Wakefield Girls' High School

I used to be a student at this school and it was honestly such a tough time for me. I felt as though there was no consideration for different learning styles at all! I was at the Junior school and then in year 6 we had to take an exam to get into the high school - I got a conditional offer based on my Maths grade. When I got to Year 7, I really struggled with the classes in Maths as we had a supply teacher so was not the same level of learning at all! Despite trying my hardest and showing grade improvements (I got 21% in one maths test and then attained 56% in my next one), I was ‘asked to leave’ the school. I lost so many solid friendships with the girls that I had been with over the years, and as I changed schools, my self confidence plummeted to the point where I was basically mute for first 6 months I was at my new state school. Despite feeling inadequate, I excelled at my state school, achieving better grades than a lot of the girls in my year who were still at Girls High. Coming from an ethnic minority background, whose parents worked extremely hard to be able to finance my years at Wakefield Girls, I wish they had given me a chance at 12 years old. I wish they would’ve provided a more supportive environment and help for those who maybe didn’t have the same resources at home as others did (eg knowledge of educated parents etc).

I attended the High School many years ago and I can say with honesty the school opened my eyes as to what was out there in the World beyond Wakefield. My career in later life benefited tremendously from the self confidence that the High school instilled. Without doubt I recommend

Pastoral care severely lacking in the senior school. Issues very badly handled by many staff. Very let down at the end of 14 years education there. Hope things have improved recently for others!

the teachers here don't care about well being and would rather make us fit into picture perfect pretty girls they don't let us express our self and only care about our education and the only good teachers lie in geography this school is crap escape while you have the chance

the teachers are creepy, they always comment on your skirt length because they think it's gonna affect our learning It's honestly ridiculous. you are also forced to tie back your hair at all times as well for some reason the teachers care about the grades more then students well-being. the only decent teachers are the geography teachers, they actually care and always ask how we are doing every lesson. i didnt expereince this, but i saw a review that said a girl commited suicide on school grounds, this is just awful and the school is trying to hide it from everyone.

They expelled my best friend. All because she told me she didnt like the school. they dont care aout the pupils wellbeing, im not trying to use defamatory words but im quite confused and appaled as i used to love it here!

im a student here, js wanna say that this school is absolute bs. idk why i moved here. the schools progressivly getting words icl. the food is minging and the new cooks dont have an idea of what they r doing. the good food has been taken off of the menu. the food at break in peppers and tuck has become even more expensive. i cant rlly even afford it. also lastly, the pastoral team doesnt do jacked shit. i wanna kms and "oh we'll send u to the councillor" aight. kms

'wakefield girls high school, where girls become confident'. Not chuffing true. I am a pupil at this school at the moment, and god its been the worst experience of my whole life. never send your kids here unless you want them to be mentally drained. This school is not inclusive unless you're part of the popular group, and if your not then ur practically doomed. The people here are horrible and rude as anything and they think their all that. The first thing i want to mention is the food. The fact we pay for this food is vile. They have recently brought in new staff for food, and started cooking new meals, but they are still mingin. Now that the new food has come in, the chicken pie (the one meal that everyone complemented and looked forward to) has been taken off of the menu. The upstairs food has been forgotten about, and theres not enough food to go around, meaning that the people on last sitting never get fed the decent stuff. My friend had cold beans for lunch and i had bread the other day. I never eat any of my meals, and i think there should be an option to not pay for food everyday, and bring in packed lunch instead. Another thing is the amount of drama. There is so much drama that goes on for weeks. New drama every day, unnecesarry drama is caused and random people get involved because they 'like drama'. Teachers are nonces. My year 7 experience: year 7 was the best year, as the people were kinder and i was more encouraged by the school. year 8: year 8 was one of the worst years, as we went into lockdown, and the horrible people and amount of stress they put on you there gave me a hard time mentally. The lockdown experience was my best part of the school, as i didnt have to always fear being humiliated by the popular people (not all of them). Nobody did owt in the lessons. year 9: so much drama in year nine. The girls just got more and more horrible. The amount of pressure put on us in year nine was horrific. I had a minor argument in year nine with a girl and the school did try to sort it on the plus side. Loads of snitches. My grades improved though when i got out of lockdown so year 9 was an almost positive year. One of our teachers was sacked for sending innappropriate messages and images to a sixth form pupil, so as u can see this school attracts the wrong people... year 10: gcse year. There were safety concerns, as a man came into school and attempted to kidnap a year 7 in his taxi. all the school did was warn us not to hold the door open for anyone who doesnt have a visitors landyard. All the teachers are leaving, as they said that the school has hit rock bottom. The school fees have increased by 19.3 percent TERMLY which is appauling. The people get worse and worse. there was little to no support in preparing for my GCSEs, which is very concerning. Our school is apparantly in over 4 million pounds of debt, which is impacting the school massively, as the departments cant even afford spare excersise books, or even glue sticks. Not being funny but even i can afford glue sticks. my confidence has decreased, i am now an anxious wreck and really awkward around people, this school has ruined my personality, and my life. I have been asking my parents to move schools for about 2 years, but they said that they've invested too much money into this school for me to quit so its too late for me, im writing this review to make sure you dont make a bad desicion and go to this school.

