Launceston College

people send my son into refection for only dropping his pen . he was in reflection for a full day for dropping his pen and this college needs to be shut down and everyone who is annoyed with this plz make this school to close down forever

Awful school. Don’t send your children here. Loads of bullying and loads of lice infestation. Stay away

Punishment doesn't match the crime. You only have to sneeze lose 2 hours of learning and a break!
Only worried about appearances and statistics
No consistency eg 1 teacher tells you you can do something, then another sees you doing it and you go to reflection. Emails are sent home about this that and the other then the teachers don't follow those rules anyway.
Lunch time is only 20 minutes and not at lunch time
Not enough time to use the toilets inbetween lessons (kids are timed) and then the queues for food means you can't do both at breaks and have time to eat properly and have a little chill. Emails all say NO one will ever be refused toilets breaks, yet they always are....... girls left to leak when on their period rather be allowed to nip to the loo!
Socks are distracting......
Setting the kids up for work life, well I've never worked anywhere where I'd have to follow the rules school have set up........ teachers don't even follow the same rules, eg jumpers on at all times, no shorts, black socks only.
They openly lie and when caught out with proof just ignore you
Demanding money from parents when they've just bought a property they rent out. And paying the 'CEO' (making it a business NOT a school) hundreds of thousands each year! Yet can't provide kids with pens if needed (and if they don't have 3 at all times off they go to reflection)

My child is constantly being put in reflection for ridiculous things such as scratching a rash on their arm, and looking out a window. I am aware there has been instances where it was maybe warranted, for example talking when not spoken too, yet most of the time the reasoning is utterly ridiculous. They no longer want to attend school and its a battle every morning, but when the issue has been raised with the school they just say it was warranted. As much as I had hoped that the bad things I'd heard weren't true, it seems to be becoming apparent that they are!

Hello, my friends mum has said that my friend has cut herself because of this school,it has made her anxiety,social anxiety,depression and her friendships worse. People have been saying unkind words to her and making fun of her twitching . Please do not let your child come here

This school is being run like it was set in George Orwells 1984. I hear it described by my kids as being like a prison. That’s their honest assessment. One of them is in GCSE year, should be high achieving but I have watched their mental health deteriorate before my eyes, they hate the place so much. Planning to do A-levels but there is no way they would consider doing them at Launceston College. All Launceston College seem to be worried about is their grade average and the method they have chosen to improve this is to bludgeon the kids into submission by imposing ridiculously strict rules about behaviour and what you can and can’t wear. All fine if you’re the sort of kid that unquestioningly follows the rules and keeps your head down, but if you show any sign of individualism or question their authority your life will be hell. Kids sent out of class for looking at a speck of dust, losing eye contact with the teacher, looking out of the window, kids not allowed to engage with the teachers during class – absolute silence at all times, I could go on describing some of the things I have heard that goes on. Launceston College is basically being turned into a sausage factory churning out institutionalized compliant kids and is stifling individuality and creativity.

Just don't.

Teachers: 4/10

Punishment system: Flick a pencil etc.: Named Reminder. Same again, or less (like having slightly lighter grey socks): Reflection, stuck inside for the whole day, no learning at all. Another reflection: 2-week suspension.

Lessons: 7/10

Breaktimes: 2/10 (20 mins total through 6h day)

Bullying: BAD, ok?

Music and drama are fun though.

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE SENDING YOUR CHILD TO THE HELLHOLE.

Don't be a dipstick.

I should know. I'm a student.

Absolutely a dreadfull school more like a prision camp than a school with there harsh treatment of kids any excuse to put them in reflection in my day detention don't send your kids there they won't be happy my son hates the school I intend to home school him so he a happy lad again this school will mess with your child's mential wellness ...

Total shit school the new c e o is a jerk its a school not a business not enough time for kids to eat a lunch time meal its more like a prision camp stupid rules that go over the top im looking at moving my son ASAP don't ever send your children there .

Crap school not enough time for kids to eat lunch its a total joke ill be looking at putting my son elsewhere wonder if the usless c e o has a 30 min dinner break with 15 to 20 mins spent lining up then ten mins to eat a meal total joke

Launceston College is now a horrible toxic place to be. They are just having a laugh now. We have new rules (Sep 22)which are stup1d, we have to keep our eyes on the teachers whenever they are speaking, we have to read with rulers, read a book in Tutor. If we don't pay attention to the teachers like looking out of a window or dropping a pen etc TRIAGE. In this week there has been over 50 kids in triage in a DAY, also suspending children for the simplest things. All pupils at the college are now feeling like there in a PRISON, also feeling that they cant be CHILDREN. I am so disappointed with this school especially when it comes to helping children with there mental health.
Please think before sending your children to hell

bad don’t go it’s hell and a prison 🙏🙏 wish everyone luck who still goes there

I understand that schools need rules but the disproportionate penalties for minor indiscretions are absolutely a major cause of concern.

Labelled a school but more a military camp. Must keep eye contact at all time, detentions for dropping a pen..... I could be here for hours writing all the negative things!

Launceston college review

I hated it here, I am a young person who suffers with serious depression, Complex PTSD, anxiety and an eating disorder and I was not supported at all, was called a liar and was doubted constantly they he no faith in me and made me want to die in all relatity. Many teachers where rude and homophobic to me in my time here and nothing was done, I suffered from sexual assult from other students and was told I was a liar, I had been beaten up and it was left ignored, this place do not care for the children in their care, I was such a smart promising student and they took that from me. This place is hell and caused me so much pain and sadness. I was so happy to be out of there, even teachers were sexualising young children calling them names ect. It’s disgusting, the support staff are awful, I had suffered physical abuse from a parent and the support leader at Launceston had to take me home and tell my parent to allow me to stay else where until my social worker could evaluate the situation, instead he gets to the door says “watch out she will kick off” for one using my incorrect pronouns which he had been corrected on before and then left me there, I was heartbroken. I had also had multiple interactions with teachers such as in English who called me out on my mental illness and not being able to attended classes and needing to access the support centre in-front of the ENTORE CLASS I was bullied so heavily for it. Teachers are a huge problem as even they are horrible to the kid, my sister even had a teacher call her friend a slag for their makeup which is just a whole new level of wrong, this place is horrible from the food to the support to the equality. Yess some teachers are lovely such as the support staff in ssc but most of them are absolutely disgraceful. Please do not send your kids here, for their sake.

Mostly good but maths teachers can be annoying . Canteen food is delicious though

The curriculum is decent and so are 50% of the teachers but the rules are ridiculous and terribly enforced.

As a student, I see dozens of pupils with behavioural issues and minds in need of support who simply get parked in other classrooms and sent to isolation because the teachers don’t want to have to deal with them. Some of said students have support staff who claim to assist the student in their learning and ensure that the main teacher doesn’t have to deal with them, disrupting the lesson. However, in reality they tend to stand there and let the student “act out” or they gently ASK them to behave. Some students don’t have these members of staff at all.

As well as this, the uniform rules are absolutely disgraceful. As a girl, I can wear a skirt (with or without tights) but boys are not. In fact, boys aren’t even allowed to wear shorts in the summer. Coats are forbidden in the building (even in the winter when it is cold in classrooms- especially now windows are kept open as a result of COVID-19). Nails are not allowed to be painted and only one set of studded earrings are allowed. What do they think we are going to do? How can an extra hole in each ear and a bit of colour on our nails distract us??

If you are a perfect model student, this may be a good school for you but if you require any support whatsoever, let’s just say that there are other schools around.

Great school if your child's face fits if it doesn't they will spend most of there time sent out of class or in detention and the teachers especially *** ****** loves to stick their nose in with things that's none of there business