Plantsbrook School

It's an ok school however its extremely crowded and you will be pushed and shoved. Most of the staff are helpful when you can get a hold of them but if you're a person who needs extra support it can be extremely difficult to find when you need it as there arent a lot of support staff and the ones who are support staff are usually busy teaching or dealing with class disruptions/difficult students. Mental health isnt overall handled very well, the teachers overload students with homework and unrealistic timelines (mainly for the older years), harassment from other students isnt properly dealt with and those with existing mental health problems will suffer as the support staff are always busy and never there for the students who need them

It is not a bad school however it is by no means excellent. There are certainly flaws which, I believe would be easily ammedable yet there appears to be a lack of effort/response to do so. Lessons are not bad and there are certainly some good teachers but if you're in a class with mixed ability, every lesson works at the rate of the slowest (instead of them getting more help independently) rendering our learning ability lessened significantly. As well as this, disruptions in class are appalling as students are (in my opinion) not disciplined properly nor for the right things. There are obviously good elements to the school but I believe this to be the easiest way to decide if the school is right for you.

I left in 2013 and that was probably the best part of this school. I came out with few GCSES to which my head of year told me I would make nothing of my life with that. But now I am half way through my masters! I was badly bullied at this school for two years and not one teacher helped me and when I did tell teachers they just moved me to another class to avoid conflict. Every day got worse and mainly my head of year used to single me out and blame me for my troubles so my mom had to come in to school and tell her she needs to stay professional as it was clear she didn’t like me as I was not a student getting A’s which she loved. The new headteacher i think would of turned the school around after Mrs cambell left, she only cared about grades not about students. But a lot of teachers were this way and mental health was not considered I ended up being diagnosed with ptsd and severe depression through the struggle of school life, no academic support or help from teachers to progress and stop bullying, I hope it has changed although I still hear vile things go on here there all about grades, even a few teachers committed suicide I’m shocked not many students did the same as I know a lot of people had tried, a lot of people have suffered from this school with long term affects, I still speak to people from my year and they still struggle with their demons from this school, terrible.

teachers do not care about the students. Do not deal with bullying, do not do anything for mental health, Teachers are too invasive - one came up behind me and pulled my skirt down herself without any warning and i caught one looking at my phone while i had it taken off me. Do not send your child here if you want them to be happy.

The sixth form team are amazing ! They are supportive and ensure we are doing well !

Grabbed by a teacher Removed from lessons for accidentally dropping a pen Dinner lady refused to let me eat although I had payed for food already Experienced death threats from both students and teachers Was accused of lying although there was cctv footage as proof