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Chailey School
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I hate this school
Doesn’t care racism disgusting schoool policy makes students feel horrible and only focus on the special kids
School was good but not the best, some issues with the system
As someone who went here from 2017-2022 the school is decent, i’ve read the other reviews and whereas i can understand there experience mine was completely different.
Half the teachers were friendly, the other half clearly had personal issues and did take out anger on students which is bad, a lot of them can’t actually teach which is why i think i achieved lower grades in some of my subjects than i could have gotten, they say how much you enjoy the subject depends on the teacher and let me tell you that’s so true, good grades doesn’t always mean a good time and i hated school i only went to see my friends.
I was that student who was smart and quiet in class but i was social outside and had a good group of friends and that’s what you really need to have a good time here without problems, i got help with my english and some teachers let you go in their classrooms at lunch to ask for help with homework.
For me i didn’t see much bullying, there was one case i saw in which the person basically being bullied got expelled because he fought back and beat up the bully but the bully didn’t get expelled just put into permanent isolation, now that was wrong. However none of my friends nor me got bullied and i doubt the popular kids did either, if your kid is on the nerdier side they might, that’s probably the reason they all hid in the music room.
Rules are ridiculous, after school detention for rolling up skirts? detention for being late to school more than 3 times like it’s an awful system and one I don’t support it definitely instigates fear in students. I have a fear of being late and the school definitely made it worse. The phone rule now though is even worse, they wanted parents to sign a contract that asks if they can take their child’s phone for a month if they use it at school, a phone which they need for homework and which is PERSONAL PROPERTY may i add. And they won’t even let you call your parents on your phone if something bad goes wrong you have to physically go all the way up to the front office to request a phone call from them how ridiculous is that, for this reason i’d recommend another school, however a lot of schools are seriously bad around here with the extreme amount of bullying so i know i was lucky with that.
Hope you read this.
Half the teachers were friendly, the other half clearly had personal issues and did take out anger on students which is bad, a lot of them can’t actually teach which is why i think i achieved lower grades in some of my subjects than i could have gotten, they say how much you enjoy the subject depends on the teacher and let me tell you that’s so true, good grades doesn’t always mean a good time and i hated school i only went to see my friends.
I was that student who was smart and quiet in class but i was social outside and had a good group of friends and that’s what you really need to have a good time here without problems, i got help with my english and some teachers let you go in their classrooms at lunch to ask for help with homework.
For me i didn’t see much bullying, there was one case i saw in which the person basically being bullied got expelled because he fought back and beat up the bully but the bully didn’t get expelled just put into permanent isolation, now that was wrong. However none of my friends nor me got bullied and i doubt the popular kids did either, if your kid is on the nerdier side they might, that’s probably the reason they all hid in the music room.
Rules are ridiculous, after school detention for rolling up skirts? detention for being late to school more than 3 times like it’s an awful system and one I don’t support it definitely instigates fear in students. I have a fear of being late and the school definitely made it worse. The phone rule now though is even worse, they wanted parents to sign a contract that asks if they can take their child’s phone for a month if they use it at school, a phone which they need for homework and which is PERSONAL PROPERTY may i add. And they won’t even let you call your parents on your phone if something bad goes wrong you have to physically go all the way up to the front office to request a phone call from them how ridiculous is that, for this reason i’d recommend another school, however a lot of schools are seriously bad around here with the extreme amount of bullying so i know i was lucky with that.
Hope you read this.
GCSE
Lowered my mentalhealth, horrid staff.
As a student who joined in 2017 and Only left in 2022, some aspects of the school were ABSOLUTLEY HORRIBLE!
Some people say “secondary school changes you” well this school certainly and definitely Changed me and lowered my mental health. staff were friendly at most part and yet some were utterly, arrogant, horrible, snobby and rude.
Every single error like “Swearing” or “Forgetting homework” was issued with a Detention, all of the staff constantly took their own personal issues out on us if they felt frustrated and the school Never! And I mean never cared about mentalhealth despite being known to be “SEN Friendly” and also known to have a top “Learning support room”
I am autistic and a teacher In year 7 screamed at me during a history to “look up and take my fingers out of my ears” because I (In his eyes) “was not listening” when actually I was having a massive Sensory overload because of my anxiety.
I got so scared to the point where I hid in the toilets to avoid said teacher.
They only had limited councilers for people with special needs (when I was there were only 2 when there should have been much much more)
And the way the teachers managed classes, some of them couldn't even teach a class and control students let alone a TV remote!! And the way they disciplined students for poor behaviour looking back at it now shocks me and infuriates me, even for the most minor things the screamed at you! (some teachers even insisted you have a note to excuse yourself from being late, even if you were 2 minutes late, they insisted on a note or you got a detention)
Modern foreign languages Terrified me, despite getting along with my german teacher now since I have left because of our similar music tastes (and also I don't have to deal with their anger now)
they SCREAMED! At everyone, if a group of us got an error on an exam she would ask at the top of her lungs “why did we get this wrong!? I practically spoon feed you the answers” and also if no one answered her questions she would say “hello?” Or “Am I that scary”?
