# The Observatory School — Prenton, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/prenton/the-observatory-school-10463 ## At a glance - **Type:** Special - **Parent rating:** 1.3/5 from 10 published reviews - **Principal:** Mr Chiswell ## Contact - **Address:** Bidston Village Road, Bidston, Wirral CH43 7QT - **Phone:** 0151 652 7093 - **Website:** https://www.theobservatoryschool.wirral.sch.uk - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/prenton/the-observatory-school-10463 ## About The Observatory School is a very special place for both pupils and staff alike. Spanning two campus, just under 3 miles apart, both sites are designed in harmony with nature and to meet the needs of our pupils. ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Nov 2012 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Nov 2012 ## Recent parent reviews - **1/5** — terrible school!: a teaching assistant gave me a bowl of shreddies and said “i hope you choke on them” i dont feel safe in this school and i feel threatened please dont go this school. the ta is called miss flanagin *(Nov 2025)* - **1/5** — Avoid at all costs: Vile school run by incompetent fools. Pupils are the next lot of local prisoners in jails - they literally run the hellhole. Honestly the worst run school ive ever been in. Would avoid at all costs as the SLT and HR are the worst I've come across. The amount of agency staff and high turnover of staff should be a red flag as it is! Never mind their selective implementation of policies etc. Honestly, anyone reading this please avoid this vile place if you value your physical and mental health. Oh … *(Jul 2025)* - **1/5** — Send Help (And Heating): Attending the Observatory School feels like entering a live-action survival game. The heating never works, so you’re either freezing or pretending your shivers are dance moves. Smelly boys roam the corridors like it’s some kind of experiment in how long someone can avoid soap. And you’d better have ninja reflexes, because dodging flying pens, chairs, and occasionally shoes is just part of the daily routine. The students are like untrained wrestlers with emotional issues. Arguments turn into full… *(Jun 2025)* - **1/5** — Bad school: Only the food is good *(Jun 2025)* - **1/5** — Most horrible school in the wirral: Horrible door kicking swearing and violence horrible teachers and horrible kids *(Apr 2025)* - **1/5** — I observed madness here: What a depressing place this is. I’m sure there are worse places to work - like actual war zones, or psychiatric wards for the criminally insane (-but even then, there’s probably more intelligent banter and professional staff at such places) Senior leadership - just abysmal and laughable in terms of their ability to ‘lead’. Pitiful. Some of the TA’s - just daft little jobs-worths. Pupils- 80% apprentice criminals and the bottom of the barrel Wirral has to offer. Teachers - mostly depressed, hara… *(Dec 2024)* - **1/5** — Mad Place...a repository for Wirral's most loopy kids: Locked fire doors, dopey SLT looking stunned, angry staff and psychotic deranged kids! Welcome to hell...Wirall style! Just go and enjoy the show imo *(Apr 2024)* - **5/5** — A Wonderful Environment for Our Child: I am so grateful to have found The Observatory School. The facilities are excellent, the staff are caring and knowledgeable, and the values of the school really align with our own. Our child has thrived here, especially in the nurture base, and we feel supported every step of the way. *(Feb 2023)* - **5/5** — An Outstanding School Experience: I have nothing but praise for The Observatory School. My child attended the school for three years and made incredible progress in their academic and personal development. The school's commitment to inclusivity, creativity, and well-being is truly inspiring, and I feel privileged to have been a part of the community. *(Sep 2022)* - **1/5** — A special place for special people: If you want your child to be educated in door kicking, swearing, foul language and being generally aggressive and violent, then you have come to the right place! Imagine ‘One flew over the cuckoos nest’ combined with ‘fight club’ and ‘Lord of the flies’…and you get the idea. Senior leaders seem to be like rabbits caught in the headlights and spend their time teetering on the brink of having a complete nervous breakdown, whilst cajoling interesting characters down from the buildings roofs or bark… *(Mar 2022)* ## Other schools in Prenton - [Ridgeway High School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/prenton/ridgeway-high-school-2375) — 1.5/5 (16 reviews) - [Birkenhead High School Academy](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/prenton/birkenhead-high-school-academy-11828) — 2.4/5 (6 reviews) - [Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/prenton/bidston-village-cofe-controlled-primary-school-10705) — 4.5/5 (4 reviews) - [Oxton St Saviour's CofE Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/prenton/oxton-st-saviours-cofe-primary-school-24314) — 4.7/5 (3 reviews) - [St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/prenton/st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-birkenhead-20013) — 4.7/5 (3 reviews) - [Co-op Academy Hillside](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/prenton/co-op-academy-hillside-22863) — 4.7/5 (3 reviews) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. 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