Thomas Knyvett College

Don’t take your kids to this school! This school completely ruined my mental health due to bullying and torment by teachers and kids. I am 18 now and I’ve had multiple family members who have attended this school and dreaded getting up in the morning because of the unprofessionalism of the teachers poor learning skills and the harassment from other children. The teachers let the kids throw knifes across the classroom in catering classes and almost every single period I had the students are allowed to sit on their phones the entire period. Gang culture in this school is not dealt with but yet ignore by staff who aren’t bothered by the fact that large groups of kids are jumping innocent kids in bathrooms and hallways. The male teachers at this school are more worried about how short your skirt is than their ability to teach a lesson and bathrooms are always filthy since the students don’t have any decorum nor respect. The head and deputy head teacher turn a blind eye to racism and Islamophobia in the school and let the children off the hook for saying any kind of racial language towards another student OR teacher. Overall this is a warning to all parents who are looking for schools for their young children, do not send your kids here you’ll be lucky if they turn out with C’s and D grades by their GCSEs.

I hated being here, the people at my school didn't like anyone who was different to them. If you were different they would pick on you. Terrible experience

The worst school where bullying occurs and children are not safeguarding against violence which could be life threatening. Pupils smoke drugs on premises and the behaviour of some of the pupils is disgusting.
Never ever send your child here as it’s the worst in the borough,
Horrible and disgusting and shameful

Racism is not okay. Bullying is not okay. Not protecting/safeguarding children especially in a school is not okay!!! Shame on the headteacher!!!

This school is a dreadful school and should be removed this school is so racist and the headteacher is so foolish and racism that you would stand there and watch a black girl get beaten up by white girls are you dumb like honestly this school is just fool of racism

As a parent of a black child I would never allow a child of mine to an institutionally racist college such as this. Children are children regardless of race and the school has a duty to protect them all. For teachers to watch a girl being beaten and her braids dragged by more than 3 people as instructed by an adult was very sickening to watch. If there were 3 black girls beating a white girl to pulp people would’ve intervened people held up traffic to watch the little black girl get beaten up. As an adult regardless of colour a normal person would intervene and stop children from fighting. There needs to be a formal investigation by ofsted as this speaks volumes of the attitude and the underlying tone of this supposed “college” it’s 2023 when are we going to do better ?

This school is headed by an incompetent ineffective Racist. I think he should be fully investigated. Situations like the assault on one of his pupils and his weak response are a disgrace. Just as police officers have hidden under the once held respect for the police force only to drag their reputation to the ground. This head needs to be investigated and made an example of in order for the trust and respect that we have for persons at his level of authority to r

emain.

Justice must be served accordingly following the violent assault upon a black student - featured on a video shared on 6.2.2023. The incident was worsened by the lack of response - evident by the principal staff and community present that day.
I hope awareness is raised , especially with regard to issues of racism and discrimination, for the victim and the target minority communities.

As a student I attended Thomas knyvett college for 5 years and had nothing but problems ,teachers are rude and talk down to you as if you were scum ,I would never recommend this school to any parent or student as your mental health will decrease rapidly and the school will not help with bullying or assaults and as a student I was sexually assaulted multiple times by various people within the school walls and nothing was put in place to prevent it