Hornsea School and Language College

Unfortunately I recently went to this school for a cross country event. After my child needed the facilities. on entering we had to walk past the school changing room and shower room, I was mortified to see the state they was in it was dark dirty and there was mould growing in and around the shower and shower curtain. My other children have to use this on a weekly basis and felt it was something out of a horror film. There is no need for the poor standard when local swimming pools and gymnasiums can be kept well lit and clean for the public.

This school is not safe for anyone who is a minority or struggling at all.

I used to be a student here. I vividly remember the severe bullying that took place, that nothing was really done about. I know of countless times where police intervention was necessary for action to take place.

I vividly remember swastikas and hate speech being carved on desks and drawn on leavers shirts. Groups of boys were walking around proudly with great big swastikas and slurs on their backs, and teachers were happily signing their shirts and not saying a word!? How is this supposed to make any student of any minority feel safe?

Ive witnessed LGBTQ+ students be hatecrimed both verbally and physically, with little to nothing being done to stop this. Ive witnessed students be bullied to the point of suicidal thoughts and attempts, and little to nothing is done to combat this. Don't believe me? 12 students reportedly tried to take their own life between Sept-Nov in 2022, and those are only the students who reported it. Many go unheard, or unreported.

I remember facing sexual harassment at this school, as did countless others. I remember reporting it, and guess what I was told? To wear something less revealing (i have a big chest, and was wearing a black tank top and a blazer on top. my chest was not revealed at all, except a small amount of cleavage if i was bent over.) Sexual issues tend to be very covered up, defended, and normalised here, and victims are often blamed rather than supported. As well as this, boys are very loudly and openly shouting misogynistic, sexist, and "rapey" comments with absolutely no consequences!? Im not a boy, so i cant speak on their behalf, but i do know one thing: the girls are not safe.

Additionally, I remember a time i was discriminated against for having healed and faded scars on my arms. In the middle of a heatwave - where many students were already being physically sick at the heat - they tried to force me to wear the thick school blazer at all times at school? they wouldnt do this to a student with burn scars, or perhaps an injury, so why am i any different? its discrimination, period.

Furthermore, many teachers are incredibly biased. For whatever reason, many teachers would not reprimand students disrupting classes, and sometimes even encouraged disruption by joining in on chats, meaning those of us who tried would miss out on learning time and often face bullying within the classroom.

Finally, hygiene is also not great. Not sure if it is still there, but I was at this school from Y7-11 and the whole time, there was a great big patch of mould in a classroom right above the seats. I couldnt possibly name the countless times id walk into a bathroom to find used sanitary products stuck to walls.

However, it wasnt ALL bad.

The education itself, when a teacher actually cares enough to control the classroom and help their students, is very good. I remember struggling severely in maths due to severe mental and home issues, and i cannot thank my maths teacher enough for the incredible amount of effort he put into trying to ensure i could reach my potential. you could truly tell he cares about his job, and the same goes for some other teachers here too. I had a great english teacher, and I remember my chemistry teacher in y8 over the pandemic was amazing too.

Also, the food isnt...terrible? obviously, youre not going to waltz in and be served with a set of golden spoons and a five course meal, but its not rancid.

Overall, this school has many issues it needs to fix for the safety of their students, ESPECIALLY students of a minority. It has its good qualities, but theyre completely overshadowed by the vast amount of problems that Ive found the school would rather cover up or ignore than actually address.

My child feels trapped in this school and has bad mental health problems and she struggles all the time at school.She gets bullied and no one will sort it out. I had to speak to multiple teachers and they still did nothing. She is now scared to go into school and struggles to make any friends there.

Hornsea School is a somewhat good school but there is so many awful things that happen which ruins all the great things that happen. Certain teachers are really manipulative and when they go to “sort an incident out”, it’s mainly just screaming at the student that’s supposedly done wrong, they won’t listen to your side of the story at all and they will call you a liar and they will punish you for it. In winter you have to eat and stay outside and the teachers get mad if you’re inside, even if it is freezing cold. If it’s raining you have a ‘wet break/ lunch’ but if it’s not raining, you have to stay outside, this is purely because of lack of room inside the school to fit all of the students. The toilets have zero privacy, teavhers stand outside the toilets watching you go in and out, and sometimes even inside the toilet to ensure you’re not “vaping” or “vandalising”. But most of the time people go and eat and stand in the toilets because it’s too cold outside and they aren’t allowed in classrooms, or hallways. Another fault is the queues at lunch/break are horrendous. They make you queue up OUTSIDE and the lines are so long that all the food is either gone or cold by the time you actually get to the canteen.
But the biggest fault is the fact that racism/ homophobia/ bullying is so bad and it just gets brushed under the carpet. Racist slurs get said all the time to people and if a teacher hears it, or it gets reported, they choose to just say “don’t do it again.” and that’s that. But if you don’t have your blazer on? Immediate written warning and if it’s continued you get an isolation. How is that remotely acceptable? Don’t send your child to Hornsea school, they get great results at GCSE but the school life can be really horrific.

I would not recommend any child attending this school.

I was subjected to severe bullying, that was reported to staff which lead to being offered counselling. The councillor given after many sessions ended them because “she didn’t know how to help me”. When my school did a follow up on me to see how it went I broke down - this lead to nothing.

Some teachers are amazing and genuinely care about their students and their well-being. Others teach with installing fear into their students. I remember our table debating who was going to ask how many paragraphs to write - we where all scared of our teacher. After we agreed I was the one to ask. They humiliated me in front of the class. This teacher did this on multiple occasions to different students. When a student with dyslexia was asked to read out loud (which they found challenging) they were told that they sound like a ‘robot’ and they ‘shouldn’t be in this class if they couldn’t read.’

This school is very strict which is needed in some cases. But their attention is on the wrong issues. A student who has a nose piercing or an ‘unnatural’ hair colour can be put in isolation for days until it’s changed. But those who cause major disruption or homophobic slurs will get a warning and not much else.

I hope this school has improved.

I love it the teachers are really helpful and aren’t strict they are always up for a laugh and joke and if your ever feeling upset they will always help student support people are amazing In making you feel better and if your ever being bullied or something has happened they jump straight onto the situation and fix it ASAP I love it and defo recommend it❤️

Amazing school, all the teachers are helpful I had great relationships with them all got me A*s at gcse and at alevels

While the majority of teachers seem to teach well, there behaviour staff and policies are not. They remove you from your education if you forget your planner twice in a half term, however they don't deal with blatent racism with more than a "Keep apart".