me back but i...

  • Student
    1.0
    30 November 2025

    Absolutely disgusting

    Horrible don’t even sell water now

  • Student
    1.0
    11 June 2025

    arnold hill is rubbish

    i’m failing in life because of this shit school please don’t send your child here.

  • Student
    1.0
    15 March 2024

    SO GOOD IF U WANNA DIE

    THIS SKL IS SO SHIT AND THEY SAIDTHEY CARE ABOUT OUR MENTAL HEALTHS BUT THEY DONT THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT OUR UNFORM AND OUR EDUCATION MORE THEN OUR MENTAL HEALTH AND I THINK ITS PATHETIC!!!!!!!!! PS THEY WONT LETU DRINK IN CLASS OR GO TOILET JUST BC PPL MESS AROUND THAT IS NOT US SAVE UR SELF AND DO NOT COME I REGRET AND DONT GET ME STARTEDON THE MEALS! BYE

  • Student
    1.0
    2 February 2024

    DO NOT COME HERE

    Very bad school. Teachers dont even give homework booklets out and then the students get punished for it. Also, the substitute teachers don't know how to teach. There were ants on the side of the table when I first arrived (in the canteen). V. O. I. C. E. is useless and PSHE should be in tutor time. Substitute teachers ALL THE TIME. Tons of homework, you get stressed and then you get 3 negatives when it's not even your fault. Also, you're outside in P. E when it's in the negatives. Not enough time for lunch or break. New lineup system is awful. Lack of good equipment for students. Also, seagulls EVERYWHERE. PSU (Student support) don’t even do anything when you tell them you’re sick. They need to have longer lunches for the kids that take a long time to eat, me being one myself, they need to make it longer.

  • Student
    1.0
    12 June 2023

    this is a prison school

    this school is a living hell on earth bad food teachers are a bit annoying do not come to this school pls think about joining this school

  • Student
    1.0
    12 June 2023

    living hell

    This school is a prison it is not worth coming. They dont let us go to the toilets only at "break or lunch" but we cant because half of the time people are in there. Teachers dont fix situations like bullying or problems with teachers. Half of the time the teachers arnt here so we have supply and they say we havent done enough work when they dont give us any it is unfair and can i say the food is terrible taste like carboard. Wish i could give 0 stars and unfortunately i am still at this school cant wait to leave.

  • Student
    1.0
    11 May 2023

    Sourt your stuff out

    I’m a current kid at AHA and I thinks it’s terrible as we don’t have freedom in the school not aloud to go toilet not aloud to go fill your bottle up gets only like 10-20 minutes of lunch not food to pick out of seems like teachers only want to be there for money most are horrible anyways to busy to listen to your problems to much homework and don’t let kids have a life no seperate toilet for boys and girls

  • Student
    1.0
    11 May 2023

    Don’t come to AHA

    I’m a current student for AHA but i thinks it’s a shit hole and how we have liturally basically 25 mins for lunch as most teachers let me out like 5 mins late then it takes me like 2-5 to get up to footie so that’s like 10 mins of football if yu go up and then yu have to come down at 12:15 like add more time and also teachers are more focused about giving out detentions for stupid reasons then actually teaching lessons

  • Student
    1.0
    23 April 2023

    Bullying and more

    This school is discusting the students are like hooligans, my son is still being bullied even though the teachers are a aware of it it's still Carrying on. My son is in year 7 as missed few weeks at school due to bullying!!! You have students throwing each other into the roads car coming or not what a disgrace to see.

  • Student
    1.0
    18 April 2023

    awful would NOT recommend

    the food is horrible line up is awful the teacher say they will fix things but never do when we need to go to the toilet they wont let us and it is unfair time out we need a pass and it is worse with supply teachers teachers wont listen and i have anxiety and no one listen when i need to talk seating plan is awful and they expect us to respect each other when they make us sit next to people we don't get along with

  • Student
    1.0
    18 April 2023

    terrible school

    got excluded for telling my opinion to ofsted and feel like ofsted should visit the school a lot more i also got bribed to be good in front of ofsted 5 fights in one day and unfair exclusions to certain individuals judges students on there past behavior and assumes everything is there fault so do not recommend to any year 7s who wanna join this school because you will regret your decisions and not have any freedom of speech.

  • Student
    1.0
    18 April 2023

    SUE THEM FOR ME PLEASE

    I used to be a student in arnold hill i got kicked out for one incident and that was a fight and the other students did not get anything so i basically got picked on and now they are moving me to another school which is going to be very bad for me.

  • Student
    1.0
    20 March 2023

    do not come to this school

    just bad in general

  • Student
    1.0
    20 March 2023

    bad school do not come

    This school is very bad such as, teachers, school meals, books in library and it is hard to speak to teachers when they are 'busy'

  • Student
    1.0
    13 March 2023

    bad school

    this school is stupid the school meals are very bad, they dont give the seating plan we want and they dont let us use the toilets which is unfair

  • Student
    1.0
    13 March 2023

    lolloooooooo

    they dont give us alot of time at break and lunch they dont let us go toilet they give us an unfair seating plane

  • Parent
    5.0
    16 January 2023

    Good school for my child

    It is a fun school for my child and has lots of extra curricular clubs. My child is learning lots of new stuff from her teachers who really teach well.

  • EM
    Student
    1.0
    8 February 2022

    STUDENT REVIEWS SCHOOL (GONE WRONG) (GONE SEXUAL)

    gives me extreme anxiety can't talk to the teachers about it nearly committed in school toilets a couple of times food is horrible, they say they'll fix it but never do line ups. homework website is just bad headteacher and a couple of other teachers are probably kiddy fiddilers most of money goes to sports teams; about 5p towards art department can't talk about mental health library is poorly funded

  • Student
    3.0
    24 November 2021

    No more independence

    I think it’s ridiculous we don’t get to walk to our lessons or go around the school. We have no freedom or independence and most of us have now been vaccinated

  • Student
    3.0
    24 October 2021

    Not much support or freedom

    Tend to make promises and don’t stick to it. It’s very much picking and choosing when it comes to who to help. It’s hard to get support and even so you do not get any freedom walking around the school and have to be escorted in a line to your lessons

  • Student
    2.0
    18 October 2021

    its oki-ish

    i am currently a student at AHA and i honestly am not a huge fan of this school. Especially B-Block. Before i leave this school at Yr 13, i'm probably going to get lung cancer from the amount asbestos in the air. I'm surprised they haven't taken it down to rebuild it. Since COVID, the lunch has been terrible, at least from where i have to get it. Some teachers, in my opinion, need to get sacked. I'm surprised that they haven't yet, honestly. More on B-Block, it's falling apart. The ceiling is way too low, some tiles are gone, there are cracks in the walls and there's no air con at all. A-Block isn't good either, but it's no where near as terrible.

  • Former Student
    1.0
    24 May 2021

    Pick and choose who to help

    It’s ok for very confident students who can manage everything alone but when it comes to help they aren’t much help at all. There is a support system in place for extra needs if they believe you have issues or need the help, but I think it’s quite hard to get into there unless your problems are very obvious. I wouldn’t say they’re very good at noticing or helping mental health. And the way they deal with bullying situations is awful

  • Former Student
    1.0
    13 May 2021

    Ex Student

    Personally I didn’t like the school, some teachers were lovely and helped me a lot yet some of them were terrible and wouldn’t help me when i was getting bullied or having a really bad time

  • Student
    2.0
    18 November 2020

    It’s Meh

    It’s ok, the only good bit about the school is the lessons, other then that I’m not really that bothered about it