The Whitby High School
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- Parent1.020 March 2026
Horrid
ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE! The teachers are very rude and are truly horrible to the kids there. My child got suspended for having a necklace that her dead grandmother gave her before she passed. When my daughter told a teacher this they said “That doesn't matter to us, rules are rules” please for the sake of your childrens mental health do NOT put them in Whitby highschool.
- Other1.022 October 2025
Bullying
My daughter is in year9 in this school she has recently been getting harassed by many students out of school texting her on many group chats all over social media and it has continued during school hours and this is causing distress towards her mental health and when we have told the school they have done nothing about it and it seems as if she has been getting the blame for a few situations regarding the other students i would like to make a complaint and take things further as my daughter has...
- Student1.02 July 2025
Horror Students
This is the school that has allowed the horrible kid that kicked a cat onto the road to get away with it. This kid should be locked up.
- Other1.020 January 2025
MISS WALKER. (When I see you. It’s on sight).
Absolutely terrible. My mate comes here and all the teachers treat her like a nobody. I wouldn’t be surprised if this school is knocked down in ten years or maybe even earlier. This one teacher, Miss Walker (a teacher in the music department), screamed at my friend for NOT HAVING A MUSIC PASS. Literally screamed at her and then began disrespecting her when all my mate was doing was sitting in the music room. If you want to send your kid here, don’t be surprised if they get millions of detentions for no reason at all.
- Former Student1.04 November 2024
The bullying is out of hand
While I was going to this school I got bullied since day one. People physically and verbally assaulted me and made rumours that weren't true. There was one guy I'm not going to say his name but he accused me and my friend of raping animals and I have no idea why. It was messed up. People need to understand that words can hurt more than you think. It's not acceptable that students can make these comments without any risk of punishment
- Former Student1.05 October 2024
NEVER SEND YOUR CHILD HERE NO MATTER WHAT
Horrible school full of little kids who can’t behave themselves, teachers are terrible, it’s like a prison with the shutters on the toilets. One learning support teacher use to make my life hell and would humiliate me in front on other students, told lies about me saying i was a horrible student so no teachers would support me or give me help, learning support did fck all to help with my needs and made school harder, they care about uniform more than mental health, whatever u do do not send your child here
- Student1.025 September 2024
good luck finding it chat ?
i took a poo in a secret spot in the school and nobody’s found out
- Student5.026 April 2024
great school
great school and great people in the school
- Former Student1.03 September 2023
They don't take rape or bullying seriously
Got putten in isolation for months because of my rape and it almost felt like I was the one being punished and after a few months they randomly put me in all my classes again when I had really bad anxiety and did nothing when he was coming up to me in the corridors and making comments and shoving me they said to him he has to stay a meter away from me (like that's going to help) and he would still constantly harass me until he tried to get into a physical altercation with me so I defended myself and got punished for that. They did nothing about the people who were bullying me and physically abusing me inside and outside of school, after I told them I was being assaulted by multiple students whilst walking home from school they said it wasn't in school so they can't do anything, they told me to just stay away from them while in school which was impossible when there's a huge group of people who were harassing me, these people are also known for harassing other students too. They did the same to my brother when he was being bullied at this school years ago and it shows nothing has changed. The teachers care more about protecting the popular kids who make other people's lives a living hell because they talk to them in lessons, I'm tired of this school getting away with everything awful they do, yes I know there is only so much they can do but they aren't even doing the bare minimum for students in crisis
- Other1.029 June 2023
The Whitby high school
The teachers have 0 respect for the students and have shutters on the toilets.I don’t like this at all.
- Parent1.011 June 2023
just bad
Can’t handle stuff and they care about jewellery and school uniform more than eduction
- Student3.020 May 2023
i mean its alr like
its a mid school but to much bulling and shoving in corridors as well as classes constantly being disturbed
- Student1.012 January 2023
Absolutely terrible
The school is stupid. They used to give us 10 mins detention for being late, now they give us 30 mins detention for being 5 MINUTES LATE. The hot dinners are decent but you probably get obesity. The teachers are terrible and don’t give support.they don’t handle bullying well either. In anti bully week assemblies they will just tell us to not bully. And that’s it. That is all they do about it. The classrooms normally look like they were bombed and no one cared to fix them.when ofsted were coming in to rate our school we were rated good somehow. School probably bribed them. I do not recommend going because it’s a waste of time
- Former Student5.028 November 2022
Recommend!!
