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New College Leicester
Secondary · Maintained · Leicester
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My school life as a Year 8
Honest review..
Alright. Being here is awful i hate it. Staff try to make it seem great but it’s not! They are constantly at you for anything! And uniform.. don’t get me started they care WAY to much like if you are wearing a skirt you will be told CONSTANTLY to pull it down to be at your knee and as a taller girl this is hard to achieve..
As well when you know your struggling they don’t care not a single bit! Now food, it’s no where near good and if you’re a picky eater straight away be a packed lunch they don’t have to best options. Like the pasta they have every day gets cold SO QUICKY! As well they always be adding some random sauce to it.. I don’t know. Then it’s just vile🤢. But what is good that you can always get a jacket potato, pasta, salad, or make your own kind of sandwich. For activities i have to give it to them you know they have a load which I’ll say is good for getting out there! Don’t come here though save yourself from coming here.
As well when you know your struggling they don’t care not a single bit! Now food, it’s no where near good and if you’re a picky eater straight away be a packed lunch they don’t have to best options. Like the pasta they have every day gets cold SO QUICKY! As well they always be adding some random sauce to it.. I don’t know. Then it’s just vile🤢. But what is good that you can always get a jacket potato, pasta, salad, or make your own kind of sandwich. For activities i have to give it to them you know they have a load which I’ll say is good for getting out there! Don’t come here though save yourself from coming here.
Don’t send your child here (honest review In depth)
I think this school is very unbalanced if you think about it.First of all the education is VERY BAD one thing is that they do teach but go WAY to fast and l can’t even process anything that their saying and when l ask to go back they act as if l was being slow but they were being too fast and l think other students can back me up on this and other from this they also think about the uniform way to much, like lm there trying to get my education and trying to learn for my future but no they care about my blazer and why l took it off,l mean it was BOILING outside so l don’t understand.Secondly the staff is not it really NOT IT the teachers try to act nice but aren’t,but they rarely are good teachers that actually care about their students but they all left, and l can’t blame them.Next thing is the security inside the school it’s pretty secured but outside the school I’m disappointed as an example students can start a riot in no time without getting caught by any teacher’s so the security NEEDS to improve.INDOOR ENVIRONMENT IS VILE pls don’t take this wrong but people do stink and l don’t appreciate it the air is very thick and compacted by the amount of people getting pushed into one and other,also it gets very crowded very quickly which is a bummer when I’m just trying to get to lesson and theirs a whole army of students walking like sloths at the front of the corridor.Now it’s the outdoor environment it is big but when l go to eat outside on the benches guess what theirs bird poo on the benches and more like food and the cleaners don’t even do anything about it and l feel disgusted and really ashamed for this “amazing school.”Finally food now don’t get me wrong those chicken burgers do be BUSSIN but the chicken sometimes can be weird l can’t put my finger on what but it’s just off sometimes maybe the smell maybe the taste but it’s a very slight difference but thats pretty much the only good thing and on Friday the fish and chips have to go instead there should be chicken and chips which l LOVE and some students may not eat fish or like fish but theirs students that like chicken and if they are vegan/vegetarian there’s always the vegan option for chicken.I’m not sure about school information and what it is but l feel like they always present them selves as the “best school in Leicester” but that’s not the case at all from what l wrote which l think is true it’s not what they seem like they are.But now activities are the best part I’m not saying about how good the activities are but just saying it’s better than everything else that l wrote about, a lot of activities and l think they should definitely add more things tho (activities)Don’t send your child here if you want them to have a good well-being.
Horrible.
Nearly 2 years since I left this school and I’m going to be real - I got so much better mental health wise when I left it. I had to deal with so much bullying from the students here because I’m a trans man; I had male students coming up to me asking what was in my pants because of how I decided to present myself. Once I left it was great, although I still struggle to befriend new people because of the amount of ridicule I had to deal with on a daily basis from the students here whilst the teachers did nothing to prevent it.
The teachers tended to pick favourites when I was there, not doing anything about the obnoxious children disrupting lessons because they ‘got along with them.’ Not to mention these same kids are the ones bullying the ones who actually want to learn, and if they stood up to them in anyway shape or form it was usually the victim getting in trouble for it.
Some of the teachers were lovely though, Miss Bagley was my science teacher when I was in year 11 and she was such a sweetheart. You could genuinely tell she cared for the students well beings. She was one of the teachers that actually respected my gender identity too, and for somebody who didn’t like school that much due to the environment she actually made me want to come in and learn. Other teachers on the other hand were just straight up rude and played favourites. I wouldn’t really recommend this school I was there for 4 years and I absolutely hated it. It’s literally just full of bullies. 🤷
The teachers tended to pick favourites when I was there, not doing anything about the obnoxious children disrupting lessons because they ‘got along with them.’ Not to mention these same kids are the ones bullying the ones who actually want to learn, and if they stood up to them in anyway shape or form it was usually the victim getting in trouble for it.
