Platanos College

Terrible school. I’ve, unfortunately, experienced this school twice, hoping that years later they would have improved – but no luck, unfortunately.

Children are sometimes left all day with nothing to eat because there’s nothing left in the canteen.

The school operates with a strict, military-style approach and shows absolutely no compassion for the children. Most of the staff have serious attitude problems, so it’s no wonder why half the pupils behave the way they do.

Parents are not allowed on the school premises, including the playground, unless they have an appointment. In fact, all parents are made to wait on the road outside the school, which leads me to believe they don’t want parents seeing how the school is run. This also causes issues for pedestrians trying to walk past.

For the past few weeks, I’ve entered the school regardless and have witnessed staff completely disrespecting the children. They scream and shout at them in a way that mirrors bad parenting.

There’s no warmth in the school, no sense of community.

The children are also left to spill out onto the road at the end of the day. There are frequent fights and disrespectful behaviour towards the public, while the two staff members at the gate often stand there gossiping. After leaving the school, pupils go to the nearby estate and cause havoc. On one occasion, a boy verbally threatened my daughter, mentioning a knife, and four girls took her photos in the changing room. When I reported these incidents, they were completely disregarded.

If your child has SEN, I cannot stress this enough – DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE. Teachers disregard SEN pupils’ needs entirely and expect them to behave and learn at the same level as every other pupil. They are utterly unequipped to support children with special educational needs.

If I could give minus stars, I absolutely would.

I have only given 1 star because there is no option to give 0. This is by far the WORST school in Lambeth the staff are disrespectful to both parents and pupils and they feel that they can belittle children just because they are children. The teachers are bullies. The headteacher is never in the school only on open day's and your child's head of year is never available and when you leave messages they NEVER call you back. You as a parent need to be constantly chasing up. If you have any sense DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE UNLESS YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO HAVE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL. WORST PLACE FOR A CHILD'S MENTAL HEALTH.

its just so ew and racist like it dosent even do like culture days like tf platanos is just ew i dont recommend it at all platanos can die ❤️

Deaf skl, so strict, no international days or culture days, NO BLACK HISTORY MONTH, takes forever to move classes, barely any own clothes days, kids r bitchy and mean and the teachers don't do shit

this school I study at is absolutely amazing the education is extremely good good there I learn allot of things and the staff are really nice and kind