Dixie Grammar School

Amazing my son when from worst in his year to middle in top set

Amazing staff and students are well looked after

Really bad experience with this school would not recommend at all. The bullying here is just atrocious and not dealt with at all and if your child has any kind of SEN or develops one they will not be supported. I honestly wish I never sent my child here. If your child is an overachiever then this is probably the school for you otherwise I would really avoid it.

I do not recommend this school. Nothing is taken seriously about bullying. My child was constantly bullied for being smaller and struggling with some subjects. They were once told to apologize to a kid when they fought back. The bully in question was a nightmare child, but was allowed to stay in the school. If your child is struggling, they do not help and your child will be left behind. They will take your money till the last term and ensure you, your child will progress to the next year and then say sorry we changed our minds. Go find somewhere else. There is an elitist era about this school. If you contribute to the school social events, they favour you more. The parents that suck up to the teachers for favours is the problem. If you fall out of favour with the parents or teachers, you will be ostracized and so will your child. They have hurt my child, their personality changed. They would lash out at home and misbehave. It took us a while to understand they were not happy and were being excluded by the school and the other children and the arsehole parents. We spent time with a child psychologist, to help them. We felt we had failed our child and were bad parents. I feel guilty everyday that I send them there and ignored their cry for help as just a child adjusting to a new year or new school work. My child has moved to another local private school, where they do not tolerate bullying, there is no social hierarchy and they will help struggling children. They have made friends and are happy. I see my child coming back from a hellish experience. if your child is not an overachiever, and let's face it who is. If you care about your child's mental well-being. Please consider other alternative schools.

When I was at this school, I became depressed very quickly. The school is almost purely academic and the lessons are not engaging at all. The teachers just read out what they want you to write down and that is it. They have no pastoral care and do not understand how to deal with panic attacks. They do not accommodate peoples needs at all. The teachers are bad at their jobs. I got bullied here but when I went to confide in a teacher, they just said ‘Are you covered in bruises or cuts? No? Then it’s not bullying.’ Which is ridiculous and untrue. I also had to go to the deputy head of year because I somehow offended a member of staff for simply getting the wrong end of the stick. I really hated this school.

Honestly some of the teachers can just be downright awful and sometimes single you out but there are few which are absolute gems and hell with whatever you need. When you tell them you are having problems with your mental health they do literally nothing.