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Launceston College
Secondary · Academy · Launceston
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Why I do not like this school
I don't not like this school at all, my daughter had multiple panic attacks and begged me not to go, if a child gets sent to 'support' or shall we say triage they are forced to sit in a room and do work on a laptop, they also are forced to put their bags on a coat hanger so they can't get anything from it, the teachers take away their phones so they can't messege us, they also have to miss two lessons and a break. The teachers act like they care about the childs well being but all they care about is homework and uniform. If they don't do homework they are forced to stay after school and do it. The teachers need to stop being so strict.
A’levels
Great 6th Form
Excellent 6th Form (years 12 and 13). The teachers are very helpful and friendly and there are small class sizes.
just don't go lc
TERRIBLE! First, lessons are not as bad as the school but there's a lot to talk about, the seating plan is terrible, teachers will say "If you have any concerns with the seating plan, come and talk about it after lesson" In my English lesson, I have been seated around a bunch of boys, There's a girl I get along with well and yes we are friends but we can work well together but the teachers say "But don't ask to move next to your friends as it's a no" I get this as some people don't work well.
Second, BATHROOMS!!! As a female I personally feel attacked that the year 7 are the only ones allowed to use the science bathrooms, they are the cleanest and have nice bins or fem hygiene. In lesson you are not allowed to go to the toilet unless you have a nice teacher OR if you get a medical pass! The teachers will say "Go to the bathroom during the 5 mins between lesson" You get no time to do this as I used to have French, then maths! The buildings are close but to get to them is a war!
Third, The uniforms! Most girls wear skirts, annoyingly some girls roll it up! Some still have it at an appropriate length, some girls have it so they have things showing that don't need to be showing! They are ruining it for others! Also some teachers will say "Girls please unroll your skirts!" then there's me and my trans macs friend in skirts "Erm actually don't assume genders" It's sexist and homophobic!
Fourth, MENTAL HEATH!!! It makes it worse! The support they give is so insuffisant it makes it harder to cope
please never send your children here!
Second, BATHROOMS!!! As a female I personally feel attacked that the year 7 are the only ones allowed to use the science bathrooms, they are the cleanest and have nice bins or fem hygiene. In lesson you are not allowed to go to the toilet unless you have a nice teacher OR if you get a medical pass! The teachers will say "Go to the bathroom during the 5 mins between lesson" You get no time to do this as I used to have French, then maths! The buildings are close but to get to them is a war!
Third, The uniforms! Most girls wear skirts, annoyingly some girls roll it up! Some still have it at an appropriate length, some girls have it so they have things showing that don't need to be showing! They are ruining it for others! Also some teachers will say "Girls please unroll your skirts!" then there's me and my trans macs friend in skirts "Erm actually don't assume genders" It's sexist and homophobic!
Fourth, MENTAL HEATH!!! It makes it worse! The support they give is so insuffisant it makes it harder to cope
please never send your children here!
Great sixth form
I don’t know about years 7-11 in the school as my son didn’t go there but the 6th form is separate and really good with small class sizes. He’s now at Exeter University reading Maths.
Take your child here if necessary!
its just generally bad, they should of mentioned other students at this school being annoying and some rules are just not ok. everyting else is rated
Don't send your child to this school
Terrible support for SEN children. Disgusting senior leadership team who bully the children and don't listen to parents. The actions of this school have caused us deep dispair as a family and damaged our child's mental health.
Personality crushing dictatorship regime!
This school has massively gone down hill since its become an academy. Its more like a regime than a school. Children punished and made to sit for hours in silence copying out of a book for looking out the window or smiling at some one. Teachers who are made to follow the rules or told they will loose their jobs. Being constantly watched in lessons, taking all the fun out of a job they once loved. My child absolutely hates school now and is suffering with severe anxiety. Iam all for discipline but this school is extreme and doesn't care about the welfare of its students one bit. If you're thinking of sending your child here please research the CEO and the director of Education for Athena trust. This dictatorship goes far deeper than some realise and I fear more is on its way. Our children matter!
bad school
lc is shit i got called a carrot by the teachers
launceston college
get this school shut down forever
people send my son into refection for only dropping his pen . he was in reflection for a full day for dropping his pen and this college needs to be shut down and everyone who is annoyed with this plz make this school to close down forever
the awful punishment system
school is very strict whether u think this is a good thing or a vid thing it doesn’t do great for students mental health students are skipping lessons or eather not coming into school at all this as only started happing veering since we got the new CEO with a load of stupid rules . whether you do the slightest thing wrong like getting to lesson a few minutes late or skip lesson you will get the same punishment it’s so over the top and you have to miss 2 lessons and a break for the slightest thing not only are we missing out on our education some students enjoy reflection as it’s not so stressful and you get to miss lessons. do come to launceston college it’s shit
Awful
Awful school. Don’t send your children here. Loads of bullying and loads of lice infestation. Stay away
Shit school!
