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Holy Cross Catholic High School
Secondary · Maintained · Chorley
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Incompetent leadership
Awful school, would remove my child but unfortunately she is quite shy and her friends go here. School have recently been in the paper for the extreme enforcement of their uniform policy, manhandling kids by tugging on skirts, running their hands through boys hair and getting on their hands and knees checking skirt length! They have denied any wrong doing, so either 100s of children are lying or the school think this is appropriate. They have responded that their uniform policy is clear yet did not make the current uniform policy available on the website until kids were back in school and already being punished! Their policies were all over the place, with differing skirt lengths, hair lengths and how they’d handle non compliance. In fact, they are so disjointed they had to remove a policy completely from the website. They also stated that children would only be put in isolation if parents couldn’t be contacted! They have used isolation as a first punishment for hairstyles and other uniform breaches that weren’t breaches last year. Some students have missed days of education for a haircut that according to old policies on their website were actually allowed! There are so many uniform rules I am unsure how they will actually find time to teach! Not to mention, the restriction of hot meals for children in isolation. That isn’t noted on their behaviour policy! This school has gone down hill since the new head took over, he has lost the respect of a good number of parents and pupils. You cannot run a good school without support! Numerous reports from other parents about the way staff speak to children, including name calling and intimidation tactics!! Incompetent leadership and flagrant disregard of legislation and statutory guidance - this school thinks it’s above the law
Excellent
Holy Cross High School is an excellent choice for education. Our child feels happy and safe here, thriving in a supportive environment that offers a diverse range of subjects. The pupils always look smart and presentable, reflecting the school's commitment to excellence. We are truly pleased with our decision to enroll our child in this wonderful school!
ADHD support and understanding.
I am speaking on behalf of my son. Who's son (my grandson )has ADHD and is on medication for this.
At first his year head was excellent and helped parents get the diagnosis and he was supported.
However since she left when he was in year eight his support seems to have disappeared. He is now 16 and takes his GCSEs this year and has had little or no support. He should be given extra time in mocs and main exams but has been refused as they say he doesn't need it.
He is treated as a naughty child when he has problems that are clearly linked to ADHD. And his parents have tried to explain this
They have fought very hard to get teachers to understand his difficulties but very few can be bothered.
They do expect him to be disciplined when he is clearly in the wrong. So they don't make excuses for this.
There are situations he cannot cope with and this is not being taken into consideration.
Ignoring a child with ADHD is as bad as ignoring a disabled child.
Do something before you fail these children altogether!!
I expected more from a Catholic school.
At first his year head was excellent and helped parents get the diagnosis and he was supported.
However since she left when he was in year eight his support seems to have disappeared. He is now 16 and takes his GCSEs this year and has had little or no support. He should be given extra time in mocs and main exams but has been refused as they say he doesn't need it.
He is treated as a naughty child when he has problems that are clearly linked to ADHD. And his parents have tried to explain this
They have fought very hard to get teachers to understand his difficulties but very few can be bothered.
They do expect him to be disciplined when he is clearly in the wrong. So they don't make excuses for this.
There are situations he cannot cope with and this is not being taken into consideration.
Ignoring a child with ADHD is as bad as ignoring a disabled child.
Do something before you fail these children altogether!!
I expected more from a Catholic school.
do not send your child here
i am a current pupil at holy cross studying in year 11. i believe this school is absolutely appalling for various reasons.
firstly, teachers are rude. they have no hesitation to slut shame you calling students words such as ‘slags’ and ‘tramps’ and in other cases called pupils ‘unhygienic’ and said they are dirty. other members of staff also judge pupils on their family background and single them out because of this. i find this extremely unfair and disrespectful.
secondly, the support from staff is absolutely terrible. they ignore issues such as mental health whereby they will go to any extent to ensure you are in school no matter your mental state. for example turning up to your house to physically bring you into school. i understand they have a duty to make sure pupils attend school but i find it unfair when students are struggling with mental health and do not feel as they can come into school on certain days.
next, the punishments given as consequences for poor behaviour are unnecessary. the school do not only punish you once by putting you in isolation, but continue to put you in an afterschool detention which i think is unfair when you are already being singled out for the day, and the situation that has lead to these punishments are very un called for. for example silly things such as wearing a coat inside the building where pupils are then told that the item is being confiscated. failure to comply with these things then lead to exclusion and various other consequences which i think is ridiculous. they do not care about the education and i believe they are more concerned about the reputation of the school.
finally, pupils spend 5 years at school to be congratulated by a prom at the end of their time there and i find it really upsetting when pupils are told they cannot attend due to various reasons. this school does not encounter previous behaviour down to year 7 and only base your invitation on your behaviour in the last year of school. i know pupils from my year who have already prepared outfits for the event who have then been told they are no longer allowed to attend after sending their invites. i think this is ridiculous due to the expense of the celebration and all the money spent by parents and guardians. also, many pupils who have been told that they are not invited struggle with mental problems and disabilities which i think is extremely unfair.
