Goresbrook School
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Based on 18 reviews and 151 answers
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Average of 17 reviews with area ratings
- Education1.9
- Safety1.9
- Communication1.9
- Indoor environment1.8
- Staff1.6
- Outdoor environment1.6
- Food1.6
- Activities1.6
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- Student1.011 November 2026
Needs improvements to the school
To be honest, I think this school is way too strict, and in my opinion, it has seriously affected my mental health and the mental health of other students. Some teachers are really rude and don't seem to understand or support students. They give detentions for almost everything, even when students are genuinely trying their best. How are we supposed to enjoy learning when we are constantly worried about getting into trouble? Some of the rules are also unreasonable, such as getting a detention...
- Student2.019 May 2026
Gbs is shit?
This school is not bad before but now it is horrible because a teacher gave me nav outside school
- Student1.011 March 2026
Why Goresbrook is bad
I used to go there. We were punished for things like holding pens, drinking water, coughing, sneezing etc. It was like a military confinement camp, and I sincerely wanted to stop. Detentions are called re-routings and you have to write "I will improve my behaviour to ensure I do not get any re-routings" 70 TIMES. I found myself falling asleep in classes. I am Muslim and fasting in the month of Ramadan but because of alleged law confinements I was made to sit and watch other people eat in the can...
- Parent1.010 June 2025
Goresbrook school is not a good place
Goresbrook school is not a good place for children my child constantly feels that’s she is bullied by teachers and she is not reaching her full potential at this school because of the way the teachers treat their students. I do not recommend it . Thank you
- Student1.025 February 2025
DO NOT GO TO THIS SCHOOL
i am a new student and the environment is absolutely apallling. what ofsted does not know is that many students touh themselves innapropriately in lesson and they do not take sexual assault seriously and this schoolis extremely sexist. PLEASE do not send your child here!!!!!!
- Former Student1.015 June 2024
There's a special place in hell for goresbrook.
Goresbrook just gets worse overtime. If you have the choice, do not go here unless you're blessed by blatant favouritism.
- Student4.026 February 2024
AMAZING!
I started going to goresbrook around September and the school is actually great! The learning is incredible and the teachers are actually very nice, just a few that are not as nice. One of them normally rolls her eyes at us. Although, I'm normally on edge in case I get in trouble, the school can be very unpredictable- the homework system is also a bit worrying. Everything is online, it's very smart but im always worried the system may glitch somehow- Overall though, the school is amazing and I absolutely recommend going there, it's just the rules that may seem very very strict, but you get used to them :]
- Other1.02 January 2024
DONT GO TO THIS SECONDARY
teachers do not care about your mental health. nobody can teach, although it is diverse you will still occasionally find white teachers targeting pupils of colour, they suspend students unreasonably. i would not advise my worst enemy to come here. this school has done nothing but damage my mental health 200x more. if a student which the teachers like more than you, have an assumption they share with the teachers. EVEN IF ITS A LIE, you will still get whacked into navigation (isolation). during m...
- Parent1.016 September 2023
WORSE SCHOOL IN BARKING AND DAGENHAM
Please do not send your child/children there expecially if you are not white. Teachers there are extremely racist and not professional. DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD THERE IF YOU CARE ABOUT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH PLEASE. I'M WRITING THIS BY MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. STAY AWAY ?
- Student1.01 September 2023
#Weird School
•They give detentions/lost notes. For dumb reasons example laughing or even smiling tf. •Confiscated my phone because it was notifying once. (Can't do that/none-sense) •Not professional and uncomfortable people to be around with! & @wtf Stupid school rules in GBS honestly… •Exam rules E.G don't bring not see through water bottle, no I will write on it I guess so. No common sense •Being "late" on Exams, a few minutes? guess what it wasn’t even that bad. lastly its a prison school?.
- Former Student1.021 October 2022
Leave.
Awful school. Left immediately.
- Student1.028 September 2022
leave gotesbrook!
Dont send ur child here i get bullied constantly ive told the teachers about it since yr7 they havent done a single thing about it. teachers are rude and kids get punished for most basic things a lot of students are homophobic and racist and a bunch of bullies.
- Parent1.026 April 2022
Horrible school
This school is extremely strict and horrible. Slight xenophobic teachers too. Don't send children here. Ofsted need to close it.
- Former Student1.013 February 2022
DONT COME TO THIS SCHOOL
DONT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE... BIGGEST MISTAKE OF YOUR LIFE.... Yes I have been to this DUMB school, one true thing they cant accept is that they cannot teach, all they care about is sending you to isolation and locking you up, they make you line up in the freezing cold weather, get your stupid diary's out and take your coats of, that's how unnormal they are and that's just the start of it. I feel sorry for anyone who attends that school, it should be SHUT down, only getting 15 minute breaks and having teachers guarding you like your some sort of prison inmate, its ridiculous. Every single teacher working in that school will get you stressed and its not worth it, send your children to a proper school. I give you a choice, would you rather have a strict school who stresses you and your child out, or go to a school where you do have a opinion, have a laugh with teachers and make friends, which one. ?
- Student1.011 December 2021
DO NOT GO TO GORESBROOK SCHOOL
Worst school I have ever been to. If you care about your or your child's mental health do not take them to this school. Outrageous rules and all the good teachers were sent to six form. Consistent mistreatment of students. this school is like a prison. basically is a prison, because one time after school, all the teachers had left, so no one could open the gate. it was dark because it was after a club, so I had to practically escape through the fire door. DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD TO THIS SCHOOL AN...
- Parent1.010 June 2021
Stay away
This school has unprofessional teaching quilties.they have alot racist and islamphobiac teaching staff. The school should be shut down. I have reported them too ofstead.
- Parent1.021 May 2021
Stay away
Very poor school, Children get punished for very basic things, Its like a military operation. And very damaging to the children, They care more for the offsted report than they do the children's well being. I would no recommend this school for any child.
- Student2.024 August 2020
It's a bad school
It's really bad there most of the time you can't talk you have to sit on the same table at linch everyday with the same people for half a year teachers areally rude and don't let you explain yourself you get a detention for the most stupid things