Harris Westminster

Hi! (I'm a student at Westminster) and I've got several friends from Harris. They say it's a great college, but quite competitive at times (and the food isn't great). But the pupils are extremely welcoming (as everyone else is new at 16+). However, depending on your subjects, you might be able to study at Westminster school which I can personally attest for is very welcoming.

Hey! HWSF student 🙂 Students are really lovely, I’ve found my friends for life and I don’t think a better cohort could have been chosen. However, that’s not to say it isn’t heavily competitive - especially in the maths + physics departments. Teachers aren’t supportive, though. There’s very much an attitude of ‘get on with it,’, and if you can’t, maybe you don’t deserve to be there. The school definitely has its heavy flaws, but it has good aspects too.

hiya! i’ve got an offer to study in september but im extremely torn between staying at my current school and moving to hwsf. what do you mean by heavy flaws and would you say the positives outweigh the negatives?

Firstly, congratulations on getting your offer! Whilst it certainly doesn’t speak for everyone, I would say 60% of the year would say they regret their choice of going there, or feel it’s too much. I would just say it’s *a lot*, not even just on the academic side. There’s an expectation to invest absolutely everything - and your entire life - into the school, which doesn’t suit everyone. Personally, I think the pastoral care is limited, and mental health is (in my option) disregarded. The school is sold as being different from other schools - and it is. They do offer so many more opportunities than anywhere else. There are so, so many emails a week of opportunities in all career fairs, and the lectures are great. Honestly, I feel can’t decide myself whether the positives outweighs the negatives. For me, my sixth form at my previous school had a less than 50% pass rate, and so in order to do well in my exams, I didn’t have all that much choice other than to move to HWSF. However, I’d say that if your school performs averagely/on the higher end (even if it’s not quite as well as Harris) I would personally stay put. Feel free to shoot me a message if you want any more info - more than happy to share anything you may want to know

Firstly, congratulations on getting your offer! Whilst it certainly doesn’t speak for everyone, I would say 60% of the year would say they regret their choice of going there, or feel it’s too much. I would just say it’s *a lot*, not even just on the academic side. There’s an expectation to invest absolutely everything - and your entire life - into the school, which doesn’t suit everyone. Personally, I think the pastoral care is limited, and mental health is (in my option) disregarded. The school is sold as being different from other schools - and it is. They do offer so many more opportunities than anywhere else. There are so, so many emails a week of opportunities in all career fairs, and the lectures are great. Honestly, I feel can’t decide myself whether the positives outweighs the negatives. For me, my sixth form at my previous school had a less than 50% pass rate, and so in order to do well in my exams, I didn’t have all that much choice other than to move to HWSF. However, I’d say that if your school performs averagely/on the higher end (even if it’s not quite as well as Harris) I would personally stay put. Feel free to shoot me a message if you want any more info - more than happy to share anything you may want to know

Firstly, congratulations on getting your offer! Whilst it certainly doesn’t speak for everyone, I would say 60% of the year would say they regret their choice of going there, or feel it’s too much. I would just say it’s *a lot*, not even just on the academic side. There’s an expectation to invest absolutely everything - and your entire life - into the school, which doesn’t suit everyone. Personally, I think the pastoral care is limited, and mental health is (in my option) disregarded. The school is sold as being different from other schools - and it is. They do offer so many more opportunities than anywhere else. There are so, so many emails a week of opportunities in all career fairs, and the lectures are great. Honestly, I feel can’t decide myself whether the positives outweighs the negatives. For me, my sixth form at my previous school had a less than 50% pass rate, and so in order to do well in my exams, I didn’t have all that much choice other than to move to HWSF. However, I’d say that if your school performs averagely/on the higher end (even if it’s not quite as well as Harris) I would personally stay put. Feel free to shoot me a message if you want any more info - more than happy to share anything you may want to know

Firstly, congratulations on getting your offer! Whilst it certainly doesn’t speak for everyone, I would say 60% of the year would say they regret their choice of going there, or feel it’s too much. I would just say it’s *a lot*, not even just on the academic side. There’s an expectation to invest absolutely everything - and your entire life - into the school, which doesn’t suit everyone. Personally, I think the pastoral care is limited, and mental health is (in my option) disregarded. The school is sold as being different from other schools - and it is. They do offer so many more opportunities than anywhere else. There are so, so many emails a week of opportunities in all career fairs, and the lectures are great. Honestly, I feel can’t decide myself whether the positives outweighs the negatives. For me, my sixth form at my previous school had a less than 50% pass rate, and so in order to do well in my exams, I didn’t have all that much choice other than to move to HWSF. However, I’d say that if your school performs averagely/on the higher end (even if it’s not quite as well as Harris) I would personally stay put. Feel free to shoot me a message if you want any more info - more than happy to share anything you may want to know

hiya! i’ve got an offer to study in september but im extremely torn between staying at my current school and moving to hwsf. what do you mean by heavy flaws and would you say the positives outweigh the negatives?

leave if u still can. great students annd some great teachers, awful institution

hey! may i ask why? could you dm me?

Hey! HWSF student 🙂 Students are really lovely, I’ve found my friends for life and I don’t think a better cohort could have been chosen. However, that’s not to say it isn’t heavily competitive - especially in the maths + physics departments. Teachers aren’t supportive, though. There’s very much an attitude of ‘get on with it,’, and if you can’t, maybe you don’t deserve to be there. The school definitely has its heavy flaws, but it has good aspects too.