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The Costello School

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2.7

Based on 14 reviews and 119 answers

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  • Food2.7
  • Activities2.7
  • Education2.5
  • Outdoor environment2.5
  • Communication2.4
  • Indoor environment2.4
  • Staff2.3
  • Safety2.3
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  • Student
    1.0
    9 July 2026

    why you shouldn't go to the costello school

    if you are different don't go here they have no systems that feel based around kids who are different all they think is detention and they couldn't care less and you get bullied and don't mean to cause any offence here but if you are part of LGBTQ or something not physically normal and mentally you most likely will be bullied and if you want to tell a teacher something about a bully or something like that assuming they actually do something it will take ages thank you for reading my review and...

  • Former Student
    1.0
    22 May 2026

    Ofsted lied.

    I used to be a student there. A try hard student only to be in the backgrounds. I get BULLIED, THREATNED, FACED RACISM, GOT TOLD TO END IT ALMOST EVRRYDAY. I reported the three boyd eho threw a FULL WATER BOTTLE AT ME ONCE AND THEY DID NOTHING. Nothing. During that time I was recovrring ftom my traumatic life in thailand and thid is how costello treats me. Thr school psychologist dont do ANYTHING either. I rsnted about how I struggle from self harm and suicidal thoughtd only to br brushed off an...

  • Other
    1.0
    16 July 2025

    horrible

    they were flipping me off being horrible i do not recommend people there are AWFUL and do not represent school good

  • Student
    1.0
    4 June 2025

    The Costello school needs better staff

    I'm writing this about the Costello school as I think this school is the worst school you could go to because when I try to get help they turn me down and made me feel bad about myself as the head of year of yr 9 always ignored me when I was only reaching out to get help and for me I struggle I have a hearing problem which the cause a lot of stress for me during school as I struggle alot they made me nearly made me do suicide so I'm warnin parents now to not send your kids there!

  • Former Student
    1.0
    2 March 2025

    Not a very good school

    during my time at costello, it was not great the education and learning was really bad and I would say do not send your child to this school. may sound a bit too harsh

  • Student
    1.0
    28 February 2023

    Do not go here. Bad school

    They do nothing for pastoral care. My daughter was so badly bullied she tried to khs. Not a good school

  • Student
    1.0
    21 November 2022

    new rules.

    No privacy with the cameras near maisonettes, feel extremely uncomfortable. Other years get blamed for things they haven’t done, and take the consequences. Teachers talk to students with little to no respect and expect much respect back.

  • Student
    1.0
    8 November 2022

    Bad school in general

    Toilets are always full of people vaping and there is no help if you get injured. They will just ask you to write a statement and do nothing after that. Lazy as hell school in my opinion

  • Parent
    2.0
    2 November 2022

    Help for students with mental health problems

    I have a son that goes to the school unfortunately he has slight mental health problems and I am trying my hardest to get it sorted I have asked to get some help from the school,the staff do not want to do anything about it, and when we speak to them they keep giving us false promises. We spoke to them again face to face two weeks ago they promised they will help my son one week down the line that Help has stopped they don’t want to know.

  • Student
    3.0
    17 September 2022

    Its alright

    The school is alright, honestly the pastoral team dont do much for mental health or bullying. The teachers are alright, most of them are really good but there are a few that arent very nice.

  • Student
    3.0
    14 September 2022

    Okay I suppose

    Okay school I guess but teachers are either really good or absolutely horrible and the school really won't do much to help with mental health or bullying. (They removed the time put cards students with certain problems got to let them take a couple minutes to calm down this year wich is already backfiring)

  • Former Student
    2.0
    27 January 2022

    wouldn’t recommend

    experienced multiple counts of racism and the school’s teachers / headteachers did nothing to help if anything made the situation worse, schook food went down in quality and started tastinh like cardboard and the dinner ladys claimed it was because of “inflation” :/ Was promised a counsellor/ therapist during school hours yet never saw them my whole time at costello why? because they never even existed. If you love your kids dont send them here, sounds harsh but its the truth :(

  • Student
    4.0
    20 March 2021

    just for Jull

    would be 1 star but Mr jull makes it a 4 star ?

  • Student
    5.0
    7 October 2020

    lovely school

    pretty lit school to be honest, nice teaching but mr jull the headteacher is rlly quite scary gotta be honest. school has improved, would recommend.