Turton School

Turton High School: A Disappointment in Education and Compassion

Turton High School presents itself as a place of learning and opportunity, but in reality, it is a frustrating maze of bureaucracy, outdated policies, and a shocking lack of care for its students—particularly those who need support the most.

First and foremost, the school’s lack of compassion is glaring. Instead of fostering an environment where students feel valued and understood, Turton seems to operate on a culture of indifference. Staff are often dismissive of student concerns, and rather than nurturing young minds, they appear more focused on enforcing unnecessary, heavy-handed discipline.

Nowhere is this more evident than in the school’s SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) support—or lack thereof. Students with additional needs are sidelined, overlooked, and, in many cases, completely failed by the system. Promises of individual support plans are little more than empty words, and parents are left fighting an uphill battle to secure the basic assistance their children are legally entitled to. It is disgraceful that in an era of supposed inclusivity, a school can be so fundamentally unequipped (or unwilling) to accommodate students who don’t fit a rigid, one-size-fits-all model.

The rules at Turton High School are more Dickensian than educational—a draconian set of regulations that prioritize control over genuine student welfare. Uniform policies are enforced with military precision while actual learning takes a back seat. Punishments are often excessive and arbitrary, with little room for common sense or individual circumstances. It’s as if the school is more interested in molding obedient rule-followers than encouraging critical thinking or personal growth.

Turton High School is not just failing students—it is actively making their school experience harder than it needs to be. Until the leadership takes a serious look at its priorities and values, it will continue to be a place where students struggle, parents despair, and true education is lost beneath a mountain of meaningless rules and neglect. Avoid if you can.

Turton School has a policy of detention, exclusion, expulsion. Absolutely no clue how to deal with troubled or traumatised youngsters, they just unload them. Shameful, unacceptable, I hope they’ll be found accountable in the future. Check the postcodes for the kids who get away with behavioural issues & the ones who are expelled. Shame on you Turton School.

As a person with anxiety the school does nothing to help the amount of times I’d be crying my eyes out to them they’d send me back to my lesson but if I do my hair a certain way I’d get called out for it by teachers there mostly bothered about hair and makeup then how people are feeling and one thing to never tell the teachers about is your mental health they sent my parents an email telling me I needed to get sent to a mental asylum the teachers and kids there are horrible the amount of meetings ans phone calls my mum has had with the school is mad they don’t do nothing about bullying they’ll tell you “we will make the consequences worse the more they do it” it’s been 2 years and nothings been done absolute horror of a school better off going st Catherine’s turton is hell.

Creates mental health issues .. teachers are bullies .. no communication ... no discussion .. try to manipulate you .. if a child is from a certain area then that child is labelled ..by staff and students ..

In the nicest way possible no one gives a shit about mental health not the teachers and only the students mates, teachers arnt the kindest and have a very few nice-ish teachers