Etone College

This school is a bad environment mentally and physically, you just feel like you’re trapped inside of a prison cell and can’t escape , me and my friends mental health was so much better before going to this school, after we joined our mental health has completely deteriorated and the school says “they care” and that “they help” until it affects our attendance and makes them lose money. I can’t Even count how many times I’ve prayed to be removed from the school.they have cameras in the bathrooms and none of the teachers are helpful , maybe only one or 2 but that’s about all and we are so overloaded with homework and treated like robots and getting shouted at when we don’t understand something.

This school is overall average. I have been here for about 2 years now and well there has been a lot of unfairness with disabled kids, a girl in my class (I will not state names) has adhd, and all of a sudden she is now at the top of the class better than others. Even said rude things to another boy to wind him up, does she get in trouble? No. But instead the boy did for 'making her angry'. This is pathetic and needs to be fixed, I refuse to stay in a school where they treat their students like this. Also, teachers pick favourites in the class and give them 'special treatment' I get it, they're good kids but does that really mean they need to be let out early or aloud to go to the toilets even without a pass? Teachers even have students they dislike, which yeah I have people I dislike but that doesn't mean I treat them unfairly. Another thing that needs to be spoken of is recognition of lgbtq+ students, we have learning for life lessons on it but there is no recognition. If they're wearing for example a trans pin (ftm) at least refer to them as a boy instead of still calling them a girl. And in groups when being split up "boys against girls" that makes no sense, what about non binary people? Where are they gonna go, to the side? It's absolutely ridiculous. Overall the education here is pretty good but the way they treat the students is disgusting.

I finished etone college in the year 2021, some of the teachers there are nice and by that I mean a few, the heads of houses are nice except for my own house - dragon. As soon as an incident occurs and your reputation as a good student disappears they treat you like you’re the worse person ever. Even when the issue has been resolved they still hold that passive aggressive grudge against you. All drama that happened between me and my friends, the school would also make it seem like the end of the world and would put it together in a room in order to resolve it, which would make it worse. I’ve literally cried in front of teachers because they’ve yelled at me, and I’ve seen the way they’ve treated my friends. You’ll only enjoy etone if you’re smart asf, or really into sports, if you’re into anything else they do not care. They even got rid of the music and drama department - drama and music were so fun. I feel sorry for all the people who still go there because this school literally puts their reputation over their students mental health state. Glad I’m done with this hell hole, and why is it called etone college if it’s a secondary school that always confused me.

Top class teachers offering an excellent standard of education but also an abundance of support across my entire time there.

I'm a student at Etone college who got yelled at and called disgusting and vile by a head of house. That same head of house also screamed at my friend telling her to apologise for having a seizure. The school also doesnt keep stuff you say private. I said something to them about how my social workers affect me and they told them after I stated not too. I know numerous people who have tried to overdose due to the school and how they are treated. Head of houses can also be disrespectful and rude and then expect you to just accept it when in fact respect goes both ways. I do not reccomend this school at all and if I have children in the future they definitely will not go this school.

I'm dissapointed how they treat trans students. After coming out my friend was bullied until they didn't want to come to school anymore, and the teachers just ignored it. Even after that I noticed one of the teachers making fun of them behind their back. Also, The teachers still won't acknowledge that they are trans and call them by the old gender :/ it's 2021 I think schools should be accepting of everyone. Other than that, it's a good school acidemically and there's a lot of trips + activities that you might like. I'll probably send my future kids there