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Central Lancaster High School
Secondary · Maintained · Lancaster
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Horrid school
Horrid with terrible toilets and super unsanitary floor's
Very unnecessary (strange) rules.
You’re only allowed to take off blazers inside classrooms during summer, but not outside or in the canteen? This is a really really stupid and unnecessary rule. The new-ish principal about a couple month ago passed a rule for that girls cannot wear bows on their socks?? Let the children have some sparkle in a depressing enough school life. Boys aren’t allowed to wear shorts during summer but girls are allowed to wear skirts. Of course boys are allowed them too but that’s feminine and would lead to a lot of laughing. During winter, you aren’t allowed to wear a coat during class especially with lots of the classes having faulty radiators. I am really unsure on how this effects education in any way whatsoever. Every week on Thursdays you are required to fill out an “attendance page” on your planner even though this is fully recorded on the school register app named SIMS, and for the parent and child to view on both ClassCharts parents and student versions of the app. Recently, another rule was passed not allowing students to wear bracelets or any jewellery other than small ear studs. I don’t see this as affecting learning at all, but if a student is fiddling and not listening I understand it can be confiscated. But even ones completely undistractive are not allowed. Almost every floor in the school has a broken lock on one of the doors. Due to the small size of the school, it is easier to make friends and more personally know the teachers, which is good. During break, there really is no fun. The grammar school across the road nicks the school as “a prison” which is understandable as you’re placed on tarmac just to stand and pace the school until that slow 15 minutes of break you’re allowed is over. Lots of lessons are poorly executed such as IT with the lack of IT teachers, you’re usually given a sad supply teacher who knows nothing about the subject and reading a word document for where kids are made to use 1990 computer programs where the kids have to make up their own fun. The canteen is abnormally small for what is allowed. Kids are pushed and shoved, then a half arse attempt from the school to stop this was a fence put across, which only almost makes it worse.
Terrible place for a child to be
Do not send your child here if they have special educational needs, unless of course, you want your child to suffer severe trauma. You have been warned.
This is a shit school for kids
My experience at central was shit sure I liked some of the teachers but all the rest didn't give two fucks about kids being bullied I have autism and adhd and they didn't do anything when I said I was being bullied they told me to ignore the bully so I did but It got worse. I got told off and detention because I punched someone because they were bullying me about my fucking autism and a teacher stood there and watched as i punched the other student and I got blamed for it all . WORSE SCHOOL EVER . DONT SEND YOUR KIDS THERE
get me out of this school
witnessed a lot of bullying here. not exactly the best school if you need extra support or smt.. most of the teachers seem to be in it for the money though
Hhhhhh
Not a shit school but not a great school either. There’s many decent teachers but there’s also those who are in it for the money. Bullying is an issue within the school. It’s annoying that teachers are more arsed about you having a coat on when it’s freezing and they have the windows open but you have disruptive people that ruin your education that only get sent out to be put back into the next lesson and their behaviour continues.
Hate it
Awful place , you dont learn at all , get bullied but wont do shit bc theres no "proof" , it looks terrible n cant learn in an environment like that
It was okay I guess
I got bullied there in both year 7 and 10-11 and the school didn’t give a shit 😂
Apart from that the teachers were nice and had a good group of friends
Apart from that the teachers were nice and had a good group of friends
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