personally i think holy cross is not a good school to send your child to and i would not advise you to consider this as a high school. pupils go home every day in bad moods because of things happening with teachers that makes them feel anxious or upset.
overall i do not like the school and if i had an opportunity to move i would however this is not possible as i am in my final year.
thanks for reading i hope you take these points into consideration.
firstly, teachers are rude. they have no hesitation to slut shame you calling students words such as ‘slags’ and ‘tramps’ and in other cases called pupils ‘unhygienic’ and said they are dirty. other members of staff also judge pupils on their family background and single them out because of this. i find this extremely unfair and disrespectful.
secondly, the support from staff is absolutely terrible. they ignore issues such as mental health whereby they will go to any extent to ensure you are in school no matter your mental state. for example turning up to your house to physically bring you into school. i understand they have a duty to make sure pupils attend school but i find it unfair when students are struggling with mental health and do not feel as they can come into school on certain days.
next, the punishments given as consequences for poor behaviour are unnecessary. the school do not only punish you once by putting you in isolation, but continue to put you in an afterschool detention which i think is unfair when you are already being singled out for the day, and the situation that has lead to these punishments are very un called for. for example silly things such as wearing a coat inside the building where pupils are then told that the item is being confiscated. failure to comply with these things then lead to exclusion and various other consequences which i think is ridiculous. they do not care about the education and i believe they are more concerned about the reputation of the school.
finally, pupils spend 5 years at school to be congratulated by a prom at the end of their time there and i find it really upsetting when pupils are told they cannot attend due to various reasons. this school does not encounter previous behaviour down to year 7 and only base your invitation on your behaviour in the last year of school. i know pupils from my year who have already prepared outfits for the event who have then been told they are no longer allowed to attend after sending their invites. i think this is ridiculous due to the expense of the celebration and all the money spent by parents and guardians. also, many pupils who have been told that they are not invited struggle with mental problems and disabilities which i think is extremely unfair.
personally i think holy cross is not a good school to send your child to and i would not advise you to consider this as a high school. pupils go home every day in bad moods because of things happening with teachers that makes them feel anxious or upset.
overall i do not like the school and if i had an opportunity to move i would however this is not possible as i am in my final year.
thanks for reading i hope you take these points into consideration.
Good but not great
Had a great time there but sometimes you felt like the teachers weren’t teaching enough to you before your gcses due to other students misbehaviour.
They also used to lock the toilets during break and all lessons which was terrible because i knew someone who had an accident due to this.
They also used to lock the toilets during break and all lessons which was terrible because i knew someone who had an accident due to this.
teachers are bullies.
Right this school is awful. Teachers will call you slags,tramps and basically slut shame you if you don't wear your clothes how they want you to. There has been many occasions where teachers have lied to parents to get their child in trouble when really it never happens.
They teachers here like to use their position of authority to bully their pupils and belittle them then they wonder way they got no respect from them and have them refusing to come into school.
Its just a bad school do not send ur child here.
(from a soon to be ex pupil)xxxx
also the food tech teacher is the only decent teacher.
They teachers here like to use their position of authority to bully their pupils and belittle them then they wonder way they got no respect from them and have them refusing to come into school.
Its just a bad school do not send ur child here.
(from a soon to be ex pupil)xxxx
also the food tech teacher is the only decent teacher.
do not attend!
if you want to be helped , do not come here! best i got was being underestimated because of my mental health, no support whatsoever and my head of year coming to my house to get me when i needed a mental health day. the teachers don’t do anything about homophobic or transphobic students they just say ‘well they have a different opinion’ . if you’re being bullied they will find a way to blame you for it and it will not be sorted . worst place.
DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE
The teaching there is okay. Like my GCSE grades were great given the circumstances. However, the school does have its many faults. For example, the fire alarm was going off during my maths class and the teacher told us to wait until we'd finished the question to go out of the classroom. Luckily it was just a drill. This was never looked into despite all of the complaints that were put in for it. Another example is that the bullying there doesn't get sorted out. They try and then when they fail, they give up. There are even teachers that bully kids. I remember once, I was in after-school detention and the teacher was saying bad stuff about the class to me and trying to get me to join in. There have been instances where they have sorted this kind of stuff out like when they fired a maths teacher because he cheered when one of the kids in his class had broken his arm and therefore wouldn't be in school for a while. There are some good teachers there that put your education before your punishment. My science teacher was amazing, if a teacher wouldn't reschedule detention to a day that I didn't have a revision session, she'd come and get me and bring me to her revision class. The last point that I can think of is mental health issues. The school does pretty much nothing to help with this. I have friends who have taken days off so that they can get into the right mindset to be able to do the simple things not to mention going to school. And then they just send so much work home to them and it stresses them out way too much and then they're met with detentions left, right, and center. So if you're thinking of sending your child here, I strongly suggest that you reconsider. This is coming from an ex-pupil of Holy Cross. If you want your child to get a good education AND still finish after the 5 years without added on mental health issues then please don't send your child here.
Do not attend
Awful, got bullied for 5 years and they never did anything. Teachers are horrible to students and have even slut shamed.
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