The Whitby High School

While I was going to this school I got bullied since day one. People physically and verbally assaulted me and made rumours that weren't true. There was one guy I'm not going to say his name but he accused me and my friend of raping animals and I have no idea why. It was messed up. People need to understand that words can hurt more than you think. It's not acceptable that students can make these comments without any risk of punishment

Horrible school full of little kids who can’t behave themselves, teachers are terrible, it’s like a prison with the shutters on the toilets. One learning support teacher use to make my life hell and would humiliate me in front on other students, told lies about me saying i was a horrible student so no teachers would support me or give me help, learning support did fck all to help with my needs and made school harder, they care about uniform more than mental health, whatever u do do not send your child here

i took a poo in a secret spot in the school and nobody’s found out

Got putten in isolation for months because of my rape and it almost felt like I was the one being punished and after a few months they randomly put me in all my classes again when I had really bad anxiety and did nothing when he was coming up to me in the corridors and making comments and shoving me they said to him he has to stay a meter away from me (like that's going to help) and he would still constantly harass me until he tried to get into a physical altercation with me so I defended myself and got punished for that. They did nothing about the people who were bullying me and physically abusing me inside and outside of school, after I told them I was being assaulted by multiple students whilst walking home from school they said it wasn't in school so they can't do anything, they told me to just stay away from them while in school which was impossible when there's a huge group of people who were harassing me, these people are also known for harassing other students too. They did the same to my brother when he was being bullied at this school years ago and it shows nothing has changed. The teachers care more about protecting the popular kids who make other people's lives a living hell because they talk to them in lessons, I'm tired of this school getting away with everything awful they do, yes I know there is only so much they can do but they aren't even doing the bare minimum for students in crisis

its a mid school but to much bulling and shoving in corridors as well as classes constantly being disturbed

loved it it was good exept from indoor environment and alot of bad launguage

Absolutely terrible
Old crumbly buildings and the teachers don't handle bullying very well so being there wasn't very good

I carefully researched the schools in the area and chose this for a number of reasons thinking it would be the best for my children’s welfare and education. I without a doubt will not be sending my youngest here and the only reason I haven’t moved my children to another school is due to the fact that they are settled with friends and I’m confident they will get the grades they need due to their own hard work. Warning bells should have gone off during an open evening in which the headteacher welcomed everyone to the school but then proceeded to run off how he runs the school and as good as told his audience that if they didn’t like it to take their children somewhere else. These militant rants have continued on weekly newsletters and in school to the children directly. I’ve told my kids to keep their heads down, work hard and ignore this ridiculous behaviour. Everything seems backwards at this school, if they put as much effort into the real issues that matter as they do about uniform standards they could go a long way. The recent introduction of new skirts is something that springs to mind. Telling parents they agreed for new skirts when the question on the form was, ‘do you think the shortness of skirts should be addressed’, is not parents agreeing to a new skirt costing £25 each (almost triple the cost of the previous ones). This during a pandemic and in the newsletter followed by advise of where the local food bank is for struggling families is absolutely ridiculous. Good points are that over the years we have come across some lovely teachers/staff who clearly love their job and are good at it, unfortunately there are quite a few who aren’t and appear like the headteacher to have chosen the wrong profession. Sorry to say I wouldn’t recommend this school and I can’t wait for my children to leave.

I hated this school, teachers aren’t understand, care more about how students may disrespect teachers than bully, they do nothing about it and I was bullied for 3-4 years at that school, awful support, I got depression and anxiety because of the bullying that they could’ve stopped. The food is ok but not great doesn’t cater for many allergies at all. The school dress code is ridiculous. They care more about your attendance than mental health, and some of the teachers don’t do their best at helping with GCSEs, also they care more about how they look all together than any of the students. And just to top it all of ofsted had to do two visits last year because on the first there was at least 3 fights that day, and you aren’t allowed to give your own personal opinion about the school to ofsted you have to say how ‘good’ the school is or Mr Heely will give you a call into his office for giving your OWN personal opinion. Overall I have no clue why you would choose this school, anything is better than this hellhole.