Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College

the school discriminate me for my special needs and say i belong in a special school daily. when i was having a meltdown they restrained me and threatened to expel me don't send your child to the school the SEND team is horrible. Pastoral are just mouthy cunts. don't recommend. send your child here if you hate them xxxx

Sandbach High School Our experience with Sandbach High School has been genuinely appalling. The school is obsessed with attendance figures above all else, even when a child is struggling with clear, documented mental health and special educational needs. Rather than offering understanding or support, the school’s approach has been punitive, dismissive, and deeply damaging. We have experienced gaslighting from senior leaders, who routinely downplay or deny what has been said or agreed. The Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher have not been honest or transparent, providing conflicting information on multiple occasions and failing to act in good faith when serious concerns were raised. Instead of working with families to find solutions, they appear focused on protecting the school’s image and attendance statistics, regardless of the impact on the child. The lack of compassion, integrity, and accountability is shocking. If you are a parent of a child with additional needs or anxiety around school, I would strongly advise you to look elsewhere. This is not a school that listens, adapts, or supports — it is one that blames and denies.

The only thing that matters to this school is grades and attendance .Some staff are nice but the homework and deadlines are horrid. The anti bullying and mental health policy are appalling, I once heard a member of pastoral staff screaming in the face of a crying child. I was severely struggling with my mental health and i was dumped on a 'peer mentor'. A child trying to convince another child not to kill themself is terrible. There is no community among students

Awful, lying school. The teachers only care about higher grade students, if you dont reach their high standards your treated completely differently. This school disregards mental health issues and only do something when you start not following the rules. Rude head teacher which thinks its okay to tell a student off for calling their mum after the school lied and said they would. Theres bullying problems which do not get sorted and the school pretends to care and has "anti bullying ambassadors" which never do anything. Some teachers are quite pervy and make a lot of students feel uncomfortable.

If you are thinking of sending your daughter to this school please don’t. They care more about the image of the school than the girls actual well being.

horrible place, teachers don't care about mental health, the pastoral team barely do anything and it gives emotional issues. they try to keep you in for the whole day whilst throwing up etc. overall a horrible place and gives children a lot of mental issues. homework is very overwhelming and the deadline is too short. teachers don't let you go to the toilet unless you have a pass. the toilets are horrible and aren't cleaned on a daily basis. overall a horrible stink-bomb.

Been bullied for a long time and the school arent doing amything. I have anger issues and anxiety diagnosed by the doctor and they needed my mum to confirm this as they thought i would make it up. The school building is falling apart, cracks in the walls everywhere and the toilets are awful.

the education at the school overall is okay, they have everything in order in terms of behaviour and rules. however, the rules and policies are extensive and as i am a current student here i feel as though when i am here i am stripped of my freedom and self expression. i am overwhelmed with work load, as a 14 year old person i should not be made to feel as though my whole life should revolve around my grades, let alone be made to feel stupid when i dont succeed. this schools morals and care for well being are disgraceful. the teachers are horrid, judging and favouritising people, forcing work on students and not caring about mental health in the slightest. the school is dirty and old. this school promotes nothing but hatred on yourself and 5 years of stress, i feel like i am in prison.

I worked at Sandbach high school and sixth form college for over seven years, there was an appalling culture of bullying from senior members of staff, the more senior the worse they were, there was also a culture of backstabbing and nastiness from support staff. I understand there has been some changes at the top since my time there so can only hope things have improved, "massively".

The clubs and experiences that you can have at this school are great. They put the young people and there needs first. Even thought there are some teacher that most people don’t like there are also the most caring kindhearted teachers ever at this school. They give you a decent amount of homework and try to stretch your abilities as much as possible. There is an amazing anti-bullying policy as well as LGBTQ+ And anti-bulling ambassadors. They school allows for the students to flourish and be the best they can be!

The high school itself has a great education but zero support whatsoever for students. After developing mental health issues aswell as already having dyslexia teachers cut me no slack at all. The sixth form teachers do loosen up a bit but no support from the main faculty in regards to learning disabilities or mental health struggles

Very very bad school. Don’t care about anyone’s metal health whatsoever. Teachers only care about the students getting top grades. Developed a lot of mental health disorders whilst going to this school and not one of my teachers cared.

educations good but teachers arent understanding and seems not to really care about mental health, sadly a girl try to do a similar thing to what happened in 2017 and the school weren’t bothered and they were only bothered after it had been on facebook and every one was saying how they aren’t good with mental health. they don’t give the best impression

the learning overall was okay, however the staff was underwhelming and awful especially with the new head teacher. The lack of mental health awareness in the school is appalling especially after all that happened in 2017 with a close friend. If you want to send your child to a school do not send them to a single sex school as the atmosphere effected me and i will never forgive my parents for sending me here. The teachers are awful at ha doing bullying and once my friend was going through an awful time with a group of girls and he told her to ‘suck it up’

Teachers are nice but mental health services are heavy handed and intrusive. Some faculty members choose not to understand (for example I have tics and even when informing a staff member who had told me off swearing I am reprimanded regardless). Overall only enroll if you have an extremely stable mental and physical state because anything otherwise is bound for a horrific experience