Southwark Park Primary School

This has been, by far, the most concerning school management I have encountered. There is a persistent lack of accountability when incidents occur on school premises. Children are frequently subjected to physical aggression from other pupils, often requiring invasive first aid, yet staff intervention appears minimal or entirely absent.
One particularly troubling incident involved a Reception child returning home with broken glasses. The school informed the parents that another child with additional needs had accidentally hit their head against a metal bar. While it is completely understandable that some pupils require additional support, the school has a duty to safeguard all children. In this instance, they failed to protect either child.
There have also been occasions where children received first aid and were checked under their clothing without parents being informed during or after the incident — something that should never occur without immediate parental notification.
Another family, who had recently suffered a miscarriage, kept their older child home for four days during a period of grief. Rather than offering compassion or support, the school chose to report them to Social Services for the four days of absence, despite being fully aware of the family’s circumstances. This response was not only disproportionate but deeply insensitive.
Concerns raised by parents are frequently dismissed, minimised, or met with gaslighting. The overall approach lacks professionalism, transparency, and honesty. While some teachers are genuinely kind and dedicated, they appear constrained by the poor leadership and decision‑making of the headteacher.
Additionally, the school has developed an increasingly commercial atmosphere. On Fridays, they sell back to parents the uniforms that children have misplaced during the week. A few months ago, the school even emailed families requesting donations of alcohol to organise a raffle. They also spoke to pupils in class about yoyos — describing them as a metaphor for life’s ups and downs — only to sell the same yoyos after school for £8 to £13, depending on the model. It all feels inappropriate and unnecessarily profit‑driven.
Honestly, I would advise avoiding this school.

This school is so incredibly bad, words can’t describe how much it sucked. When I went there as a younger kid, it was fine. Then I moved Coventry. But my cousin who goes there gets beat and bullied every day. The school does nothing, not strict enough.

I was bullied. Teachers , Deputy head and head teacher did not do a thing about it it went on for 2 years and had to get the police involved! Other than that it’s a great school and I recommend there teachers are kind but do take a long time to figer things out .

The school needs a freshen up in terms of ,the playground facilities,the lunch menu ect: They need to be more stricter in terms of ,Exlusion,suspension.