The Radcliffe School

I left Radcliffe last year and my mental health has immediately gotten better. First I would like to say a former student from my year group was sexually harassed whilst going to the toilet, the door was opened by a group of boys from the same year group and they took a bunch of photos of her on the toilet. NONE of them were punished or had any consequences for there actions they school just said they couldn’t work out who any of them were when there was a camera directly pointing at the door (not to the point you could see inside but just enough to see students accessing the toilet and around it) secondly they did nothing to stop bullying or harassment from being stop in-fact they just treated the misbehaving students like small children gave the stickers and rewards for being good like there 5 no they are all capable of knowing that it’s not okay and not acceptable yet still did it. They treat sen kids like there children having a disability does not mean you cannot understand the difference between borderline sexual harassment and what is socially appropriate. Multiple sen teenagers in my year group harassed girls staring at them, touching them and even making sexual gestures at them. NONE of them got told off or taught that is was wrong I understand there disabled and might have trouble understanding things but you can still teach them that it’s not okay. Please do not send your child there. They might make themselves seem like a good school for any type of kid but it’s an act I personally know many children who have got pulled out of that school.

The racial bullying was off the chart when I attended. Teachers either turned a blind eye or blatantly declared it was nothing to do with them - they were just there to teach. BNP leaflets were passed around in Maths class, no racial slurs or graffiti were ever punished. One of my friends was spat at. School was a very hostile place for anyone of colour. Students wore skinhead attire & shaved heads and jeered & taunted minority students all day every day, with abandon. Left lasting trauma and depression in those they preyed on. An untold story of Radcliffe school. I would never send my children there under any circumstances. My hope is/was that things change for the better. However, it's disturbing to know there's been a more recent case of a student who committed suicide due to bullying at this institution. Seems the legacy continues to present day - unchecked.

Daughter did management move as was struggling in previous school due to ASD. 7 days in and the headteacher decided to shout through a busy corridor at my daughter whom did not hear her! then after shouting OI!!!! my daughter turned and was asked where her blazer was! my daughter masks and can come across rude as she shuts down in situations. the headteacher decided she is not welcome at the school and failed the managed move, please note rules are to come in every day (she did that) never be late (she did that) go to lessons (she did that) what a disgrace of a school!!! i only found out it had failed due to previous school contact me. I asked for an email stating why it’s been failed, they said they will ask!!!

I might not be the best fan of this place but it does have some of its good sides so just try it out first

There is no school better than this one

Amazing just utterly amazing

such a bad school do not recommend only go if you wanna be depressed and bullied

This place hangs on to the title of school very loosely. They seem to care more about how they are represented more than the students. The bullying problem is so obvious and yet all they do is sit there and shrug shoulders. They have no idea how to deal with people with any form of mental disability, they just annoy them, treating them like they can’t integrate with any part of society because of their mental differences leading to many people in my year to leave. The only reason i stuck around is because i had no where else to go. The school would be better if i just got shut down.

Awful place, left earlier this year and it is genuinely so bad. Teachers couldn’t care about anything other than a paycheck. Could not deal with covid to save their life and the amount of times i would see teachers fail to discipline bad kids is awful. Never would send my child there. Us as year 10s were promised a new sixth form area that would be ready for us when we joined sixth form and there is still a hole in the side of the building. Bad Headteacher, Bad Staff, Bad everything. Would never send my child there.

its fair to say me and most of my other classmates left radcliffe extremely underachieved and depressed. i had years of issues with bullying that was never taken care of, when i came out to them about my self harm they made me stay for two hours after school in a locked room while they probed me with questions, how did you do it? what with? can i see?, in an extremely pressuring manner,things i would have to explain to a doctor anyway which is what i was there for, a referral.. asif the situation wasnt already traumatizing enough they always pressured me. also i remember my friend being kept behind because she dropped a water bottle out the window and i was the last person to head out the door, i turned around and said "meet me at the bench" and started to walk back out when a teacher came into my face and screamed "get out". and its these things that happened that made me have absolutely no faith in my education, i dont want to be around these people, i cant afford to move to another school, so ill fake being ill so i wouldnt be harrassed by the staff. it was terrible and the last day i cried because the depression diddnt go away as soon as we were allowed to leave for the last time, it still hasnt

The school sight is really nasty and the school lunches are vile. I remember having rice that was still hard and potato that was not cooked. The teachers are really strict and there are hardly any after school activities.

Schools bad poor rules in place against covid putting everyone at risk , all yr groups mixing and every year group has been sent home on at least a 2 week isolation twice the teachers are dumb asses and don't go to the school teacher dont listen to you

Meh, its ok... just... okay my history teacher and art teacher are nice I guess idk, gets alllott of bullying the school do nothing about it... don't realy recommend, school are a bit rubbish with bullying.