Bellerive FCJ Catholic College

Just a point about the school uniform. It says in their prospectus that they were the first school in Liverpool to introduce kilts. This is not true. I went to St Francis de Sales school in Walton in the 70s and the school had a royal blue kilt, introduced in the 60s, similar to the Royal Stewart style, which is actually, still worn today. I remember Bellerive's uniform was brown at that time. It might sound a silly point to make but they think it was serious enough to put in their literature. Maybe someone should have done their homework before posting such statements!

My time a bellerive was quite short, however the time I spent there felt like decades of a horrible experience. This school is beyond strict. Makeup, uniform, shoes, equipment, nails, fake tan and soo much is checked to an extreme level. If your daughter wears fake tan to school she is most likely to be in isolation and in some cases suspended. Another big issue is there strictness on school uniform. This school is so strict that you even have to remove the small colour tags on your shoes. I would also like to address the concerns of the school relating to kilt length. Quite frankly I see no need for a skirt to be at a ridiculously long length especially at an all girls school. Who is it distracting, teachers? I am surprised that they spend majorly of their time on kilts rather than your daughter’s education and mental health. To be honest my mental health has gotten excruciatingly worse ever since I attended Bellerive. Please do not let your daughter suffer at this school like I have and many others .

Bellerive Sixth Form has been an absolute nightmare for my child. The staff shortage is so severe that teachers speak rudely to students, leading to a toxic environment where children are forced to drop out of EPQ programs after already promising universities they would complete them. When approached for help, students are blamed for their struggles and left to cope with stress without any support. The school falsely advertises bursaries to vulnerable students, only to deny them when offering absurd explanations. It's no surprise the school struggles with constant turnover in its leadership—its declining reputation reflects these ongoing issues.

Teachers are constantly screaming at girls, don't listen to their views and handing out minus marks, even when the child is not in the wrong but down to a teacher's mistake. If you want your daughter to grow up voiceless or sly, send her to this school.

Muslims In that school aren’t allowed to wear the black wrap around hijab

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.

this school is horrible, they suspended my friend for being in a group that she never even said anything in it. skirt checks for what, for our learning to be better? we’re learning and what happens if you have manipulative friends who are trying to say that you’re “gay” but your not? She’s making me say it to year 8s who I don’t even speak to.

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.

Today 2nd feb 2023 the school had a 10 minute assembly about skirts before that all of the children were waiting out side and teachers were going round chucking skirts one teacher was screaming at a year8 student because it was rolled and some more were pulling on skirts / putting there hand up skirts and tugging on them I personally think that is unacceptable and should be highlighted as assault this school also expects mums/dads to be buy there kids new skirts that is what the teachers want these skirts cost £38.00 some times even more they are expecting them to buy more which some people can’t afford right now I think this is very greedy of them and shouldn’t be happening because there are more important things to be worrying about , Bellerive is also threatening children to make them wear school pants or they will be sanctioned I don’t like the idea of what is going on hear and all of the kids that are in that school are most probably embarrassed and annoyed making them u roll there skirt is going to make them rebel but I think you can fill up the skirt to a certain length without getting family’s to cash out more money.

Not a very good school, and needs improvement.

Not good. Needs an update in teachers, and they need to try to stick to they fcj values they worship so much.

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

Many cases of slurs thrown out by students and teachers There was an incident on a school bus where a student held a knife up to another students neck yet only got a suspension There are many more things thatve happened but I don’t want to go into detail The food knocks everyone sick the meat is always either dry rubbery raw or full of veins and the fact that we have to wait in a queue all lunch for it isn’t on. We have to share a small yard with another year but there isn’t enough space so you tend to see students sitting on the floor eating there food All I can say is don’t send your kids there there have been worse incidents happen but I can’t go into too much detail

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.

Rats everywhere, can’t handle bullying , in general the school is bad when it comes to bullying it’s very homophonic and don’t rlly kids especially of what I have read from this page. I also read that the drama teacher are bad.

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.

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.

Bellerive is not all round bad but I’m now in year 8 but when I was in year 7 I struggled a lot with my learning no one helped me but my mum an family I asked a teacher for help as I did not understand the work an soon after that I had gotten screamed at there are so many rules about school uniform it makes us all feel stupid . Girls are made to role there skirt down all the way to knee an makes us feel like nuns I understand that they won’t us to look respectful but I had bows on my shoes an was getting much an break detention everyday an the bows were not even big . The food is a show the chicken burgers give u food poisoning an the r vains all in the meat it’s vile an never fully cook they nock me sick we get told that where never going to get away where in life if we don’t SING I’m sorry but like singing are u being proper it makes us so upset as where getting told where getting no where in life apparently

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.

In year 7 I was sitting on the yard with me mates and a rat jumped on one of my mates bags. Me mate that bag it jumped on a few weeks later ended up leaving the school. Sometimes when I’m walking through the main yard You can see the rats near where the year 10s sit to eat their lunch. The school needs to sort their rat infestation out.