St John Plessington Catholic College
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Based on 23 reviews and 199 answers
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Average of 22 reviews with area ratings
- Staff2.2
- Indoor environment2.1
- Education2.0
- Communication2.0
- Outdoor environment2.0
- Food2.0
- Activities2.0
- Safety1.8
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- Student3.022 October 2026
Okay-ish but still pretty shit
Overall I wouldn’t say it’s the worst-I’ve been here for a year or 2 now and met some pretty good teachers and amazing friends.School lunches are pretty good and after school activities are quite fun, However,the behaviour policy is really bad.I had my science last year be chaotic and just full of subs or teachers who left-I barely learnt anything and the classes were shit(even it was a bit fun-sacrificed some of my education).Some teachers just can’t control classes and it’s fucking annoying.Kids don’t get punished that often either for talking and disrupting classes-they get put on reminders or warnings but teachers don’t really care.Slt are honestly the shittest in the school-they can’t make any fucking good choices and probably don’t even care about safeguarding and make it worse.My head of years are so fucking entitled and care more about your uniform than education (which isn’t school mainly about education rather than a bit of eyeliner?.).As an alt person myself,I had faced somewhat bullying in this school-I’ve grown to ignore it and it’s mainly sorted by my form tutor (who is the best teacher ever yes) but my head of year said IM partially to blame for some girl taking the piss out of me cuz I got ink on her blazer (which was HER fault cause she had it out and was spraying it everywhere and I accidentally got it on her but ok).Honestly some teachers are so entitled and think they’re so much better than you.Detentions are also shit-You can get one probably just for uniform.Assemblies drag on for ages and are basically useless half of the time preaching about Catholicism,attendance or ‘mental health support’ (which they do NOT give a shit about). Honestly,it’s not the worst school but if u can find any better ones I would highly recommend going there.some teachers,people and education can be good but the school suffers a lot from bullying,behaviour,teachers being unreasonable and stubborn and I’m not even getting into phone pouches
- Parent1.028 September 2025
Terrible school full of bullies!
If you are thinking of putting your child in this school DONT! It’s an awful school full of bullies and the teachers and head are more concerned about covering this up than they are stopping the bullying infact the bullies don’t even get reprimanded!
- Former Student1.021 September 2024
Stanley stinks of shit the nonce
firm of emos that stink so bad i left the school little gorms
- Parent1.07 October 2023
Devastated Disappointment: St john Plessington
St john Plessington is not a suitable school for students due to multiple reasons. The school has a negative culture where bullying of teachers and staff is rampant. This creates a hostile learning environment that affects students mental and emotional wellbeing attending St john Plessington is just as bad as playing "Overwatch 2" Were my son as try to hang himself several times It is deeply concerning to hear that a School could be as bad as it is. Furthermore, the quality of education at St john Plessington is Terrible, Undeserving which compromises students' academic success and future prospects. Overall, attending St john Plessington can negatively impact a student's education, Mental wellbeing and personal growth .
- Other1.021 July 2023
Strongly advise against working here.
Violent, constant disruption, SLT might as well not exist. I came across swastikas drawn in textbooks so many times I lost count.
- Student1.010 May 2023
Plessington review
I would not recommend coming to this school, the teachers are horrible and will pick on you for no reason.some teachers are nice but that’s rare.
- Other1.028 April 2023
Not Safe
Dangerous. Lot of student on student violence and swastikas carved into desks and drawn in books.
- Student1.014 April 2023
Review
How to describe such a school is truly beyond me in so many fashions that it would be hard to find the exact words; pathetic will have to do. There are many issues with this school that I simply have to list: First and foremost, the NEW one way system- while I was never a fan of the old one way system as it forced us to go around the entire school to get to a lesson five meters from the last at least it worked but now that they have built a new building they completely flipped the system on its...
- Other1.015 March 2023
Do not send your child here.
Worst school i've ever attended. Teachers do not do anything to help you nor believe a word you say. They also think they have the right to check and monitor every student by making them stand on a painted green line when the gates open every morning to check if anyone has makeup on. If the teacher seen a child with mascara on they would make them feel humiliated by making them wipe it off infront of everyone as they are coming into school. There are about 20 cubicles in this school for both girls and boys and yet they can only use 2 of them. They have to use staff toilets during lessons which they are monitored by a teacher by having to write their name, teacher and the time down. It's an absolute joke. The toilets barely remain open during breaks and lunches and whenever they are open the kids don't even get to go because of the que for it by the time it's the teacher arrives, The teachers do not let the kids go to the toilet unless they have a medical pass given to them so the poor children basically cannot use the toilets all day. Teachers are extremely disrespectful towards the students. Could not think of a school worse than this, do not send your children here.
