# Islwyn High School — Blackwood, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Primary
- **Parent rating:** 1.8/5 from 13 published reviews
- **Principal:** Jason Hicks

## Contact

- **Address:** Penmaen Road, Oakdale
- **Phone:** +441495233600
- **Website:** https://www.islwynhigh.org
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/blackwood/islwyn-high-school-26110

## About

Islwyn High School is a community secondary school located in Penmaen Road, Oakdale, Blackwood, Wales. The school serves the local community and has recently been involved in developing new facilities including a Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) accessible to the community and a specialist pupil support area to enhance student learning and wellbeing. The school emphasizes partnership with local authorities and community engagement, positioning itself as a community-focused institution. It is situated near Oakdale and serves the broader Caerphilly County Borough area.

## Recent parent reviews

- **1/5** — .............: would rather kms than go but its for our future ig. *(Nov 2025)*
- **5/5** — Very good: Very good education nice teachers could be more seats in the canteen. *(Oct 2024)*
- **1/5** — Islwyn High: This school is not good at all. Yes there are some helpful teachers there but not many. Most of the teachers prejudge you on what you are wearing and what you look like. They are not very helpful and care more about giving out negatives then helping students. *(Jul 2023)*
- **1/5** — Islwyn high school on top: The teachers at this school seem to enjoy bullying some of the students more than the vaping kids, speaking of, the busses are like a constant gas chamber with all the stuff that happens on them, it feels like no man's land. You have to be a veteran at dodging just so a £1.88 baguette doesn't hit you as it flys through the air at terminal velocity. The teachers have this stupid rule where you can't go for a piss for the first or last 15 minutes of the lesson. During in between lesson 1-2 and 3-4… *(May 2023)*
- **2/5** — Average School ( Needs Improvement): personally, in general i don’t think islwyn is that bad. Although i do have some issues like; most of the toilets locks are broke so you cannot lock the toilet and sometimes the teachers walk into the main part of the toilet because there is no actual door to get into the toilet , only doors on the cubicles so everyone can see you washing your hands etc ,, You can’t go to the toilet between lessons bevsuse there are teachers standing in front of the toilets telling you to go to lesson ; your not… *(Nov 2022)*
- **3/5** — Islwyn High School: islwyn high school is a good school with a lot of supportive teachers. there are a few flaws like not having enough seating in the canteen and not enough shelter outside for when the teachers don’t believe its raining. When we do get sent in it is absolute madness. Most pupils get sent to second or third floor where they basically have free range of the classrooms and rubbish gets left everywhere. Another flaw is the rewards system is rubbish. Pupils who are known to misbehave get reward points … *(Sep 2022)*
- **3/5** — title??: i'm not going to complain much because it's better than most schools in the area. some of the teachers can p!ss off but some are really nice (LP, RL, RW etc). ngl, i do want to kms everytime i walk through that gate especially with the new deputy but it wasn't my choice to let her in. thank god i'm leaving soon because it's getting tiring dealing with some of the twatty kids however, a lot of the kids are decent and mind their own business. overall, not bad, but it still could be better. *(May 2022)*
- **4/5** — I don't think it's that bad: Yk what, I actually don't think the school is that bad now. I can't speak for any of the experiences of anyone else that has reviewed here, and most of what they've said is true. But, I have loads of teachers that I trust and can open up too, and the students aren't that bad. It might just be because I'm in the top set, but I feel like most of the teachers support me and my classmates and want the best for us. There are a few teachers that I honestly wish were not there, like my physics teacher,… *(Apr 2022)*
- **1/5** — not good: Islwyn high can go and collapse for all I care the teachers don't consider any of the students mental health they don't listen they never do and they never will when they say ''we always give you a chance we will always help you'' they don't and they wont I know that from personal experience the bullying system is bloody horrific again I know that from personal experience the only good thing they've done for me is give me a behaviour room thing which is actually pretty shite and they've given me… *(Feb 2022)*
- **1/5** — islwyn high can fall down for all i care: islwyn high can honestly go eat ass, the teachers got me thinking si why do good girl like bad guys, ive had this question for a real long time and they cant seem to answer. (but on a serious note, the school is useless honestly i hope the mine below it collapses dragging the school down with it along with the teachers, the teachers bully me more than the students, just because i have a peircing doesnt make me an emo, they are emophobic not letting is have dyes hair or even ear peircings??!?!? *(Feb 2022)*

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