Weatherhead High School

The teachers always talk about how much they value us but all they value is our attendance it doesn't matter why if we're off even because of things like mh problems they don't care and were still to blame. Bullying is a big problem and again they always say that they have systems in place for this type of thing but when it comes down to it they don't help at all they might let you move classes after A LOT of persuading but the bullies will not see consequenses. They talk about how they will help you with any mental health issues but all they'll do is tell your parents or send you to cahms even if the problem is inside of school. If they do not see your problems as serious enough they will tell you to "Suck it up and get back to class".

Bad school
Teachers don’t care
They’re horrible for no reason as a discipline you get iso or detention every day bullying is bad everyone is sly and tight and all you heard is bad stuff
Teachers dont care abt mental health and j don’t know my 12 x tables

in year 7 we were preparing for our end of year dance performance and the dance teacher said we cant wear strappy tops because it shows our bra straps and if we choose to wear strappy tops there's male teachers and cleaners around and it's our own faults if they look at our bra straps. i was 11. it is not a child's fault if a man chooses to sexualise them. what an insane message to teach to a child. i was also bullied quite severely while i was at weatherhead and it was never dealt with in any way, shape or form. bizarre school that doesn't really care about it's students.

The ofsted inspectors were wooed and then led to the best teachers by SLT when they needed to make an assessment. Therefore the ofsted report is not a true reflection of the school. The so-called best teachers were identified by the headteacher (Neil Dyment) well in advance, he personally did regular appraisals. The teacher's schemes of work, lesson plans and marking all had to be up to date otherwise they were encouraged to find alternative employment through psychological bullying. I know this to be true as do other members of staff at the time. I actually heard the methods used for the inspection directly from the headteacher.

I could say so much more; a member of staff who was bullied out because he attended his daughter's wedding on exam results day, even though the headteacher was notified 6 months in advance. There are so many staff who have been unfairly treated, forced to move on or dismissed. I don’t need a job reference from the school anymore so I feel as though I can speak more freely. It feels like therapy to put it in the public domain and get some of it off my chest. I am so tempted to name and shame some of SLT, but I will leave it to karma to prevail.

I would advise avoiding it like the plague if you are thinking of seeking employment at this establishment. It would be the last place on earth I would send my daughters.

It's an okay school but the teachers dont treat us like human beings and they teach us things like sexuality instead of actual thing s and teachers only hear one part of the story and a teacher made me cry because she thought that I was nothing

as a previous student here. i can speak for myself and lots of other students when i advise not to send your daughters here. whilst the education is decent and the grades that come out of this school are relatively high. there is a lack of support for the students in various different areas such as: mental health, bullying and even educational support. this school seems to have a lack of communication skills when it comes to reasoning with their students and there is a power dynamic at this school that aims to put students down, humiliate them and patronise them. i have personally had many issues with weatherhead regarding hair colour, dress codes and with certain “attitudes”. the staff in this establishment appear to care more about how their students are presenting themselves than their well-being or other issues that may be occurring. there is clear favouritism towards those who should have been disciplined rather than praised, for example, bullies who are thoroughly known through year groups who are given many undeserving opportunities just because of things such as academic achievements. furthermore, there is a basic lack of respect not only from staff but from other students, it is not a positive place for a child to grow up in and will not provide anyone with a good high school experience, this may be an issue with it being a same sex school, however i have seen far too many students develop mental health issues, eating disorders and fear to come to school due to some students who are not put in place despite the schools awareness. there is no general problem with the teachers at this school and most of them are lovely people who offer great support to their students. the issue more so lies within the higher staff who believe they are payed to put their students down to make themselves look and feel better. not only have i had issues with this school, many of my friends have and my parents have as well. despite the oxford ratings which are very much staged, it is a poorly functioning atmosphere and not a positive environment you would want to send your child to in able for them to reach their full abilities in regards to their education.

Bad experiences with teaches and staff and students including SA and bullying.

In terms of academics and teachers, for the most part it’s excellent. However, the school is obsessed with reputation and that’s so annoying to all of the pupils. The school has been obsessed with its world class status and for the whole time the school was under observation, the school was “on its best behaviour” if you will. I struggle with newly diagnosed ADHD and half of my teachers were still very pressuring also the fact COVID got in the way didn’t help my progress. It felt like the teachers thought I only studied their subject and their subject only. Even not highly necessary subjects held huge pressure to me as a child with ADHD. However I do highly commend some of the teachers, my English teacher was a much better pastoral than the ones assigned to my year. Bullying is by far the worst in this school. I myself haven’t experienced much of it but my peers have been attacked and or abused by other pupils and the school turns a blind eye most of the time. One thing I will say, again with my ADHD, I had to fight for proper help for my whole time in school and have I received the help? Yes finally, but I’m leaving the school in a few days to move on to collage so they were very late on that and I’ve been there since year seven. And I’ve found in order to revive any good effective help you have to be a pure nuisance to even be noticed otherwise “you’re fine”. This school is good for academic students and people who are really willing to try hard. This school may as well be a grammar school, if anything it’s better than some grammar schools in Wirral. I’ve seen on this site people complaining about dress code? It’s actually quite reasonable. I wear a full face of makeup to school with false eyelashes and I’ve never been pulled up on it ever since year 8. Other schools would send me home. Hair colour, reasonable. nails, reasonable. jewellery, extremely lenient given the fact it’s a health and safety hazard. The only pupils being pulled up on dress code are people who dye their hair very noticeable and almost neon colours. If it’s subtle (like very dark unnatural colour or very light) and that’s just uniform, same for nails. It’s about looking smart. You don’t come to school as a fashion show. I’m an alternative person (gothic, emo, punk, etc) and I come to school expressing myself but SMARTLY. Anywho, I just wanted to explain how good the school CAN be when it wants to but in terms of mental health care, they need more staff or more wider support :)

I go to this school and there are food and bad things. Bullying is common but it is never too bad (from experience). Another bad thing is the dress code. The uniform is pretty and comfortable but we arent allowed to wear nail varnish or dye our hair to express ourselves. However, for education the school is amazing, I've only ever seen a few people fail a class (and it was most likely their fault and not the teachers). We get too much homework also so if your child is bad at keeping up with it, then be prepared to get into trouble