Bellerive FCJ Catholic College

School does not care for students mental health and is so unorganised. Some days i have gone hungry due to the canteen running out of food yet all they care about is my attendance and if i can remember my school books. Teachers do not organise homework well as sometimes i may have months of non-stop homework, or weeks without any. And teachers are too strict on homework and do not understand that we may be busy outside of school. However, the school is good for helping unfortunate children with free meals and school stationary and i am thankful for that. However, that does not make up for the humiliating experience of attendance awards, stickers , notes, phone calls home , letters and having to tell teachers in front of the entire class why you missed school/ will miss school. All teachers want is a good reputation and do not care for the well-being of students. Definitely needs improvement, better headteacher, and better and more flexible teachers. There is so much more to talk about , like the uniform issues, expenses and rules.

The worst school in Liverpool I made such a mistake to come here the uniform is shit and the teachers

So there was a whole assembly today about skirt lengths and I’m not being funny but my skirt was on my knee and the teacher still checked my waist band. I look like a nun if i Roll it down atleast it’s at a good length. How do the staff honestly think it looks good they are acting like we are in the army. Shouted at everyone today telling us to put our hands by our sides. My skirt is on my knee but why do I still have to unroll it it’s not like you can see the waist band.

Please, do not send your child here.
I am a former student. I attended up until covid, and then went to a provisional school due to my mental health being very poor. I went through Bellerive with undiagnosed autism, and it was, for lack of a better word, hell. Not one teacher in the entire school, not even the school counsellor, treated me correctly. Not one of them cared how much I was struggling, despite me and my parents practically begging for help. I was a distraction, and attention seeker, a liar. I just needed to ''try harder'' and ''be resilient''. The head staff only care about your child's grades, and put this higher than the wellbeing of the individual. The school counsellor's were a joke, and I was made to miss lessons to attend their hour long sessions, in which I would be made to feel guilty for not being able to cope with the school system. I would also then be made to feel guilty for missing the lesson to go to the session. Bullying was also an issue, as girls would basically gang up and terrorise anyone different to them. The busses would be late and break down, which would then cause us to be blamed for being late. The schools catholicism would be shoved down our throats, and we were practically forced to take part in their practices, regardless of our personal beliefs. Money is spent on new buildings rather than improving the abismal facilities already in place. The pastoral 'care' was one tiny room with a lava lamp, and wasn't given anywhere near as much funding or attention as the academics focused parts of the school.

Not a very good school, and needs improvement.

Wouldn’t let a fly go here never mind a human. Half of the students and teachers are racist and homophobic/transphobic, with teachers phoning home and telling parents that their child is LGBTQ+,common for students to be called faggots/fags,n word,p word etc,one teacher told a student to take off her hijab to show her ears and told her that she would close the door so no one could see. Don’t let students express themselves creatively at all, the only thing this school cares about is attendance and appearance. Attendance officer is constantly overwhelmed with work and has students in and out of her office all day as if she’s the councillor when she’s not(she’s amazing though,one of few members of staff you can go to and will attempt to sort things out for you). Often fights and conflicts between students. multiple students faking mental illness and get enabled to do so by the school whereas students with genuine mental health issues often get left to get on with it. Group of students in year 11 that clearly don’t wash and one looks like they’ve dunked their hair in an oil vat. Members of staff are persistently not in school and are “out on a course” which i can’t imagine to be great for the year 11s in the lead up to their gcses. Multiple male members of staff are rumoured to be pedofiles(one is highly likely as there’s an article about him in the Echo,he also hasn’t been back for months).It is very difficult to learn in this school as students are often placed in sets which are not appropriate for them and end up being distracted by other students who clearly do not want to learn and talk all throughout the lesson whilst the teacher is talking. Serious vaping epidemic throughout all year groups with some students going to the toilet every lesson bc they need a hit. Often students bringing drugs into the school as they’ve picked it up before school so they can use after or even during. Phone policy is absolutely ridiculous,even when some students are excused from this policy due to certain circumstances teachers try to take phones off them,either way the phone policy is pointless anyway as most students use their phone throughout the school day despite not being allowed,not like there’s much signal to use their mobile data anyway. So yeah,all in all, i wouldn’t send ur daughter to this school. Absolute shitshow.

i feel uncomfortable by getting changed in a changing room with people who identify them selfs as boys.as me getting in a ALL girls school for people to then identify themselfs as boys is very strange to acespt this in a all girls school is horrible!

i feel uncomfortable with the people that identify as boys they have formed a clut get them out the school or get changing rooms for the boys how yous are letting this happen in ur school is odd and stop locking the toilets it was an emergency and i was unable to go

