School Summary
Pontville School
Girls: 22
Total Pupils: 132
Opened: 19-11-2001
Headteacher: Justine Sims
Pontville School
Black Moss Lane
Ormskirk
Lancashire
L39 4TW
Telephone: 01695578734
Website: https://www.witherslackgroup.co.uk/pontville-school
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I have lived residential here for about 5 years and had so much help emotionally from residential staff and the head of care. Pontville had an amazing head teacher who went above and beyond to support me every day, since she left and a new head started I have seen a huge negative change to a lot in the last few months. I feel like the decisions now made at a management level are not supportive to the young people. 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But these things happen. Either way this school was originally the main point of where i actually started feeling like a human. Also the staff there when i went there were amazing. Not sure if Nick Knowels still works there, but he had to be one of the best teachers i ever met as he was so funny and cool. Then there was the Canadian Science teacher, always telling us to no mix up O\u00c2\u00b2 and H\u00c2\u00b2 as one you can breathe, the other is a tad flammable.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I used to be a Pupil at the school about 2002 - 2006, I have been looking for information about the school on how its doing these days to reignite old memories, got to say, Mr Sim was the best headteacher i ever had in my youth... Not toooo sure he'd like that i now ride a motorcycle and work night jobs while also doing lots of volunteering. But these things happen. Either way this school was originally the main point of where i actually started feeling like a human. Also the staff there when i went there were amazing. Not sure if Nick Knowels still works there, but he had to be one of the best teachers i ever met as he was so funny and cool. 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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"I would have always given Pontville 5 stars up until January 2020 due to a change in headteacher. I have lived residential here for about 5 years and had so much help emotionally from residential staff and the head of care. Pontville had an amazing head teacher who went above and beyond to support me every day, since she left and a new head started I have seen a huge negative change to a lot in the last few months. I feel like the decisions now made at a management level are not supportive to the young people. I am disappointed as over the last 5 years I have came so far with the support of Pontville but now in the last few months I have watched everything deteriorate and I personally think that it is no longer a positive and happy place to be\/ live.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I would have always given Pontville 5 stars up until January 2020 due to a change in headteacher. I have lived residential here for about 5 years and had so much help emotionally from residential staff and the head of care. Pontville had an amazing head teacher who went above and beyond to support me every day, since she left and a new head started I have seen a huge negative change to a lot in the last few months. I feel like the decisions now made at a management level are not supportive to the young people. I am disappointed as over the last 5 years I have came so far with the support of Pontville but now in the last few months I have watched everything deteriorate and I personally think that it is no longer a positive and happy place to be\/ live.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Tori Louise","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/106052804950419039797\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/AD_cMMTLSW5IjZbWtczw_l2VxVUUj-P73hafmlY8LLTx3vedk74=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2020-06-20T19:15:36Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a year ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"I used to be a Pupil at the school about 2002 - 2006, I have been looking for information about the school on how its doing these days to reignite old memories, got to say, Mr Sim was the best headteacher i ever had in my youth... Not toooo sure he'd like that i now ride a motorcycle and work night jobs while also doing lots of volunteering. But these things happen. Either way this school was originally the main point of where i actually started feeling like a human. Also the staff there when i went there were amazing. Not sure if Nick Knowels still works there, but he had to be one of the best teachers i ever met as he was so funny and cool. Then there was the Canadian Science teacher, always telling us to no mix up O\u00c2\u00b2 and H\u00c2\u00b2 as one you can breathe, the other is a tad flammable.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I used to be a Pupil at the school about 2002 - 2006, I have been looking for information about the school on how its doing these days to reignite old memories, got to say, Mr Sim was the best headteacher i ever had in my youth... Not toooo sure he'd like that i now ride a motorcycle and work night jobs while also doing lots of volunteering. But these things happen. Either way this school was originally the main point of where i actually started feeling like a human. Also the staff there when i went there were amazing. Not sure if Nick Knowels still works there, but he had to be one of the best teachers i ever met as he was so funny and cool. Then there was the Canadian Science teacher, always telling us to no mix up O\u00c2\u00b2 and H\u00c2\u00b2 as one you can breathe, the other is a tad flammable.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Exploring United Kingdom","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/108265438202765754325\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/AD_cMMSwFS2hXHZpqIrFxTDoxmgRpiuf5PwLJZ-QEiJKWjoxY5Y=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba3"},"publishTime":"2022-02-03T14:05:42Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"11 months ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"midville all of the staff r npcs love derek tho he's a king\nthe staff need to stop tryna take pictures of the students tho without permission bit odd also need to stop following the older students who r like 13+ like\u00f0\u009f\u0098\u00ad\u00f0\u009f\u0098\u00ad how r u trying to teach kids how to be independent yet follow them where ever they go math anit mathin","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"midville all of the staff r npcs love derek tho he's a king\nthe staff need to stop tryna take pictures of the students tho without permission bit odd also need to stop following the older students who r like 13+ like\u00f0\u009f\u0098\u00ad\u00f0\u009f\u0098\u00ad how r u trying to teach kids how to be independent yet follow them where ever they go math anit mathin","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Ruwyz \u00e2\u0080\u00a2","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/111015083918319204361\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/AD_cMMSKXobSKDghwCD70_IwVSNMLjDGjyuYgwPvJ3InSYMUKQ=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-09-25T00:13:31Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"4 years ago","rating":2,"text":{"text":"I was a pupil there at one point, but i decided to leave after only a year because of the stressful situations i was put through by several members of staff there, the only saving grace was the freedom given at the short brakes we had.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I was a pupil there at one point, but i decided to leave after only a year because of the stressful situations i was put through by several members of staff there, the only saving grace was the freedom given at the short brakes we had.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"kcwacw1","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/116958400023614399646\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/AD_cMMTYFU07JLdMCEIiZ_lNrWFrSUQhg9jqBKQHfywSbem9BNk=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-01-04T10:13:17Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"2 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"I am not at all surprised to read reviews about the school's drop in standards under this current Head Teacher and am not surprised to read the below review from someone who suffered severe mental health problems either.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I am not at all surprised to read reviews about the school's drop in standards under this current Head Teacher and am not surprised to read the below review from someone who suffered severe mental health problems either.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Will Makoto","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/104171425903865243038\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/AAcHTtcGBKEd1aovhEL7up0GZ_d1c9DaQo2KrTaOeLQprHad=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2020-09-08T13:37:08Z"}]