The Crossley Heath School

very good and fun lol

Crossley Heath is a fantastic, inclusive school with high quality teaching. There are so many opportunities for students to develop key skills essential for their future careers and there are lots of exciting extracurricular activities. Being a student here has been truly wonderful!

I think that some of the earlier comments are really unfair and I would question the motives for posting them. My experiences of Crossley Heath and those of many of my friends are really positive and we love school. The majority of staff work hard for us in lessons and to put on events such as the house ones. My experience of the pastoral team is that they do really care about us and want to help us. There are definitely high standards at Crossleys and that should be seen as a good thing not something that suggests the school is bad or uncaring. My friends and I are very proud to be at this school, it's a shame that a few others are not.

This school is an amazing place to learn. The staff are very caring and supportive. The pastoral team and tutors really care about their young people. We are supported with MHWb and all our studies. The school is diverse and all cultures are celebrated. Standards are high and excellent behaviour is expected and enforced to make so everyone is safe. Students are challenged to do very well academically but it there are also lots of fun and clubs to join.

the building is historic and unique

I’m a student who goes there. Grades are high and attendance but that’s it. Pastoral don’t care about the students there. Instead of actually communicating they give endless mental health assemblies which everyone dislikes. Stress is high with exams on many subjects yet I’ve had a science and maths teacher who weren’t here for the majority of the year. Now I have to stress about it because of the few weeks notice we were given. Substitute teachers are terrible, often us students knowing more than them on the subjects and on some days I’ve had more substitutes than actual teachers. Some teachers have favouritism and are prejudiced against some minorities. When you don’t do good in a subject they instantly assume you don’t try. Detentions are given constantly by biased teachers, even for being several minutes late. Due to the large queues for lunch, most people in detention have 5-10 minutes to eat lunch after getting it. In PE, girls are considered stereotypically feminine and forced to do netball, dance and more like that. Boys do rugby. Girls have no contact sport. I feel terrible for those with mental illnesses in Crossley Heath, school will only worsen them.

Rude staff members. Always argumentative with students and going against values. Heard teachers swear in multiple occasions, a true discredit to the Crossley Brothers

The school looks like a beautiful environment from outside, but beware as it’s all a fasçade. Never in my life have I seen such a place that rages and frustrates many students. Staff are deliberately picky, and genuinely can’t teach. Would avoid at all costs and save yourself from this place.

A truly chaotic school - staff do not have a clue as to what they’re doing. They also like to make it known they are of higher ‘power’ and often abuse that through intimidating the children. The work set is too much to handle for many, and the teachers want to be there just as little as the students. Do not recommend.

It's so horrible there. Half the kids are homophobic and the teachers are covertly racist. There's no regards to your mental health and it's downright awful experience to deal with everyday. And they expect far too much of us, far too much to handle.