Bourne Grammar School

I’m currently in year 9 at this school and i have to say that while i agree with some of the reviews, others are completely untrue. I have found that over the past 2 and a half years I have been at the school almost every single teacher has been incredibly helpful. Last year I was struggling with a lot of bullying and the safeguarding team, head of years and pastoral care staff couldn’t have been more helpful, they dealt with it discreetly. I have had very few issues with teachers and have found nearly all of them easy to talk to about anything. I recently made my GCSE decisions and have been talking to them and asking for advice, they all went out of their way to help me, and give me resources to help me make an educated decision. The very few issues I have had with teachers have quickly been resolved once they were brought to the attention of my head of year. Academically, this school is absolutely amazing and the most teachers do absolutely everything they can to help

The teachers are ok, but the students think they are at fkn eton. I hated it. Got good GCSE’s tho ?‍♂️

I hated it and left after my gcses because of how awful the school is. The teachers seem like they all hate children and blamed everything on us, the couple good teachers i did have always ended up leaving and going some else. there is no mental health awareness and the sporty kids were always favourited or the ones that were top of every class, if you were average or below you would never be noticed and hardly ever got any additional support, the head teacher was an absolutely horrid man who threw the whiteboard rubber around and hit someone once with it and shouted at you if you didn’t know the answer one biology teacher was awful every time i had to go to his lesson i would get so nervous and anxious and he would force you to answer his questions even if you said you didn’t know the answer and would make the whole class sit and watch while you struggled to say something and would refuse to pick on some else else until you said something, there was so much bullying going on that never got sorted or solved

Very good teachers that help and assist students with the work

The school is average and you’ll do well if you’re lucky with teachers however it’s all based on results, they do not care if you have constant stress, are overworked and don’t get any breaks even in holidays. Some teachers are more aware and take this into consideration however they revive pressure to test us and give results in constantly. Pe is overall sexist and if you don’t look ‘sporty’ count yourself ignored, they have decent facilities but leaves other sections underfunded. It is very hard to ask for and receive help for any mental health if you even want to be acknowledged you have to be diagnosed but they generally aren’t bothered. Apparently there’s a nurse? Been there 5 years and never seen her. The uniform is also unfair and unjust the girls and boys is so different and girls are forced to wear skirts with no alternative and why are different colours needed? Dress code is extensive and I’m unsure how this affects education, I understand in some circumstances but is still over exaggerating. Some teachers NEED to be fired and after so many complaints I’m unsure how they are still there. There are some lovely teachers who do make it worth it and putting in effort will lead you to good results but some areas need improvement, let’s see what the new headteacher does.

Absolutely shit school. Good teachers but they’re all overworked and underpaid the school is short staffed but they’ll spend thousands on a goddamn astroturf. There’s no pastoral support AT ALL. I was bullied here for 4 YEARS and they did NOTHING. They took the word of my bully and his friends that they did nothing wrong. My mental health was so bad at this school I nearly committed suicide. The school counsellor disappeared over a break with no warning and they never replaced him. There was so much favouritism with the sporty kids who could win the school medals and trophies, and the art department was so underfunded. My brother was expelled on a FALSE RUMOUR. The headmaster is a twat who would slap students’ desks for using the word ‘umm’ or ‘like’. The uniform is sexist. There was no proper education on mental health aside from ‘sometimes people have anxiety and depression’ - no how to seek support, no what other mental illnesses are there, nothing of the kind. So much pressure to succeed is put on the students it is ridiculous, some teachers will ridicule students for failures. Awful school. AVOID AT ALL COST

Having completed GCSE at the school, I have stayed on to do A-levels.