King Edward VI Community College

The toilets are full of vandalism and vaping girls all teachers don’t do anything abt if they banned phones and they are too full on and I get bullied

This school is, and I don't say this often, a shit show. 10 or so years ago KEVICC was a good school that held self expression, pupil welfare, mental health and kindess as it's centeral priority. For numerous reasons, it now is the opposite. Although grades an ofsted reports may be good, this school is not a safe or caring enviroment whatsoever. It has such a vast collection of problems that thier hard to list: from it's insistent denail of the server problem of rape culture (sexist attitude to girls, nudes leaked etc etc) racism (not diverse at all, minority cultures are bullied and ganged up upon) and homophobia (LGBTQ+ kids are mercilessly bullied) all ignored by teachers. The bullying in general and the schools nonchalant attuide to it aren't great, but like most state secondary schools it's been stripped of funding by goverment.

Overall my experience was good. There was lots of opportunities for trips and workshops and also great facilities for dance, product design etc. However, I felt as if i was let down in terms of my mental health. When i first came the school about my issues i was promised things were to be put in place, however nothing changed when i got back. I spoke to the school again and once more i was told things would be better for me and i was also offered time with the councillor. Nothing changed. On one instance i was not feeling good so i went to the head of house office only to be told to stand outside,then 5 minutes later sent off to the nurse where i was sent back to my lesson. I was passed around and felt like nobody wanted to help or understand me. All of what i was promised was not there for me.
The teaching was good, just not consistent because of the many supply teachers we had that covered important content.
I feel as though the school could handle drugs and smoking better, and also safety as on occasions i witnessed both and also the same number students out of school during lunch.