Hugh Christie School

Corrupted School. Unprofessional teachers. If you want a School where teachers aren't professional then this is the place to be.

It’s usual business to see kids roaming the corridors during class time being chased down by staff with radios. There are low expectations from staff towards the kids. Most have given up on the kids. It’s rare for people to ‘expect’ the kids to achieve and that’s dangerous in my book. We should be opening minds and realising dreams not shutting down chances. I’ve seen staff shouting at each other, stressed out and angry. That behaviour is replicated by the kids. I have previously worked in YOI’s and PRU’s, for me this school has many of the same volatile qualities. Bad language, violence, sexualised language is all totally normalised and when challenged most kids will up the game lashing out angry. I hope the latest inspection will be a turning point, changes are afoot and I think a lot of the kids are crying out for some structure. Many came back damaged post covid and there is a lot of work to be done to change morale in staff and pupils.

Disgusting communication between staff members and the higher members, needs a serious check with ofsted and other school ambassadors. Teachers need to be data checked to see if they’re actually qualified and technicians should be getting paid more if they are to continue having to teach classes yet being paid the least amount. I feel sorry for the students that have to go to the school and the many mistreated staff members .

this school was traumatising and appalling on all aspects. they let many people get away with bullying as long as they are deemed “popular”. they loved having a group to blame literally anything on and was a suffocating environment to achieve an education in. teachers would outright bully you just for not being ‘book smart’. excess learning support was only available if you had a private diagnosis from another place since they would change answers on tests for dyslexia to stop having to give excess help. they cared more about you wearing a tie then being bullied or harassed!!! the “mental health support” they would give was complete rubbish and basically didn’t exist! they would make you feel like you’d done something wrong just because you struggled. definitely don’t recommend this school and they really need calling out!!

Hugh Christie is a school that acts like they care about the wellbeing of their students when really they don't. In my opinion the Head of Years are amazing members of staff and amazing people in general but the Senior Leadership Team is not. In my time of being at Hugh Christie I was always hassled with the careless SLT who made me feel threatened and sometimes bullied. They did not know how to treat my behavioural challenges so they decided to just treat me like a bag of dirt. They also made me feel forced to take drugs to deal with my challenges instead of actually trying to help and let me be me. I got some great friends from that school and there are some amazing staff that teach. But the majority of SLT are awful and sometimes I feel go out of their way to hassle students. Ontop of that, The current Headteacher at Hugh Christie is so full of himself, Arrogant, Rude, Hypocritical and Agressive he made a mother cry after talking about her son like he was a criminal. This is not on for a school that is supposed to specialise in special needs and making everyone feel included. The Headteacher failed to notice a childs special needs and instead of dealing with the students challenges he decided to perminently exclude the child. Failing to follow the school policys that are in place for all schools withing kent... If you are thinking about sending your child here, think again. Your child will hate their life here thanks to the SLT who fail to do their job correctly

I honestly would never recommend anyone to go to this school. The experience i have had with this school is appalling. I only have one teacher who appreciates you as a student yet an actual human being at the same time. They make out their bullying is nothing but it’s not, i have been bullied since day one of starting the school and it hasn’t stopped since. I have spoke to many teachers and received no help at all. Even if you have learning difficulties they show no help for that. If i could leave i would do any day but i’m in my last year which there is no point

your experience here completely depends on the teachers you get. aome teachers will make school fun and make you excited to come in. others will make you have days of school to avoid them ( i have done this before) it feels like most teachers care about there students future but tend not to care about how life is right now and often make it worse. mental health is something the school claim to be concerned about but personally i can say that often they make mine a lot worse through rules and pressure. there are multiple opportunities in the school for activities and experiences e.g ( work experience week, student takeover day, d.o.f.e. and multiple school trips). the svjool is also very good and helping those with disabilities. in conclusion i am happy i picked this secondry school i just want rules to be loosened and for some teachers to lighten up but this is probaly the same for all schools.