St John Lloyd Catholic Comprehensive School

It wasn't the best in all honesty. You'll be alright if you don't get bullied, aren't mentally struggling, don't have medical health problems, don't ever need the bathroom, and if you just exist instead. Otherwise, just go somewhere else. Pastoral are useless, as someone who has depression and struggle with self harm and has medical issues, it was very difficult and the support you get from the people who's job it actually is to support you, it's minimal. The actual teachers and teaching assistants were (mostly) all brilliant. Pe teacher was horrible. The students are either nice or nah, no inbetween, and a good 80-90% of them are nobheads. Though I did make good friends. It also isn't often that you'll actually get the support you need. There is never any soap or toilet paper. I just wouldn't recommend at all

I went to this school from year 7-8, and rejoined in year 11 to complete my GCSE's due to at-home issues. I myself am neurodivergent, and was living with my grandmother at the time during COVID lockdown. My grandmother has been suffering with COPD, and has difficulties in every day life, along with looking after her underage grand-child. All throughout my school years in this school, I faced severe bullying, with little to no support from the school, I was beaten, I was taken advantage of, and had even been sexually assaulted in school with not even any acknowledgement from the school. Issues rose again when my grandmother asked if I was able to work from home during the covid lockdown in year 11, at least until the cases dropped in the school, and the school refused to allow me to work from home for a long period, and ended up with myself having to leave my education and leave school with no GCSE's as a result of lack of support and help for people with physical and mental disabilities.

This school is awful, seriously awful. The stories I have heard from my sibling that goes to this school is actually insane. The students obviously bully, we know that by now, nothing is done about it. The only time anything was done about bullying was after the very extreme happened to a student, but only weeks later the school was back to how it was before and I still hear very horrendous bullying cases being told to me. Even worse so, the teachers are bullies themselves! Many teachers allow students to bully due to favoritism, "Popular" students are let of the hook solely because they are popular! Cases of racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia being taught BY TEACHERS are not rare. One teacher for example, a Welsh teacher, goes on transphobic and even racist rants in class. Students are supposed to be LEARNING. Not taught to be prejudiced. She talks about pronouns being stupid, talks negatively about transgender students and refers to them by the wrong name and pronouns whilst they are not present in the class. The way she behaves is childish and BULLYING. I have also heard of things that she has said that could be racist, things about afro type hair being dirty and unkept, though i dont know the exact incident. The male PE teacher is awful, punishing the girls for the slightest things, made to drop down and do pushups FOR NOT HAVING THEIR HANDS BEHIND THEIR BACKS WHEN LINED UP? This is a secondary school, not a boot camp. They are also punished for not wearing skorts even if they are uncomfortable with wearing them which is just gross. Why aren't the students allowed to be comfortable? Another certain case which make me extremely infuriated involves the female deputy head. She lectured the girls on their uniform, nails, hair etc. Specifically their skirts being too short in an assembly called ONLY for the girls, not the boys, on the very last day of school before summer. She told the girls that they cant be "easy" (gross) and they need to "leave things for the boy's imagination" (even more gross!) completely sexualising them. It's disgusting. These are young girls, aged 11-16. This is entirely inappropriate and very misogynistic. To add on, the skorts they wear for PE are far shorter than the uniform skirts, causing many students to feel uncomfortable and prefer to wear sports leggings, yet they arent allowed to for NO REASON. Yet they are lectured and told they are “easy” if their uniform skirt is only slightly above the knee. Make it make sense??? I hope nobody sends their kids here. I can't wait for my sibling to leave next year and for her to go to a school that treats people respectfully. That's the bare minimum, respect. But still that does not exist here at St. John Lloyds. I would go as far to say that this is an evil school. Very evil. Please do not torture your children by sending them here.

It's alright, they're not great at handling situations with students. Teachers weren't all wearing masks when they were supposed to during covid. The food is actually pretty decent. Wish there were more benches.

The school and it’s staff were very friendly and helpful, but there are things that weren’t handled that well, such as bullying and some aspects of mental health. The teachers cared about all the students futures and grades, and pushed them to the best they could do.

It ok but the teachers aren’t that good and bullying isn’t handeled Well

bad very bad i very not like

just bad, very bad dont, like dont go

As a pupil, I see the school on a day to day basis and the handling of this virus is outstanding. Well Done #TeamSTJL

It’s such a good school with little bullying i’ve been attending the school for 4 years and i haven’t personally ever seen someone get bullied without it being handled with later on during the day or week. I’d recommend this school since it’s nice and small which gives you the feeling that your special since it’s more one on one since the teachers are paying more attention to each individual. Only fault i see is there is more outdoor benches needed because i have to sit on the wet grass if the benches are taken