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Westwood High
Primary · Independent · Oldham
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Disgusting
RIDICULOUS
THIS SCHOOL ABSOLUTELY PETTY BRO AND DON'T GIVE ONE AB YOUR MENTAL HEALTH WALLAHI DON'T COME HERE I COME HOME CRYING EVERYNIGHT IF YOUR SEEING THIS KHADIJA KHAN FIX UP AND FIX YOUR STAFF TOO OR I'LL MAKE SURE THIS SCHOOL SHUTS DOWN!!!!!
Horrible
Teachers are so nasty, they scream at us, send us out of class, give detentions for silly reasons and put us down for our work, one time a teacher yelled and ripped a page out my book 😭
Don’t send your daughter here for the sake of there mental health!!
They pressure us sm.Teachers strict and favouriting others,strict rules asw and we have to pay for phones 🫤
Sorry but I wouldn’t recommend sending your daughter here.
Sorry but I wouldn’t recommend sending your daughter here.
My Experience
While my experience at Westwood High might be somewhat different from other students', I would recommend sending your daughters there, as it was an experience I do not regret.
When I first arrived, I hated it. This school made no sense to me, so I couldn't understand my parents' choice. Life was monotonous for me. Days became mundane and redundant. When I was a teenager, I assumed that I was mature and understood the concepts of adulthood. It was only in my last few years in Westwood High that I understood the values it taught me. It shaped me to become a good person: not only in Islam but morally too. I had grown out of my phase of thinking I understood everything and realized Westwood High had actually benefited me. As a result, I grew to love the environment, staff, students, and school itself.
A few criticisms I can express about the school are that it lacks support for mental health. In spite of reaching out for help a few times, it can be difficult to communicate these issues with teachers. Personally, I found It wasn't until my last few years at Westwood High that I began to understand the values I was taught.
Moreover, certain sanctions were rather extreme, and we were all made aware what the consequences would be beforehand. Rather than a punishment, they act as a deterrent; the sanctions were severe so that we do not want to experience them.
Whether intentionally or not, teachers tend to favour certain students over others. It was evident which students were overlooked in class. Generally, loud and rowdy students engage in the most teacher interactions, whereas more well-behaved students don't tend to interact as much.
There were teachers who would present their information in egregious ways - you would question the authenticity of their knowledge or the legitimacy of Islam as a whole.
Westwood High may have some aspects that could be improved, but the positives outweigh those that are negatives. There is no perfect school, and Westwood High doesn't claim to be one. The school helped me find balance between my GCSE's and my education in Islam, allowing me to achieve my best grades. As a child, I was fascinated by Islam - Westwood High quenched my thirst for knowledge, and whenever I had any questions about Islam, my teachers were there to answer them.
I think that your experience in Westwood High greatly depends on the people you decide to spend your time with. The school has produced people who have done things that Westwood High doesn't promote, but it has also produced girls who are now respected young women. Adapting to the school wasn't easy, it took time and persistence; but I eventually understood why my parents sent me there. Having attended Westwood High, I became a better person, and I would recommend it to any student.
When I first arrived, I hated it. This school made no sense to me, so I couldn't understand my parents' choice. Life was monotonous for me. Days became mundane and redundant. When I was a teenager, I assumed that I was mature and understood the concepts of adulthood. It was only in my last few years in Westwood High that I understood the values it taught me. It shaped me to become a good person: not only in Islam but morally too. I had grown out of my phase of thinking I understood everything and realized Westwood High had actually benefited me. As a result, I grew to love the environment, staff, students, and school itself.
A few criticisms I can express about the school are that it lacks support for mental health. In spite of reaching out for help a few times, it can be difficult to communicate these issues with teachers. Personally, I found It wasn't until my last few years at Westwood High that I began to understand the values I was taught.
Moreover, certain sanctions were rather extreme, and we were all made aware what the consequences would be beforehand. Rather than a punishment, they act as a deterrent; the sanctions were severe so that we do not want to experience them.
Whether intentionally or not, teachers tend to favour certain students over others. It was evident which students were overlooked in class. Generally, loud and rowdy students engage in the most teacher interactions, whereas more well-behaved students don't tend to interact as much.
There were teachers who would present their information in egregious ways - you would question the authenticity of their knowledge or the legitimacy of Islam as a whole.
Westwood High may have some aspects that could be improved, but the positives outweigh those that are negatives. There is no perfect school, and Westwood High doesn't claim to be one. The school helped me find balance between my GCSE's and my education in Islam, allowing me to achieve my best grades. As a child, I was fascinated by Islam - Westwood High quenched my thirst for knowledge, and whenever I had any questions about Islam, my teachers were there to answer them.
