Durrington High School

I highly highly recommend Durrington high school. My son has had problems settling in including being bullied by so called friends. That staff have been amazing amd so caring.. they really go out of their way to help in any way they can..lovely school

students dont go to school, they have sex in the local park

Teachers were abusive never listens and they never solved any issues. The place is constantly dirty and the food is bad and expensive. The first week of being there someone had their eye stabbed. There are too many drug problems there also the teachers are Hippocrates and do not follow rules them selfie. Only send you’re kids there if they want to be depressed and not learn anything.

The school cares more about its reputation than its students. They are always telling students to act well if there are visitors but they never deal with bullying. School is about learning but it feels like all the teachers try to do is control the students instead of working with them.

In year 10 I was serious bullied about a nasty rumor about my body which was started by a girl who had previously beaten up my mate , the bullying was from a large group of people who have constantly harassed me throughout the school year with one of them assaulting me 3 hours before the schools open evening and before Easter of that year they sexsualy harassed me . The people are still in the school for yr11 but keep bullying other people and have been on their final warning about being kicked out for months which has lead my mental health to go down with massive anxiety.

Probably one of the worst schools in England 4 years of my life wasted due to lazy teachers not putting the effort in to provide help for student that struggle luckily I had the right mindset to sort my life out as soon as I left and now doing better than any member of staff at this school. No teacher should tell a student they will never amount to nothing in life and put them in the mindset that they will get no where in life don’t send your kids to this school there is much better out there.

good but there are so many people in the halls you end up with so many bruises where you constantly getting pushed and shoved great pastoral care but overall its great!!

I am a former student of the school. While there, I experienced endless amounts of harassment and bullying, i’d sometimes even have stuff thrown at me while in lessons. Whether I was harassed for openly being a genderfluid lesbian, or because I was a goth I have no idea, but regardless of that, I still felt unsafe and anxious within school. I was nervous to come in and I knew if i spoke to a teacher, practically nothing would be done about it, since as i’ve seen with previous cases the school seem to care about their image and reputation more than their students mental health and self expression. Furthermore, students who are known for assaulting people, discriminating against people (racism, homophobia, transphobia) and sexual assault still remain in school without any real punishments put in place. However, a majority of the teachers are really lovely and show a genuine kindness towards students, which is what I think helped me get through a lot of my years spent there. The art department is absolutely amazing, and the teachers are just wonderful. The education is really good, but while I was there I just always felt nervous for what would happen next because of the people I was surrounded by. The school did not handle bullying well, and they also claimed that if you needed someone to talk to, they’d be there to help and everything would be ‘confidential.’ Spoiler alert- everything is not confidential. They proceed to tell other members of staff and your parents when you have spoken to them about your worries and private topics, further worsening the situation.

I just hope for future generations, children and teens will be allowed to express themselves without feeling scared for what others may think. Hopefully, the school and it’s students become more open minded in the future since a lot of the abuse I endured there will stick with me forever.

I am a student at durrington with several mental disabilities, including selective mutism. The school would not allow me to use my assisted speaking device even while being aware of my condition.

SOME of the teachers are amazing and actually enthusiastic about your learning. The school isn’t terrible and can allow you (if you work hard enough) to achieve something great but the large majority of the teachers couldn’t care less about the students and can’t wait for the days teaching to be over.
The abhorrent lack of care for the students is shocking possibly due to the ‘C E O’ (like come on it’s a school not a business how can you be a C E O) only caring about how the ‘research’ school is perceived in the public eye than the students opinions or even worse the grades they get.

The branding of a research school was clearly only present as a cash grab for the senior leaderships personal accolade. It feels like in a school that is meant to teach children life skills, the only skills being taught are kakistocracy.

This school is getting very unsafe, there has been recent stabbing in the building and the students that did it remained still attending the school

The school was great but now they seem to care more about how the school looks to the public rather then weather the students are happy. Also racism is a huge problem. They also favour the naturally smart kids

Absolutely amazing. They are so caring and sort out any problems. The social distancing is good compared to other schools such as Worthing high who had all year groups mixing in corridors with no masks. I think they have done the best a school could do in terms of COVID safety. There SEN department is also amazing. Teachers are caring and supportive. They are just such a good school. Being a research school is so good. As this means there education and ways of teaching is superb and always improving. I highly recommend this school!

I am a student and social distancing is terrible doesn’t happen many to be in bubbles but you still move through different bubbled areas hand sanitizers in the main hallway which is meant to be my bubble but too many people but not good at all