Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre

What a shame....headteacher too busy bible bashing and sucking up to a business manager....who thinks that they are more important than academics! Staff can be approachable however when you have old fossils waiting for retirement such as IT Computing Languages what hope do students have....poor sixth formers having to sit there while some jumped up cover organiser thinks she's an academic making them sit in silence....oh do grow up

I can't speak for everyone but my 3 year personal experience at the school was horrible. They don't care enough about mental wellbeing of students i'd say to them your just a robot. The expectations of the students are way too high, anxiety ridden and depressing. The system they have in place does not work, phones aren't allowed on the premises which for obvious reasons can be so dangerous and inconvienient for some pupils. I left after 3 years due to mental health because it was just way too much for my young brain to comprehend. I was taking 2 buses to school and back (about an hours worth of travelling that meant I had to wake up at 6am and get home at 5 not to mention the bad sleep schedule) just to learn nothing in the day except how slow time can go. Didn't have any friends, couldn't even eat in the canteen because all the seats were full so I had to continuously eat in the rain outside in the cold. The clothing standard is ridiculously strict, once it was snowing and as soon as I got into the classroom the teacher told me to remove my coat (they aren't allowed inside) my fingernails were blue and my whole body was numb, I obviously couldn't concentrate on my work properly; I couldn't put my PE hoodie on either, we weren't allowed. Notice how i'm using the word 'allowed' a lot? That takes me back to my point of us being treated like robots, like something they can control, not thought of humans with lives. Toward the end of my journey at the school, I became closer with the head of pastoral, but that didn't help much. Eventually they failed me and my mental health took a turn for the worst and ended up in hospital. Because of them. It's been 2 years, however a couple of people I knew when I was there have made it clear that not much has changed. So i wrote this as a warning to students who are thinking of going here. It may be a good experience, but i'd just like to share my mine just in case. Thanks

The school do not bother to tell you your child hasn't turned up until its too late, it's now 11.15 and I've just been notified about my son not being there. This is the second time they've made me worry sick wondering if my child has been hurt or kidnapped or anything just to be told they made a mistake and he is there. Absolutely disgusted with the school and I will be taking him out and putting him with a school that can be trusted.

has potential to be a good school but the teachers lack empathy and bournside has a serious bullying problem that they do not care about at all. there have been rumours of very high up staff being homophobic and the school does nothing to speak about actual issues such as racism, lgbt etc and makes those students feel not supported at all. mental health support is awful. genuinely do not recommend this school to anyone.

Good facilities available for students however a lot of bullying and abysmal help for students with disabilities with little to no empathy shown by the staff in charge. School will give extra support to those already doing well but ignores students who are getting bad grades.

Taking away the ability to use technology to escape the school environment.

Good school overall. 5 stars.