# St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury — Canterbury, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Secondary
- **Parent rating:** 1.8/5 from 9 published reviews

## Contact

- **Address:** Old Dover Road
- **Phone:** 0310202016004
- **Website:** http://www.stanselmscanterbury.org.uk/
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/canterbury/st-anselms-catholic-school-canterbury-15787

## Official rankings

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

## Recent parent reviews

- **1/5** — Don’t do it: There were many lovely teachers, however the majority were very power hungry. Remember, just because you have a degree doesn’t give you a right to tell me what I can say or when I can go to the toilet. They are lots of reviews that talk about bullying, I always found this was from the teachers rather than the students. Teachers loved singling out the quiet kids and making them feel like sh*t. *(Nov 2024)*
- **1/5** — st asnelms: bit of a poor school *(Aug 2023)*
- **1/5** — A safety HAZARD. Should be closed for improvement: Half of the teachers can’t teach or control classes of students. The safety is the worst by far having ambulances and air ambulances exedra arrive at the school because they decided to put barbed wire around the school. Teachers had been reported for harassment of sexual and non sexual nature but they haven’t taken any actions against these teachers *(May 2023)*
- **2/5** — Food is bad: There is hair in my child’s food and when he went to ask for a refund they got moody and it cost 2.50 last of my child’s money on there *(Apr 2023)*
- **3/5** — Use to be good: 3 stars as a student I do not feel welcome in the school I use to but the place what make me calm the 1 person there who dose not make me feel welcome here and changes a lot for me I try to be calm but never can *(Jan 2023)*
- **4/5** — One of the best: This school has the best staff and the support in this school is better then any but do give a lot of homework to year 7 very strict and deal with bullying very fast did see 2 teacher kissing out side of school *(Jan 2023)*
- **1/5** — What a great experience from my 5 years here!: Teachers left it too late for me. It wasn't made easier when the year I took my GCSE's was one of the worst years of my life. There was probably one or two good teachers. No post failure support. 6th form was a nightmare. Bullying if you're assosciated with the wrong people and detentions for the worst reasons. The only highlight was waiting in the bus lines to go home. *(Jan 2022)*
- **4/5** — Okay... I guess: Excellent in terms of staff and support. However the majority of students have the same IQ as a fly. *(Nov 2020)*
- **5/5** — Excellent school: Excellent school. All members of staff really care for the children. School is supportive and builds on each child's strengths. *(Sep 2020)*

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