I think that your experience in Westwood High greatly depends on the people you decide to spend your time with. The school has produced people who have done things that Westwood High doesn't promote, but it has also produced girls who are now respected young women. Adapting to the school wasn't easy, it took time and persistence; but I eventually understood why my parents sent me there. Having attended Westwood High, I became a better person, and I would recommend it to any student.
Please don’t send your daughters here.
It’s an Islamic school meant to teach Islam to young girls but instead the school made me learn to hate myself and turn against my religion. It wasn’t the religion that made me hate myself or turn away it was the way it was taught and enforced.
The rules are RIDICULOUS I once turned up late to school by 10 SECONDS I kid you not 10 SECONDS and I was given a detention after school. Because of this many students resorted to lying and asking other students to lie for them and say they were early so they wouldn’t face detention after school. Some teachers abused this rule and we were made to constantly stay behind after school for being barely a minute late.
We weren’t allowed to bring phones, I understand not allowing students to use phones in lesson but banning them completely was utterly ridiculous. If we were caught with phones it was an hour detention and in some cases it was a 2 hour detention on the weekend. This rule made going to school very difficult for my parents since I was not able to contact my parents and tell them I would be home late if I had a detention that day and I would not be able to contact them at all. Both my parents work so often times I would go home with friends parents but sometimes say they had a detention or an after school club I would not be able to contact my parents more often than not my parents were worried.
Even more we couldn’t use the school telephone unless we paid which is utterly ridiculous. Over all my experience was awful.
The teacher were condescending and rude, they simply acted that way because they believed because they were older than the students it did not matter. Over all most days I’d come home crying wishing I hadn’t come to this school.
The teachers made us hate ourselves and never rewarded our achievements which is vital for growing up and inevitably gave me a low self esteem because I’d always be shouted at because my work was not up to standard and I tried my hardest. The teachers focused more on shouting at students rather than asking them what it is they needed help on. The school was more focused on having the top GCSE scores in the area rather than our mental health’s and wellbeing. We were pushed to the bone and over worked I now realise whilst I attended that school I had absolutely no life and I was not happy I was living in misery and I hated it. For the sake of your daughter please do not send her to that school. If you wish for her to be modest and grow up pious then teach her yourselves but secluding her from the rest of the world and sending her to an only girls private Islamic school will do her no good instead it will make her turn away from her religion and hate herself her parents her teachers and everything about her life.
This school may teach Islam but it only pushes students to the bone teaches them to be unhappy with themselves. If that’s the life you want for your daughter for her to grow up sad unhappy and to hate her religion then by all means waste your money and send her there. Please for the sake of your daughters I hope you love them enough not to put them through this and send them to this school.
The rules are RIDICULOUS I once turned up late to school by 10 SECONDS I kid you not 10 SECONDS and I was given a detention after school. Because of this many students resorted to lying and asking other students to lie for them and say they were early so they wouldn’t face detention after school. Some teachers abused this rule and we were made to constantly stay behind after school for being barely a minute late.
We weren’t allowed to bring phones, I understand not allowing students to use phones in lesson but banning them completely was utterly ridiculous. If we were caught with phones it was an hour detention and in some cases it was a 2 hour detention on the weekend. This rule made going to school very difficult for my parents since I was not able to contact my parents and tell them I would be home late if I had a detention that day and I would not be able to contact them at all. Both my parents work so often times I would go home with friends parents but sometimes say they had a detention or an after school club I would not be able to contact my parents more often than not my parents were worried.
Even more we couldn’t use the school telephone unless we paid which is utterly ridiculous. Over all my experience was awful.
The teacher were condescending and rude, they simply acted that way because they believed because they were older than the students it did not matter. Over all most days I’d come home crying wishing I hadn’t come to this school.
The teachers made us hate ourselves and never rewarded our achievements which is vital for growing up and inevitably gave me a low self esteem because I’d always be shouted at because my work was not up to standard and I tried my hardest. The teachers focused more on shouting at students rather than asking them what it is they needed help on. The school was more focused on having the top GCSE scores in the area rather than our mental health’s and wellbeing. We were pushed to the bone and over worked I now realise whilst I attended that school I had absolutely no life and I was not happy I was living in misery and I hated it. For the sake of your daughter please do not send her to that school. If you wish for her to be modest and grow up pious then teach her yourselves but secluding her from the rest of the world and sending her to an only girls private Islamic school will do her no good instead it will make her turn away from her religion and hate herself her parents her teachers and everything about her life.
This school may teach Islam but it only pushes students to the bone teaches them to be unhappy with themselves. If that’s the life you want for your daughter for her to grow up sad unhappy and to hate her religion then by all means waste your money and send her there. Please for the sake of your daughters I hope you love them enough not to put them through this and send them to this school.
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Once this teacher threw a book at me and was screaming so loud just because i doodled in my book. They r acc so mean and only act nice when ofsted come
Also MK (head teacher) tell us to get lost and shut up and stuff