Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School

Best school the teachers are really nice and helpful

At first glance this school looks great with its outstanding poster outside and shiny new building. Strip this away and what your really faced with is a school that is an absolute disgrace. The focus is on appearances and only the high achievers. They dont listen to parents concerns at all, and any issues raised by parents are dismissed and it is the parents fault. The office staff are awful with one woman inparticular who seems to be running the school, rude, condescening and treats the students like dirt, she also seems to be a qualified nurse refusing to send sick students home as “you dont look very ill to me”. My daughter was so ill she was off school for a week but when she went to the office she was shouted at! This woman is loud mouthed and way above her station but If parents do decide to complain expect a stupid letter from the head accusing the parent of all kinds of vile lies. If only the head was as quick to sort out and address concerns as he is to send out his ridiculous warning letters, Its always the parents fault, the staff can do no wrong. It seems the heads main concern is to look a hero in front of his staff and doesnt care about the truth of the matter or who he offends, he doesnt listen and doesnt care at all, how he is head of a school is beyond me, totally incompetent and nasty. Bullying is rife and not addressed, stolen property is also not addressed and the student and parent ignored. The staff are dismissive, rude and unprofessional. Do not send your daughter here. It really is a horrible school.

They’re disgusting, I have heard several horrible things about this school like they’re living through the dark ages, a teacher has been fired for physically attacking somebody and have done SEVERAL illegal things. Racist and homophobic like everyone says and they also allow people to do anything chatting about dead parents physically attacking students but care more about students with the wrong type of earrings. Not to mention all the several illegal things they have done, a teacher js back after being accused of m*l*esting people and is living freely and with pride which I find disturbing as he has already been making people uncomfortable. But I love the food it is very good and yummy.

I cannot put into words about how bad this school actually is. Just be sure to know that if you send your child to this school, they will be traumatised for the rest of their lives. Linking onto this statement, teachers seem to think it is ok to use racist slurs towards students. They clearly need to be educated on what is right and what is wrong. Another thing that someone I know has experienced is that a male teacher admitted to creeping on girls in the school toilets, this is outrageous behaviour, I would have thought in todays society that especially male teachers in an all girls school would never ever even say or actually do things like this. The teachers in this school are so rude they seem to think it's okay to treat innocent children in the way that they do it's absolutely shocking. I would have thought that going to this school would be great, and give me the best opportunities possible, but I can strongly say it has been the worst years of my life. Racism and homophobia tackling has been shocking, the teachers at this school clearly cannot handle any problems properly. I have now come to the conclusion that I don't bother telling the teachers my problems because they all seem to just say "there's nothing we can do about it." Furthermore, another thing that is also very disgraceful is that the teachers find a way of making the problems the students fault. I feel like teachers at this school just seem to always jump to conclusions, if you tell them a problem they just suspect the easiest option which is mostly ending the problem quickly, instead of investigating the problem. I have also heard from other students that a girl got sent home because of her braids, this is absolutely disgusting, I have never heard anything so scandalous in my life. At this school the teachers seem to only care for themselves and their tea and coffee. Most of the teachers are quite grumpy, I understand that it is 8am, but I do expect to get at least a smile back from a teacher, they seem to not be very down to earth, genuine people and its very sad to experience this at a school which could be wonderful but it's not. I feel like the teachers at this school also lie to get themselves out of situations, I would rather them be honest instead of lie to the majority of students. I generally would have thought by now that it would start to get better for me being a student at this school but it seems to just keep going downhill. I think that this school needs major improving on how the students may be feeling considering the amount of pressure the teachers put on them for having good grades.

I have been asked inappropriate questions such as where my parents are when they clearly know I am a child of a single parent. While I may be white, the way they treat non-white people like black people and Asian people etc, is appalling, almost as if they’re a different type of species. They also offend those of the lgbtq+ community, making facial expressions and the tone of the voice or if anyone mentions anything about the lgbtq+ community…… well they wouldn’t since they would get in trouble even if it is positive things. I like the building it’s nice not necessarily for a school a bit too serious

Terrible school that prioritises Appearance and grades over the students themselves. Especially thee headteacher. Staff sre unable to deal with serious issues like racism, homophobia and other factors effectively. Show biased behaviour towards white pupils over anyone else in most situations. Overall a bad school. Wouldn't recommend sending a child here unless you want them to see a therapist for the next few years after their experience at this school.

Racist, homophobic, xenophobic since last year things have gone worse, constant harassment of pupils, food isn’t good. Bullying is let off all the time. I really don’t like it I’ve joined September 2019 as a first year and they I’ve had a bad vibe since then

living hell this school
al they care about is how the school looks teachers are so rude for example ive been called an idiot and etc., i come home cry most the time the school is that bad the only reason they have an outstanding report is because the building is new. wen they have people look around the school the teachers are so two faced and dress up smart just because of people looking around. when people come to take photos they force kids to smile for a photo its ridicules. its absolute shit. they lots over 200 students this year and many more students are leaving. the office are shit at doing a good job they yell at you for being sick they dont care if your ill for example my friend threw up 3 times and they wouldn't let her go home they didn't even call her parents they just said youll be fine and sent her back to her lesson. they have lots so many students that they cant risk anyone going home. so racist's aswell its awful. They cant handle bullying if u tell a teacher they start going off at you or tell the whole class i dont even knowhow they still a school. a few teachers are pedos and its so obvious like having a male teachers office RIGHT OUTSIDE the girls toilets and he sometimes just goes in there i would wright so much more but
if ur reading this you can tell how bad it is

The school is blatantly racist. I had to leave, black students are treated like animals, told to not group together, get told to remove their braids. When students are racist, teachers do not give any punishment to the racist student. Bullying is not dealt with, it has damaged me to this day and has been part of the reason as to why I now suffer with mental health conditions. The teachers are not assisting, infact there has been cases where teachers have said racist comments. If you want to go through hell, no matter your skin colour, come to this school.

From my experience at the school, they are definitely more focused on how the school looks to the outside world and the impression give of, whether or not that is sacrificing the mental health and the wellbeing of their students. They are a money driven school who will put those priorities of that of students wishes to move around the consortium for Sixth Form, no other schools prohibits students from moving around in the consortium other than BHGS, unless they have no other choice. They have also not allowed girls who went the 7-11 to come back and take lessons at Bishops if they have chosen to make one of the other schools their home school. They pull good grades out of their students, but at a great cost for the girls themselves

Seems alright.
Everyone's very friendly and supportive staff. Lots of activities and extracurriculars to get the students involved. Teaching is good.
Very modern and diverse as well, and has a welcoming feel to it.
Honestly the only thing that bugs me are the bitchy girls, but it's an all-girls school so what do you expect?

Would recommend unless you don't want to deal with girl drama and bitchiness then this isn't the place for you.

Also, don't eat the canteen food, it tastes like paper.