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Glenthorne High School
Secondary · Academy · Sutton
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Suttons worst school
DONT ENTER YOUR CHILD INTO GLENTHORNE
A really 'nice' school my ass. I attended that school through year 7 - year 9 and all I can say is all the terrible memories attached to it. I've been bullied a lot because of me being bisexual and also my friends as well. The teachers are over dramatic exhausting. This is one of the most strictest school out thier.
The teachers do not care about your mental health at all. And when the year 11 do Thier GCSE paper they stick them into the sports halls and halls with NO air conditioning when it's hot or no heating when it's cold. I've seen other school block of the area where the students are doing GCSEs so they are not distributed and distracted in Thier limited time but unfortunately glenthorne doesn't do that.
Many people here are bullied for almost anything they do. The school does not have actually lesson as most teachers are unable to control the class which causes us to be behind on coursework. Thier is also the fact that you pick your GCSEs in year 8 and only have a term to finalise options. I think putting that much pressure on students that age is wrong.
Glenthorne only cares about thier schools look to the public and grades. Most of the stuff you do all year is test if I where to add all the test I did each year, (especially year 7+8) it would be Atleast 2 months worth of test. And like I said in the previous paragraph we barely learned anything due to misbehave and teachers unable to control the class.
When i had a pe lesson the teachers would be huddled around figuring who is doing what for each group or would just chat which took away most time of the lesson. This is an issue as it's a government requirement that teenagers at school do Atleast 2 hours of pe. There are a lot of other reason this school is one I would not recommend but I think the other reviews tell you.
The teachers do not care about your mental health at all. And when the year 11 do Thier GCSE paper they stick them into the sports halls and halls with NO air conditioning when it's hot or no heating when it's cold. I've seen other school block of the area where the students are doing GCSEs so they are not distributed and distracted in Thier limited time but unfortunately glenthorne doesn't do that.
Many people here are bullied for almost anything they do. The school does not have actually lesson as most teachers are unable to control the class which causes us to be behind on coursework. Thier is also the fact that you pick your GCSEs in year 8 and only have a term to finalise options. I think putting that much pressure on students that age is wrong.
Glenthorne only cares about thier schools look to the public and grades. Most of the stuff you do all year is test if I where to add all the test I did each year, (especially year 7+8) it would be Atleast 2 months worth of test. And like I said in the previous paragraph we barely learned anything due to misbehave and teachers unable to control the class.
When i had a pe lesson the teachers would be huddled around figuring who is doing what for each group or would just chat which took away most time of the lesson. This is an issue as it's a government requirement that teenagers at school do Atleast 2 hours of pe. There are a lot of other reason this school is one I would not recommend but I think the other reviews tell you.
Absolutely terrible
As a student at Glenthorne High School, I have not once fully enjoyed my time there. The teachers there couldn’t care less about helping their students enjoy their time and don’t care about helping them. They seem too focused on getting paid and trying to make all of their students afraid of them. For example, drama teachers expect everyone to be amazing at their lessons like they are professional actors (which is NEVER the case). It feels like they forgot about the pupil that are less confident and don’t enjoy speaking out loud. They also separate boys and girls during PE, which as a gay boy I find myself a lot more likely talking to girls and having a lot more female friends as we share similar interests when a lot of boys don’t. Glenthorne somehow believes that all boys are sporty and enjoy these lessons when I really do hate them and the whole week leading up to these 3 lessons (dance, drama and PE) I am praying that we have cover lessons and don’t have to do them, which wouldn’t be the case of these teachers help us and somehow make our minds looks forward to their lessons. In dance the teachers are making us do ballroom/court dancing. So, before the teachers thought of this idea I imagine them all sitting around a table going “yes they will love this! Especially the people that find it hard talking to others”. A lot of these teachers shout randomly as a boy asked “where do I put this paper?” and a teacher replied “WHAT DO YOU THINK!” It feels great to get this out somewhere as there is really nowhere else to say it.
Disgusted at the treatment of children
Warning do not send you children to this school if you value your child's mental wellbeing, numerous failings mentioned on ofstead reports, senior education health workers strongly advised against sending my daughters there, constant bullying and dictatorship behavior by non-empathetic teachers. Over strict rules and policies are inplace so much so, its detrimental to them gives them no freedom to learn , and numbs confidence and individuality. The last straw was today when my daughter felt the need to send a message to her mum because she felt ill and dizzy I called the school to make sure she is ok and asked them politely to make sure she has eaten, and they confiscated her phone... seriously when they put rules inplace of my daughters health there should be alarm bells ringing, and they didn't even allow her to eat as they took her to the office for punishment.
Warning....
Warning do not send you children to this school if you value your child's mental wellbeing, numerous failings mentioned on ofstead reports, senior education health workers strongly advised against sending my daughters there, constant bullying and dictatorship behavior by non-empathetic teachers. Over strict rules and policies are inplace so much so, its detrimental to them gives them no freedom to learn , and numbs confidence and individuality.
Years 7 through to the end of year 9
Miserable for students with learning difficulty’s
I attended Glenthorne High school in Sutton through year 7 - the start of Year 10 (2016-2019). And I had an absolutely miserable experience.
