Townley Grammar School

As much as I love my school there's way to much punishment they give us c1s way too often and regular homework and if your late twice in a week u get detention no matter the reason. The teachers r not always understanding and they are not always nice to the students. Dont get me wrong they r not all bad like without them we wouldnt have a school. They dont care enough though. They dont let people move classes even if they have a valid reason. And the no phone rule and the one way system they r just really exhausting. Also I think schools should have adhd and autism as they have vaccines. And some way to help students if they r struggling like tuition session from like another student

Absolutely useless school for mental health and emotional support.My friend was forced to contact pastoral hub twice about abuse and suicide before they took notice and when they did situation just deteriorated.They called social services but that just worsened the abuse.They honestly just care about their reputation imo. They did NOTHING about a serious situation that could potentially lead to life or death.Also teachers are unreasonable many stupid rules that just cause extra pressure on students. They pick certain star students to support and the rest genuinely may as well go down a hole it would be better atp..Also teachers are 50/50 especially for science. Last year my science teacher was absent half the time and we got cover same for halfway this year our teacher got pregnant and we're stuck with two cover teachers.Lots of pressure on homework and exams and stuff.Food is overpriced too and the queues are large.Overall extremely bad school I don't reccomend it.

Townley Grammar gives out A level results at 9am. I know some schools that are giving out results at 8:30am. Why is this such a big deal? My daughter has applied for Medicine which is extremely competitive so Clearing is a realistic consideration. Some universities put out an online form at 8am to apply for Clearing. Clearing is notoriously a first-come first-serve system. By giving results at 9am, Townley put students at a disadvantage to other students whose school give results earlier. The examinations officer I spoke to refused to admit that Townley put students at a disadvantage by giving out results at 9am, when that is clearly fact. I understand not being able to change the results day time, since this was the day before results day, but the refusal to acknowledge this a disadvantage to Townley students was the worst part. Very disappointed and would like to speak to the headteacher about this.

On cultural day, I wrote something in a randomised language and then it apparently translated to something bad. Teacher believed that one of my classmates was involved because they are from the country the sentence I wrote was in. Teacher knew I wrote it but thought that the other student was involved too.

If you care about your child in the slightest, you won't send them here. This place is a breeding ground for all kinds of issues. The students are taught to be aholes from the beginning. The teachers are nasty. Some teachers have some sort of anger issues and decide to take it out on us. The whisper tool is about as useful as a rock. You walk into that "school" and your smile slowly curves into a frown They get resources and don't even use them correctly. If you're planning on sending your child here, don't. If you have a child here and plan to keep them there, don't.

i have literal trauma from this school, the staff bullied me to the point of disgust. my experience at this school keeps me up at night and will do forever. worst decision of. my. life.

They only cared about you if you were a potential Oxbridge candidate or wanted to medicine. Anyone else were given little attention. Image was more important than actually educating students.

My experience from Year 7 to 13 was appalling. This is a racist, misogynistic institution where teachers themselves go as far as to partake in the bullying and alienation of students. A logistical nightmare with poor disorganisation and next to no student support. In terms of academics, a good percentage of the time, we taught ourselves. The few good teachers brightened the experience of select classes but in terms of leadership and management it was a catastrophe which seems to have only gotten worse over the years with sexual assault cover ups and the like. This is an institution which is more concerned with keeping up appearances than ensuring student wellbeing, hence the regular occurrence of mental health conditions among the students and a lack of support when this happens.

I HATR THIS SCHOOL THEY ARE A BUNCH OF STUPID ISLAMAPHOBES

Skl is so bad im an internal here and started yr 12. the teachers are so bad i haave to go thru all my work at home myself and theyre all so uptight they make us wear blazers all the time even tho they said we can create a sense of identity and have a loot more freedom w our uniform but we dont. the food is expensive and they give rlly little portions. the skl is soooo unorganised and all the teachers do is basically shout at u i wouldnt recommend

Hated my 7 years here. They only care about making money and maintaining a so-called ‘good reputation’. No genuine care for wellbeing of students, only care about them getting the highest grades possible even if the students off themselves in the process. If you’re not high achieving they bunk you off, call you a disappointment and treat you like dirt. Praise the high achievers simply for achieving high grades, no matter whether they have good traits or are walking devils. Wouldn’t recommend this school to my worst enemy.

When I came here to begin with, I loved it but now I have had several incident with my mental health and now have an ed and had a problem that left me in hospital for the rest of the day. The teachers told me that just because I was in hospital doesn’t mean I shouldn’t do the work. They care too much about grades. People there are horrible and can be bullies, I was left crying alone a lot. Teachers don’t help and they made me feel dumb. If you value your mental health don’t go there.

since i started here, my mental health has gone down really badly, i started to get a ed and had a problem involving a car and me, which left me in hospital. when i came back, the teachers almost gave me a detention for not doing the homework when i didnt know we had any. the food is overpriced and some drink are expired. it has some good aspects, like dance and drama lessons, but it has killed my confidence and my mental health is at rock bottom.

This school really makes me feel safe, and everything just feels so fun. In spring and summer, loads of people eat around the field and everyone's always laughing and having fun and it always boosts my mood.

i mean it’s overrated

Listen, don’t go here. Sure, you might get good grades, but if you care about your mental health in the slightest don’t touch it. To put it in perspective with one quick experience, in year 11 i was hospitalised after a mental health crisis at school, and the nurse who was helping me at the hospital recognised the uniform and i quote verbatim, “We get a lot of you in here.” You might not be outright bullied, but the social isolation is no joke. The people who claim this school is good at diversity- sure they have it on papers, but they don’t do a single thing to protect their students. They pick a poster student and then focus on them and them only. If you had any desire to learn, or felt good about school, this place will beat it out of you. The amount of teachers who are also exposed for being predators is also insane- my sex ed teacher being arrested for child pornography ownership, and another who was blacklisted from teaching after an affair with a sixth former, who also commented on seeing childrens bras underneath their white shirts. I wouldn’t have reviewed it if this was just me or my own struggling’s as an autistic student in a mainstream school, but everyone I’ve known who’s gone to that school echo the same sentiment. Even down to the GCSE certificates, we received them a year late. Please don’t go, for your own sake. Though, I guess I got straight 9-7’s, so yippee to that.

absolutely awful in year — multiple times thought of suicide as a result of all the pressure they put on you

Apparently you have a rule where black girls are not allowed to sit together due to “intimidation” I’m not sure what kind of mindset the people in charge have but whatever it is it’s racist.

I hate this school. Many teachers are racist and have no empathy. They do not validate students feelings and make all students feel small and the teachers feel that they are superior. As well as this there have been many occasions where the school has been racist and multiple people have called them out for it but they had dismissed the issue and called the students harmful and that they were disappointed in their behaviour etc. The school needs to acknowledge students feelings and make it know to themselves that they need to care about all students mental health and well-being.

I was at this school for 5 years and from a few weeks in at year 7 I realised it wasn’t right for me. I found most people thought it wasn’t right for them either. The actual school environment was bitchy and unfriendly because of how competitive it was to be the best and anything below an A was seen as underachieving and disappointing. Teachers rarely helped out of class. And I found many of them spoke with such strong accents I couldn’t understand them. It was difficult to settle in and I was so thankful for when I could leave. The dance department was always really friendly and they acted as second mums.