# Blatchington Mill School — Hove, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/hove/blatchington-mill-school-5800 ## At a glance - **Type:** Secondary - **Parent rating:** 1.2/5 from 18 published reviews - **Students:** 1200 - **Founded:** 1956 - **Principal:** James Barlow ## Contact - **Address:** Nevill Avenue - **Phone:** 116061322 - **Website:** http://www.blatchingtonmill.org.uk/ - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/hove/blatchington-mill-school-5800 ## About Blatchington Mill School is a secondary school located in Hove, United Kingdom, known for its commitment to providing a high-quality education in a supportive environment. The school has a rich history, having been established in 1956, and has since developed a strong reputation for academic excellence and a wide range of extracurricular activities. Blatchington Mill offers a diverse curriculum that caters to the needs and interests of its students, encouraging them to achieve their full potential. The school boasts modern facilities, including well-equipped classrooms, science laboratories, and sports amenities, which enhance the learning experience. Blatchington Mill is also recognized for its inclusive approach, promoting a culture of respect and collaboration among students and staff. The school actively engages with the local community and encourages parental involvement, making it a central part of the Hove area. ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Jan 2013 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Jan 2013 ## Recent parent reviews - **1/5** — this school is social suicide: i absolutely HATE this school, the teachers have no respect for their students and incredibly rude, aspecially the assistant heads. if you are suffering from mental health DO NOT go to this school. they care more about your attendance than anything. and they also get involved in your private home and personal life. the teachers DO NOT CARE about their students. work from head of years are poor and there not doing their job properly. and the environment is SO DIRTY 🤮. the toilets are horrible, an… *(Jun 2025)* - **1/5** — I HATE THE SCHOOL: I think this school is an excuse for a school. The teachers are awful every lesson they shout for a entire HOUR for no reason. Also the 5 lesson a day timetable is terrible because lunch is a whole hour later and everyone is soooooo hungry. Also every single teacher keeps saying the new timetable is amazing for teachers but it is NOT good for us! Also every open evening the canteen make loads of nice fancy food and that is NEVER EVER in the canteen at all the school just puts on a fake front so … *(Sep 2024)* - **1/5** — Hated every second of it.: I left blatchington mill school in March 2022, and I’m relieved about that fact. Starting with littler things, the bullying was horrific. There were many instances where I would end up having to hide from large groups of people, as I was simply outnumbered by them and they were verbally as well as physically aggressive towards me and my friends. Following on from me having to hide from people,the places I would have to hide include the toilets, which were oftentimes unkept and in a terrible stat… *(Jun 2024)* - **1/5** — Awful school: I struggle to give it a one star. My son was in the SEN register and was subject to the most discriminatory language and bullied. When you challenge the school they completely ignore you Awful school *(Aug 2023)* - **1/5** — Don't go.: Overall this is not a school to go to. Certain teachers pick on students and not many parents like the teachers. Blatch is presented as a golden school, 'such an experience' yet its an unpleasant place to be, seeing as teachers aren't nice, they don't take action via kids struggling with mental health, and they don't interfere with fights. It's lastly dirty and not clean with stuff like blu-tac on the walls, scratches, toilets filled with food in it and it is vile like the school *(Jun 2023)* - **1/5** — Warning! Do not attend this school: The teachers are horrible and many are racists this school makes me suicidal and makes me hate staying alive *(Jun 2023)* - **1/5** — Terrible.: Terrible. They do not care about racism, homophobia, transphobia, people being assaulted or bullying. But if they see someone with grey socks instead of black ones, they have a tantrum. Worst school ever, I wish I had never gone here. *(May 2023)* - **1/5** — karen mclovin: bad school horrid to children please shut the school down *(Apr 2023)* - **1/5** — Terrible school: The school is terrible save your child the problems of going to this school by sending them here the teachers are terrible the head of years are outright rude. All they care about is attendance and behaviour yet won’t punish students as long as you they’re are on the sports team or they will just downright ignore bullying there are some teacher and students are fine but majority is terrible the teachers will blow up over the smallest thing and act like they’re better than everyone else and deser… *(Apr 2023)* - **1/5** — Blatch is the worst school for students mental health: Blatchington mill school is so bad they don't understand what happens to the mental health of the students they only care about the attendance and behaviour like why do the students get a detention if there late at least they showed up and didn't skip and most of the teachers are so racist they only pick on the coloured people. Blatch just makes the students even worse they don't know anything that is going on with there lives or how hard it is they make it worse at home as well as school blatch… *(Jan 2023)* ## Other schools in Hove - [Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/hove/hove-park-school-and-sixth-form-centre-5801) — 2.9/5 (10 reviews) - [Cardinal Newman Catholic School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/hove/cardinal-newman-catholic-school-5803) — 1.4/5 (6 reviews) - [King's School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/hove/kings-school-14569) — 4.3/5 (5 reviews) - [West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/hove/west-blatchington-primary-and-nursery-school-22963) — 4.8/5 (4 reviews) - [Drive Preparatory School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/hove/drive-preparatory-school-10641) — 4.3/5 (4 reviews) - [Hangleton Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/hove/hangleton-primary-school-23841) — 4.7/5 (3 reviews) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. 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