# Atherton High School — Atherton, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/atherton/atherton-high-school-13623 ## At a glance - **Type:** Secondary - **Parent rating:** 1.7/5 from 9 published reviews - **Principal:** Mrs. L Turner ## Contact - **Address:** Hamilton Street, Atherton, Manchester - **Phone:** 01942 885500 - **Website:** http://www.athertonhigh.com/ - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/atherton/atherton-high-school-13623 ## About Atherton High School caters for children from year 7 to year 11 and is proud to serve the community of Atherton, to provide a warm welcome to all students and families. ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Behaviour and Attitudes):** Good — Jan 2024 - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Jan 2024 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Jan 2024 - **Ofsted (Personal Development):** Good — Jan 2024 - **Ofsted (Quality of Education):** Good — Jan 2024 ## Recent parent reviews - **1/5** — my experience..: My time at Atherton High School has been nothing short of disappointing. From the moment I started I felt let down by a lack of proper support, uninspiring teaching, and an environment that often seemed more focused on control than actual learning. The atmosphere can be demoralising with little room for individuality or creative expression and far too much tolerance for disruptive behaviour that makes it hard for anyone to focus. Instead of feeling motivated or encouraged I’ve spent most of my t… *(Jun 2025)* - **1/5** — do not send your kids to atherton high: horrible and dreadful school. the teachers are lazy and cant even teach and useless. do not send your kids here my time so far at this school has been the worst. they are all incompetent and their mental health system is even worse the bathrooms are constantly broken and flooded. new headteacher can’t even control the kids and knows absolutely none of them and hasn’t tried to. neither is she consistent with her decisions about the school, like enforcing a rule then removing it then enforcing it … *(Mar 2025)* - **1/5** — don’t recommend this school: I woudnt recommend anyone to go to this school most of the teachers are absolutely brilliant but the head teacher isn’t the greatest of people he’s not very good at managing the school and he’s not respected by the children which I’m not sup prised by so I hope this school gets improverd the only thing they care about is attendance in that school *(Nov 2024)* - **4/5** — Some positives, but need more support for SEND: My son has really enjoyed his first year at Atherton High, but we've struggled to get the support he needs as a child with special educational needs. The teachers are lovely and try their best, but the school's SEND provision could be better. The facilities are great, though, and the values of the school are lovely. We're hoping things will improve as we work with the school to get the support he needs. *(Feb 2023)* - **5/5** — Thrilled with the facilities and support!: I've been blown away by the new sports hall and 3G pitch at Atherton High! My daughter is in Year 8 and loves the PE lessons. The teachers and staff are all so supportive and the values of respect, responsibility, and ambition really shine through. We feel so lucky to have found a school like this! *(Sep 2022)* - **2/5** — pretty poor: awful at handling mental health and bullying *(May 2022)* - **5/5** — Amazing school with a wonderful community!: We were so sad to leave Atherton High when our daughter moved on to sixth form, but she's thriving and still talks about her time there fondly. The school's commitment to character education and British values really stood out to us, and the opportunities for enrichment and extracurricular activities were fantastic. We can't recommend it highly enough! *(Apr 2022)* - **1/5** — Horrible place: The literal worst school. Had some horrible, useless lessons with even worse teachers. The only pro of it is that it’s small, and close knit. However it’s no wonder, with the teachers acting like clowns. *(Jan 2021)* - **1/5** — Not the best: Biased teachers, all need training on diversity. Students treated unfairly. *(Nov 2020)* ## Other schools in Atherton - [Partou Footprints Day Nursery & Pre-School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/atherton/partou-footprints-day-nursery-pre-school-EY541708) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. Please attribute and link to https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/atherton/atherton-high-school-13623 when citing this data.