The Boswells School

Warning: Avoid The Boswells School at All Costs

I'm writing this review as a warning to others: do not, I repeat, DO NOT send your child to The Boswells School. My experience at this institution was an unmitigated disaster, and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

From the moment I stepped foot on campus, I knew something was off. The atmosphere was toxic, the teachers were apathetic, and the students were miserable. It was like walking into a nightmare that you couldn't wake up from.

The academics were a joke. The curriculum was outdated, the teachers were unqualified, and the classes were a complete waste of time. I learned more from browsing Wikipedia than I did from attending classes at Boswells. The homework was excessive, the assignments were irrelevant, and the grading system was arbitrary.

But it wasn't just the academics that were a problem. The school's administration was incompetent, the facilities were dilapidated, and the food was inedible. The cafeteria served the same soggy pizza and stale sandwiches every day, and the "vegetable" option was always a sad, wilted lettuce leaf.

The worst part, however, was the social atmosphere. The students were cliquey and mean, the teachers played favorites, and the bullying was rampant. I was constantly belittled, intimidated, and excluded by my peers, and the teachers did nothing to stop it.

I left The Boswells School with a deep sense of anxiety, depression, and PTSD. It was a traumatic experience that I'll never recover from. I would not wish this school on my worst enemy, let alone a vulnerable child.

In conclusion, if you care about your child's well-being, education, and sanity, keep them away from The Boswells School. Trust me, you won't regret it. This school is a toxic waste dump, and it's not worth the risk.

Rating: -10000/10

Would I recommend it? Absolutely not. I'd rather stick needles in my eyes than set foot in that dump again.

Advice to parents: Run, don't walk, away from The Boswells School. Your child's future depends on it.

PLS TAKE MY ADVISE !!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is the Dumbest school in history and you will learn nothing there, my experience there has been astonishing and I would rather die than go there the teachers are so bad, and act like they know everything, also some of them when a student asks about the subject and asks a question about it they don't know the answer so they have to search it up on google like if you're that dumb don't even be a teacher and it hasn't been once it has been loads of times like every time someone asks a question that they don't know they search it up and when they give us our worksheets most of the teachers don't even know the answers to the questions and the bullying is shocking most of the people that go there get bullied and have a miserable life so if you get bullied at your school and are thinking of transferring or moving to this school don't go because you will still get bullied and the food is disgusting I found hair in my spaghetti and my chicken and you don`t even get a refund! and the teachers make you frightened of them which is not bad to have fear in a classroom or be afraid of a teacher.

I don't think I am going to pass my GSCE at this dumb school because they do not teach you anything, If you want to pass your GSCE go to one of these schools because they are the smartest and best ones :

.ST JOHN PAYNE
.GREAT BADOW HIGH SCHOOL
. MOULSHAM
. CCHS (CHELMSFORD COUNTRY HIGH SCHOOL)
.KING EDWARD VI
And one more thing if you are late they give you a detention even if you were stuck in traffic and have proof! so don't even bother to show proof or anything because you will still get a detention so either just deal with the detention or just don't come to school on that day or just say you were in the HUB! ( I don't know any other reasons)
ANYWAY:
I was going right a whole lot more but I just kept it simple because it would take years to write down all my problems and experiences at this dumb school!
anyway, I really want to leave this school and go to one of the schools above but they are all far away from me and so is Boswells!
SO PLEASE AFTER READING THIS DO NOT GO TO THAT DREADFUL SCHOOL SO YOU CAN STAY MISERABLE ALL YOUR LIFE AND LEARN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
AND JUST GO TO ONE OF THE SCHOOLS ABOVE PLEASE!

DO NOT GO THE BOSWELLS SCHOOL!

It is the Dumbest school in history and you will learn nothing there, my experience there has been astonishing and I would rather die than go there the teachers are so bad, and act like they know everything, also some of them when a student asks about the subject and asks a question about it they don't know the answer so they have to search it up on google like if you're that dumb don't even be a teacher and it hasn't been once it has been loads of times like every time someone asks a question that they don't know they search it up and when they give us our worksheets most of the teachers don't even know the answers to the questions and the bullying is shocking most of the people that go there get bullied and have a miserable life so if you get bullied at your school and are thinking of transferring or moving to this school don't go because you will still get bullied and the food is disgusting I found hair in my spaghetti and my chicken and you don`t even get a refund! and the teachers make you frightened of them which is not bad to have fear in a classroom or be afraid of a teacher.

