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Tottington High School

Bury, United Kingdom
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1.7 /5

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About Tottington High School

Tottington High School is committed to creating a learning environment that values inclusivity, strives for greatness, and helps every student reach their goals. Inclusivity is at the heart of our school community. We believe that education is the key to a brighter future.

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Key Facts

Head/Principal David Yates

Rating Breakdown

Based on published reviews
Safety & Security 2.7
Teaching Quality 2.6
Communication 2.5
Student Wellbeing 2.8
Facilities 2.5

School Workforce

Teacher and staff information β€’ 2024-2025

Note: These figures are estimated based on national averages. Actual school-level data not yet available.
17.0:1
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Excellent
51.5
Teachers (FTE)

Estimated workforce data based on GIAS enrollment and national average ratios. Academic year 2024-2025.

Secondary School Results (Key Stage 4)

Exam performance data β€’ 2023-2024

40.4
Attainment 8
Average grade across 8 subjects
-0.65
Progress 8
Well below average
37.8%
English & Maths 9-5
Strong pass in both
61.2%
English & Maths 9-4
Standard pass in both

Additional Information

12.2% entered EBacc
9.6% achieved EBacc
188 pupils in cohort

Data from DfE Performance Tables for academic year 2023-2024. Published January 2024. View full performance tables

Reviews 23

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Parent
Parent May 9, 2025
1.0

"6 YEARS OF PURE TRAUMA"

diabolical school.
left last year, didnt have a maths teacher since y9 and was made to count socks in my gcse revision classes.The staff are beyond rude and corrupt. Your child WILL NOT be protected from bullying. the lofthouse is INFESTED with rats. the toilets are COVERED in human poo and has cameras facing into the stalls. This school also has a severe issue with hiring ABSOLUTE WRONGENS who clearly havent had intensive DBS checks. My year group had to mark EACHOTHERS GCSE Mock papers and for the real GCSES, most children had to get remarked because PAGES UPON PAGES had not been marked.
This school needs burning and the staff know it considering SOME of them like to smoke ip behind lofthouse with the students LOL
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent Mar 26, 2025
5.0

"𝕋𝕠π•₯π•₯π•ͺ"

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Safety & Wellbeing 5/5
Teaching & Learning 5/5
Communication 5/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 5/5
Facilities 5/5
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Parent
Parent Dec 6, 2024
1.0

"Bullying"

Bullying doesn't get dealt with at all
Safety & Wellbeing 3/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent Sep 18, 2024
1.0

"tottington high"

worse school ever. Harry Nolan nob cheese throws calculators at people and it’s not nice. The amount of people I have seen being bullied but since David yates started it has slowly been getting better
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Parent
Parent Jun 11, 2024
1.0

"ptsd school"

left this school 3 years ago and all o can say is don’t send your child here. was bullied for so long i had to go to camhs and ended up with permanent mental health issues. along side they put a blind eye on everything, teacher also locked us in the room for detention and left us for 20 minutes!!
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent Jan 18, 2024
1.0

"Awful School"

This school is abysmal. There’s a serious lack of teachers and massive gaps in learning as a result. The behaviour of the students is off the scale. It has become a results factory where they push and push for results, despite a massive problem with the turnover of staff and no support and quite a lot of the time to the detriment of the kids mental health.
This has all happened since the school became an academy and is showing no improvement. I would definitely not recommend THS.
Safety & Wellbeing 3/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 2/5
Facilities 2/5
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Parent
Parent Dec 1, 2023
1.0

"Worst school ever"

I hate this school so much lines for lunch are so long and teachers are horrible the lessons are poorly managed as well as the inside of the school 0 out of 10
Safety & Wellbeing 5/5
Teaching & Learning 3/5
Communication 2/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 3/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent Nov 29, 2023
1.0

"Totty is pretty bad :)"

This school is probably the most the worst high school, they have recent added doors onto the entrances of the toilets making it unable to use them during lessons unless u have a "black band" which i think is pretty sad. I got bullied for around a year but the school didn't do anything about it until i asked my mum rang up again for the 4th time in a week. Half the teachers at Totting ton high school are very sexist, but overall I think sending your child/children to another school will be alot better and they will get a better education due to the behaviour in the lessons, i am in are terrible especially when we have a supply teacher since our actual teacher isn't in. Some people who mess around constanly in lessons get picked out to go on a reward which the school selects and most of the trips aren't the greatest. but some of the teachers are amazing and its easy to talk to them about anything or any problems i have.
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 2/5
Communication 2/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 2/5
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Parent
Parent Sep 19, 2023
1.0