Punishment doesn't match the crime. You only have to sneeze lose 2 hours of learning and a break!
Only worried about appearances and statistics
No consistency eg 1 teacher tells you you can do something, then another sees you doing it and you go to reflection. Emails are sent home about this that and the other then the teachers don't follow those rules anyway.
Lunch time is only 20 minutes and not at lunch time
Not enough time to use the toilets inbetween lessons (kids are timed) and then the queues for food means you can't do both at breaks and have time to eat properly and have a little chill. Emails all say NO one will ever be refused toilets breaks, yet they always are....... girls left to leak when on their period rather be allowed to nip to the loo!
Socks are distracting......
Setting the kids up for work life, well I've never worked anywhere where I'd have to follow the rules school have set up........ teachers don't even follow the same rules, eg jumpers on at all times, no shorts, black socks only.
They openly lie and when caught out with proof just ignore you
Demanding money from parents when they've just bought a property they rent out. And paying the 'CEO' (making it a business NOT a school) hundreds of thousands each year! Yet can't provide kids with pens if needed (and if they don't have 3 at all times off they go to reflection)
Only worried about appearances and statistics
No consistency eg 1 teacher tells you you can do something, then another sees you doing it and you go to reflection. Emails are sent home about this that and the other then the teachers don't follow those rules anyway.
Lunch time is only 20 minutes and not at lunch time
Not enough time to use the toilets inbetween lessons (kids are timed) and then the queues for food means you can't do both at breaks and have time to eat properly and have a little chill. Emails all say NO one will ever be refused toilets breaks, yet they always are....... girls left to leak when on their period rather be allowed to nip to the loo!
Socks are distracting......
Setting the kids up for work life, well I've never worked anywhere where I'd have to follow the rules school have set up........ teachers don't even follow the same rules, eg jumpers on at all times, no shorts, black socks only.
They openly lie and when caught out with proof just ignore you
Demanding money from parents when they've just bought a property they rent out. And paying the 'CEO' (making it a business NOT a school) hundreds of thousands each year! Yet can't provide kids with pens if needed (and if they don't have 3 at all times off they go to reflection)
do not go here
the skl is bad before new rules i will say it was average but one thing that really blew my mind is how some of the teachers here really don’t care now a video was reported of a launceston college student saying the n word is a racist way which it always is but the teacher/ pastoral who it was reported to laughed at the video and said there was nothing she could do about it!
Launceston
My child is constantly being put in reflection for ridiculous things such as scratching a rash on their arm, and looking out a window. I am aware there has been instances where it was maybe warranted, for example talking when not spoken too, yet most of the time the reasoning is utterly ridiculous. They no longer want to attend school and its a battle every morning, but when the issue has been raised with the school they just say it was warranted. As much as I had hoped that the bad things I'd heard weren't true, it seems to be becoming apparent that they are!
RUBBISH SCHOOL
Hello, my friends mum has said that my friend has cut herself because of this school,it has made her anxiety,social anxiety,depression and her friendships worse. People have been saying unkind words to her and making fun of her twitching . Please do not let your child come here
Worryingly Bad
This school is being run like it was set in George Orwells 1984. I hear it described by my kids as being like a prison. That’s their honest assessment. One of them is in GCSE year, should be high achieving but I have watched their mental health deteriorate before my eyes, they hate the place so much. Planning to do A-levels but there is no way they would consider doing them at Launceston College. All Launceston College seem to be worried about is their grade average and the method they have chosen to improve this is to bludgeon the kids into submission by imposing ridiculously strict rules about behaviour and what you can and can’t wear. All fine if you’re the sort of kid that unquestioningly follows the rules and keeps your head down, but if you show any sign of individualism or question their authority your life will be hell. Kids sent out of class for looking at a speck of dust, losing eye contact with the teacher, looking out of the window, kids not allowed to engage with the teachers during class – absolute silence at all times, I could go on describing some of the things I have heard that goes on. Launceston College is basically being turned into a sausage factory churning out institutionalized compliant kids and is stifling individuality and creativity.