Some of the teachers were lovely though, Miss Bagley was my science teacher when I was in year 11 and she was such a sweetheart. You could genuinely tell she cared for the students well beings. She was one of the teachers that actually respected my gender identity too, and for somebody who didn’t like school that much due to the environment she actually made me want to come in and learn. Other teachers on the other hand were just straight up rude and played favourites. I wouldn’t really recommend this school I was there for 4 years and I absolutely hated it. It’s literally just full of bullies. 🤷
Ignored !
New college should be ashamed of themselves . Making my daughter do a 10 minute detention all because she expressed how she was feeling about standing up in front of a group of students she used the word uncomfortable yet the teacher said she had refused ! So instead of being made to feel comfortable she got punished instead for feeling a certain way , but this wasn’t question or explored . I’m still waiting for a call back from the senior leader since Tuesday and it is now Thursday evening , communication is disgusting and parents and students just get ignored . The welfare of the students there is 0 !
I will be taking this to the educational department !
I will be taking this to the educational department !
student
girls in this school that are black get treated differently because of their skin colour and it happens a lot.
black girls get a harder time being here with makeup, hair colours even hair styles which i dont see as fair.
blank my example because she is wearing ginger hair shes in reflection but a child with no colour is fine to have ginger hair and the teachers argument is that because her skin is black it makes the ginger look brighter and i see that as racist
black girls get a harder time being here with makeup, hair colours even hair styles which i dont see as fair.
blank my example because she is wearing ginger hair shes in reflection but a child with no colour is fine to have ginger hair and the teachers argument is that because her skin is black it makes the ginger look brighter and i see that as racist
Bad. Just BAD
I went there got bullied and the teachers didn't care. Overall the teachers are great. But the head of year ain't.
My life at New college 🙃
I have been in this school now for about 2 years and it's great, I have literally got no words to describe the school's environment 👍 and I can see other people's reviews . They all say negative things about school and etc . First of all the school staff is bit strict but they are never rude .No one,Like literally no one from teaching staff or cleaning staff like literally everyone from my school staff has never rude to me They are always Nice . We are not allowed nose studs and I used to get angry cause of that but the reason behind this is to keep kids safe. So, basically if there is any fight between u and the other children 😕 they might 😢 try to take it and I know it may not sound right but the rule is made that someone won't be able to harm u even if they try . Education is quite hard but its good for u obviously because you got taught about things earlier than other 🏫 schools. You got taught what r u gonna learn about in ur next years and I am currently in year 9 and I have already got a visit to a university for my future because of my school and they even teach us how is your life going to be I college and I have got so much knowledge about university and college courses now and you even can get extra support and I am so happy to be part of new college . When I was new in the school 🏫 💓 I got bullied by that I mean there was a girl who would tell me to shut up even though I am not even 👄 talking , I never told her off because she had so many friends and her other friend started doing the same in DT And whenever our teacher comes near they started acting nice to me. But I stood for myself and I told them not to tell me to shut up instead they should shut their mouth and not talk to me.I told my teacher about this.I didn't told her what happened 😒 I actually said miss I don't like where I sit, Can I pls sit next to (___).She was nice enough to move me. But the girl that bullied me first her friend is actually my friend now as well and we do sometimes argue on little things but the school environment has changed and has became really nice 🙂 👌 and don't forget I I one of those nice students and I am I student parliament as well and I do help lots of students aswell.And If anyone is getting bullied Don't do what I did however do stand for urself and tell ur head of year or any teacher and if they don't help pls talk to anti bullying team and I am one of them,so we will be able to help you and the person who bullied u will go through .consequences
Parent
Terrible school my son was bullied for over a year and nothing was done. Teacher try to tell us our son got mental health issues instead of sorting the school. My son is scared to go to school, it's gone to a point where keeping him home without a school was much safer then sending him to new collage Leicester.
School have no communication one person will tell you one thing and 2nd will tell you a completely different story.
Don't send your kids there, specially if you are from minority ethnic background, avoid if possible
School have no communication one person will tell you one thing and 2nd will tell you a completely different story.
Don't send your kids there, specially if you are from minority ethnic background, avoid if possible
Terrible!
I know many people as a student who are bullied at the school. Their parents are always in the school telling them about it. The students that get bullied also get jumped in and out of school by other students! But nothing! they don’t help at all. The only way to stop it was for the other students to move school.