To clarify I am a female with autism and SPD meaning I had a SEN place at the school. I was in their special needs unit they called the base. I remember the first day of year 7 being excited to make friends and they wouldn’t let me go out at lunch with the other students I was segregated and told I had to stay in the base at first. I believe this greatly effected my chances at making friends as everyone had already been out at lunch and break together for a few days except me.
I was very self conscious of my autism. I didn’t want anyone to know I was different than anyone else. I wanted to keep my diagnosis to myself and didn’t want my peers to treat me differently. I remember making this very clear to the staff in the base. We had a lesson on autism once in PHSE and the TA from the base sat next to me and said incredibly loudly “You Know You Have Autism?” I was absolutely distraught and I felt completely exposed. (I know learning difficulties are not something to be ashamed of but at the time I thought differently) the students in my from the would treat me like I was weird and stupid from then on.
Some students would call me names in lesson they would refer to me as a “faulty or broken computer” laugh at me, shake my desk while I was writing loudly in lesson. Not once did the teacher who very clearly knew what was happening would do anything.
The school rules were ridiculously strict. We were never allowed to remove our blazers unless it was a heatwave even if we were genuinely too hot. We got in trouble for the smallest accidents causing me to be absolutely terrified of getting in trouble despite not trying to do anything wrong.
It was a miserable environment. I didn’t feel encouraged to learn at all. I felt pushed down, segregated from the students without learning difficulties, held back and my love of learning and subjects such as history silenced by teachers that would scream at me for not writing the date correctly in my workbook.
I will say though despite this some teachers were lovely such as my year 9 PE and photography teachers.
I later developed a multitude of mental health issues I still struggle with today I largely blame my experience at this school for. It wasn’t until I started refusing to go to school as I hated it so much my parents finally decided to take me out in year 9.
Since leaving I have become so much more confident and studying what I love at college.
This may just be my experience but I would never recommend parents send their children to this school. My mum thought it was going to be a school that could support me as they had a special needs unit. However we now both agree I would have done better in a less academic school that prioritised students health and happiness over uniform and grades as they all should.
To clarify I am a female with autism and SPD meaning I had a SEN place at the school. I was in their special needs unit they called the base. I remember the first day of year 7 being excited to make friends and they wouldn’t let me go out at lunch with the other students I was segregated and told I had to stay in the base at first. I believe this greatly effected my chances at making friends as everyone had already been out at lunch and break together for a few days except me.
I was very self conscious of my autism. I didn’t want anyone to know I was different than anyone else. I wanted to keep my diagnosis to myself and didn’t want my peers to treat me differently. I remember making this very clear to the staff in the base. We had a lesson on autism once in PHSE and the TA from the base sat next to me and said incredibly loudly “You Know You Have Autism?” I was absolutely distraught and I felt completely exposed. (I know learning difficulties are not something to be ashamed of but at the time I thought differently) the students in my from the would treat me like I was weird and stupid from then on.
Some students would call me names in lesson they would refer to me as a “faulty or broken computer” laugh at me, shake my desk while I was writing loudly in lesson. Not once did the teacher who very clearly knew what was happening would do anything.
The school rules were ridiculously strict. We were never allowed to remove our blazers unless it was a heatwave even if we were genuinely too hot. We got in trouble for the smallest accidents causing me to be absolutely terrified of getting in trouble despite not trying to do anything wrong.
It was a miserable environment. I didn’t feel encouraged to learn at all. I felt pushed down, segregated from the students without learning difficulties, held back and my love of learning and subjects such as history silenced by teachers that would scream at me for not writing the date correctly in my workbook.
I will say though despite this some teachers were lovely such as my year 9 PE and photography teachers.
I later developed a multitude of mental health issues I still struggle with today I largely blame my experience at this school for. It wasn’t until I started refusing to go to school as I hated it so much my parents finally decided to take me out in year 9.
Since leaving I have become so much more confident and studying what I love at college.
This may just be my experience but I would never recommend parents send their children to this school. My mum thought it was going to be a school that could support me as they had a special needs unit. However we now both agree I would have done better in a less academic school that prioritised students health and happiness over uniform and grades as they all should.
GHS Rights and Wrongs
Overall a really nice school, just the teachers there really don't care about mental health whatsoever. They're more bothered about someone wearing their coat inside, or having two piercings, than bullying or if someone is depressed. But, if that didn't happen, it would have 5 stars because the lessons are great, and the school facilities are really good too.
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During lessons, you’d have to ask to remove blazers even in the summer. Throughout school year tights are compulsory for girls, when it hit 30°c that’s when Pe kits were allowed, however in year 10 & 11 girls wore leggings as a part of their Pe kits, but in summer if they wore the leggings they would be sent home or sit in “isolation” if they couldn’t go home to change.
The food in the diner is also overpriced for what it is, for a child with pupil premium they are supposed to get a free breakfast on their fingerprint however if they never had enough on it they would get turned away even if it’s meant to be free which I find absolutely absurd.
Teachers would repeatedly call students lazy and slow and not give proper support to those with dyslexia or other learning difficulties.
For sixth form I moved to another local school which then made me notice how awful Glenthorne really is and I wouldn’t advise anyone sending their child there if they value their child’s mental health