The King Edward VI Academy

positives:
- some teachers are nice
- maths and physics department are good
everything else:
- school are aware of drug dealers and people vaping, but do nothing about this
- english department is terrible, no other way to put it
- school prioritise on getting already accomplished students higher grades, rather than ensuring everyone passes the core subjects
- computer security is non-existent
- "head of safeguarding" mr clark manipulates people into admitting to things they haven't done
if a parent is reading this, just trust me and send your kid to a private school in newcastle. it's worth every penny.

I have recently come to learn of four nasty pupils (aged 15-16 so they should absolutely know better) harassing, spitting on, and pouring coke onto two disabled boys. I, and many others, are beyond appalled. In 2024, nasty individuals are still treating anyone at all different to them as nothing more than dirt on their shoe. People like this will continue to do nothing with their lives if they are unpunished. All they are right now is a nuisance to society and I am sure OFSTED would be very interested in this disgusting incident. Do not let your pupils continue to treat innocent members of the public so awfully. They need severe consequences if they are to learn. They also need to show real, full remorse.

If you care about the wellbeing of your child, especially if they are in any way alternative/different, or have special educational needs, do not send your kid here. I faced catcalling, name calling, and general dislike all through my time here, even for something as simple as dyeing my hair dark. I also needed accommodations for my exams and these were not sorted out until literally the day before exams started despite my parents and I discussing this with the school since the start of year 9. The building itself is not a nice place to be in, many of the classrooms have mild in the ceilings and the toilets were almost always broken or just straight up dirty. The school had many ridiculous rules, for example, not allowing jumpers to be worn unless they are under a blazer (if blazer is taken off then jumpers must also be removed??). There are a select few lovely teachers who are good at their job made my time at KEVI somewhat better, but there is a LOT of room for improvement from this school.

The humanities, science, pe, math, art, english, languages departments are all okay from my experience in year nine but the drama and music department are racist from my experience from year 10 and year 11. And the safe guarding team could always be better- they state how every safe member is good at recognising the signs of bad mental signs and are trained if someone came to them regarding suicide or self harm. That's a lie. From knowing suicide notes and seeing self harm, they report it but that doesn't nessacaily stop people from going on with their plan. And there isn't a check in after. The counselling are hard to get to.

If you have concerns about your child be careful how you approach kevi. It can turn all political very quickly as they are more concerned about protecting themselves than the welfare of your child.

Kevi’s main issues
1.Some staff are blatantly sexist, which is gross to see at all within a education setting. Others can’t control the classroom(granted it is a highschool) and others don’t supply the learning needed for that class
2.The uniform is ridiculous and doesn’t accommodate for those who are less fortunate and can’t afford new trousers and skirts with the emblem on. Also staff are continually dress coding feminine people over masculine people which is gross to see.There is no accommodation for those with different hair types and also lengths.
3. Sporting outside of P.E , I.e clubs etc.. are fine for inclusivity but within the gym class their is again sexism. Fem people and girls are not allowed to do rugby and football because of their “sex” and “gender”, with teachers saying it is too dangerous for the classes to play them even though many remember playing in middle school at a club standard.
4.When COVID hit the school on the whole disappointed with limited help being offered and many students left in the dark (this was a very difficult and unprecedented time, and circumstances were very unusual.)

KEVI isn’t perfect, it’s not a bad school, the mental health advocacy is better but not great. Students on the whole can get a good education other than the issues above but the school does seem to value it’s grades over it’s students. The school needs to try and really advocate for a healthy positive and encouraging environment for students instead of one that pressures students to their mental limits to achieve slightly higher grades.

Lots of bullying at the school and they seem to not do much about it