The Observatory School
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Based on 10 reviews and 66 answers
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Average of 7 reviews with area ratings
- Food2.1
- Activities1.4
- Staff1.3
- Education1.1
- Outdoor environment1.1
- Safety1.0
- Communication1.0
- Indoor environment1.0
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- Student1.03 July 2026
A great school if you want your life to be ruined!
This school traumatised me so bad to the point where i had to leave school and I don't think I will ever be able to go back again and I'm scared I wont be able to go college because of the horrible experience i had with them. I was constantly bullied by other students without any punishment given to the students bullying me, Students and even staff triggering my anxiety and making me go into panic attacks, Being called disgusting homophobic slurs by other students without any acceptable punishme...
- Employee1.03 May 2026
Lord of the Flies
Walking into The Observatory is like walking on to the movie set of Child's Play except instead of one Chucky there are around 100 Chuckies and it's real, not a movie. Getting through a day without being attacked or the need to dodge a table thrown by a pint size maniac is considered a success. Some of the pupils look deceptively angelic until they scream out obscenities that would make a jail bird blush. Harassed teaching agency workers often bear the brunt of the worse behaviour as it is the...
- Other1.015 March 2026
honest reviews please. from concerned parents
my son has autism and has been offed a place in The Observatory School lesowe is this the same school and has any one got any reviws from there as i can't find any personal reviews anywhere thank you.
- Other1.029 July 2025
Avoid at all costs
Vile school run by incompetent fools. Pupils are the next lot of local prisoners in jails - they literally run the hellhole. Honestly the worst run school ive ever been in. Would avoid at all costs as the SLT and HR are the worst I've come across. The amount of agency staff and high turnover of staff should be a red flag as it is! Never mind their selective implementation of policies etc. Honestly, anyone reading this please avoid this vile place if you value your physical and mental health. Oh yeah...teachers and staff are regularly assaulted and the kids are rewarded with hot chocolates by SLT.
- Employee1.020 June 2025
Send Help (And Heating)
Attending the Observatory School feels like entering a live-action survival game. The heating never works, so you’re either freezing or pretending your shivers are dance moves. Smelly boys roam the corridors like it’s some kind of experiment in how long someone can avoid soap. And you’d better have ninja reflexes, because dodging flying pens, chairs, and occasionally shoes is just part of the daily routine. The students are like untrained wrestlers with emotional issues. Arguments turn into ful...
- Employee1.05 June 2025
Bad school
Only the food is good
- Student1.03 April 2025
Most horrible school in the wirral
Horrible door kicking swearing and violence horrible teachers and horrible kids
- Employee1.015 December 2024
I observed madness here
What a depressing place this is. I’m sure there are worse places to work - like actual war zones, or psychiatric wards for the criminally insane (-but even then, there’s probably more intelligent banter and professional staff at such places) Senior leadership - just abysmal and laughable in terms of their ability to ‘lead’. Pitiful. Some of the TA’s - just daft little jobs-worths. Pupils- 80% apprentice criminals and the bottom of the barrel Wirral has to offer. Teachers - mostly depressed,...
- Employee1.03 April 2024
Mad Place...a repository for Wirral's most loopy kids
Locked fire doors, dopey SLT looking stunned, angry staff and psychotic deranged kids! Welcome to hell...Wirall style! Just go and enjoy the show imo
- Other1.024 March 2022
A special place for special people
If you want your child to be educated in door kicking, swearing, foul language and being generally aggressive and violent, then you have come to the right place! Imagine ‘One flew over the cuckoos nest’ combined with ‘fight club’ and ‘Lord of the flies’…and you get the idea. Senior leaders seem to be like rabbits caught in the headlights and spend their time teetering on the brink of having a complete nervous breakdown, whilst cajoling interesting characters down from the buildings roofs or barking random orders to the underpaid TA’s and zero hour contract, confused supply teachers. A wonderful place all in all.