I would just like to start by saying that the way young girls are treated in this school is absolutely disgusting. SEVERAL teachers treat their job like a chore and act as if the students are a burden to them when it’s THEIR job to teach us. There has been multiple occasions when me and people I know have been personally insulted by teachers, not being able to say anything back because of “sanctions.” The amount of unnecessary minus marks Ive seen being given out by teachers is just insane but obviously we can’t complain because then we will be issued with hour long after school detentions. One of the biggest problems in this school is the lunch system and I cant even begin to list the amount of issues there is with how they deal with things. I’m in year 8, so we share a playground with year 10s. the playground is NOT big enough for two year groups and we should never be in a situation where we have to sit on the floor in the freezing cold due to our benches being full. The rotor of year 10/8 going first each week is an absolute mess and just isn’t fair overall. the queue is always too long and we shouldn’t have to spend our entire lunchtime in a queue standing in the cold. Not only are we standing in a queue that’s about a mile long but we’re not even queuing for anything good, because the food we pay for is absolutely atrocious. The food cube is a MESS and we are CONSTANTLY left with scraps and leftovers from the canteen. I should also mention how at break time year 8s are REFUSED from the canteen and told that they can’t be served? I find it absolutely disgusting and I’m not the only person who sees a problem with the entire lunch situation. This week we had a blitz about skirt length, which would be understandable if our skirts were unreasonably short but they’re not. We are being forced to line up and get stared at up and down by our form tutors just for them to tell us “your skirt is too short, minus mark.” My friend recently got pulled aside from the lunch line and got told that if she didn’t go and by a new skirt as soon as possible there would be consequences such as detentions and getting pulled out of classes. She also got told by a male teacher that she shouldn’t be showing her thigh at all. This is absolutely unbelievable considering that we are getting told this by female teachers who’s skirts are showing half of their thigh. The whole situation is completely hypocritical and I cant even explain how genuinely shocking it is that girls are getting told to buy new skirts if they’re too short. Teachers are DEMANDING that new skirts are bought, but how can they say this not knowing peoples financial circumstances? uniform isn’t cheap and they have no right whatsoever. I’d also like to add that my class specifically (and probably many other classes) have been repeatedly told off on many occasions for being “terribly behind” in lessons. For example, people in another form have completely finished a topic and are almost finishing the new one when we haven’t even finished the first topic. THIS IS NOT OUR FAULT. We should not be receiving the backlash and consequences of our teachers actions when they can’t be bothered to do certain things like mark books and tests on time or print sheets off that we need. Something that really irks me is that many girls who are consistently well behaved and always up to date with homework are completely ignored and brushed off to the side whilst the children who misbehave are receiving AWARDS for their change in behaviour. Students don’t work themselves to sleep for other students to be getting awards for being misbehaved. I know I’m only in year 8 and I have a lot more work to come but the amount of homework we get can be very overwhelming and if we don’t do it or it’s not finished to the full extent, it’s an immediate minus mark. I think teachers should take into consideration the fact that we are being piled with work 24/7 and sometimes just need a break. But teachers at this school wouldn’t understand that because they don’t care for children’s well-being at all. The only thing that’s ever talked about is attendance and behaviour. They don’t care about us whatsoever. In conclusion, this school is terrible and please think twice before sending your child here unless you want her self esteem to be torn apart by students AND teachers.

Don’t come to this school

MEN (teachers) look at your skirt like why r u looking there? I’m a girl ur a man stop looking, some girls got told they could see there thys by a male teacher DISGUSTING. You are basically sexualising young girls who just don’t want to wear a 50 inch long skirt who would 🤣 food is absolutely disgusting veins in the chicken eee some teachers r nice and funny others are just weirdos and are nonsy they also take your phone if you have messaged somebody at home to pick you up because of an emergency like they could have felt so sick but u wouldn’t send them home so hard to actually find a coat but then keep all the windows open thinking we are all warm and toasty like no I’m suffering from hypothermia sitting in this class 😂 even drama is boring now that the best teacher has left sort it out please 🥲 some weird people in the school mostly teachers but if u want to get your phone taken off u and you want veins in your chicken and want to get pushed down stairs and get told to lift ur shirt up to look at your skirt then come to this school 👍🏻

Very bad , don’t hand bullying or anything such as that , people get away with everything and the kid are just naughty. In my personal opinion I think they should change the rules and take it step forward to teach the kids a lesson.but very bad drama teachers, think they need a up grade.

My child xomes hone everyday with another terribke thing thays happened in school all i can say is dont send your kids here. I made that mistake

i am currently in year 8 in bellerive, last year there was a HUGE rat infestation it was disgusting my friend got covid from a member of staff.

This school is shit and so are the teachers

In year 7 I was sitting on yard and rats ran up to me and my friends yet nothing was done. My friend was jumped on by the rat and left the school a couple weeks later. Although there is a lgbtq+ group many kids and staff bully the kids. Staff are either too harsh or not harsh enough. I am in year 8 and the amount of bad experiences I have had in the bus is horrific flies ants and spiders everywhere with many occasions of the busses breaking down or being very late. This school is very bad. The food is very bad and there was fish skin under the pizza sauce making my friend sick to her stomach.