All I will say is “No Offence but yes you are very scary if you maybe just lowered your tone and maybe yelled at us less then youll be less scary”
They constantly set too many high standards for us, they said “Youll never get anywhere with out your GCSES” and I was constantly told “youll never get anywhere, you have so many poor grades”
Well, somehow I ended up with 5 GCSES (English Lang, Music, Art, German, Science Entry Level) and proved the teachers who put me down a lot wrong, despite the fact I was taught by some very horrid teachers who affected me a lot.
Also Facilities were AWFUL! Toilets were never cleaned by caretakers, paper stuffed in sinks, No toilet roll, Bathrooms smelling of pee and or fish, bins never emptied and the thing that angered me so much!
When I needed to go to the toilet I was never allowed to go because of how students took advantage of this to bunk off, even when I was on my “menstrual cycle” they would never let me go.
The only good things I can say was that Music, Art and Tutor Time were escapes from the stresses of this place, Clubs were alright aswell, mostly did Aesthetics (Gymnastics, Cheerleading, Trampolining, Dance and Tumbling) That was also another escape for me.
But all in all, very poor I am super glad I have left now
Some people say “secondary school changes you” well this school certainly and definitely Changed me and lowered my mental health. staff were friendly at most part and yet some were utterly, arrogant, horrible, snobby and rude.
Every single error like “Swearing” or “Forgetting homework” was issued with a Detention, all of the staff constantly took their own personal issues out on us if they felt frustrated and the school Never! And I mean never cared about mentalhealth despite being known to be “SEN Friendly” and also known to have a top “Learning support room”
I am autistic and a teacher In year 7 screamed at me during a history to “look up and take my fingers out of my ears” because I (In his eyes) “was not listening” when actually I was having a massive Sensory overload because of my anxiety.
I got so scared to the point where I hid in the toilets to avoid said teacher.
They only had limited councilers for people with special needs (when I was there were only 2 when there should have been much much more)
And the way the teachers managed classes, some of them couldn't even teach a class and control students let alone a TV remote!! And the way they disciplined students for poor behaviour looking back at it now shocks me and infuriates me, even for the most minor things the screamed at you! (some teachers even insisted you have a note to excuse yourself from being late, even if you were 2 minutes late, they insisted on a note or you got a detention)
Modern foreign languages Terrified me, despite getting along with my german teacher now since I have left because of our similar music tastes (and also I don't have to deal with their anger now)
they SCREAMED! At everyone, if a group of us got an error on an exam she would ask at the top of her lungs “why did we get this wrong!? I practically spoon feed you the answers” and also if no one answered her questions she would say “hello?” Or “Am I that scary”?
All I will say is “No Offence but yes you are very scary if you maybe just lowered your tone and maybe yelled at us less then youll be less scary”
They constantly set too many high standards for us, they said “Youll never get anywhere with out your GCSES” and I was constantly told “youll never get anywhere, you have so many poor grades”
Well, somehow I ended up with 5 GCSES (English Lang, Music, Art, German, Science Entry Level) and proved the teachers who put me down a lot wrong, despite the fact I was taught by some very horrid teachers who affected me a lot.
Also Facilities were AWFUL! Toilets were never cleaned by caretakers, paper stuffed in sinks, No toilet roll, Bathrooms smelling of pee and or fish, bins never emptied and the thing that angered me so much!
When I needed to go to the toilet I was never allowed to go because of how students took advantage of this to bunk off, even when I was on my “menstrual cycle” they would never let me go.
The only good things I can say was that Music, Art and Tutor Time were escapes from the stresses of this place, Clubs were alright aswell, mostly did Aesthetics (Gymnastics, Cheerleading, Trampolining, Dance and Tumbling) That was also another escape for me.
But all in all, very poor I am super glad I have left now
Please do not subject your child to this school
If you want your child to enrol into the army this is the place for you. They are more concerned about the kids wearing their blazer rather than their health. The staff are in summer outfits while the children are dripping in sweat.
I agree kids should not be on their phones but the amount of staff walking around looking at their phones is unbelievable. Perhaps they should start making the staff wear uniform and comply with the same rules seeming as their excuse is they are preparing the kids for adult life.
Teachers are obsessed with their edulink app and punishing kids for the most silly reasons, ie laughing in the hallway is now classed as anti social behaviour 🤣.
This school is far from nurturing and it shows with the amount of children having severe anxiety before they even go to school because they are petrified of being put in isolation over the most ridiculous reason.
Bullying is tolerated and nothing is done but if you wear frilly socks you will go to isolation.
This school needs to learn that respect goes both ways. As an adult I will not respect someone through fear but unfortunately Chailey believe that’s what respect is. If you want a well rounded child entering adult hood do not send your child here.
I agree kids should not be on their phones but the amount of staff walking around looking at their phones is unbelievable. Perhaps they should start making the staff wear uniform and comply with the same rules seeming as their excuse is they are preparing the kids for adult life.
Teachers are obsessed with their edulink app and punishing kids for the most silly reasons, ie laughing in the hallway is now classed as anti social behaviour 🤣.
