# Plantsbrook School — Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Secondary
- **Parent rating:** 1.4/5 from 11 published reviews

## Contact

- **Address:** Upper Holland Road
- **Phone:** 1000000
- **Website:** http://plantsbrookschool.co.uk/
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/sutton-coldfield/plantsbrook-school-12673

## Official rankings

- **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Jun 2019
- **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Jun 2019

## Recent parent reviews

- **1/5** — Do not send your child here: I was at plantsbrook for a year and a half, it ruined my life to say the least, I was bullied since day one for no reason whatsoever and every time I told the teachers I just got told to suck it up and ignore it, it took one s* attempt for the staff to realize that it was a lot worse than just name calling. I really hope you reconsider sending your child to this school. *(Sep 2024)*
- **1/5** — Think twice: Terrible school no time for mental health issues whatsoever.. as for the attendance officer she's the most useless person I've ever come across! How on earth she got that position is beyond me. I would definitely think twice before applying for this school especially if your child has sen . *(Oct 2023)*
- **1/5** — ridiculous work overload: at this school they will over work you until your on the floor crying. no amount of work will ever be good for them, no matter if you do 100 pages of work it will never be good enough for them.. if your sending your child here just be prepared for the work overload *(Mar 2023)*
- **3/5** — Just like any other school: It's an ok school however its extremely crowded and you will be pushed and shoved. Most of the staff are helpful when you can get a hold of them but if you're a person who needs extra support it can be extremely difficult to find when you need it as there arent a lot of support staff and the ones who are support staff are usually busy teaching or dealing with class disruptions/difficult students. Mental health isnt overall handled very well, the teachers overload students with homework and unrea… *(Dec 2022)*
- **1/5** — Awful School: This school is boring and bad. I don,t recommend you send your children here. There chicken is raw and they expect us to eat that! *(Jul 2022)*
- **3/5** — Plantsbrook's Downfalls: It is not a bad school however it is by no means excellent. There are certainly flaws which, I believe would be easily ammedable yet there appears to be a lack of effort/response to do so. Lessons are not bad and there are certainly some good teachers but if you're in a class with mixed ability, every lesson works at the rate of the slowest (instead of them getting more help independently) rendering our learning ability lessened significantly. As well as this, disruptions in class are appalling … *(Apr 2022)*
- **1/5** — Worst part of my life.: I left in 2013 and that was probably the best part of this school. I came out with few GCSES to which my head of year told me I would make nothing of my life with that. But now I am half way through my masters! I was badly bullied at this school for two years and not one teacher helped me and when I did tell teachers they just moved me to another class to avoid conflict. Every day got worse and mainly my head of year used to single me out and blame me for my troubles so my mom had to come in to … *(Mar 2022)*
- **1/5** — Don't send your child here: Headteacher said I should've left the school rather than sorting out the bullying (even on the application to leave the school), very unprofessional. Deputy Heads (4) did nothing but accuse me of lying despite CCTV (multiple times), but as soon as I retaliated (after 3 years of bullying) it was suddenly justified. Head of Years (2) did virtually nothing to help, and blamed me or tried to share the blame onto me every time. Definitely the most useless out of all 6 of the "Heads". All 7 only liste… *(Oct 2021)*
- **1/5** — Repulsive school: teachers do not care about the students. Do not deal with bullying, do not do anything for mental health, Teachers are too invasive - one came up behind me and pulled my skirt down herself without any warning and i caught one looking at my phone while i had it taken off me. Do not send your child here if you want them to be happy. *(Apr 2021)*
- **4/5** — Sixth Form: The sixth form team are amazing ! They are supportive and ensure we are doing well ! *(Feb 2021)*

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