"fuck totty"

the school is a shit hole and all of the teachers in it they do nothing to help u all they think about is them selfs they say there here to help but there not bad it’s not fair they say they want us to have a good education but put us in isolation wheres that going to get us in life they make our home life shit, mh issues, anxiety, making us feel insecure it’s not fair on us students and we should get a say on what we want we should be aloud to have a voice and not get screamed at and its always the teachers word against ours no one ever believes us but i will say it and idc anymore totting high school it’s a prison
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 3/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent Sep 7, 2023
1.0

"Horrible school"

Honestly a shit school nothing Is well built there, toilet doors don't lock, cameras in bathroom, bad language towards students, teachers horrible, don't recommend going there.
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent May 24, 2023
1.0

"Worst School "

Send your child to this school if you’re happy for them to be bullied and harassed by other students while the school turn a blind eye say they’re doing something when in fact they’re not. Worst decision I ever made
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
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Parent
Parent Mar 3, 2023
1.0

"dont go totti high"

this school is a joke dont let u go toliets when needed care about uniform more then education nothings gets sorted they say they will help wiv mental health and then dont have a go for literally anything
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent Mar 3, 2023
1.0

"Tottington high school is terrible "

awful school would not recommend toilets are scruffy teachers are awful and they care more about your uniform than your education and also spend most the day talking about there life’s.They scream at you for having chewing gum when they have it and if you have a drink what isn’t water or flavoured they scream at you and take it off you and only them can have it.They scream at you to take you coat off inside when all of them have there’s on and yet inside is freezing aswell as the boilers being broke.
Safety & Wellbeing 2/5
Teaching & Learning 2/5
Communication 3/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 2/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent Mar 1, 2023
1.0

"Bullying "

This school has always been renown for bullying not only pupils against pupils but teachers agains pupils not a good school would not recommend to any one


Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 3/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 2/5
Facilities 2/5
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Sophie W
Parent Jan 10, 2023
4.0

"Great start to high school"

My daughter is in her first year at Tottington High, and it's been a great experience so far. The school's focus on inclusivity and teamwork is really evident, and the teachers are approachable and enthusiastic. We're looking forward to seeing her continue to thrive here.
Safety & Wellbeing 4/5
Teaching & Learning 5/5
Communication 4/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 5/5
Facilities 4/5
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Parent
Parent Dec 2, 2022
5.0

"Awesome "

Overall great school
Safety & Wellbeing 4/5
Teaching & Learning 5/5
Communication 4/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 3/5
Facilities 5/5
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Emily P
Parent Sep 1, 2022
5.0

"Tottington High is a hidden gem!"

As a parent of a Year 10 student, I've been thoroughly impressed with the school's commitment to inclusivity and striving for greatness. The facilities are excellent, and the staff are always approachable and supportive. My child has really thrived here, and I'm so grateful to be part of the Tottington community.
Safety & Wellbeing 5/5
Teaching & Learning 5/5
Communication 5/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 5/5
Facilities 5/5
C
Craig S
Parent Apr 20, 2022
4.0

"Some great aspects, but room for improvement"

We've had a mixed experience with Tottington High so far. On the positive side, the school's commitment to inclusivity and academic rigor is impressive. However, we've experienced some issues with communication and support for our child's specific needs. We're hoping that the school will address these areas and continue to improve.
Safety & Wellbeing 3/5
Teaching & Learning 4/5
Communication 4/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 4/5
Facilities 4/5
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Parent
Parent Dec 8, 2021
5.0

"Recommend "

Absolutely wonderful best school
Safety & Wellbeing 5/5
Teaching & Learning 5/5
Communication 5/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 5/5
Facilities 5/5
J
James B
Parent Jun 15, 2021
5.0

"Excellent education and values"

We have two children who attended Tottington High, and we were consistently impressed with the quality of education they received. The school's values of inclusivity, striving for greatness, and teamwork really resonated with us, and our children benefited from the supportive and challenging environment.
Safety & Wellbeing 5/5
Teaching & Learning 4/5
Communication 4/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 4/5
Facilities 5/5
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Parent
Parent Oct 9, 2020
3.0

"Review!"

Average school. Most of the teachers are good at what they do and treat the kids fairly. However, some of the rules are very extreme and they're not very good at handling issues between kids. Threats and abuse towards other kids that have been reported are not dealt with because the situation didn't happen at school. Also waste of time reporting incidents inside school because they are usually not dealt with and are left to be resolved by yourself even in cases of bullying.
Safety & Wellbeing 3/5
Teaching & Learning 3/5
Communication 3/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 3/5
Facilities 2/5
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Parent
Parent Aug 27, 2020
1.0

"Don’t go there"

Not a good school tbh with you. Joined in year 7 left 2 weeks later after being bullied and teachers didn’t do anything than say just move away or just ignore it
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 2/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 3/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent Aug 25, 2020
1.0

"Don't send your kids here"

Shit hole don't send your kids here used to be a good school about 3 years ago
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 5/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 3/5
Facilities 3/5

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