Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School

such a terrible school every teacher is so bad it’s actually annoying weirdos

Awful school hate it should close down

bro this school is so bad its crazy they fr so bad bro man cant even go in the library without bro saying “did you sign in on the sheet” so overrated, wallahi aint no one signing up for ur library mate and why are waffles 95p, what are the canteen brothers playing at at this bad school ur forced to follow everything, including lgbtq, if u dont support them even because of ur religion, theyre after u man i cant lie

I would not recommend this school. The issues raised in the appalling Ofsted report remain and they are no better at dealing with problems such as bullying. SEND is terrible and pastoral care is lacking. There has been an investment in this area, so time will tell whether it works, but it will take a lot to overcome the issues as many of the teachers blame the pupils for the ofsted report. My child is much happier since I removed them from this school.

Let me tell you now, they really only care about your grades or how sporty you are. Mental health? The hell is that? I was having issues with my abusive dad at the time (still am lol) and told someone working in the pastoral care, and they thought it was a good idea to call. my. dad. The one who mentally/sometimes physically abuses me and my siblings. THEY REALLY SAID "HM YES, LET'S GIVE HIM A RING". And don't get me started about how they deal with bullying, it's BAD. I was bullied for the time I was there and absolutely fuck all had been done about it, despite multiple reports. Took a physical fight to get them to listen to me, and the only reason why they did was because a science teacher defended me (God bless, she was great). Though I left in 2018/2019, I've been told that there have been multiple cases of people trying to commit suicide on the grounds because of the stress caused by the school. Like, year 8s are trying to throw themselves off of the scaffolding to end it all. Honestly, fuck you Alan (head teacher of the time), go and invest all the money in more fucking corridors you tighty whitey boomer

Lovely school however it is an environment that is unusual compared to the norm. In my eyes, if I’d have attended a ‘normal’ comp high school I would’ve done so much better; and would’ve felt better about myself. You’re made to feel bad about getting anything less than 7’s at GCSE and some of us can’t keep afloat in the fast moving curriculum and that’s not our fault, not everyone learns at the speed of light. Support classes are looked upon as ‘failure classes’ if you will. There’s a severe lack of pastoral resources / care, which is down to the lack of funding placed within that area of the school. The team are lovely, but there’s just not enough available for the amount of students potentially affected by the harsh learning environment.