- Student5.025 February 2023
I love it Here!!
I'm a student at Sjp and I'm loving it the teachers are kind and actually care I love my English teacher Mrs Mcveigh she's lovely and I do get bullied but the head of years will sort it out but it can take a while because they have alot of problems to deal with so you just need to be patient =] so my opinion 5/5
- Parent1.031 January 2023
Terrible school
I recommend no one sends their child to this school. Especially if your child has learning difficulties. The SEN Dept is terrible. Just lip service. You need to be an A Grade student and conform to their good catholic strict demands. Pupils are numbers that make money for their school and improve their stats. Teachers scream at the children and do not listen or talk to the children. There is a high turnover of staff which says a lot.
- Student1.029 November 2022
not letting to go toilet
i had the worst experience in that school i needed the toilet they did not let me go this escalated into me having to walk out of lesson to go as i was uncomfortable. to resolve this situation they gave me a 1 hour after school detention
- Student1.027 November 2022
This school from a pupils perspective
I am a female year nine student that has attended this school since year 7 and over these years I have been bullied and harassed in school and online by pupils from this school and they have been made aware of these incidents and haven’t done anything to resolve them for example just last Friday i was sitting there crying my eyes out because of other students comments and I called my mum to pick me up because the school didn’t do anything and all did was scream at me telling me to get of my phone . After all this had happened I was in class and needed to use the bathroom but my teacher refused to let me go because I didn’t have a toilet pass yet I was on my period and I explained that to her and she still refused and I was forced to sit in my own blood until break time . Also every morning as you enter the school through the main gates you get inspected by the teachers while they are giving you criticism and throwing makeup wipes at you for abit of mascara or lipgloss it’s so embarrassing and there are so many rules on what girls should look like and hardly any for the boys I don’t feel safe while being in this school because of the threats you receive from other pupils everyday
- Student1.020 August 2022
shocking
worst school anyone could choose to join. i’m only going into year 10 in September and the amount of times the staff have made me feel like i didn’t matter and made me feel so unwanted to the point i’d be crying in school and crying to my mum to not send me in. the staff in this school are all vile to you and help with none of your problems. they say they will help with things but after they say that they forget about you. don’t send your kids here.
- Student2.024 May 2022
Alright school
The school is good and some of the teachers are the best but the behaviour and ability to learn in lessons sometimes is very difficult. Teachers can’t control classes and the toilets are always full with 2 or 3 people in one cubical vaping. This probably happens in most schools but still the teachers don’t do nothing and act like nothing happens
- Parent1.012 May 2022
Excluded for nothing
My daughter is in year 11 and has her GCSE's in a week. this school thought it was ok to exclude her for wearing an earring you cant even see she is meant to be in lessons not at home for being excluded over something so stupid. DO NOT attend this school.
- Student1.07 February 2022
Kids are being touched innopropiately by teachers
I am a student who went to that school and the school is terrible the teaches bully the kids and when a kid is being bullied they do nothing about it but in my opinion the worst thing about it is that I got touched innopropiately by one of the teachers and I know there were other kids that got touched but the school done nothing to help us kids that got touched and the teacher is still in the school bc the headteacher or whoever it goes to don’t care enough if a kid gets touched discraseful
- Student5.014 December 2021
Good school
Great school amazing lunches amazing behaviour with low bullying
- Student1.017 September 2021
Mismanaged poor school with a bullying culture
Really poor school. Where to start? Constant supply teachers. No lesson planning. Bullying and intimidation with staff not taking action. No proper leadership. Lack of equipment due to financial mismanagement. Incompetent leadership focussed on posters. Do not send your children here
- Student1.014 June 2021
Bullying
bullying is constant and teachers are more bothered about how short your skirt is and getting good gcse than getting bullying
- Student1.029 April 2021
Horrible school
This school is horrible the food is soapy and the teachers are either not in or don’t teach you anything also I got excluded for nothing they say they care about the kids but they really don’t this school has put me through hell and just makes me want to die they should be ashamed
- Former Student1.016 December 2020
The Bullying is bad
The bullying in this school is terrible , teachers wouldn't do anything when i told them , they blamed the victim and left the student to deal with the Verbal and physical attacks on a daily basis , even when i told a teacher about the horrific things that were going on and that i seen , they wouldn’t listen , Shame on the senior teachers for the mess they couldn’t be bothered sorting out , The total lack of respect towards teachers and other students is a disgrace
- Former Student5.013 September 2020
Amazing
One of the best school on the wirral, good grades when pupils leave and the school has a good overall atmosphere 10/10