Pensby High School

only thing good about this school is the food and even that is going down hill not good.

From being a former student of Pensby please don’t send your child to this school I struggle with anxiety with suspected adhd + dyspraxia . When asking the school for support they said I was fine due to me laughing with my friends in the hall which is funny as the biggest misconception on girls mental health is masking. The environment is toxic I understand that school is a place to learn and not mess around but it’s not for your mental health to deterate that much . Aswell as I remember walking with the head teacher once while having a panic attack I was told to go to SSC (student support) which usually consisted of 2-3 staff members who would tell you to take a seat and get up when your ready to go back to the classroom then pushing you out with a max of 5 minutes. One of the deputy’s Miss Davis (HEAD OF SAFEGUARDING) would tell multiple students they have no future and in assembly would say they had no care for us as individuals only about are academics and grades the only way you are going to receive mental health support in this school is if you have been listed as high priority which unless you are a student that will kick off and cause havoc then your not going to be on there. I could write on and on with my experience at Pensby but all in all my high school experience and just generally my teenage years were ruined by receiving no support.

teachers have no regard for mental health and special needs.

Nothing has changed. My son went here in the mid 1990s - from primary school out of his area because they had a visual impairment unit. My son had a support teacher. He used the unit a total of 3 times in 3 years. The support teacher did PE by playing catch with a ball in it. He had no friends. He was bullied at dinner time. Ham in face. He suffered migraines because of the long journey there & back each day - another symptom of his condition. When I brought this up at an OT meeting - his support teacher mouthed - I’m sorry at my son. Apparently hadn’t believed him. I didn’t know much of this until the day he lost his eye. He came home from school - I instantly saw his eye was bad - I rang & then took him to the local hospital - head consultant said the eye was gone. It was to be removed immediately. Sat in that little family room my son let everything out. All of the above and more - including that day - he told the teacher 3 times that he couldn’t see the board - on the 3rd time she actually called him a pain in the neck. He told his support teacher that his eye hurt. Reply - any excuse (insert sons name). IT WAS BLATANTLY OBVIOUS THAT THE EYE WAS WRONG! They didn’t have a visual impairment. The eye was removed - he was in hospital isolation for a month. I had a meeting with the headmaster - feeble apology. Removed him from the school. Occasional home school for a year - then off the record told about a school that catered specifically for his needs. He was accepted. He was also awarded an extra year of education - he won a special achievement award, and PE was swimming, rock climbing, dry skiing, and running - even winning medals at British Blind Sports. Many years later I’m still angry at the torment my son went through and even more so because it’s obviously still happening.

I currently have a complaint forwarded to Ofsted & Pensby I cannot recommend this school if your child has special educational needs My child is adopted & regularly voiced she struggled in class, homework & concentration I reported this with her Therapist & nothing was done She failed all her academic exams 5 months later at College they picked up dyslexia & a private assessment reported she had moderate processing issues & moderate to severe dyslexia

Headteacher sues parents with PTSD for exposing his narcissistic actions - leaving them reliant on food banks to feed their 4 children, due to having to pay thousands in legal defence bills. Poor, poor headteacher?

horrible place to be, school cares only about the kids they know will succeed and not about anyone else,constantly belittling kids they take a clear disliking towards,and kids with SEN and issues regarding mental health are not dealt with and made worse by teachers.

tried to kill myself multiple times while in this school because the teachers and especially the head were bullies. would rather be locked in a cage with a starved lion than ever go back. headteacher kevin flanagan had an affair with head of SENCO and left his wife and kids. miss davies has a head lice problem and miss ohare needs her roots doing xx

Worst 5 years of my life

Lack of empathy, care, acknowledgement, responsibility, poor efforts towards academic structure. (Minimalistic effort all round).

This school has helped me in so many different ways. The staff have helped me mentally and physically, they are so kind and welcoming.

Teachers have no regard for children with disabilities. A child will need to use a a fidget toy to help them concentrate, and will explain this to the teacher. The teacher will then say "Don't use it while I'm talking", completely missing the point. A certain teacher will hurl abuse at students with disabilities and mental disorders that they are fully aware of. They will threaten the student that they will send them to an institution for, e.g., crying outside a classroom. Various classroom equipment such as pens will be thrown at students out of frustration. Bullying is horrendous, students will be ostracised and taunted at for their shortcomings in terms of school work and homework. If a student is upset and crying, they will be sent to the Student Support Centre, and usually ignored, and if they do not stop crying, they will be labelled as "hysteric". The tolerance for students with autism, ADHD, dyscalculia, dyspraxia and dyslexia are abhorrent, and they are treated as worthless, and as if they choose to not be able to function as a neurotypical child would. There is no understanding towards students who require extra steps to understanding the lesson, whether this be the need for fidget toys, music, doodling, etc. It seems that the phrase "It costs nothing to be kind" was thrown out the window. The school itself is filthy, with mould and dirt in corners of windows, making the school look hundreds of years older than it actually is. The teachers cannot be relied on to be teaching children correct spelling, the head getting primary school level mistakes in spelling, not being able to differentiate between something as simple as "sight" and "site". Students have been physically assaulted on school grounds, and action is only taken when a parent has to intervene. Students can call fellow peers homophobic slurs in front of a teacher, and nothing will happen. Decades worth of examples could be listed, but the overall consensus of Pensby High School is that it is nothing short of abusive.

I like the people there, but most of the staff are really rude, horrible and mean. When girls are in their periods, even young female teachers, wont let them go to bathroom to change a pad. Or the no hands rule is stupid,when i need the toulet amd i put my hand they shout at me and tell me to put it down.

bad school. teachers do nothing about homophobia or bullying. they don’t care about you or your mental health. don’t come here