Kings' School

Hands down a brilliant experience for our year 7, 11yo who had just from Australia. The ethos and values of Kings school translate into well rounded young adults who attend a space where their opinion and well being is respected and valued. I am very impressed with the front desk staff managing roles seamlessly and the effort the SLT team puts into ensuring student success.

I have a particular problem with a teacher called MC (wood tech) he is a ?? I cannot stand his bald head either

Sadly Kings has been a massive disappointment for us. We enthusiastically enrolled our child there with high hopes but soon wished we had gone elsewhere. The communication is awful, you email the teachers/tutors or main address and just hear nothing back at all. If your child is in top sets they will do well but I would argue these kids do well at every school and could probably do better in a kinder environment. If they are in middle sets they get completely lost. We had a problem with bullying which was dealt with poorly and turned into a much bigger issue for our child. There are fights in the playground and very disruptive behaviour. The older kids shove over the younger kids continually in between lesson times, it's an intimidating and unsafe environment. Older kids vape in the toilets so the younger kids are frightened to go in. To be fair there are some great teachers, however they have so many children to manage they are completely overwhelmed. (1600 pupils in the school). We never once heard from our childs tutor and there are no clear lines of communication. We decided to move schools and haven't looked back. General consensus seems to be that the school has really gone downhill and isn't what it was 10 years ago. Many friends have also pulled their kids out and moved elsewhere. Uniform policy is totally OTT. The kids have to wear blazers and long trousers in the height of summer. It feels like an army camp. I witnessed a PE teacher yelling at a boy for not having the correct boots. Sorry Kings but I think major reforms are needed, it's not just about results. The kids are supposed to enjoy their time at school and to feel safe so they can learn.

Im currently a year 9 at Kings and im going to say, my experience hasnt been the best . Recently lunch queues have been so long that ive gotten lunch at 1pm, the food is okay but they should add updates to our lunch. The bullying handling is alright but most of the time the bully always does it again

It’s okay nothing special really most of the teachers are nice but it’s quite centred around test results and not actual learning and the behaviour of some other students is awful and most teachers don’t do anything…

it was alright overall, socially( in regards to bullying, cliques etc) it was bad and the support for mental health was awful. felt very alone at times and school didn’t help, however the teachers were good in helping me get back on track.

Really great school. Amazing facilities (swimming pool, Astro, climbing wall, bouldering wall, three fields, wooded area) and supportive, kind and caring staff. I enjoyed my time there.