Lunches. The school food is horrible! The bread is always stale, the cheese is always hard and stuck together. Wouldn’t recommend school lunches at all.
The staff treat you like animals. There is very few teachers who treat you like humans. This is the best way to teach. When the teachers are fun and have a little joke you end up doing twice as much work, taking in twice the information whilst having fun. But most staff boss you around telling you what to do in a bossy manner sounds like in a way they just think they are better than you and have lots of power over you. It’s like they enjoy being able to control you.
The school doesn’t care about mental health at all. They must think it’s a joke or something and it doesn’t exist. But you are always so down and just can’t be bothered to do anything at all. But I also noticed the colours of the school and the way all the corridors and classrooms are built can also make you not feel right. They are just so depressing. It’s hard to explain but they are just horrible and stressing to look at.
The detentions too. They just make the students even worse behaved. Sitting there writing lines for an hour straight just makes you feel more stressed and angry and this is from someone with barely any detentions. Teachers also let people who disrupt off all the time. It ruins the lesson more when the person screaming random noises across the room for the whole lesson ends up leaving the classroom with just getting a warning.
It just needs a big refresh. They need to look at the school in a students eyes. They need to make the structure more clean looking and less stressful to look at. They need to make staff more in the mood to teach and have a fun lesson at the same time. If the teacher is in a bad mood then it will be a horrible lesson for the rest of the class. Lunches need to be sorted, the amount of people that just throw it in the bin because of the taste. I feel it is the stuff they buy not how they cook it. And it is quite expensive for the quality of it. Also they need to find a better punishment instead of boring the student and stressing them even more.
Lunches. The school food is horrible! The bread is always stale, the cheese is always hard and stuck together. Wouldn’t recommend school lunches at all.
The staff treat you like animals. There is very few teachers who treat you like humans. This is the best way to teach. When the teachers are fun and have a little joke you end up doing twice as much work, taking in twice the information whilst having fun. But most staff boss you around telling you what to do in a bossy manner sounds like in a way they just think they are better than you and have lots of power over you. It’s like they enjoy being able to control you.
The school doesn’t care about mental health at all. They must think it’s a joke or something and it doesn’t exist. But you are always so down and just can’t be bothered to do anything at all. But I also noticed the colours of the school and the way all the corridors and classrooms are built can also make you not feel right. They are just so depressing. It’s hard to explain but they are just horrible and stressing to look at.
The detentions too. They just make the students even worse behaved. Sitting there writing lines for an hour straight just makes you feel more stressed and angry and this is from someone with barely any detentions. Teachers also let people who disrupt off all the time. It ruins the lesson more when the person screaming random noises across the room for the whole lesson ends up leaving the classroom with just getting a warning.
It just needs a big refresh. They need to look at the school in a students eyes. They need to make the structure more clean looking and less stressful to look at. They need to make staff more in the mood to teach and have a fun lesson at the same time. If the teacher is in a bad mood then it will be a horrible lesson for the rest of the class. Lunches need to be sorted, the amount of people that just throw it in the bin because of the taste. I feel it is the stuff they buy not how they cook it. And it is quite expensive for the quality of it. Also they need to find a better punishment instead of boring the student and stressing them even more.
Absolutely ridiculous
I’m gonna be honest , this is coming from a current student who is about to leave this school and start exams, I wouldn’t recommend coming here even If it was the only school in your area. The students are awful, I’m a trans student and despite their insistence that they’re a lgbtq+ safe school - it’s a complete lie. I’ve been bullied and harassed by both students and teachers due to my gender identity and they don’t do anything about it and they don’t care enough to stop it. They care more for their uniform rules than they do taking care of people being harassed, I’m going to share one of my experiences with a teacher for example. I’m a really shy person and don’t usually speak in classes, even if I’m chosen and if I do speak I usually can’t form proper sentences because I panic too much. Im in a math class with a couple of others students, really loud and obnoxious ones. I got asked a question one time and messed up because I was panicking and got yelled at by others in the class and called stupid, my math teacher instead of helping decided to ignore it. I’ve been insulted before by these students and honestly it’s just tiring to deal with on a daily bases. This same math teacher continuously tells others in the class they’re going to fail despite her simply being a terrible teacher. Not to mention I get misgendered by teachers 24/7. 4R’s? More like absolutely ridiculous. That’s one word beginning with R i’d use to describe your school.
just read it im in a good mood
you learn alot and um yea that is about it
Fuck ncl
This school really doesn’t care about kids well-being how am I in year 10 and getting extended days for not removing a piercing my piercing is not hurting anyone they care more about what u look like and how they want us to look like than our actually education I’m not set in your skl to be told how to look I come to get my education and leave if I’m not aloud piercings then the teachers shouldn’t be aloud it’s that simple set an example listen don’t send your kids here it is hell
bad school
this schoolisvery bad. as a current y11, staff treat us so badly, think were animals, even locking the doors at lunch deniing access from going toilet on out break.
