Darwen Vale High School

If your child’s mental health matters and is a priority to you, I strongly advise steering clear of this school. The environment here is akin to a prison than a place of learning, and the school has utterly failed in its duty of care to support its students. My daughter endured relentless bullying and was the target of teachers from 2021 to 2024, which led her to attempt to take her own life twice. I regret not choosing elective home education sooner, it could have spared her from the trauma and emotional toll caused by this harmful environment.

Love Dvhs, I have had many opportunities such as meeting my friends and meeting the teachers .

Horrible school full of bullies and farmers teachers are as useful as a mop in a flood A desensitised area for smoking and children making profit by selling cigarettes with the teachers 100% aware of this avoid this school at all costs would recommend much better schools in the area (DACA , st beeds)

This school is amazing and keeps to get better with every year that goes by. The school is going in one direction constantly and that's up; the school supports pupils all the step of the way through their education and has lots of programs and ways to make students feel heard. I would heavily recommend.

I absolutely love that school. It handles things so much better than what it did when I first started in year 7 and I’m now in year 11. It’s improved so so much, the teachers are so much better and there’s newly qualified teachers. Favourite teacher has to be miss hayes (English teacher and head of English) and miss jones (french teacher and head of MFL)

Bit shit school bad behaviour lots of drugs and bullying and no proper mental health support. I knew a kid who got shouted at for trying to kill himself. Some teachers were verbally abusive. You’ll probably come out with mediocre grades and a nicotine addiction but its alright.