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Sackville School
Secondary · Maintained · East Grinstead
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Used to be a good school
The hear teacher seems to be disliked by staff and students alike. Strange policies have been instructed such as locking toilets and not allowing students access when they need them. This year 36 teachers are all leaving, something is obviously not right here. The school was thriving with the previous head teacher so it is a shame that it has turned into a more of a prison like institute.
gross
absolutely horrible. I spent years 7 and 8 there and had nothing but trouble. Ridiculous bullying and threats from students. I was told to "just walk away" after I had threats of being unclothed and humiliated by a group of my "friends" after coming out as some form of gay. I was physically and verbally harassed daily and it got so bad that I'd try walking in front of cars on my way to school in the hopes of getting severely hurt and not going in. I can't go near East Grinstead anymore as I was seen there by a student and physically harassed and violently threatened almost a year after I'd left. teachers watched and did nothing, blaming me for being "vulnerable" around teenagers. literally should be burned down or at the very least closed.
sucks
it’s horrible. they barely do anything to help students if they suffer with bullying or anything like that.
Sackville school sucks
The teachers are entitled and do not care about their students, nor their safety.
Decent
It was a decent school, however I’m autistic and they didn’t offer much support until it was too late and I dropped out for 2 years during my GCSE years due to burnout and anxiety. I really had to fight for any support given and even then they weren’t top-tier helpful.
Sad drug problem
Started at sackville as a student in 2016 and I’m sorry to say that it has consistently got worse throughout the years. the teachers have stopped caring about the relationship they have with students and the drug problem with students has gotten considerably worse in the last few years shame on the current head teacher who has only contributed to the decline of this once great school.
Meh...
Barely any support towards students who struggle learning quickly, they handle bullying really poorly mostly being totally oblivious and in one case punished someone who got assaulted by two other students for literally no reason, most teachers are decent but there's some that are very pathetic such as Mr Headly who's entire existence revolves around belittling students for no good reason (quite a sad excuse of a teacher), his teaching skills are incredibly poor and he spends his lessons doing little to nothing, the school itself is nice with lots of space (although some classes are cramped with desks to fit as many students as possible).
It's overall been a half decent experience and I've been doing well since but I certainly wouldn't give the school any credit for any success I'm gaining, the main thing I've experienced during my time there and since I've left is severe confidence issues and what I believe is social anxiety which I know for sure is due to my experiences there and the way certain students and teachers have treated me there.
They need to improve in a few areas such as filtering out bad teachers, being more supportive towards students who struggle learning quickly, better support and care towards students that have social anxiety, and paying more attention towards bullying even if it's mild bullying.
It's overall been a half decent experience and I've been doing well since but I certainly wouldn't give the school any credit for any success I'm gaining, the main thing I've experienced during my time there and since I've left is severe confidence issues and what I believe is social anxiety which I know for sure is due to my experiences there and the way certain students and teachers have treated me there.
They need to improve in a few areas such as filtering out bad teachers, being more supportive towards students who struggle learning quickly, better support and care towards students that have social anxiety, and paying more attention towards bullying even if it's mild bullying.
good teaching, room for improvement in other areas
I was gonna leave a joke review but apparently it's going to get taken down so I won't.
Sackville is alright I guess, teachers are mostly really nice and the teaching itself is good enough to get you by. GSCE help was also good and many people including myself managed to get good grades with Sackvilles help
Student behaviour below year 10 can be pretty bad (or maybe that's just teenagers in general.) Like another reviewer said, you get these little year nines that will audibly drop racial slurs in their conversation and no teacher does anything, but if you go on your phone to check the time that's crossing the line. bullying seems to be at a minimum thankfully, minus PE where the non-sporty kids will get laughed at constantly (again, the PE teachers do absolutely nothing to stop this)
Also there should be more done to cater to hobbies. There are clubs available but most of them sound very unappealing.
