The James Hornsby School

Don’t send your kids here! My kid has been locked in rooms with no food or drink and pushed by the headteacher her mental health Was absolutely ruined going here! I took her out now due it it being horrible

I went to the school moved schools now due to serious bullying it effected my mental and physical health got rid of sen department when you need help a teacher has to come get you kids are really bad it got to the point where a whole class of 30 kids wrote really bad things on a note about me and I’m going to be honest it got to the point where the police found out about all the bullying NOT A GOOD SCHOOL DONT GO THERE

I am a year 10, I have seen some very unfortunate things in my time here at James Hornsby I have seen a male safe guarding teacher search a girl and get them to shake out their bra which under Ofsted is against the law. I have also seen many of my friends be threatened by teachers. The toilets are absolutely disgraceful. I do not recommend coming here if you want someone to mentally support you it won't happen, I had a bullying incident and the girl pulled out the race card and the school took her side I can't count the amount of times that this school has let me down and the amount of times that I felt mentally exhausted hearing that my friends have been threatened by a safeguarding teacher or they've been searched by a male teacher patting them down. The school had high expectations when I first joined now it has literally gone down the drain there is no boundaries I have seen a teacher crawl under the desk to see whether it goes skirts with the right length and if they're socks for the right height or colour. It's ashame that people more or less adults don't understand what good teaching is anymore because this surely ain't.

We've been at James Hornsby for a year now and it's been a great experience. The accessibility feature on the website is fantastic and has really helped my daughter. We love the inclusive values and the staff are always approachable.

I’m yr10 it could deffo be a whole lot better ngl, teachers don’t understand students at all, the new spark system is stupid and needs to go but it’s okay.

At this school I faced a lot of discrimination and having the teachers do hardly anything about it. This school definitely cares about their appearance rather than how they actually are. I had a few lovely teachers get me through the time there which helped. This school is okay but could definitely put more effort in with forming good relationships with students and trying to understand the childrens circumstances better. I left the school recently and now work in a school and I can definitely say that whilst jhs is a good school that tries, they should definitely start putting less thought onto academic’s, and more thought onto the childrens mental health.

I go to this school Theres plenty Of Bad Kids But If You Just Focous On Yourself Then YOU will do SO well The teachers Are really Nice As Well Very Supportive especially When You've Had A Bad Day

Très bien, it’s a very good school

We're really impressed with the art gallery and the Arts Mark Gold award. Our son loves the Technology classes and it's great to see him being encouraged to express his creativity. The school's commitment to charity work is also something we appreciate.

Good school and wonderful teachers. I think that the children get overtired and don’t have much fun at this school. Lovely teachers and good environment though.

It's pretty good I'm currently in the working if going back there I don't like the school I'm at at the minute

We left James Hornsby a few years ago, and while we had some great experiences, we did struggle with communication at times. Our child did enjoy the charity week and the Sports Centre is excellent. With a bit more attention to parent-school communication, I think the school could be even better.

Went into reception to collect my daughter and it stunk like wet carpet and it looks so old fashioned another time i went through the whole school for parents evening and the humanities department is absolutely vile i couldn’t believe it compared to my childs previous secondary school which is also in basildon jhs is absolutely disgusting. The classrooms are absolutely tiny. The tables were sticky, the floors looks grimey. Glad my daughter is leaving next year.

I use to go to that school and it has just gone down hill

The best school your child can go to - honestly.

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