Hayesfield Girls School

In my experiences of the school I’m not very impressed, they only seem to improve when there is visitors or ofsted is going around. My pastoral experiences are worse, I was accused a lot and some of the staff likes to assume things without hearing your side. I’ve been shouted at, accused and punished when in reality it wasn’t my fault. I was accused a lot for bullying because they just have to pin it on someone in reality the so called “victim” was being nasty towards me. They were not sanctioned but when I was in a similar position I was severely punished. How is that fair? Also if you don’t have enough money for lunch you can’t have lunch! They sexualise the students because the skorts are “distracting” so you have to wear joggers over them. If they were so much of a problem why did they make them? Yes they are good at the teaching part but the safe guarding is far from acceptable I was struggling in my maths work for 2 years and was never assisted I was also sanctioned when the teacher let US out early, who’s fault is that? The school are great at some things but there is a lot of places for improvement.

it’s an alright school, but the students are horrible there’s always bully’s and pastoral care don’t do anything about it. teachers are strict and shout at you for doing wrong things.

Very poor treatment of disabled students and poor communication with parents of these children. The academic side is fine.

Rubbish school don’t care about other people strict rules don’t care about mental health pathetic school meals are expensive and small weird teachers

Worst school in the world worst pastoral side ever DO NOT GO THERE there only time u should go there if all u care about is grades because all they ever go on about even on the first day assembly in yr 7 is there grades

hayesfield girls school is a terrible school despite the good reviews they thrive on bringing children down and girls feel suffocated IN THEIR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. THE GIRLS ARE JUDGED for expressing themselves. The learning opportunities are minimal and the teachers give out punishments for any minor inconvenience overall the school has an unfair behaviour system where students are punished for small inconveniences that do not affect their education example not having ankles covered, too many earrings, wearing a coat around the premesis even with temperatures as low as 2 degrees .even their own uniform is sexualised . students are not allowed to wear a skort walking to and from school as its too "distracting"

although this school gets great results, the actual treatment of the students is sub par. as a year eleven i am not coping and it is down to the school. not the fact i have a nose piercing, or i’m wearing too many rings, or that my hair is red like they want me to think. it is overwhelming and there is little to no actual support. a revision timetable won’t solve all my problems. and don’t get me started in the teachers. all the good ones left. seriously, all of them.

Eh alright school, lots of opportunities to get involved and generally nice teachers, a few weird ones tho. Rules are quite strict but overall I’ve enjoyed my time there

Honestly, as a Year 11 who has never really been hugely involved with the school very much, I think the school is pretty average.

On the hole, the teaching is pretty excellent.
There will always be a few teachers who aren't as satisfactory, but I can definitely say I have a couple of favourites.

There is, though, a mountainous load of homework, especially in Year 7, and it's almost entirely irrelevant at that point.
It never really stops coming, frankly.

There's not much freedom and there are numerous petty rules that get tedious after a long while, such as no socks below the ankle, or no taking off your blazer.
They aren't a big deal, but generally make the school experience a lot less pleasant.

However, one of the main factors that really detracts from the overall quality is how the students are treated as a whole.
It's not great, speaking from someone who has spent the last four and a half years here.

It's not bad, per say, but there is definitely a huge amount of pressure on all the students.
There seems to be no easy way to get support from the staff in regards to anything, and although high expectations can be a positive, this school really pushes that past the limit.
It's suffocating.

This is partially why I don't have much intention of staying on for A-levels, despite the Sixth Form's outstanding Ofsted rating.
The other reason is that I simply want a fresh start.

Hayesfield is a nice enough school with great teaching and good facilities, but it lacks in a lot of the other components that make a commendable school.

In my 6th year here and couldn’t recommend it enough. Obviously there are problems like bullying but in my experience the pastoral team was excellent at sorting out any issues. As an all girls’ school we’re pushed to break stereotypes and I feel that the large STEM faculty supports students with this. There is a huge range of subjects available at A level and GCSE and lots of support from teachers for all subjects.

Although Hayesfield is a girls’ school, lots of students identify as transgender or non binary and as far as I’m aware all teachers use these students’ correct name and pronouns and ensure that fellow students do too. Although I’m not trans myself, this is really great to see and shows that Hayesfield is up to date and welcoming of all identities.

One thing I would like to mention is that our PE skorts and uniform skirts cannot be too long so they do not ‘distract’ male teachers which I think is ridiculous. If a man can’t not be distracted by teenage girls’ skirts then they shouldn’t be a teacher. This is the only thing I can say which is negative so apart from this the school itself is incredible and I really recommend it to anyone.