Bay House School

Year 8 here, I have only been in this school for a year: and I can already tell that it's a dump. The kids are hostile and self centered, and the ones that aren't are just going through a victious cycle of just wanting to make it through till the next Friday. The teachers either try and can't help us or they don't do anything except read of a slide show made 4 years ago. There are no clocks at all (big issue) I want to know the time till I can move again. Not only that they don't try to make the bathrooms sanitary. I once saw poo smeared up a wall and the stain is still there till this day. Don't put double pe I will seriously collapse mentally and physically. Another point, having a uniform is understandable but not to the point where people can't add their own flair and have a unique look: Especially, with the hair. You go on about how your woke and want diversity but you're so afraid of kids expressing using ways you don't want. Get to work.

If you want a school where you can visit your child in hospital with a fractured skull and jaw then congratulations you have just found it!!!! Unfortunately I had to award one star!!!!

Terrible school, affected my mental health really badly to the point where they gave me in school counselling one time and forgot every after time. Shocking food, I had literal mould one one of my muffins (I have proof). Some of the teachers attitudes towards the pupils are terrible, last year was a very important year for me meaning I would need a decent teacher to make sure i’m prepared but I was given a new teacher after one term who could not teach. They shouted at the class for an hour and didn’t teach us anything. I’m also concerned about the background checks of some teachers because a few teachers are concerning. The school is also terrible unsafe, for example there was a year 8 walking around the school with a knife the other day. My class was just trying to learn and our lesson was interrupted by this random kid who shouldn’t even be at our school carrying a knife.

Overall this school drained all of the potential the kids have and by year 11 they produced a bunch of emotionally unstable teens. Great job!

I'm so sad about leaving this school, it's been a great experience and it's part of my life forever. Will miss the people, my teachers (who are all committed) and the students. Not forgetting the sport and clubs!

This school is not bad. Lots of Great teachers and lots to do.

Great school for everyone. I loved this school

Thanks to this school I am now more confident and doing better in my school work. I changed schools to this school and this school is far better. I like all my teachers, they are all so helpful.

This school has really gone up in my estimation. Excellent setting and the teachers and classroom environment are great. The school clubs are very good and the school looks after new students very well.

We are all miserable from the new rules.
They got rid of most of the good canteen food.
8 toilets open for girls but 24 open for boys.
They say we want you to feel safe, happy and successful but yell at you for any minor incident (banter with your mates, etc.) , don't make an effort to stop bullying/depression/anxiety etc and if you get a low test score they tell you how disappointed they are.
They don't listen to what students want.
They say the rules and changes are for your own good but it's making everyone miserable just so they can get a great/outstanding OFSTED report.
They don't do enough for emotionally/ mental health.
Some teachers are just downright rude and mean
I went to my school multiple times about my mental state and they did 1 thing about it which only helped for a couple minutes and then never followed up on it again. Didn't even safeguard me or tell my mum.
The Assembly's are dead boring - make them more interactive for us!
Lessons are dead boring - make them fun! Give it pizazz!
Depression/anxiety/bad mental state is increasing in students and not being delt with
We don't feel safe at school because we are constantly afraid of getting an answer wrong or being yelled at.
I may be young but many people say I act a lot older than I am.
We are not the Bay house family! We are not the Bay House Community! Nobody wants to be in this ignorant family! Nobody wants to be in this cruel community!

I'm going to be a year 9 this September and since year 7 I've thought I can't wait to get out of here

School in over all is bad, toilet sinks don’t work, don’t let you go toilet, none of the toilets work and overall the school is just bad and no one likes it.

this school doesn't even deserve a 1 star. would not recommend. AWFUL SCHOOL. I want to khs because of this s show.