I had been in this school since year 7 and stayed on for sixth form too. the staff were amazing when dealing with mental health etc, they offered so much support. certain staff members made me feel so understood and safe in the environment. each teacher goes above and beyond for their students. i wish i could thank every staff member for everything they’ve done over 7 years. i recommend the whitby high school to anyone and everyone!
- Former Student1.026 September 2022
dont send child here
very bad bullying problems need to be fixed
- Former Student5.026 September 2022
verry nice school
loved it it was good exept from indoor environment and alot of bad launguage
- Former Student1.026 September 2022
very bad school cant handle bullying
very bad school i used to go there and i got bullied 24 7 teachers gave them a 10 min detention even though i got hit in the face and a blood nose
- Student5.026 September 2022
has some bullying problems
i go there and its pretty decent
- Former Student1.021 May 2022
Do not go
Absolutely terrible Old crumbly buildings and the teachers don't handle bullying very well so being there wasn't very good
- Former Student1.021 May 2022
Gay indeed
This school was well gay and it was full of scallys and scousers :( and most students were annoying little pricks but some people their were pretty decent. Just an average scummy port school tbh. They don't handle bullying well at all as well. The teacher's and staff Were pretty good but most students were annoying little pricks in honesty
- Student1.013 May 2022
Dog shit
Shit school. Very bad. indoor environment is old and crooked and stinks. some places haven't been repaired since the 1960's and people and teachers can be horrible. It's unfair with its punishments in terms of isolation and detentions.
- Parent2.021 December 2021
Won’t be sending my youngest here
I carefully researched the schools in the area and chose this for a number of reasons thinking it would be the best for my children’s welfare and education. I without a doubt will not be sending my youngest here and the only reason I haven’t moved my children to another school is due to the fact that they are settled with friends and I’m confident they will get the grades they need due to their own hard work. Warning bells should have gone off during an open evening in which the headteacher welc...
- Former Student1.018 December 2021
Do not go send your child to this school I beg you
This school is absolutely awful do not send your child here I was bullied so badly there to the point I was being punched, kicked,followed home from school and they did nothing about this I had really bad anxiety to the point I was passing out in school because I couldn't take it when I asked for help they put me in a room by myself for weeks and did nothing but support the guy who s/a me there plus the teachers don't even have the decency to let you go the toilet I'd actually pissed myself once because they refused to let me go I could describe this school as hell
- Former Student3.017 January 2021
How it is
I have moved schools now but this school is a bit of both it is good education wise and the food is nice but when I first started that school my dad had died in th summer holidays and I sufferd with anxiety bracoes Of it and th school said they would help and there was a pastrol teacher that was ment to help me they have me a time out card so I could get out of class of I needed to but other than that they were no help At all I struggled getting into school and the patrol teacher would come say u need to go into school not help and then say she was in a rush and needed to go but my form three was really nice
- Student1.06 November 2020
School is bad
No social distancing, uniform is ridiculous, care more about if you have a bracelet on than your gcses. Not allowed to wear masks in lessons despite being on lockdown when we can’t mix with other households outside of school, but remember we can’t catch corona in school.
- Student2.018 October 2020
My time at Whitby
I hated this school, teachers aren’t understand, care more about how students may disrespect teachers than bully, they do nothing about it and I was bullied for 3-4 years at that school, awful support, I got depression and anxiety because of the bullying that they could’ve stopped. The food is ok but not great doesn’t cater for many allergies at all. The school dress code is ridiculous. They care more about your attendance than mental health, and some of the teachers don’t do their best at helping with GCSEs, also they care more about how they look all together than any of the students. And just to top it all of ofsted had to do two visits last year because on the first there was at least 3 fights that day, and you aren’t allowed to give your own personal opinion about the school to ofsted you have to say how ‘good’ the school is or Mr Heely will give you a call into his office for giving your OWN personal opinion. Overall I have no clue why you would choose this school, anything is better than this hellhole.
- Employee1.020 September 2020
Really bad school
Really bad no social distancing, not aloud to wear face masks which is out rages , girls are no longer aloud to wear belts because it’s “too distracting” I DO NOT recommend this school ever at this point in time. With this virus this school is not helping as I’ve seen the social distancing is just out the window they have put all the years in cages cramped together 300 kids! If one has corona then most likely everyone else will this school should keep shut right now and open when theirs not a pandemic due to how bad it is.