First off this school is overrated ppl expect private schools to be good but this is one of the most shit schools ever. As a student it is mentally draining to go there every day. It makes me want to kms. Last year there was a suicide attempt by a student in school. All they shity stuff about this school is swept under the rug. Last week there was a school inspection and it was obvious to the students that it was a front. The cleaners cleaned up early, the food was nice for once etc. I honestly don’t know how this school has been open for years ffs. This school is so racist, homophobic, sexist, islamophobic. I’ve Experienced a lot of racism in that school, a white girl called me the n word twice. I told the teachers and she assured me that she would do something and I got my hopes up I thought I could trust her. But she swept it under the rug as the school always does. This other girl was being racist towards me and all she got was a detention and she wrote an “apology” to me, she couldn’t even be bothered to give half a shit when writing it. Ever since I came to this school I’ve been depressed. It is a bad enviroment for your child. DO NOT send them there. As you can see, most of the reviews are bad. The majority of people know this school is shit. They only care about your academic results. This school is depressing do not send ur school there.

First off this school is overrated ppl expect private schools to be good but this is one of the most shit schools ever. As a student it is mentally draining to go there every day. It makes me want to kms. Last year there was a suicide attempt by a student in school. All they shity stuff about this school is swept under the rug. Last week there was a school inspection and it was obvious to the students that it was a front. The cleaners cleaned up early, the food was nice for once etc. I honestly don’t know how this school has been open for years ffs. This school is so racist, homophobic, sexist, islamophobic. I’ve Experienced a lot of racism in that school, a white girl called me the n word twice. I told the teachers and she assured me that she would do something and I got my hopes up I thought I could trust her. But she swept it under the rug as the school always does. This other girl was being racist towards me and all she got was a detention and she wrote an “apology” to me, she couldn’t even be bothered to give half a shit when writing it. Ever since I came to this school I’ve been depressed. It is a bad enviroment for your child. DO NOT send them there. As you can see, most of the reviews are bad. The majority of people know this school is shit. They only care about your academic results. They don’t give a absolute shit about ur well being.

Worst school possible, mentally draining everyone including myself and not to mention the teachers who don’t care about anything but your gcse results And the racism is disgusting

Bad school die racist mfs and homophobic and sexist teachers and the male teachers a pedos and

Great school and is a great environment to learn and to make friends.

After going to this school for 10 years you would think that I would rave about the experience I have had but I cannot stress enough how damaging the environment is and how the school cares so little about its students. I have had many occurrences where the school has been inappropriate in things such as exam accommodations, quality of teaching and more. My english teacher was appalling, she just told us to write work which she would tick and return with no feedback then give a 4 for my report. In recent exams I, an extra time student, was seated in the exam hall and began the exam. After 15 minutes the other 80 students who don’t have any access arrangements came into the exam hall (noisily) and then were read the examination rules and conditions. When I requested to be in a separate room the school brushed it off and acted very much as if they knew best completely disregarding my needs. Overall the school is very up their own arse and care more about feeling as if they are in the right rather than the students’ well being and needs.

Don’t recommend. The school cares more about academic results than the well being of their students. There was a suicide attempt on school grounds in November time which has never been resolved. There is a lot of bullying and gang mentality, which is never good. The lessons are good, but there is a lot of pressure on students to do well. Obviously being a private school this is expected, but sometimes it is mentally challenging. As well as this, girls receive negative points for the smallest of things such as not having their hair tied up from years 7-10. We are also constantly compared to the boys school, even though they get away with much more than us both behaviourally and academically. The school seems to accept the phrase ‘boys will be boys’ as true, and girls are expected to be ‘ladylike’ and are criticised when they are not. Trousers were only introduced in the autumn term of 2020!

Facilities are poor quality compared to when I started, a lot of bullying which staff sweep under the rug and don’t help with and the way the school is run stresses out students- I can’t think of a single day where there hasn’t been atleast two students found having a panic attack or crying in the bathrooms. A lot of students suffer mental health issues because of treatment and pressure in school. It’s not a healthy place to send your child, and it will affect their education overall. Staff are discriminatory towards making adjustments for students with special needs (one teacher told a parent he couldn’t make adjustments for a girl with ADHD because they didn’t run a “special school”) and aren’t supportive of girls as a whole. They are also discriminatory towards students of religious and ethnic minorities, and have even denied students the ability to express a variety of political views that are not Conservative. I don’t recommend sending your child here, at any stage of the foundation.

Absolutely fabulous nurturing environment. So positive and loving. Doesn’t feel like a school but a success driven, love oriented family.