New head has also decided to lock most of toilets to stop kids from vaping in there... questionable decision making. And the toilets absolutely reek and most of the toilet locks are broken.
reward point system is completely useless and patronising.
Canteen food is actually alright, wide range of decently tasty food even if it's pricey
Sackville is alright I guess, teachers are mostly really nice and the teaching itself is good enough to get you by. GSCE help was also good and many people including myself managed to get good grades with Sackvilles help
Student behaviour below year 10 can be pretty bad (or maybe that's just teenagers in general.) Like another reviewer said, you get these little year nines that will audibly drop racial slurs in their conversation and no teacher does anything, but if you go on your phone to check the time that's crossing the line. bullying seems to be at a minimum thankfully, minus PE where the non-sporty kids will get laughed at constantly (again, the PE teachers do absolutely nothing to stop this)
Also there should be more done to cater to hobbies. There are clubs available but most of them sound very unappealing.
New head has also decided to lock most of toilets to stop kids from vaping in there... questionable decision making. And the toilets absolutely reek and most of the toilet locks are broken.
reward point system is completely useless and patronising.
Canteen food is actually alright, wide range of decently tasty food even if it's pricey
Poor behaviour management
The school itself is lovely and the majority of teachers are kind and good at what they do. Really the only issue is the behaviour management and the support system. There have been multiple sexual assault cases against a certain student and the school has said that he is just troubled and needs therapy, turning a blind eye towards his victims. On top of this, the homophobia, transphobia and racism is not dealt with. People can go around saying whatever slurs they want and the worst they'd get is a behaviour point. When I joined Sackville I expected better.
Secondary experience
Good but needs work
All departments are up to standards especially the English section of the school, however, the maths department lacks support to the lower achieving students and only aims at the higher set students.
All in all a good maintained school just needs a little reshuffle of leadership within the maths department.
All in all a good maintained school just needs a little reshuffle of leadership within the maths department.
Ok I guess
Its average as hell
Good School
Over all I’ve had a great experience, the majority of my teachers were very friendly and I have made many memories for life. There were many amazing opportunities including school trips, school musical and showcases which helped me to excel at music during my time at the school.
However I gave the school 4 out of 5 because I feel like my BTEC courses at the school were neglected compared to my other options I did. I used to get told the day before coursework was due that it was not going to be at a good enough level to get the grade I wanted to. This was an issue that constantly caused me a lot of stress and it happened due to that fact that a few of my teachers would rarely mark any work and if they did it would be last minute.
In conclusion, Sackville is a good school and I would recommend it to people local to East Grinstead. I would want to give a particular shoutout to the teachers in the music department and a certain teacher in English who I had (I can’t name names on here but his surname began with a B haha).
However I gave the school 4 out of 5 because I feel like my BTEC courses at the school were neglected compared to my other options I did. I used to get told the day before coursework was due that it was not going to be at a good enough level to get the grade I wanted to. This was an issue that constantly caused me a lot of stress and it happened due to that fact that a few of my teachers would rarely mark any work and if they did it would be last minute.
In conclusion, Sackville is a good school and I would recommend it to people local to East Grinstead. I would want to give a particular shoutout to the teachers in the music department and a certain teacher in English who I had (I can’t name names on here but his surname began with a B haha).
Secondary experience
Sackville school
** ** *****,** ********,** ******- three of the best teachers I’ve ever had and I’ve heard nothing but good from others about them too, sackville can have a mixed bag of teachers and lessons but no doubt three great teachers.
Always great to see** ***** out when I’m at work too.
Good school, good teachers, plus as someone who knows the head boy and girl, students are in safe hands.
Always great to see** ***** out when I’m at work too.
Good school, good teachers, plus as someone who knows the head boy and girl, students are in safe hands.
Pretty decent
Not bad at all, but not the most joyous experience. Happy to not be there anymore, but overall a good school.
Meh.
Meh. Kinda ok. Kinda not.
Regret attending on the days I show up
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Regret attending on the days I show up
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