Bellerive is not all bad, it’s the teachers, I have moved to numerous amount of schools and by far this is the worse. I am in top sets in most classes and have noticed how teachers only care about the “smart” students I can’t think of how the “unable” students feel in this school with teachers like this it’s unbelievable how bad the teachers have favourites it puts girls down so much. Teachers do not care about mental health in anyway shape or form which needs sorting out ASAP I don’t know how anyone can survive in here for 5+ years. There is a school counsellor who has a waiting list and a attendance officer who does so much for girls who come to her yet still so many girls suffering in silence even suffering with teachers knowing how they feel yet they only
Care if you done Your homework not if you had A good night sleep. Need to invest in more mental health teachers instead of new buildings that they do not need.

I’ve been a student for many years now and if I can give any advice from those years, don’t send your daughter here. The school as a whole don’t care about the student’s and their mental health and physical well-being -with the exception of VERY few teachers. There is many stories known around school regarding racism, I wouldn’t question a single one as I’ve seen it multiple times first hand. The school seems to care only for grades and attendance as if all the students are simply equal to statistics. Don’t waste your time and happiness on this place

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Pathetic excuse for a “safe environment”. Homophobic racial slurs being thrown around by teachers and students. Major bullying issue homophobia n racism. They practically do nothing about students who cause harm and danger to others. For example ******. Not only did she try to******** * **** **** * ******* ***** *** **** **** ** ******* * ********* **** ***** *** *** ****** ** ***** ****. The school did absolutely nothing except for an exclusion that only lasted 3 days and they are doing nothing to protect those victims. This girl is extremely racist abusive physically n extremely manipulative and controlling. Students as repulsive and disgusting as that should not be anywhere near a school or those kids. They should be GONE! This angers me so badly.

I was at the school 3 years ago and nothing has changed. My sisters still attend this school. The teachers punish those who don’t necessarily need to be punished and let the ones who do the harm get away with everything. I was a very good well behaved student and I remember everything. I had traumatic experiences there and the school does not care about those with learning difficulties at all. They failed to recognise I needed more support than I was getting. While I was there they failed to recognise who needed the most mental support. They also failed to recognise those who fake mental illnesses for attention and believe those lies. Students were made to look bad by other students and got away with telling horrible unjustified one sided parts of a story and the teachers would just believe them because of their “mental illness” and didn’t do anything when they heard they speak awful things about other students.

I had many experiences with getting treated differently because I wasn’t white. There was absolutely no reason for me to be treated the way that I was, because I was a well mannered and quiet student. I also would like to mention how teachers love those who do bad and dislike those who do good as they treat the bad students nicely and completely disregard the good behaved students but there is also obvious favouritism within the students who do well.

There’s a lack in teaching skills and methods here at the school. They overwork you and stress you out. The teachers make you feel like crap because they criticise you so badly if you get an answer wrong or you don’t know the answer to something or fail a test. In year 8 me and a couple other girls got screamed at by a teacher because we got low marks on a test which traumatised all of us and made us feel very insecure and small. I tried my best on that test. I gave it my all and then I get screamed at for apparently not trying.

Teachers don’t allow you to speak or express yourself freely even when you are right about something and they are wrong they will just completely shut you down and not admit to being wrong.

I really do hope you don’t send your kids to this school especially if they are kind hearted and vulnerable and I also hope you all read this. Reading all these reviews and thinking this school might as well close down..

From your former student,
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There have been many incidents of homophobia and racism in this school, not only amongst the students, but also among teachers. For instance, girls have been outed as lesbians via a phone call home to their parents which is a potentially dangerous situation as teachers aren't aware of the kind of homes their students are living in. Many kids are picked on by their peers for their gender identity or sexuality, which many teachers will turn a blind eye to.

Numerous occasions of racism, many of the students and even teachers using slurs such as the n slur and the f slur. Also one too many cases of islamophobia from both staff and students.


Teachers have been notified about the bullying of disabled and neurodivergent students, and what do they use their position to do? Absolutely nothing!! The punishments for these actions are either non existent or not harsh enough.

There have been occasions where the safety of students has been put at risk. A student attended school armed with a knife, even holding one up to a peer's neck, and what is this student's punishment? Nothing! They still attend this school and nothing has been done to punish their crime.

Many of the teachers struggle to control classes, some teachers are far too careless. Please do not bring your child here unless you want them to be a victim of some sort of bullying or harassment, particularly if you're child is lgbtq+, Muslim, or a person of colour.

The curriculum is average, it comes down to the student if they want to learn or not, however there are some teachers who are terrible at their jobs. Some don't attend classes (sixth form teachers in particular), others are simply rude and blatantly biased.

There's simply too many cases of staff being homophobic, transphobic and racist. This school has been around for quite a long time but only recently do they pretend to care and CLAIM they will take action towards discrimination against marginalised folk. As if the damage hasn't already been done...

Too many times has a student stood up for themselves or others, tried to complain about blatant racism/prejudice or favoritism, and gotten into trouble. Shouldn't it be the other way around? Complete fuckery, I should say.