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Student
Mar 27, 2024

Terrible school x

The school is terrible I go there everyday hoping to get out I have had 5 math teachers in one year and I haven’t learnt nothing I was meant to go to the senco about something my English teacher said it has been sorted that was last year this school is terrible when it comes to bullying I got bullied by girls because I didn’t want to be there friend and the school took there side don’t go here if u want a good future xx
Student
Sep 16, 2023

10/10 School

This school is 10/10 On the first 2 weeks was better than all of my years a primary and the teachers are not strict
That is all
Former Student
Jul 20, 2023

neglectful, little to no pastoral support, no bullying intervention,

* there's very little safeguarding because of the lack of pastoral support. bullying, abuse, neglect, social rejection, mental health issues and 'inappropriate behaviour' are unrecognised or ignored and they fail to act. they have no knowledge of what's going on in the student's lives because they rarely ask them how they are doing or take an interest in their wellbeing.

*my mental health got to the point that i couldn't even brush or wash my hair, no staff intervened or helped, not even my form tutor or 'Welfare' staff.

*frequent 'inappropriate behaviour'. i ended up traumatised here and was often having flashbacks - i was more focused on avoiding a certain person than my education. as the 'inappropriate' incidents piled up, i would gradually avoid more and more places until eventually I stopped going to classes and stayed in Learning Support all day. despite knowing about this, 'Welfare' staff didn't take action or try to find out what was wrong.

*unfriendly and unwelcoming environment. you don't feel you can talk to staff and they don't try to cultivate a respectful and positive peer community. relational bullying (including exclusion and 'false friendships') and social rejection (which can be just as bad as bullying) are major issues, especially for vulnerable and neurodivergent kids.

*girl's PE was awful. staff were harsh to all students and would humiliate and discourage you if sports was one of your weaknesses. because of the lack of behavioural management, students could get overly competitive and/or be verbally aggressive to others. they interrogate you when you have a genuine medical condition.

*lack of academic support for students who struggle. if you end up behind with your work they are slow to identify this and when they finally realise they put it all on you to catch up. i was just sent to homework club to catch up and wasn't given any one-to-one support to find out what I was struggling with and why. they don't teach any study skills, give advice or at least point you towards helpful information. i was told off by teachers and labelled as 'lazy' when i had a genuine untreated health problem that was interfering with my education. although the teaching is decent, not everyone can benefit from it partly because of the negligence and lack of pastoral support.
Student
Jun 8, 2023

student i guess.

trust me its a bad school

The school locks the toilets during lessons and only really let you go if you have a toilet pass. After a group of people got the toilet pass they stared only giving it to students with medical conditions.
Student
Jun 5, 2023

This school needs to shut down I hate it

This school is traumatic and scares me I hate it and it makes me hate everyone around me and feel bad about myself
Student
Nov 14, 2021

do not go

this school does not care for student issues such as homophobia, transphobia and s.a. the rules are strict about self expression (eg no jewellery or coloured hair) yet preaches for us to be who we want to be. the food is so bad, there is little to no vegan/vegitarian options, and my friend once got food poisoning after eating a wrap.
Student
Jul 31, 2021

Former student at sankey high

I had struggled with bullying i got treatened by other kids, the new depty head thinks he is better than everyone because he has worked in the behavioural system, he sat me in a room to talk about something i was never involved him and all he could say to my mum wad i was moral support for my friend, which then made the rest of the year hell. Teaching there is okay some teachers sound clueless some teachers do not deal with the naughty kids so they get progressivly worst though the lesson, anyone who may be thinking of going here i do not reccommend if you want to do well i felt like i learnt bear minimum the only teachers i really understood was maths, art, foodtech i remember learning lots of things from them until they jumble teachers, really underdeveloped school teachers dont go there to teach they sit and wait to get paid
Former Student
Mar 27, 2021

Great Sankey High School

The PE department are excellent, the library is boring, most of the staff are lovely apart from one of the English teachers who were very racist and said "all Muslims are terrorists" during a lesson about 9/11. They've only just started bringing pastoral care into the school and they don't have many resources for young children in a mental health crisis. The teaching is average. They don't handle bullying very well either.
Former Student
Jan 9, 2021

School Creates Bullies

I left this school almost 2 years ago and am still (and always will be) recovering from the hell I suffered there. Year 7 started off with a manipulative best friend turning some of my form against me, but the teachers wouldn't let me move form. Due to this, the bullying continued and my entire form turned against me, and cyberbullied. School did nothing about this and just told me to ignore them - which I couldnt do as they would not stop. People would pretend to be my friend only to laugh at me behind my back. They'd throw books at me in class, which teachers would ignore. They would throw food (out of the bin) and water. Theyd run up to me and kick me or hit me and the teachers did NOTHING. They knew what was happening and they blamed me because i was "edgy". Some teachers just watched and others joined in. Particularly the PE teacher who apparently had an affair, but thats none of my business. The bullying grew to the point where everyone in the school was involved, teachers and younger and older classes. One day, almost the entire Year 7 group cornered me and my friends and were throwing food and water, i punched one and they wanted to exclude me because i was "a danger to students". One teacher woke up from this and realised how bad things had got. He was the only teacher in that school after that who understood, but unfortunately one isnt enough.
Former Student
Dec 28, 2020

Unsatisfactory working class care

Teaching quality is good if you get on with the work but apart few very passionate members of staff disadvantaged/problematic kids will be left to their own devices...
Former Student
Dec 19, 2020

randomo

proper garbage if u ask me the schools clearly underfunded and never gets cleaned and the teachers only care about the salary
Former Student
Sep 8, 2020

Poor awareness, vigilance, and little to do

Unaware member of staff, with very few which are worthy of mentioning. There is no vigilance outside and barely any inside, leading to certain situations which shouldn't happen at all. There's also nothing to be entertained by, unless you really like books. In that case head over to the library and spend your days there.

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