The Hayfield School
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Based on 37 reviews and 303 answers
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Average of 35 reviews with area ratings
- Staff2.2
- Safety2.2
- Indoor environment2.2
- Communication2.0
- Outdoor environment2.0
- Activities2.0
- Food1.9
- Education1.8
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- Parent1.02 September 2026
Discusting
I sent all of my children here and soon removed them my daughter was threatened to be stabbed weapen even bought into school and nothing was done in fact my daughter was put into isolation why...... My son was kicked out for getting into a fight he was self defending slander against him and because the other boy cried racism they said it was a racist attack when I csn assure you it was not he has many friends from many cultural backgrounds it was purely because the other boy was making sexual r...
- Parent1.09 March 2026
DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE!
Do not send your child here, especially if they have special educational needs. The environment is not safe. My son was bullied not only by other students but also by staff. His mental health deteriorated so severely that we had to arrange multiple therapy sessions to help him recover. No family should ever have to experience this.
- Student1.019 February 2026
BALD BALD BALD ??
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- Employee1.010 December 2025
mench with bald spot
what a horsic woodington school chicken taste like tuna bit scruffy like and everyone but the few shan me ultra power to there head ed gein lads are very nice oi go to differnt school you cant even drink water bc they dont want you to go to the toilet and when u do go to the toilet slt have to escort you to the mirror less bath room that has no care with has scruffy pupils putting tampons and such all over
- Employee1.010 December 2025
Oi I'm sor hayf
Wood oud wank horse mi smeg school oud oi shan mi ultr chicken like tuna like flaps mate proper wank that is
- Parent5.04 July 2025
Year 7 experience
My son has joined Hayfield School in Y7 and had the best experience so far. He absolutely loves learning here and has the most amazing chances to try new things and go to new places ! They truly give my child the opportunities he won’t get if he wasn’t here! Thank you for taking care of him in his year 7 camp, and surviving it yourselves
- Parent1.05 November 2024
Badddd
I hate this school it puts pressure on kids when not needed also it’s SO strict like wdym you get a detention because your shoes aren’t the right ones please get a grip.
- Former Student4.029 September 2024
great school overall
overall the school is great, there is a positive environment around the school and a vast majority of the staff are lovely and are the best in their fields. some rules, especially regarding uniform, are quite strict and are enforced very heavily by slt and the schools behaviour system is followed by the book by most staff but other than that the atmosphere is very chill. i didnt have school food but it didnt look great icl. the school is very clean and there are cleaners constantly around school...
- Former Student1.02 August 2024
they.are.pathetic.
the double standards were crazy. the staff would enforce so many pathetic and petty rules just to completely disregard them in regards to them self. staff would wine and get into hysterics if they could see the skin of your ankle, while most of the staff would wear trainer socks or no socks at all. god forbid you wear a little bit of makeup in the most insecure and vulnerable part of your life while you watch the teachers come into school everyday with thick,cakey makeup. god forbid you express yourself in the slightest or look even the smallest bit different to anyone else because the childish and emotionally immature staff would hunt you down and screech at you in front of the entirety of your peers. staff would actively avoid disciplining bad kids and would only ever reward them, while the kids that are always perfect and try their best would always get dragged through the mud unless they were loudest and most intelligent individual in the room. the staff in this school are weak and unfortunate, this school preaches that they only hire the best while there have been staff who have thrown chairs and books at these young kids. The hayfield school should be embarrassed of the way they conduct themselves. They.are.pathetic.
- Student1.012 January 2024
AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!
Avoid at all costs . Teachers are more concerned with proper dress code then education and the environment is depressing. I know people say they look back and enjoyed school but the thought of returning back through the gates of Hayfield makes me want to backflip off a building.
- Student1.025 August 2023
Racist pigs
A teacher valued at The Hayfield School “Hannah Rockcliffe” a vile human being. I am truly disgusted by their actions. They know what they have done to a student and it deserves to be noticed. They have hidden it until now but this is not acceptable, this school deserves better teachers all are racist especially the head teacher “Lisa Fox” and “Hannah Rockcliffe” tweedle dumb and tweedle dumber ??let everyone know what your hiding
- Former Student1.09 June 2023
worst school
the WORST school I have ever been to the head teacher goes on about uniform and certain hair styles they give detentions if you have a small thing wrong but then say to be unique all though in assesmbly they say they want evryone to look the same. do not care about the grades students get more bothered about how you look. they act like they care about mental health and it was obvious i was struggling and i reached out and they said its because ima teenager i had severe bullying and had food thro...
- Student2.022 May 2023
Not good for education
The headteacher bangs on about equality yet boys can't were girls uniform e.g. You can't have below grade three even though they want us to be equal. Not educational at all I lurnt is how to tell a teacher if I'm getting bullied I say fuck that I'm gonna defend myself and fight back like what's gonna happen I get a detention or a strike. Ooooh soo scary.
- Employee1.022 May 2023
?????????????
they eat their students and feed them to the teachers and pupils ?
- Employee5.013 May 2023
Great school
Having worked at this school I only have positive comments. Fantastic students and staff. Great facilities and a genuine care of student welfare and education.
- Former Student2.08 May 2023
Not great
Just ultimately not good. Never treat as individuals.
- Student3.030 April 2023
Okay I guess
It’s okay they care a lot about uniform and not alot about learning and the sets are stupid I. Set 4 you learn nothing whereas in set 1 you learn everything and there are many teachers that are amazing and some that aren’t so great like one teacher abused the ability to send a student out to “hay zone” for 5 minutes. Every time they came back he was sent back there and he didn’t even do that bad. You make aloy of friends and I know the school can’t really help this but most of the students are ableist and the school having a place for all the people with disabilities to gather dosent really help
- Student3.021 April 2023
Overwhelmingly mediocre
The head teacher has very abnormal priorities, valuing uniforms over quality of education. The education your child gets really depends on their sets. Set 1 classes tend to have good, hard working students and a productive classroom environment. However, the high grade students aren't rewarded even nearly enough for their efforts as rewards are focused on the less productive students barely passing. On the other hand, set 4 classes are a disruptive environment where students who want to improve...