Excellent school
Great school, completely agree with new rules.
Pupils needed bringing in line.
My child doing fantastically well, they have brought the best out in him.
Please continue to improve the school and ignore the whingers
Pupils needed bringing in line.
My child doing fantastically well, they have brought the best out in him.
Please continue to improve the school and ignore the whingers
Just don't.
Just don't.
Teachers: 4/10
Punishment system: Flick a pencil etc.: Named Reminder. Same again, or less (like having slightly lighter grey socks): Reflection, stuck inside for the whole day, no learning at all. Another reflection: 2-week suspension.
Lessons: 7/10
Breaktimes: 2/10 (20 mins total through 6h day)
Bullying: BAD, ok?
Music and drama are fun though.
PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE SENDING YOUR CHILD TO THE HELLHOLE.
Don't be a dipstick.
I should know. I'm a student.
Teachers: 4/10
Punishment system: Flick a pencil etc.: Named Reminder. Same again, or less (like having slightly lighter grey socks): Reflection, stuck inside for the whole day, no learning at all. Another reflection: 2-week suspension.
Lessons: 7/10
Breaktimes: 2/10 (20 mins total through 6h day)
Bullying: BAD, ok?
Music and drama are fun though.
PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE SENDING YOUR CHILD TO THE HELLHOLE.
Don't be a dipstick.
I should know. I'm a student.
Crap school
Absolutely a dreadfull school more like a prision camp than a school with there harsh treatment of kids any excuse to put them in reflection in my day detention don't send your kids there they won't be happy my son hates the school I intend to home school him so he a happy lad again this school will mess with your child's mential wellness ...
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The worst school possible don't send your kids there my son loved school until I sent him there they don't even give kids long enough to eat a lunch time meal all they seam to do is put kids in reflection for the most stupid of excuses it's a joke..
Crap school
Total shit school the new c e o is a jerk its a school not a business not enough time for kids to eat a lunch time meal its more like a prision camp stupid rules that go over the top im looking at moving my son ASAP don't ever send your children there .
Crap school
Crap school not enough time for kids to eat lunch its a total joke ill be looking at putting my son elsewhere wonder if the usless c e o has a 30 min dinner break with 15 to 20 mins spent lining up then ten mins to eat a meal total joke
We love LC 💅
Such a good School
Defo worth going there for 1 second and leaving. 🤭🤡💅
Defo worth going there for 1 second and leaving. 🤭🤡💅
School is now a Joke 🤡
Launceston College is now a horrible toxic place to be. They are just having a laugh now. We have new rules (Sep 22)which are stup1d, we have to keep our eyes on the teachers whenever they are speaking, we have to read with rulers, read a book in Tutor. If we don't pay attention to the teachers like looking out of a window or dropping a pen etc TRIAGE. In this week there has been over 50 kids in triage in a DAY, also suspending children for the simplest things. All pupils at the college are now feeling like there in a PRISON, also feeling that they cant be CHILDREN. I am so disappointed with this school especially when it comes to helping children with there mental health.
Please think before sending your children to hell
Please think before sending your children to hell
don’t go
bad don’t go it’s hell and a prison 🙏🙏 wish everyone luck who still goes there
They are children!
I understand that schools need rules but the disproportionate penalties for minor indiscretions are absolutely a major cause of concern.
Please think twice before coming here
I genuinely hope this place burns to the ground within my lifetime. I started my college life here getting the highest SAT grades in the entire year. I ended with severe depression, anxiety and PTSD from the repeated bullying and absolute misery I experienced here over the years. I genuinely lost any interest in education and was repeatedly let down until I essentially ended my college time just after lockdown. I wish more than anything that I could’ve attended any other school. When I reported sexual and psychological bullying to the school, the safeguarding officer put my report on hold to go and change the colour of another students socks. Priorities huh.
Horrendous military camp
Labelled a school but more a military camp. Must keep eye contact at all time, detentions for dropping a pen..... I could be here for hours writing all the negative things!
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So disappointed you might get help if student takes private learning
So disappointed having attended Launceston College myself I sent 3 of my children to this college. My first having brilliant results due to working at home! my other 2 having not received help they should of received have left me with such bad concerns about Launceston College
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