I don't think I am going to pass my GSCE at this dumb school because they do not teach you anything, If you want to pass your GSCE go to one of these schools because they are the smartest and best ones :

.ST JOHN PAYNE
.GREAT BADOW HIGH SCHOOL
. MOULSHAM
. CCHS (CHELMSFORD COUNTRY HIGH SCHOOL)
.KING EDWARD VI
And one more thing if you are late they give you a detention even if you were stuck in traffic and have proof! so don't even bother to show proof or anything because you will still get a detention so either just deal with the detention or just don't come to school on that day or just say you were in the HUB! ( I don't know any other reasons)
ANYWAY:
I was going right a whole lot more but I just kept it simple because it would take years to write down all my problems and experiences at this dumb school!
anyway, I really want to leave this school and go to one of the schools above but they are all far away from me and so is Boswells!
SO PLEASE AFTER READING THIS DO NOT GO TO THAT DREADFUL SCHOOL SO YOU CAN STAY MISERABLE ALL YOUR LIFE AND LEARN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
AND JUST GO TO ONE OF THE SCHOOLS ABOVE PLEASE!

DO NOT GO TO THIS SCHOOL!
its so bad and everyone bullys you aso you loose so much friends and the teachers are so bad some of them even bully students and when you do your work they give you a pal 1 out of no where when you did nothing trust me you will rather die than go to this school and when you just take your phone out to see the time they just take it off you like WHY? your just looking at time its no big deal then if you keep looking on your phone they take it off you and you have a 15 minute derention after school and the punishment is appalling if you naughty and get a pal4 you get removed or worse get put in isolation or as they changed the name "REFLECTION" and all you do is sit in a white room and you cant make any movement or noises and its like prison in that school so if you like prison then go to this school put if you dont then go to a nice school like St John Payhne they are a catholic school and teach you better than the boswells school any way the food is disgusting most people find hair in their food and throw it away and dont get a refund +the teachers are whiches they scream at you for no reason and put in detention for no reason so dont go to that school please its so bad you will regret going there just go to St John Payhne they are soooooo good and the absolute opposite of the boswells school and have very good education for you !
DO NOT GO TO THE BOSWELLS SCHOOL! (I WOUDNT RATE ANYTHING BUT WOUDNT LET ME)

Stupid school
I tried to learn but none listened bro don’t risk yo life coming here
Boswells sucks man don’t go there booooooooo

A Spanish/American bloke I know called Ferg is coming to the school but I scared of getting bullied about the fact that he looks Jewish.

Make him feel welcomed and I shall give a better review 🥶🥶

I feel like the staff don't take bullying as seriously as much as they say they do. They also have bad teachers that shout at people for no reason and don't crack down on bad behavioured students. Half the teachers disappear for ages replaced with horrible substitutes. It is a toxic environment and the punishments for bad children aren't good enough. Yeah, 5 half-hour detentions, and that doesn't do anything to make their behaviour better. I myself got behaviour points for telling a kid to put their phone away and they didn't even get in trouble. Terrible

The school was a total s***t missed my dyslexia . Snob teachers. Interested in their own kids and no one else's. I'd drown my children than send them their. .

It started well but unfortunately when a racist situation brewed and was carried out for a while with some vile aggressive comments towards a child it showed the school didnt do enough to support the abused and even had both parties in detention together. The abused lost all belief in the teachers and school except one. This happendd at a critical year and only started to study 4 months before exams. He did well considering. I wouldnt let my child go here

I've been impressed with some of the things The Boswells School has to offer, such as the Sixth Form and the Duke of Edinburgh Award. However, I do think that the communication with parents could be better - it's not always easy to get information about what's going on. My child is generally happy and engaged, but sometimes finds the workload to be a bit too much.

I'm so impressed with the facilities at The Boswells School. My son loves playing sports on the excellent pitches and the canteen food is always a hit with him. The staff are all very friendly and supportive, and the school's values really shine through in everything they do.

Overall I’d say that around half of the teachers at that school are bullies especially the senior leadership team who have a god complex- don’t you dare make one mistake or they’ll have to “detain” you!!! Over the last couple years I have actively done everything I can to avoid them, from going the opposite direction to not even leaving the classroom to go to the toilet if I see one near by. Having children fear you to such an extent is not a good thing.

