King Edward VI Academy

This school is ridicules they have suspended my daughter for not having here pe kit when i rang and told them she cant do it because she has sprained her arm they seriously need sorting out they are ranked the 2 best school in south west but i think not this is the worst possible school anyone could go too if i was you i would definitely not send you child here

Awful school, teachers do not care about students mental health and do not let any of the students express themselves in any way . Punishments are harsh , teachers do not care about students in any way and only care about the work that is done in lessons.

I was badly bullied, uniform ripped, school wouldn't admit it was going on! One of the bullies even apologised to my mum so she had proof. If I was stuck on my homework was just put in BSU and classed as not doing it. School bus late, put in BSU do I need to go on? The school needs a big overhaul or shutting down, pupils are at risk of harm

I have a child who has spent much of their secondary school life there and I can honestly say that since 20/21 the school has gone downhill dramatically. They used to care about the students education & deal with problems such as bullying efficiently but since changes in the Senior Leadership Team they seem to care more about giving out detentions for ridiculous reasons than any form of useful education. For example, Giving laptops to some students then a teacher threatening them with detention if they didn't hand write everything. Members of the SLT physically grabbing and pulling a student into a room because they wore a coat in the corridor in winter. Bullying also seems to be rampant in the school with nothing done about it. Having spoke to a couple of parents of SEN children there, the school is severely lacking in their ability to deal with special needs children & little provision for mental welfare among all students.

I hated just about every minuite I went through at that place. The senior leadership team has fallen apart. It is now the senior leadership downfall. I'm glad I left when I did. I would never recommend going there for the sake of your mental health and even your parents. Constant emails explaining new rules and the implications if you break them. I honestly think that they couldn't give a monkeys about our education. Mark Wilkinson, Andy Carrington and most others just want complete control over everyone. There is no gap for defending yourself when you may get into trouble for forgetting your second pencil. I personally saw friends and other students break down over certain staff, kids or other issues. You would be given the gift of a tissue then sent right back into the cage. As a transgender person, I never felt comfortable coming out publicly during my time at kevi other than a few close friends. There were other trans people there who were brave enough to come out who were heavily bullied. That's what put me off from coming out. If you are as straight as a roundabout like me, it isn't a safe place for you. I saw people's experiences there being lgbtq+ and they were not good at all. The kids, and the teachers were all so homaphobic it made my stomach turn. Amy Everton, Samuel Lake, Daniel Williams, Michael Irving, Anthony Willetts, Christene Hill, Sally Smith, Darren Kay, Penny Prince, Kerry Milligan and Kaye Davis... you are too good for this dump. You are too talented for it. You should be at schools that deserve you. Kevi doesn't deserve you guys. You were the few teachers who I felt comfortable talking to. These are the unsung heroes of kevi. They were the only sanity in the staff. All the others can do one. The others put the curriculum above our mental health. I might have forgotten a couple teachers in that list. The rest of them should know who they are and what they are doing is wrong. Mark Wilkinson. Since you joined in September 2021, the school went completely downhill. Your grasp of control got over your head. You gave yourself a head teacher title when the other principle mysteriously disappeared. When you showed us this bogus PowerPoint stating that your grade equals your income made not only my blood boil, but most of the year group. You kept saying that we were taking our 'lifechanging' exams and thar our grades would decide how well we would do in our future. A thing you need to realise is that in today's society the richest people have been either expelled or didn't get good grades. In business you have to break the rules to make money. I am soon starting an amazon company that I was told would never work by 'your' staff and I was told to get a 'real job'. How is that right??? I still work a full time job, because I genuinly enjoy it. I am doing everything I was told not to do because it is 'too risky'. I will be making more than your salary in a week. I know I went off track there and had a rant about a complete a$$hole but my point is ie that he will do anything for control. He will do anything to make your mental health and wellbeing go down the drain. The place itself is unsafe. A guy ran in and jumped the fence covered in blood and high on drugs. The police were never called and they didn't sound the lockdown alarm as an exam was on. They put an exam above 600 peoples safety. Never go there. Never go through the mental and physical pain. Go somewhere else that is not a dret school. DRET is a broken system run by a billionair profiting from your bogus education. I know the education system is a scam but they bring it to a whole new level. Don't go there. Please.

This school was the worst thing for my mental health and my peers. Not just mental health, but physical health too. The workload was way to much for a mainstream school. Their figures are more important than our mental health. It is a corrupt environment on the SLT. It is a group of staff who all want the head teacher role. Mark Wilkinson is a patronising and a horrible little man. Since he came, he made the school go down hill along with Andrew Carrington. Both of them were handfuls. David Ross doesn't spend the adequate amount of money to fund for basic needs. It is mainly charity's who is funding the music department and sports department. Whilst he is sitting in his multi million pound mansion with a private pool and opera house, there are children and families under the clockwork of him. It is a Breeding ground for bullying. If your kid is a member of the LGBTQ+ community, do not send them there at all as there is zero help available when they get bullied. The only way you can not get bullied is if you are very naughty. They don't punish them enough, but when you don't have your second pencil, it is an instant detention. They punish the wrong people. One teacher called a trans girl by her old name and there is only a couple of teachers who I could trust. The teachers are overworked and stressed. Some of the staff are too good for that place. Whereas some are perfect. When they take two hours off for a doctors appointment, £30 gets taken off their salary. They don't even make £15 and hour. Far from it. When I was there, I would cry most evenings after being bullied by staff and students. Leaving the gates for the last time was the best feeling ever, knowing that I would not have to be under them again. When inspectors came, we would have to put on fake smiles and the said if we misbehave then we could face expulsion. The only good parts was when I would spend time with mates away from staff. The only thing that place deserves is either a new SLT or to shut the gates for ever, flatten the place and build a housing estate or something. It is a sh*thole. Don't go there. Please. You deserve more.

disgraceful not encouraging to the new children getting penalised for ridiculous reasons

I just finished year 11. This school is appalling. The teachers do not care about students opinion despite the very fact that the students opinion is the very thing allowing the school to be kept open. Bullying is not taken seriously and the bullies are favouretised by many of the teachers. Being transgender meant when I was being bullied the teachers often said there was nothing they could do about it. When I had been struggling with severe mental health issues the teachers would punish me for having panic attacks, something I cannot help. The school teachers are just as disrespectful and snot nosed as the rude students who are not addressed properly. if you want your child to have a happy secondary school education experience, DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE. - sincerely a year 11 who will forever remember the torment I was put through.

Never ever send your child here. They take nothing seriously. This includes l; bullying, fights, at the minute social distancing rules and many more. My friends child went to there head of house for help as he was having problems with his school work and home life, he is still waiting to be helped. Terrible school

It is very bad. This is because you are told off for no reason and it is too strict. The headmaster loses his rag at everything and when you try to explain something, your opinion falls on deaf ears Most of the teachers are very strict and you aren’t even allowed to use your own school bags, even though it costs £10 for a school bag and mine broke a month later. The school does not take bullying seriously at all and often turns a blind eye to actual concerns to focus on the most pettiest of things.

Bag off balls don’t send your child here they will hate it ! Teachers and the whole school environment is awful