Christ's Hospital

Great school with great facilities. The experience was mind blowing, with the details of the pupils results and general wellbeing. CH offers complete education.

This review is for parents considering applying for a place at Christ's Hospital school, Horsham. Please, please, please be extremely mindful of registering your child/ren in that establishment. Make an informed decision. The buildings and facilities may dazzle you but, as an insider, you would be horrified how this institution functions. The staff will only offer lip service with very little or no action. They don't want to hear the truth. If you sincerely love your child/ren, you ought to try before you buy. Their taster day is misrepresentative. The daily bullying, due to hugely and unthinkably disadvantaged children attending CH, is rife. Sadly, the majority of these children lower the standards and are so detrimental to the minority who wants to learn. You only need to sit on the train at Christ's Hospital train station every 3 weeks from the start of the term or at the end of term to see, hear and feel what it's really like inside that school. You would be mortified. The children hit one another, swear at one another, are abusive to one another and much worse such as sexual abuse..... They're so loud, ill-mannered, uncivilised and inconsiderate - scary! That's when you'll understand that the inadequate population which frequents CH doesn't match your own values or expectations. You'd never dream that this happens at CH - but it does. If you think CH will change your child, 100% they will - but only for the worse - mark my words. In Horsham, it's local knowledge that it's a dreadfully bad school. If you're not a local, you get caught out. Psychologically, they'll ruin your child/ren life. CH is not a place where they allow a child/ren to express themselves freely. They only do things their way. Beware of all the misleading publicity you see online about CH. They paint such a false picture of the place and people. Don't let marketing blind you. For the love of your child/ren, think very carefully before you commit yourself to sending them there. You'll get zero value for your money - only heartache. This is a genuine review from an insider. Best of luck to you & your child/ren.

My mental health was never so bad as when I was at this school. It is prison-like, and I know for a fact that a huge portion of my year group agreed, and have only bad things to say about the school now. I would discourage anyone from considering this school.

This is a "total institution". Stuck away in the countryside out of the way of parents and carers. Other "total institutions" include the monastery, the military barracks and the madhouse. All of these remove you from real life and give you a warped view of life when you emerge into the real world. No other country in developed Europe seems to need them. In our country they produce disastrous leaders like David Cameron, George Osborne, Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt, Rishi Sunack and Jacob Rees-Mogg (and not forgetting Nigel Farage). Leftovers from the days when we had an empire. They screw you up intellectually, emotionally and sexually. Why are they not abolished ? Because too many senior politicians send their children to them. The British class system dies hard.

Music department is AMAZING! The band is iconic. The food is iffy, usually awful especially for veggies and vegans. Overall it’s a good school :D

Nice community (sometimes), food is inconsistent (mostly bad) with certain catering staff often rude to students, teaching is decent, some departments close to being a shambles. Very little independence and freedom here, would definitely not recommend for sixth form at the very least. Classic boarding school bullying occasionally takes place.

Amazing place, beautiful grounds, great food, good teachers, would definitely recommend