Formby High School

absolutely TERRIBLE! my poor children are wanting to move school because of this horrendous school. their mental health is just getting worse and worse! some days one of my children can’t even get out of bed because this school has made her mental so bad, please make this school a better place. xxx

Extremely poor experience with this school. I feel that the school coasts. My child entered the school as greater depth in core subject areas in Y7. Was wrongly put in the bottom set, school admitted this and changed my child back to set 1/2 where they should have been originally (a human error on systems) by this time it was too late almost a year had gone by. My child's academic ability declined in the school. There was no sense of pushing for individuals or personal intervention, very much a number in a system. I do have the opposite experience of another high school with my older child to compare it to, that school was amazing in South Liverpool, my child had a real sense of belonging there and always a personal touch with my child to get them where they needed to be, my eldest child grew in confidence and academic ability leaving with excellent results. We moved to Formby thinking this school would be good but I am extremely disappointed and let down by the cold feel of the school and the absolute 'not botheredness' of the staff with the children. I was told in May that my child would get a level 2 in mathematics for their GCSE and that they wanted them to drop to the lower paper, my child had been getting 4/5's with me at home so I rejected and they sat the higher paper, came out two marks off a 5 - paper being sent back for remarking at staffs request. Just one more indication that they do not know the children well at all, such a misunderstanding of teaching, learning and assessment. I could go on about other things but in hindsight I should have intervened more or moved my child - I heard once from a previous parent that the school is only bothered about high flyers and I ignored the comment, I can see for sure now that is a correct statement, they rely on the high flyers to allow them to coast through without having to exert themselves as teaching staff. I would say to anyone who has a child in there, question the school if your child makes claims or is upset about something - I didn't, I trusted them and ignored my child at times thinking it's a good school that would happen etc.... but it did and they are not. Trust your child. It's an appalling school. I am sorry I put my child in there.

This school is absolutely vile the teachers have clear favourites The boys give girls loads about absolutely anything and get away with it The food is actually vile and makes me feel violently ill everytime i step into the lunch hall The teachers scream at you if you are one second late Teachers let boys get away with everything where if it was a girl doing half the stuff they did they would be on a detention every day

School favourites pupils who are loud and disruptive If your child is quiet they are left behind and are “so quiet it feels like they aren’t in the room”

Terrible school Food tastes like shit U get detentions and behaviour points for absolutely nothing Wouldn’t recommend coming to this school to anyone