Goodwin Academy
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Based on 18 reviews and 161 answers
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Average of 18 reviews with area ratings
- Food2.3
- Activities2.3
- Outdoor environment2.1
- Communication2.0
- Staff1.9
- Education1.8
- Safety1.8
- Indoor environment1.6
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- Other1.04 June 2026
This school is horrible
This school is horrible I worked in Afghanistan for 8 years and id prefer to be there than work here again.
- Former Student1.010 July 2025
HIGHLY unsafe environment - SA, weapons, drugs and bullying
students carry knives, sell drugs and all the teachers ever care about is the uniform and dress code. cant speak on how it is currently since i left last year but since its still under the same administration i doubt its much better.. the education is average but none of the teachers want to be there and most of them are ruder than the students... a couple years before i left they introduced "the harbour" which is basically detention, while in there you are 1. LOCKED in, you can not leave to go...
- Student1.021 June 2023
verie bad skol
rubish im riting tis in ict i no lik tis skol it verie bad i no lik mi frech techer it mad mi speling verie bad, it ruin mi edukatshon it mak me verie sad me in botom set i do not lik godwin acdmy i was best at speling in primry skol now godwin acdmy ruin it me no lik godwin acdmy it bad the histry techer wif no har is rood man
- Other1.018 June 2023
Safety
Poor management 10 minutes in a queue Teacher not doing job properly
- Parent1.09 June 2023
Horrible, disgusting and dirty.
This school is horrible, there is so much racism and homophobia, along with that students swear and have poor behaviour. My daughter has been forced to vape and I cannot get her to stop. The school food is appalling my daughter sent me a picture of her sandwich and it had mouldy growing and the inside of the sandwich has gone off. Her class mates behaviour is poor, they swear at teachers and they don’t even discipline them. The lack of discipline in this school is appalling. Personally they need...
- Parent1.08 June 2023
Horrible, so
Previously knowing this school, it is so bad and horrible for kids doing drugs etc I immediately pulled my daughter out after finding out her class was giving out vapes. Wouldn’t go here very bad.
- Student1.024 April 2023
Don’t go
I wouldn’t give it any stars if I had the choice, the school is a waste of time The well-being support is awful and they don’t care about the students wellbeing just about looking good and making sure we’re all looking like robots or prisoners, don’t send your kids there I can not wait to get out of this hell hole
- Student1.010 March 2023
goodwin accademy sucks
goodwin academy is probally one of the worst schools in kent.They have this room now called harbor, and they lock u in so no one can get out, plus your not even aloud to go to the toltet? i mean how unfair, sitting in a room, no tolet, no water. and unifrom? blazers must be on. i mean come on, they all want us to look the same, its a school with a bunch of teens, who express how they look. nails lashes are againts the dress code. i mean how stupid. this school has staff that are rude, dont think...
- Student1.024 January 2023
Living prison
This school must be the worst school in Kent the students at this school are dreadful the behaviour is terrible there are people carrying knives drugs and some even use pawn hub from what I have heard if you want me to tell you some if the dangers in the school here they are Harry Reynolds who should be kicked out and fucing Cole Hyland the biggest perv on the planet who only got suspended for a few days how thick is this school I am ashamed to go to this prison of a place it is living torture there were parents protesting on one day miss moon the head cares more about flicking uniform than behaviour and as for the harbour and the flicking bay you can shove it up ur ass thank you very much. Locking students in rooms is illegal and I hope the school see this actually as this is my personal review thank you.
- Other1.011 January 2023
Just don't
Don't send your child here, this school has become utterly ridiculous and children are treated with disrespect and most of the teachers use their authorities to their own advantage causing the students to have bad mental health and not want to go to school, they speak up on how bullying isn't excepted however the shool is becoming the bully. Along with the food, students have been given out of date items, mouldy bread or not having large enough portions and is very over priced. Ps Mrs Silk is lovely she's the only teacher tolerable and deserves a pay rise
- Student1.06 January 2023
DONT send your child to goodwin academy
The schools absolutely horrendous the teachers are more concerned about what your wearing or a missing item such as blazer/tie/ect. Mrs moon the new head teacher thinks its okay to start locking doors in the school that only teachers are able to leave and your are expected to stay in your seat until you get to leave, you get sent out of class for taking a sip of your drink, if your more than 1 minute late to lesson you immediately get sent to “harbour”. Mr barnes ,the one who started up the creepy music that gets played every day every hour for the whole school to hear which indicates you must be in your lesson by the time the music stops.Not once did they ever deal with any problems i was having and i was allowed to be bullied for years and they did nothing. your also not allowed to go to the toilet during lesson unless you have a “medical pass” do not send your child to goodwin academy.
- Student1.05 December 2022
One of the worst schools in Kent!!!
The school in my opinion is rubbish and defenetly one of the worst in kent our science teacher hasn't been in for about a month. The behaviour is appaling children vertuly get away with murder i am in year 10 now and this school has only got worse students cary knifes people post nudes we have had very strange teachers around students they care more about uniform than behaviour which in my opinion is disgusting walking around the school you hear very much homophobic racist and rude languge the t...
- Student1.01 December 2022
Its horrible
Genuinely hate this school so much. Firstly, they say they care about our mental health and wellbeing but they dont. How do I know this? Well if you go to a support teacher (safeguarding or behaviour etc) saying someones been bullying you for — months or something they dont do anything bur give a phone call home and maybe, just maybe, they have a ‘little chat’ with said bully yet when you go to them saying someones said whatever to you once they give them a detention or something. Secondly, unfortunately in my class theres a very ‘weird’ teacher, he makes everyone uncomfortable and has done multiple inappropriate things to/in-front of students and me and my friends have reported him many times, the only thing thats been done is me being pulled out of class to talk about it with safeguarding privately (incident I was meant to be talking to them about was him locking both our science classroom doors without there being any reason to) I told them exactly what he’s done and the other things he has done and all they said was “Well he has a right to lock the door if a student is being disruptive”, a student poked her head in and said hi to her friends twice, I dont think thats an excuse to lock the doors and if you read schools policy it actually says to only lock doors if the school goes on lockdown. Theres quite a few other things I can say but I cant find the words at the moment to explain it all. All you need to know is, its a crap school and dont send your kids here if you dont have to. Thanks for reading x
- Student5.019 October 2022
School
I go here its okay if your friends with the right teachers.
- Student2.03 April 2022
A Complete Waste Of Time
Goodwin Academy struggles with many things. Common sense is one of them. The high-level staff of the school are out of touch with reality and make ridiculous decisions without consulting teachers or students. The SLT of Goodwin reminds me of a puppet government more than a school. The school is run robotically with little thought - success in this school is measured not by how good something is, but by how small or large the failure is. I have spent eight years at this school and over this time...
- Former Student4.011 June 2021
Good and supportive
Staff are very good and supportive, Some of the students swear alot but the teachers always tell them not too. Great behaviour system.
- Student1.023 February 2021
Don’t send your child here
Everyone there is mean, teachers are sexist and biased, just not a very good place to be.
- Student1.020 October 2020
This school sucks
Not a good place to be for anyone.