Bay house school and sixth form used to be one of the greatest school in Hampshire; however I’m afraid it has had a drastic downfall. In numerous buildings within the school you can find mould along the ceilings and walls, sanitary bins with maggots crawling through them, and in numerous buildings taps that haven’t worked for years. The teachers at school expect students to always be available and turn up to school (and even put much pressure students with medical conditions and mental health illnesses to attend) yet they don’t remove the mould, which can cause us to fall ill. The school is also very protective of teachers, even if that puts students safety at risk. Teachers have been caught following young girls on social media, and watching people urinating at the urinals. These things have been reported to the school, yet nothing has been put in place other than teachers being made to unfollow the social media accounts and punishing the students who speak of the teachers watching students urinating. There has been drug use in the school toilets in the areas which the urinals are yet teachers don’t enter the facility to remove the drugs from the area yet when a student simply needs the toilet a teacher feels the need to watch. Furthermore the school does very little to support students mental health, and awards students who are cruel to their peers for simply doing what other students do on the daily. Students have been witnessed to be carrying weaponry such as knives, and even threatening other students with them, there has been numerous times where students have been assaulted and harassed by peers, and nothing is done to put a stop to this behaviour apart from a detention or two day long suspension, however when a student refuses to remove shoe tags from their shoe laces or take off a bracelet they can get a detention too, or if a student is wearing shorts which aren’t tailored they’re required to go home, change the shorts, and have to spend as much time as it had taken them to go home and return to school in detention.

It’s a good school that offers a lot. Although some of the teachers need to be better for example, the PE teachers. They are probably the least sympathetic teachers I know. If you twist your ankle and can hardly move on it “Walk it off you’ll be fine”. If you break your finger playing Netball, “I don’t think it’s broken, keep playing”. Some teachers are better though our Drama and English teachers are very nice and are practically everyone’s favourite. If you’re thinking about joining our school, I would advise you to do it just know that it is a very busy school with a sixth form.(Years 7-13 ages 11-18 up to 12,000 pupils). The corridors are quite busy and you can find yourself pushed around a lot. Our school is LBTQIA+ friendly and there is a support drop in every Wednesday lunchtime. If you’re in Year 8, I would highly recommend joining the Global Curriculum. They offer programs just for the tutor and it is a one year opportunity so if you miss it, you will regret it. The Global Curriculum offers programs such as the ‘Take two islands project’ where you learn about UNESCO islands such as the Isle of Wight and Rapa Nui (Easter island) and learning BSL (British Sign Language). You also get the advantage of learning 2 languages but the disadvantages are you can’t choose them and and you can’t go back to the one you were doing in year 7 in year 9. Overall I think that Bay House is a good school and is recommended trying it is right next to Stokes Bay and is very accessible (except it isn’t very wheelchair friendly, no ramps and two lifts although we are hoping to change that). I would recommend Bay House for those who are thinking about joining.

Year 8 Global Curriculum student of Bay House

i am at this school right now it is so bad you can't even go to the toilet and terrible food P.S something good NEVER COME HERE!

I go an here’s the experience

Food ok but store bought some of it

Teachers good sometimes you can have a great teacher or a really bad one. An sometimes there biased we had an anti bully assembly. But the day before I was bullied an they did nothing even though I reported it


Students there’s these people normal an do nothing wrong an

The popular kids are just rude if your not there friend an are kinda Wannabe celebrities


An some kids take the mic out of some kids an special ed kids an treat them as “friends ,

An there’s usually a big thing going on at lunch that’s not good

Awful school, the leadership is shocking. All they care about is who can get the best paying job. You never used to see the headteacher due to him being on holiday in Canada all year round.

Feel bad for the teachers who have to do their best with what little equipment and assistance given

The staff that work there only care about grades and not about the well-being of students. All staff clearly favour the naughty children and there bad behaviour is normally rewarded. The school does nothing about bullying or anything to help students mental health. They got rid of the school counsellor and nurse so there is no help for students. Would have rather been home schooled

don't recommend at all it it useless in giving out information the help you require it was the worst five years of my life

the catering teacher touches himself repeatedly in front of young children / adults
absolutely useless when it comes to bullying don't give you the help you need in lesson
they say they treat everyone the same but that is far from true the idolise those that do well and hide those who need help
to strict on uniform it was un-comfy and hard to work in

its a rubbish school over and I would not recommend it to anyone

terrible with teaching and even worse when dealing with students with anxiety, ADHD, autism etc.

the catering teacher touches himself during classes

bullying isn't dealt with especially when it's pulling on race, sexuality

the covid-19 safety measures are not good enough and it's only a matter of time before the whole school has to be locked down because of it