# Hardenhuish School — Chippenham, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/chippenham/hardenhuish-school-12048 ## At a glance - **Type:** Secondary - **Parent rating:** 1.8/5 from 19 published reviews - **Principal:** Lisa Percy ## Contact - **Address:** Hardenhuish School, Hardenhuish Lane, Chippenham, Wiltshire - **Phone:** 01249 650693 - **Website:** http://www.hardenhuish.wilts.sch.uk - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/chippenham/hardenhuish-school-12048 ## About Hardenhuish School is a popular, high-performing secondary school. We believe that the three-way partnership of pupil, school, and parents is vital to enable all children to thrive. Our team of staff are highly qualified specialists. ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Apr 2013 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Apr 2013 ## Recent parent reviews - **1/5** — Dont go here: Rlly rlly inaccessible and horrible communication, they put reset/iso on the bottom floor but they put nurture (a place for overwhelmed and disabled people INCLUDING WHEELCHAIR AND CRUTCH USERS) on the very top floor. It's also really hard to get across certain places and the only building that has a lift is on top of a very hard to climb hill. And they make disabled students climb that hill just to do science or go to the library/resource centre. Also the food sticker that says 5 stars is a lie… *(Dec 2025)* - **1/5** — Terrible environment: This school has terrible communication between staff and student with minimal support for disabilities both mental and physical. It has affected young people's learning and their mental health. The school almost always has litter about, or damaged fences and equipment. School foods and meals a over-priced and rather unpleasant even for the average school meal. Incredibly disappointing. Don't send your kids to this school *(Sep 2025)* - **1/5** — Rethink putting you child into here: I used to go to this school even now I can say it’s terrible as I have young family that go their if your child is disabled do not put them in there I got made to sit in what they call the house instead of going into language lessons or English lessons or important lessons to sit at a computer and do primary school level work not to mention I got accused of stealing a phone I did not and forced to stay in isolation until they forced me to lie and tell them I did it my parents went made a complai… *(Jul 2025)* - **1/5** — Don’t recommend: 6th form is a disappointment, The larger chippenham community of non achievers seems to be reflected in the teaching staff. Your child ow do well if they are smart but don’t expect growth or inspiration. Lots of smart pupils but nasty run school. Regret keeping my kid here. The school fields are lovely though, so it’s very pretty. But a bit of a facade of a nice place. *(Jun 2025)* - **5/5** — Supportive with excellent communication with parents: Exceptional pastoral care. The school with parents on all aspects of your child’s education, celebrating successes whilst supporting any educational or/and emotional difficulties. *(Jan 2025)* - **1/5** — 1 star: The teacher will harm you physically and they have no care for your child's education, poor son came home with bruises from his PE teacher. 1 star would never recommend *(Jul 2023)* - **3/5** — school: I have good friends here and i like the field and darwin and when the boys fight and jump on me but i don’t like the teachers or the learning or the lessons or the place or this hill so please shut the school down. *(May 2023)* - **1/5** — bad staff: i was sexually assaulted and told the school and they did made me feel like i was lying to the point i just said it didn’t happen. this happened years ago but still affects me. and all science teachers need to be fired non of them care about our education. the security of the school is also extremely bad i know many people who carry knives on them. *(Apr 2023)* - **1/5** — Academy status leads to failure: The admin are painfully bad these days. Having had several generations of family go to the school we are quite shocked by both how arrogant and incompetent the leadership is. Children’s behavior is lacking and teachers are rude and stroppy thus making it worse. Tutors offer no interaction or guidance with their pupils. Grades don’t match achievement, showing teachers have no idea who is who in their class. Strangers entering school premises repeatedly shows significant issues with safeguarding. … *(Dec 2022)* - **1/5** — Academy culture needs improvement: Admin down hill since becoming an academy. Run away run away run away … *(Dec 2022)* ## Other schools in Chippenham - [Abbeyfield School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/chippenham/abbeyfield-school-24482) — 1.9/5 (11 reviews) - [Sheldon School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/chippenham/sheldon-school-12327) — 1.4/5 (8 reviews) - [Lacock Church of England Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/chippenham/lacock-church-of-england-primary-school-10391) — 4.6/5 (4 reviews) - [Luckington Community School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/chippenham/luckington-community-school-10352) — 4.6/5 (4 reviews) - [Kington St Michael Church of England Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/chippenham/kington-st-michael-church-of-england-primary-school-10390) — 4.5/5 (4 reviews) - [Sutton Benger Church of England Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/chippenham/sutton-benger-church-of-england-primary-school-21078) — 4.5/5 (4 reviews) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. 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