Tavistock College

got bullied so badly at this school nd they did nothing about it traumatised me so much I still to this day cannot get into school and I was only there for a few months honestly has ruined my life. Education was terrible and so were all the teachers. literally saw a girl getting dragged down the corridor on my first day no joke. food was also terrible and always out of date or hard from being cooked over and over

This school is like living hell. The teachers do not care about your mental health AT ALL as they tell students to shut up, instead just care about uniform , student voice is pointless as the teachers are the ones that choose what happens with the school. Principal and assistant principal make the rules - but they do not follow them. In the mornings when it is cold we have to do this military style lineup which no one is liking and even tried to cut short break times to lineup. Some teachers sit on their phones all lesson after setting a task. You cannot buy food if you have no money so if u didn’t bring food you starve . If ur phone goes of you get detention but teachers phones can go off. You cannot go inside at break time. If u are 1 minute late you get lunch time detention. Ofsted need someone who has got eyes to review this mess as it is not getting better as bullying/vaping is getting worse but the teachers say it working…

this school is truly the worst. litterly sitting in math rn writting this because how terrible this school is and how teachers are trash here got bullied on the first week chavs everywhere Everyone vaping in the toilets wich is disgusting MOST ARE YEAR 7 older years coming in lessons and disturbing others Teachers dont give a shit about you or your mental health actually they make a bunch of kids cry Shit teaching skills and teachers dont know barley anything R1's dont do anything when u report someone they have a chat with them and then leaves it as it is They say they care about bullying but the only thing they care about is ur uniform Punishments are shit and nobody goes too them

It used to be good when we had a lovely headteacher up to 2021.. She dealt with bullies and came into lessons to make sure we were being taught well. Now we have a headteacher who shouts and screams and we have to behave like we are in a military camp. It’s making me suffer with anxiety and no one cares. It all went down so quick

Terrible absolutely terrible lots of people drop out due too mental health problems multiple teachers on a power trip all focus on uniform not on student wellbeing and will NOT listen to students the schools "student voice" is completely controlled by staff choices not the students which defeats the object take no consideration for the individual pupil and tell you to embrace individuality whilst as the same time suppressing any opinion that opposes the ideas of the school not to mention the military style line ups and ridiculous punishments it is a full day detention for not giving them your phone if using it in your OWN break time but only a missed lunchtime if you swear at the staff, bullying still persists even though they tell us otherwise lunchtime and break time is hell you spend 10 percent getting food 90 percent hiding from pupils and staff, take what you will from this but please read a few other reviews for a bigger picture :)

it’s honestly horrible in yr 11 on my last year it’s so stressful and teachers do nothing to help just lies and lies,half of them don’t even know what they’re on about. they want people on school but try to send them home when they’re uniform isnt correct

THIS SCHOOL SUCKS You have to line up in the morning and after break - cut short break to do so, its like a military camp, 1 toilet for the whole school at break times, teachers LOVE screaming at kids due to not being in single file line causing some students (including myself) to have meltdowns, ALL lessons so boring, like a dictatorship, most teachers break the uniform rules, teachers can't deal with basic problems, so depressing attending this military camp, during line ups, teachers talk to one another but if a student does not face forward they lose break times, kick everyone outside at breaktimes to ReDuCe BuLlYiNg - makes no difference. Ofsted need to come back asap

No student support,!!!! all good support staff are leaving or left! . The place is depressing!!!! I’m not talking to a mentor or A HOY!!!! Nah! Everyone walking on eggshells, anxiety is rife, teachers are stressed, seem like no one cares anymore! I’ve been so miserable always support staff in and we don’t learn anything! When it’s a year long temp and we learn nothing - then given a bloody assess! I’ve dropped on some of my grades, told to go online for support! - also told no mobiles so I can’t call mum when I am anxious. Took away my safety net and put nothing else in place. Major issues here! Staff come first to them, then students- spoken down to all the time. No idea how to talk to teenagers -we are human.. No positoveness, no respect. I hate it now , it’s like a prison baml Give is some respect and stop treating us like luu

got bullied on 2nd week of joining, I have seen multiple teachers make their students cry, they only "care" about your mental health because they got bad reviews. they do nothing about bullying at all and care more about uniform than your health anyway

It is such a bad school the teachers literally bully you and make your mental health so bad. I moved school and I am so happy that I did.

Not only has Tristan Forster failed to provide a good learning and behavioural system within Tavistock college but the teachers lack basic knowledge of the subjects they teach. Not only this, but the students behaviour here has absolutely disgusted me and as a student here myself I have been bullied, physically and mentally harmed and the teacher will do nothing about this, I am appalled at the behaviour of all people who run and go to this school and you definitely should NOT let your child go to this school, they will fail to learn any education and probably want to kill themselves after their 1st year

The teachers are really nice but the head or years need to listen to what they are saying to the kids bc they tell u u can’t wear tight skirts or more than one necklace but they do it themselves. I got SA’d and reported it over five times and nothing was done and I was made to sit next to the kid who did it for3 more years which lead to it happening more times, I could go on with the list of bad things that happened there but my point is go to another school please.

This school cares about uniform more than their own students mental health. they are focused on giving after school detention on uniform than giving help for mental reasons. Whenever a teacher walks past whatever you think about how you need to do every single thing that will make them happy with you times ten.

its horrible, all they care about is uniform and only performing well when important people visit, majority of the teachers aren’t understanding with mental health and they make it worse usually.

alright, need to concentrate more on mental health and education then uniform :)

Teachers are sometimes nice and others gang up on you and intimidate you and then when reported act like the kid is lying. Bad with safety and mental health. But ok ish. Some teachers do make me cry a lot

The school is perfect, from the size for someone coming from a smaller school, the resources for each department, the range of GCSE subject, the teachers properly helping and challenging you and caring about your life at home, a wide range of food served in a uncongested area, how the school is quite diverse and is defintely excepting of all races, religions and sexualities and how bullying isn't a thing especially compared to other schools like ivybridge

seems like an average school, some of the teachers are great and some are alright. dont go to them for anything but grades though, they dont care about mental health at all. staff sometimes say discriminatory things and then students get in trouble because all the staff gang up and act like the student was lying. racist and homophobic language is very common and goes unpunished. overall - average, but be careful.

Shit with Bullying and the teachers bully u