# Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy — Cleckheaton, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/cleckheaton/whitcliffe-mount-a-share-academy-22373 ## At a glance - **Type:** Secondary - **Parent rating:** 1.8/5 from 23 published reviews - **Principal:** Mrs Rebecca Hesmondhalgh ## Contact - **Address:** Turnsteads Avenue, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire - **Phone:** 01274 851152 - **Website:** http://www.whitcliffemount.co.uk - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/cleckheaton/whitcliffe-mount-a-share-academy-22373 ## About We focus on developing a strong sense of community through helping everyone to be PROUD and to BELONG. Students develop personal characteristics, values and traits that help make them good, active citizens and develop skills and knowledge to raise their aspirations as a team and as individuals. ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Dec 2013 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Dec 2013 ## Recent parent reviews - **1/5** — Hell on earth: I went to this school years ago and it was terrible. I was bullied by a couple of teachers from my first day. I almost decided against college because my experience of education was so traumatic. I'm in my thirties now and looking back, I can't understand how none of the staff were able to see I was struggling with something, no one ever offered to help or listen or anything. Send your kids somewhere else, anywhere but here! *(May 2025)* - **1/5** — Some of the most feral kids in the country.: Feral and scruffy kids all over the place in this schools uniform. Foul language childish behaviour and a total disregard for anybody else. Spitting throwing food banging on peoples windows on their way to and from school and nothing seems to change. Kids being dragged up not brought up. Future prisoners. *(Nov 2024)* - **1/5** — Whitcliffe? No. Shitcliffe!: I'm a year 10. I get bullied by students and teachers. The SEN support is horrible. The classrooms are depressing and there's minimal club options. This school is setting us kids up for failure keep your kids away. Get them in spen Valley high-school, BBG or brighouse high. And they only just did the first drill for if someone broke in during school hours. Their 'boneless' fish not only tastes horrible but almost made me choke. The food is disgusting and greasey. They offer very little vegetable… *(Mar 2024)* - **2/5** — Shocking: Horrible school, my daughter was bullied for having anxiety, my other daughter was made to stay in menstrual stained clothes alday, was told its her fault, the children don't get time to eat lunch and some of the teachers speak to children like they ate dirt, new head teacher is slack and doesn't do nothing about the issues raised *(Feb 2024)* - **1/5** — It’s just so shit: Mental health is destroyed at this school. Detention for having 2 ear piercings in. Don’t reason with students. Has shit food. Can’t walk with more than 2 people in the coridoor. They care more about how you look than how you feel. Worst school in wes Yorkshire. *(Jul 2023)* - **1/5** — Don't bother with this school: Some of the staff are odd and turn things around on you by lying to your parents about problems you are having in school. The school environment is not very nice, it is a weird place to be and I left after a short time there you don't get any kind of support from the head of yr10-11 who is rude and smug. *(Feb 2023)* - **1/5** — The worst school i have ever known: shocking treatment of the children before, during and after lockdown. Supposed to have a councillor there for the children suffering different dilemas - where are they? Utterly unbelievable the reports we have been hearing and these are not new, this is after my relative left and trouble is still ongoing; taking mobile phones off children and keeping them overnight. my friend's child had her bank card and weekly bus pass in the wallet taken from her by a teacher and had to walk home in the dark … *(Jan 2023)* - **1/5** — Approach with caution: This school is appalling, they don’t take issues seriously at all. My head of year spoke to me like I was 10 and would not sort any of my issues out. I got sexually harassed by a few of the boys here and asked for nudes and my head of year saw the messages and said “I’m sure he didn’t mean it like that” I wasn’t here for long thankfully but they don’t appear to know what their own students are like and dismiss any problems. I got proper bullied at the beginning of year 11 by boys over a false ru… *(Jan 2023)* - **4/5** — Some great aspects, but areas for improvement: We have had a mixed experience with Whitcliffe Mount so far. The staff are generally friendly and supportive, and my child has enjoyed the DT lessons. However, I have found the communication from the school to be patchy at times, and I wish there were more opportunities for parents to get involved. Overall, I think the school has a lot of potential, but there are areas that need improvement. *(Nov 2022)* - **1/5** — Parent made poorly by this school.: No support to child ,If parents complain it is ignored .Do your child a favour and pick a different school . Any complaints made to the school and the school are always right ,the parent wrong without Investigating the complaint . They ignore the complaints and use the banning of the parent if you complain too much ,that is in their policy.Even though complaints are justified . "We will not deal with the husband only the wife "comes up as the headteachers are females ,sexist at best. *(Oct 2022)* ## Other schools in Cleckheaton - [Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/cleckheaton/heaton-avenue-a-share-primary-academy-16598) — 4.7/5 (3 reviews) - [Whitechapel Church of England Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/cleckheaton/whitechapel-church-of-england-primary-school-12218) — 5.0/5 (2 reviews) - [Tutor First Education Centre](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/cleckheaton/tutor-first-education-centre-2700624) - [Stepping Stones Day Nursery](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/cleckheaton/stepping-stones-day-nursery-EY305237) - [Kids Come First](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/cleckheaton/kids-come-first-EY374763) - [Heaton Avenue Before and After School Club](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/cleckheaton/heaton-avenue-before-and-after-school-club-2796619) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. 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