Kingsmead School

I thought i had made a good choice by opting for this school, but iam now feeling that it is making my child detest school. They have unecessary detention and no safety for children's belongings with thieves on site. All they care about is to punish children instead of teaching them and valuing any effort they are making. Payment for canteen is a total rip off, even though you might be entitled to free meal. You complain and nobody cares to listen. They do not care about children, they do not care at all. This is making me depressed, because they are damaging the character of my child and crushing down his ambitions. I do not advise anybody to send their children there. If you love your child, keep him or her away from that school.

Rubish skl don’t go to it bc u will die

discusting school, excluded my daughter from school didn’t speak to her parents about the situation, she is not in fault for the incident that happened there denyiny me not letting me inside school the children that caused the incident are still in school DONT TAKE YOUR CHILD HERE i am also reporting them to ofsted

Headteacher does not care about the children's feelings and the rules are quite strict (tannoy, one way system, 4 minute passing period, no phones, no makeup, no piercings etc). Many children at this school are very unhappy attending this school and it is a living misery. DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE!!

The school is very bad never go to this disgusting school teachers are keep on giving detentions to students cause they cant teach anything to the students.in the canteen they are scamming kids at the canteen. Never go to this school!!

As a student who has recently left Kingsmead Secondary school I must give it 1 star. The senior leadership team is a disaster and the school attempts to maintain a millitary like image, however, lots of unprofessional and improper activity is rampant. The teachers have no communication with each other or management, causing lessons to become retaught and very brief, and as a result of Mr Medways tyranical approach, we saw many amazing teachers leave kingsmead last year. Furthermore, when teachers do leave this school finds the cheapest replacement possible. Many of my subjects I found that I had to teach myself as it was common for these so called teachers to spend class flitting with students and attempting to gossip with them instead of teaching the curriculum. Not only was this occuring, but teachers also were unfamiliar with content and the new teachers that they do bring in simply didnt care enough to bother. This, in turn with the vast unorganised environment and the lifeless feel of the school made it a living hell where even students became robotic and distasteful. Kingsmead is a shell of what it used to be, covering up the cozy and comforting murals painted by students and staff with the sad hospital like blue really does reflect how the school has been stripped of all warmth.

Strange people in SLT, BTEC Mrs Shan is Medways best friend so she got given the job. Teachers are great though

Very very poor. The school has failed to identify the needs of students and provide the right support needed. Frequent staff changes which indicates poor management structure. Headteacher is not up to scratch. Would not recommend if you have your best interest of your kids in mind.

Absolute rubbish, so strict and rude staff. Overpriced stuff at the canteen which drains out alot of money and they never do anything about rude pupils!! Staff never care about other children and so rude. And only gives us 4 minutes to get to lessons when there’s over 1,000 students moving at once? Never again.

My son says this school is terrible. Currently looking to find a new school.

New headteacher runs school as if it were a company. Has no awareness of how the children may feel. Looks and seems like a prison (tannoy, one-way system, no talking, no phones, no piercings, no makeup, only 4 minutes to get to next class or hour detention - which involve students sitting at a table each, staring at the front, in silence until their time is up). There is no communication between senior leadership team and department teachers. Would not recommend.

This school is horrible, do not let your child enroll here. Headmaster is much too strict and there are so many unnecessary rules and restrictions, bad teachers and system

Too strict about the rules the head teacher is Strict you can’t take your phone or wear trainers to pe you have to bring your school shoes with Bad teachers