Teaching:
English and maths department are surprisingly good though, mostly empathetic teachers (as far as I’ve had). Most of the science teachers are pretty good too, can be a bit strict in terms of homework and talking during lessons but they get straight to the point and teach well. Option teachers are a hit or miss really, the ones that teach level 2 btecs are some of the kindest people I’ve met at that school. They don’t make you feel bad about yourself unlike some others… Teaching assistants are amazing though, I would not of survived some lessons without them, usually because the main teachers would just make me feel stupid.

Food:
-Sausage rolls and waffles are the only thing I’ve bought for the past year icl because whenever I use to buy pasta pots it was drowned in pasta water and sauce… Good range of drinks though, would be nice if the apple juice cartons weren’t 50% water though. There’s a reason it’s called juice, not flavoured water. Chips are absolutely delicious, can’t say the same about the fish though.

Facilities:
I won’t lie they are disgusting. Removed doors from most of the toilet entrances so we have a complete lack of privacy. It’s shocking. Classrooms are too hot in summer, how are we expected to listen to teachers the whole day while we are over here trying not to pass out from a heat stroke.

I have to say though the only reason I’ve excelled in some of my subjects is purely because of the hours I spent learning all the content at home due to the teachers explaining it badly or rushing. For example maths, although the teachers are good I learnt more from YouTube in an hour. From people I have spoke to and including myself, most of them think the mental health support is atrocious. And they’re not wrong. Unless your someone who is exceptionally good at sports and ass lick all the teachers you are not welcome because the truth is (unlike the schools motto) we are NOT all friends at the boswells school. My mental health has deteriorated over the years because of that place and if I could go back in time I would of gone to another school maybe St John Payne.

It’s abs average secondary school what can I say but there not very good with mental health and behaviour like say if you got in a fight with someone they are good at hearing both sides of the story but you kinda both get punished in then end

The Boswells School is an amazing place for my daughter to learn and grow. The staff are all passionate about their subjects, and the school's focus on 'Lifelong Learners' really shows in everything they do. She's made some fantastic friends and is already getting involved in lots of clubs and activities.

absolutely horrible school. i finished this summer and honestly probably one of the worst schools to exist.
they pretend to care about bullying but then teachers do nothing when students are being bullied and called slurs right in front of them.
also the few times they actually even bother to sort out bullying they do it in the worst way possible which just leads to more bullying.
sometimes the teachers were even worst then the students. i’ve seen teachers straight up bully students because they couldn’t get an answer right or something ridiculous like that.
nearly all their teaching methods are terrible and just do not work.
they act like they care about individuality but then have such a harsh dress code (included in sixth form).
they have such incredibly high expectations of students, which would be fine if they helped the students to reach those goals. but no they get angry when people can’t hit those high marks without even thinking oh maybe we need to teach them to get them to get high marks.
also they preach mental health awareness (even thought when they do assembles on it the information is so bad) and mental health matters but then get angry at students for having panic attacks and basically having any mental health issues.
i do not recommend this school to anyone trust me it will be better for you if you don’t.

The teachers and staff are all shmucks and all wafflers

watch the fake promo video and you’ll realise why my rating is so low... but seriously if you’re thinking about going here, don’t. if you live in the springfield area, go to beaulieu. i could write a book about the problems i’ve had at that school.

the teaching is okay, but they expect too much. way too much. it’s almost like they want to be a grammar school, and with those sixth form requirements? yeah might as well go somewhere you’ll enjoy than be forced to wear office attire everyday. you have to get a load of good grades just to study a small amount of subjects.

they preach individuality but the second someone dyes there hair, cuts it, or does anything to be an individual the school cracks down hard. i know that in the year above who was bullied so much about wearing ankle socks (yes ankle socks) by the school that they just stopped going and started homeschooling. how is that encouraging to “reach your highest potential?”

EVERYONE HERE ARE HORRIBLE THEY ALL THINK THEY’RE BETTER THAN YOU AND YOU LOSE SO MANY FRIENDS DO NOT CHOOSE THIS SCHOOL I BEG

I have many happy memories of my time at The Boswells School, and I'm so glad to see that it's still going from strength to strength. The teachers were all very supportive, and the facilities were always well-maintained. I'm not sure if the school still offers the same range of extracurricular activities, but it was definitely a great place to learn.