Ysgol Maes y Gwendraeth
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Based on 13 reviews and 114 answers
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Average of 13 reviews with area ratings
- Food2.1
- Safety1.6
- Activities1.6
- Education1.5
- Staff1.5
- Communication1.5
- Outdoor environment1.5
- Indoor environment1.3
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- Student1.018 June 2026
this school is terrible
i am currently a year 10 student in this horiffic school and there is this one Staff member Lisa Payne and she bullys me she suspends me for no reason 24/7 has a go at me for anything at all! i do not recommend this school at all it ruins your mental health in so many bad ways! Arwyn thomas is annoyinng aswell he taps you on the back like bruv get off me! Rhian adams acts nice infont of my Mammy but really is a witch!
- Student1.022 October 2024
horrible!!
very bad school, makes pupils feel unsafe, cares more about uniform than pupils well being and education
- Parent1.020 January 2023
Terrible. Children’s mental health don’t mean a thing in this school
I strongly feel the teachers need more training on how to deal with bullying! The school keeps bragging about anti-bullying policy when in fact they don’t give a damn about the children suffering mental health issues and fear of coming to school as nothing gets done about it! I took my daughter out as she suffered with mental health due to bullying, endless amounts of visits but strangely enough the bullies had more attention and praise. I went that to Maes and my siblings did..Obviously...
- Parent1.020 January 2023
Good school gone terrible
Anti bullying policy doesn’t exist! My child suffered mental health issues due to being bullied. (by a person that also bullies others) The well being of children is obviously non existent! Best thing I did was take my child out and transfer to another school. Shame really it used to be a good,friendly school.
- Former Student1.018 October 2022
Thanks for the trauma.
Read any of the reviews here and they sum up pretty much everything you need to know. When it gets to the point that students are having seizures frequently due to stress, having mental breakdowns in corridors, are incredibly depressed and engaging in self harm and suicide attempts - then you know it's pretty bad. This school does not care one bit about it's students. Only a few teachers cared enough but even then they couldn't do much because the higher ups would stop them. The WASP-iest...
- Student2.017 October 2022
Mental health
This school doesn't give an ounce of respect for children's mental health.
- Former Student1.018 September 2022
Awful
Disappointing, bad reputation Don’t care about their students or health Rude to children and make them do unecessary activities Awful academic structure
- Student1.011 May 2022
Unsupportive
I do not recommend going to this school. Their teachers are terrible, they talk the whole lesson and never accomplish what they were meant to teach. Mental health is something I've been struggling for year with ever since I joined the school. I was a happy child who turned into a sad child. School counselling is an option but the waiting list is incredibly long. 3 and a half months I've been waiting on that list and still haven't been able to see one. I feel let down and unable to speak to the s...
- Parent2.024 April 2022
Wow!!!
The bullying at this school is attrocious and they do nothing about it for instance my little girl came home the other day after being hit and said the teachers did nothing about it.
- Former Student1.023 March 2022
This school messed me up.
Words cannot describe how much I hated this place. Letting children get away with bullying their peers. Favouritism. Discrimination. I wouldn’t send my children here.
- Former Student1.015 March 2021
Disappointing.
Teachers held no regard over the students welfare. Ensuring homework was completed and top button buttoned up was far more important than questioning behavioural issues. Teachers were aware of home trouble but thought it best to punish challenging behaviour then actually talking about it. Teachers openly talked about who their favourite students were and reacted accordingly. Teachers have been caught out lying to parents about situations that has risen within school. Placing all blame on students leading to parents playing the guessing game. Those teachers lack the basic understanding that this could lead to family breakdown, though they clearly did not care. They had no true understanding of mental health or empathy towards mental health and how to fulfil the job role of an understanding role model. I have personally had a teacher tell me in front of class that my life will not amount to anything. This school let me down over my teenage years, I do not look back with joy, I look back with disappointment. At a time with bullying, mental health and suicide is at its highest we need a school who supports its students. This school isn't it. I'm not saying I was a perfect student, by all means. But me and many other former and current students who considered this school their safe space was/are truly let down.
- Former Student3.018 February 2021
Thanks for giving me mental issues.
Really disappointing student welfare. Would rather a child have a breakdown in the corridor while yelling at them to calm down rather than risk letting the school's average attendance slip. You'd get in trouble and be shouted at if you didn't pray or sing Christian songs during assembly, no matter your own religion. If you're poorer and can't afford a lot of the uniform, you'd probably just get detention and/or bullied by everyone (students and some teachers).
- Other1.08 September 2020
Don't send your child to this school
Horrible school! Don't sense anybody to this school