Don’t go here
Very really bad school they are strict and ur not allowed any piercings except one stud in each ear which i don’t understand and your only allowed natural hair colour’s if u want to die your hair.
THIS SCHOOL IS CRAP!!!!!!!
i was attending new college since year 7 in 2019, i had a good time there u til the teachers started to racially profiled me and treat me like shit. they don’t care about childrens mentle health or what’s going on at home all they care about is if your ankles are showing. i was cyber bullied and also bullied at school. the teachers did absolutely nothing but say “inform the police because we can’t do anything about it” i was bullied for my skin colour and the way i act and dress. the school didn’t. provide any help when i was struggling with dyslexia they didn’t care i would not advise you to come to this school it’s crap. also children steal food from you and billy you!
I would not recommend
They give you detentions all the time, They barely care about your wellbeing and mostly only about your uniform! I would not recommend this school to anyone I feel like I have failed my child.
Rubbish.
This school doesn’t care about your wellbeing. Teachers are more focused on if you’re uniform is right, if your hair colour is appropriate and if you ankles are showing. They always brag about how important it is to attend your lesson but take you out and put you in detentions or isolation for the smallest things ever such a nose piercing or that your trousers are too short. I left New College 2 years ago when i finished year 11 and I’ve never been happier.
From a mother on the edge
As a mum of a child that was at this school I feel like I have failed my daughter by sending her there my girl has been bullyed for two year non stop for her race for her hair being too big for her skin being too dark for being too tall for not wanting to have sex like most of the girls at that school I have been up to the school or on the phone to them most days and they do nothing to help
My child has been diagnosed with a heart condition the school will not put things in to place for her at all and the head of year 8 is an absolute joke she has stood there and let a gang of 20 kids surround my child and call her nasty names and push her about and the head of year 8did nothing
It got that bad that my child started to self-harming and then took a overdose we was in the hospital she was very sick and still is she is now under CAMHS to help her I have asked the school to help me get her in to a new school as they can do this for bad kids but I've been told they can't for good kids so now I have my girl at home with me all the time I will not send her back to somewhere that thinks it's OK for a child to be treated this way and as for the teachers they are a joke and should not be in that profession at all
My child has been diagnosed with a heart condition the school will not put things in to place for her at all and the head of year 8 is an absolute joke she has stood there and let a gang of 20 kids surround my child and call her nasty names and push her about and the head of year 8did nothing
It got that bad that my child started to self-harming and then took a overdose we was in the hospital she was very sick and still is she is now under CAMHS to help her I have asked the school to help me get her in to a new school as they can do this for bad kids but I've been told they can't for good kids so now I have my girl at home with me all the time I will not send her back to somewhere that thinks it's OK for a child to be treated this way and as for the teachers they are a joke and should not be in that profession at all
AnnaCh
The worst school I ever known.They keep forcing on students staying after school and giving detentions for things which they shouldn't to . Even when parent not giving permission they doing what they want.. Teachers don't care about anything. I would highly not recommend that school!
Don't even apply for this school.
This is school is alright in academics however they do not actually care about your mental health. They put me out of learning for a whole day just because of grey trousers, i had to sit there for 6 hours and being shamed by the students and the teacher did nothing about it. One time a person was racist towards me and guess what? All they did is give them C4. the damage has been done even if they told their parents it would cause nothing. The students are idiots, throwing water at me, taking peoples ties a lot of times. There is an english teacher at NCL that have favs and treat everybody differently. They also falsely blamed a lot of people. Bulling in this school is so common there are barely any teachers at the play ground. If you really want to enjoy hell, then go ahead and apply..
don't even think about attending
Honestly the worst. Teachers don't care about students well being, incredibly discriminatory to those who are disabled. teachers are horrible. refuse to help students with missing equipment unless they give personal belongings.
Great
Honestly I think this school isn’t so bad, the teachers try their very best to deliver to the troubled children, many children succeed with amazing grades and a bright future
rubbish
The school is absolute rubbish. Doesn’t care about anyone’s wellbeing all they care about is whether your hair is right, your uniform is right, wether you’ve done your homework or not. They never care about the reasons behind all of this.
Unpleasant.
Teacher’s are mostly unpleasant, patronising and uncaring. School is cramped and food is poor. Had little help from the school despite being bullied for almost my entire 5 years there.
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Mrs Kopicki head of health and well being is helping me do a project for the college
project: Mental Health Ambassadors to help other students when they are struggling in school. so over all it is a great school