- Student4.021 April 2023
Overwhelmingly average
The school's quality honestly depends on what sets you are in. Set 1 classes have good teachers and interesting lessons. Students behave and perform well but higher grade students lack rewards as its focused on those barely passing. Set 4 classes are full of disruption, with students who don't care. Students in those classes that want to improve are limited by the behaviour of their peers. Additionally the new mixed ability english classes limit the progress of higher grade students due to a less productive environment. Overall a very mediocre school
- Student1.05 March 2023
Hayfield isn’t as good as you think
I go to this school and haven’t been there long. I absolutely hate it, all the teachers are hypocrites as they say you can’t wear jewellery but they do, only aloud water as they drink fizzy pop. There have been people who want to protest because of the school as they sexualize women as they can’t have any shorter skirts than below knee length as it’s apparently “to revealing”and boys aren’t aloud a hair grade below a 3 because it’s seen as “unprofessional” and we are only kids and don’t need to be professional. It is racist, homophobic,transphobic and people bully at this school to be popular. All the head teacher mrs fox wants is good dreaded and doesn’t really care about our mental health she cares more about decoration in the school more than our mental health so I please beg you to not send your child here.
- Student3.05 March 2023
Hayfield isn’t as good as you think
I go to this school and only started this year, I absolutely hate it, all the teachers are hypocrites as they say kids shouldn’t do things as they do it and think it’s ok such as saying we’re aloud only water and they have fizzy pop. There have been people who want to protest but are scared they will get expelled which I can understand, the protest was about skirt length as they sexualize women because apparently it is “to revealing” to have a skirt above the knees. I recommend you don’t send your kids here as it is awful.
- Former Student5.025 October 2022
An alright school
The hayfield school has gone better over the last 5 years or so,more clubs,better staff,more activities and students are so nice recommend to new students to join this school
- Parent2.03 October 2022
Avoid
If you value your child’s and your own mental health do not pick this school. If you have a perfect child A* with no views or any disabilities or Needing support to apply their learning please just stay away. This school has broken my child and our family with no regard when you try to speak with them they ignore you, complete disregard for having healthy parent teacher communication and support so your child can achieve potential. I have never experienced such a regime don’t work with decent professional parents so god help parents who have no understanding or correct procedures. If you ask for answers to any worries your child will suffer, it’s like a concentration camp. Ridiculous consistent punishment for minor things, children placed in isolation for hair not being cut to a certain specification, god help you if they loose or damage school uniform and you cannot replace immediately they are again either placed in isolation or suspended totally ridiculous policies. Not culturally aware, not disability supportive it is about time ofsted got into the school speak with children and parents and sorted this school out I’m sure from reading reviews children have already suffered mental health issues and not achieved their potential as there is little nurturing students to feel safe and supported.
- Former Student1.03 October 2022
Do not send your kids here
Evil teachers and bullshit rules. This school made me want to kill myself every day. DO NOT send your children here. Please. Years later I’m still suffering the consequences of attending this school and the same problems still exist at the school, in fact it’s gotten worse. They care more about the length of a girls skirt or a boys hair than the actual work. Disgraceful. Pervy too. Sending kids home for the slightest uniform mistake, parents are sending kids to school to learn, not waste valuable time because of clothes. GET YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT. I don’t know one person who genuinely enjoyed going to hayfield, it’s a shithole. Do not send your child here.
- Parent1.016 September 2022
Avoid Hayfield School- Mrs Fox V Poor
Rules are excessive and petty and the school has forgotten these are children that need to be encouraged to learn and not dictated too with strikes, staff call-outs, reengage etc. they need to worry about bullying and physical violence over skirt length to the knee for god sake. It starts with the headteacher Mrs Fox who is out of her depth and maniacal in response t9 her own ineptitude
- Former Student2.010 September 2022
Couldn’t care
this school only cares about uniform and learning and couldn’t be bothered about the rest. Tell you off for stupid things , couldn’t wait to leave
- Student3.025 August 2022
If you want to go to This school reconsider
Kinda a meh Ever since I went to this school it has gotten more strict with it’s rules these rules have often affected students mental health in bad ways causing students to be unmotivated which affects their end of yr 11 grades but still it has somewhat good education though it’s hard to remember anything, it’s rival hallcross seems way better than it too especially right now with our head mistress who cares more about decorations rather than students mental health
- Former Student1.07 August 2022
Terrible Secondary School
I went here for a short while and I left here in 2013 halfway through Year 7. Most of the teachers I had there in Year 7 were terrible, not very nice, very problematic and didn't teach you anything. Their dinner tickets were a ripoff and not worth the money. I hated my Year 7 tutor group they so cringe and problematic. I got into a fight here with a fatass from bottom set in Year 7 which I won during lunch queue during lunch break. Their secondary school PE kits were such a ripoff and they make...
- Student1.020 June 2022
A tip
From what I can tell this school used to be good but it has devolved ever since a new headmistress had been appointed from what I could gather I have seen year 7s vape along with the majority of the students being vile the rules are way too strict you can’t use our phones at break for stupid reasons and we can’t bring curtain products in. I’m soo glad I’m going to leave this school
- Student1.023 January 2022
100% do not recommend. Absolutely disgraceful
Absolute shit tip and they don’t care about students mental well-being