This school is far from nurturing and it shows with the amount of children having severe anxiety before they even go to school because they are petrified of being put in isolation over the most ridiculous reason.
Bullying is tolerated and nothing is done but if you wear frilly socks you will go to isolation.
This school needs to learn that respect goes both ways. As an adult I will not respect someone through fear but unfortunately Chailey believe that’s what respect is. If you want a well rounded child entering adult hood do not send your child here.
Rubbish school.
The staff don't care about mental well-being, they act different as to what they normally act like when people come to review the school. Staff are just mostly awful, only a few nice teaches who care. The most of them are horrible. Care way too much about uniform and the way their students look and the whole behaviour system is bad. They shout at their students too much and embarrass them for the fun of it. The only way to get treated nicely is if you are quiet and smart, otherwise they treat you like your worth nothing. As I have said before, some staff are so sweet and care about your mental health, but on the whole most are absolutely horrible. Would not recommend this school at all.
chailey staff
This school overall isn't bad, however the staff at chailey are very bad. They do not care about students mental health or let students have their own opinions and thoughts. I use to go here and everyday was awful as teachers don't have patience at chailey and they really made me feel bad about myself. This wasn't only my opinion, it was several other people aswell. It really makes a negative impact on everyone's mental health and it should change for others because it's not fair on children to get shouted on and punished for little mistakes they make. It is hard for students these days to wake up and do the same routine over and over again and I don't think teachers realise how tired they are making their students. Personally, my experience at chailey was incredibly draining and I'm glad I'm not a student there anymore.
bad personal experience
this school is set up for one type of child ,a child who is smart and quite ,as someone with adhd and autism this school ruined me the teachers would allow me to do no work the entire lesson because they couldn't be bothered to deal with me. the students bullied me to the point i left school in year 9 .due to the lac of guidance the school supplied im now expected to fail the majority of my gcses , the bullying in this school is beyond bad and no matter how many times you report it its still left unsolved and more times than not the person getting bullied gets in trouble , the bullying and harassment from the kids at this school has left me unable to even drive past mill lane and has made me fearful just to leave my house in fear of seeing one of the students who never got punishment for the torment they created .this school became a toxic unsafe for me to be in and half the time i was there i would just spend walking around the halls waiting for someone to come find me which they didnt they simply walked past me as if i didn't exist . people will read this and probably think i was the problem but i was a child who never even spoke back they could have simply asked me to go back to class and i would of done so but they simply didn't care .
the children are monsters at this school and unless your popular basically meaning one of the kids that vapes,rolls skirt and has the completion of tangerine you are destined for failure because weather your smart or not the kids there will wear you down and make you feel like you shouldn't even exist or try to be anything more ,a few of the boys also have sexually harassed me and quite a few other girls which is what led me to be so afraid of the people there and if the teachers arnt aware of it by now they are a bit thick in the head ,if they searched even one of those boys phones they would have all the proof they needed.
a lot of the students there also have a habit of dealing weed,vapes and cigarettes in the school bathrooms (or at least when i was there) i know it still goes on though since i still have friends at the school .
i will say the only half deasent part of this school was a few of the tlc workers who helped me when i was going through it but other than that it just really wast worth it . i was pulled out of the school because it literally nearly killed me to be there .
this is my honest review as a child who went to this school with adhd and autism obviously this isnt the same for every child im sure some kids did amazing this was just my personal experience .
i was there years 7-9.
the children are monsters at this school and unless your popular basically meaning one of the kids that vapes,rolls skirt and has the completion of tangerine you are destined for failure because weather your smart or not the kids there will wear you down and make you feel like you shouldn't even exist or try to be anything more ,a few of the boys also have sexually harassed me and quite a few other girls which is what led me to be so afraid of the people there and if the teachers arnt aware of it by now they are a bit thick in the head ,if they searched even one of those boys phones they would have all the proof they needed.
a lot of the students there also have a habit of dealing weed,vapes and cigarettes in the school bathrooms (or at least when i was there) i know it still goes on though since i still have friends at the school .
i will say the only half deasent part of this school was a few of the tlc workers who helped me when i was going through it but other than that it just really wast worth it . i was pulled out of the school because it literally nearly killed me to be there .
this is my honest review as a child who went to this school with adhd and autism obviously this isnt the same for every child im sure some kids did amazing this was just my personal experience .
i was there years 7-9.
I really hated going to this school.
Only 2 teachers actually care about student well being and mental health the others only care about themselves GCSEs and there favourites. There’s a huge bullying problem and there’s a lot gossip about staff and students. Almost everyone I have met there has had some form of bad mental health because of school. Be it anxiety depression or other. And none of the teachers care it’s just about weather or not you are in school and doing the work that’s it. Also the likely hood of you being bullied is very very heigh.
Decent
It was ok ig but some teachers were nice some where just boring and you didn’t learn much . Didn’t care about bullying
Goods
Very good, however some unengaging teachers
rubbish
teachers care too much about your uniform and making you take jewellery off and don’t care about your education or the massive bullying problem.
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