Saint Alban's Roman Catholic High School

Avoid! I cannot stress enough how gut-wrenchingly horrible my experience here was. Not only do the majority of the pupils lack any kind of morals whatsoever, but the senior management encourage their behaviour. Students and teachers alike will discriminate anyone who doesn't fit their perfect Catholic image, and when problems inevitably start, expect the senior management to blame the victims in every conflict (notably, Mr Hayes and Mr Walker). They are racist, homophobic, xenophobic, misogynistic (coming from a man, by the way), and also discriminate on the grounds of disability and of course religion (i.e. you had better be not just Christian, but specifically Roman Catholic). I would call them terrible snobs, except that their general behaviour (yes, I'm referring to the senior management as much as the pupils) is probably closer to something off Little Britain (think Vicky Pollard, only even more nasty). The teaching is god-awful as well. I learned more in half a year of my next school than I ever did at this cesspool. And Mrs Lupson outright favours certain students over others for no conceivable reason - and she doesn't even begin to try to hide it. Leaving your kids here ought to be officially child-abuse. Did I mention the not-so-uncommon fights that occur here? No-one seems to care about that either. I only wish there were a lower rating than "Poor - Fair".

This is a lovely caring school with good results.