# St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy — Bury, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Secondary
- **Parent rating:** 1.9/5 from 14 published reviews
- **Principal:** Mr S Braithwaite

## Contact

- **Address:** Bridge Road, Bury, BL9 0TZ
- **Phone:** 0161 764 3186
- **Website:** https://www.stgabrielshigh.stoccat.org.uk
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bury/st-gabriels-rc-high-school-a-voluntary-academy-21464

## About

Our school holds a strong reputation within the local community and the diocese for our excellence in pastoral care, academic success and distinctive Catholic ethos.

## Official rankings

- **Ofsted (Behaviour and Attitudes):** Good — Mar 2023
- **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Mar 2023
- **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Mar 2023
- **Ofsted (Personal Development):** Good — Mar 2023
- **Ofsted (Quality of Education):** Good — Mar 2023

## Recent parent reviews

- **1/5** — Worst school .: Bad school children their are horrible Bullying never stops teachers don’t do much with teaching as well they can’t even control their class most of the time they’re dealing with behaviour worse school do not put your kids in this school because your child will be unhappy and uneducated. *(Oct 2024)*
- **1/5** — BULLYING IN SCHOOL: I was bullied mercilessly from the day I started school until the day I left and absolutely nothing was done now sixty years later I find that bullying is still prevalent and the teaching staff still turn a blind eye and act like nothing is amiss absolutely disgraceful *(Jun 2024)*
- **1/5** — If I could give minus 500 I would.: I am an adult woman in my thirties and am still haunted by my experiences at St Gabriel's. The sadistic bullying I suffered was beyond horrific, and teachers were more bothered about sucking up to the psychotic, brutish 'popular' kids than they were about protecting those being tortured nonstop. I felt in danger every single minute of the day and left feeling utterly worthless, suicidal, and uneducated. I have absolutely no happy memories of my teenage years and have subsequently struggled to es… *(Nov 2022)*
- **5/5** — The best for me: I’m pleased to say that it is a very good school, with so helpful teachers and staff. My grandson has been in two high schools before but nobody did anything, Gabs was my last hope and they did everything for him. Thank you to you all, you are wonderful ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ *(Aug 2022)*
- **2/5** — poor quality of care: extensive bullying and inadequate teaching has always been a problem before, and innapropriate ways of dealing with it. the new head teacher has destroyed any sense of community there once was. *(Aug 2022)*
- **1/5** — Fucking awful: Shit. NEVER and I mean NEVER send your kids here, I still have trauma. *(Jun 2022)*
- **1/5** — St Gabriel’s worst school in UK: At Gabriel’s ruined my family bullied my kids Twice now got wrong people who got attacked tried blaming on my kids even with video evidence Twice now ring up to see why they made out my kid was at fault The head is a bully complete and utter bully Often get told children not in school when bring this up u get picked Got all touchy and block my communication because they messed up and I proved them wrong Seriously if u value family life Don’t go st Gabriel’s I’ve yet to go offstead I’m bringing a… *(Jun 2022)*
- **2/5** — terrible!: School with lots of bullying and bad teaching but not sure if you’d find any better in the area! *(Apr 2022)*
- **5/5** — Excellent School with a Strong Catholic Ethos: We are so impressed with St Gabriel's and the values it instills in our children. From the moment we walked in the door, we felt welcome and supported. The facilities are excellent, and our child is thriving in the school's academic and extracurricular programs. *(Jan 2022)*
- **1/5** — Terrible: Terrible school, had an assembly which one of the points made were "if you’ve got things going on at home put it to the back of your mind and just focus on your GCSEs" appalling *(Sep 2021)*

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