King Ethelbert School

Absolutely awful school. Feral students are out of control and get away with bullying as it seems the staff are scared of them and their parents.

The SEN department are just rubbish. The SEN leader has not got a clue about any laws or regulations surrounding EHCPs and SEN.

The behaviour of the staff can be strange. One laying on a desk in a middle of a lesson did happen. Another telling a student that they were all animals that were meant to live in forests and f**k. Seems highly inappropriate.

Racism is rife among some of the students. Homophobia too. And nothing gets dealt with.

I would send your child anywhere but, here. I don't think even a new head teacher will sort this mess out!

The school are great in the majority of aspects. HOWEVER, their maths and geography departments are appalling. We had a teacher lay on a desk for multiple lessons a week and I taught myself all of the content. They did nothing about behaviour in geography. My maths teacher was almost concerning as he would make uncomfortable comments on people’s bodies and told me (who was predicted 9s) that I was unreachable and terrible as a student.
The thing that aggravated me the most about this school is the way that they deal with bullying.
I had a friend going through an accusation of another student, and they didn’t believe her AT ALL. But then for another they got police involved. They also had a member of staff at pupil services that believed every person that walked in was faking whatever they had going on- I have a care plan so when I was told that my Reasoning for going home was not appropriate I was appalled- and then I threw up everywhere in her office as I was in that much of a state. She also refused a student who had cracked a tooth that was profusely bleeding to go to an emergency dentist as she literally snapped it off.
When it comes to exam prep for SEN it’s also awful. It stated in my care plan that I have to be sat in natural light on my own with purple paper for my exam sheets- they sat me in the main hall for my GCSEs with an overlay and blue paper, which caused several health issues such as going into my exams with a migraine. If you are a high achiever this school loves you, but if you struggle at all you are left to drown.

•I had an awful time at this school as did many people I know. My mental health was ignored. I was in the process of being diagnosed with autism and I stuggles with depression and anxiety to which I received 0 support. Ultimately my case was cancelled because they ignored the emails from my mum in regards to a form they had to fill out.
•They care more about how you dress than if you’re getting bullied or even sexually assaulted apparently.
•The only reason I passed my GCSEs was with externally paid tutors.
•They offer amazing trips for weekends away for older students that only rich families can afford but when it came to organising a prom for everyone in year 11 they put 0 effort in and still charged us £25 to go to a tiny golf club with awful food and music.
•They excluded “under achieving” pupils from prom
•I found out soon after that all my mental health information was stored on the school system when I went to a different sixthform so they clearly just blatantly ignored it all.

Just please I beg you don’t send your children here. The whole experience was belittling and patronising and all and all traumatising.

Amazing School, Passed Everything by 1 grade of predicted