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2.4

Based on 18 reviews and 154 answers

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  • Staff1.8
  • Outdoor environment1.8
  • Activities1.7
  • Education1.6
  • Communication1.6
  • Food1.6
  • Safety1.5
  • Indoor environment1.3
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  • Student
    2.0
    24 April 2025

    Go somewhere else

    Been here since year 7, over time the school has massively downgraded. The senior leadership team force teachers to educate pupils in a very specific way, ignoring teachers ideas an their ways of teaching even if its better for the student. Homework HAD to be done to 100% accuracy and if it wasn't, then it was a mandatory after school "intervention" to make sure you got 100%. Canteen food is average but severely overpriced. The only thing that deserves 5 stars are the pastoral support team who h...

  • Parent
    2.0
    25 March 2025

    Completely Ignores DfE Guidance

    School continually demands medical evidence of illness despite DfE guidance stating that school should accept parents notification as evidence. School basically claims parents are lying. If you ask as per the DfE statutory guidance what "genuine and reasonable doubt" the school has to the authenticity of an illness, you get no answers. School attendance officer just passes the buck to another person who then lectures a frustrated parent on how they should write emails to the school whilst litte...

  • Parent
    1.0
    24 March 2025

    worst school we've experienced

    Even the receptionists are arrogant and rude and think they can get away from it. They tell bare faced lies too. The teachers are a law unto themselves. Disgusting school and cannot wait to see the back of them. They have even gone as far as turning off google reviews because they don't want people to know the truth. 0 out of 10 for me.

  • Student
    1.0
    14 December 2023

    No paper massacre!!!!!

    I was sexually assaulted in the toilets, and they had no toilet paper!

  • Student
    5.0
    23 August 2023

    Not that bad

    Really not as bad as everyone says it is it’s just because some people have bad experiences but everyone school will have someone who has bad experiences. Teachers are alright too.

  • Former Student
    1.0
    18 March 2023

    Don’t go here

    Gross and terrifying place to “receive an education”

  • Other
    1.0
    3 November 2022

    I'd never send my kids here

    Well I can see from the reviews that the experiences are the same as one of the primaries they run, that staff blame you for everything, they also do that to parents and bully and harassing you when the 'special' parents and their questionable sprogs tell bare faced lies. We've gone and are still getting harassed by them and their counterparts.

  • Student
    1.0
    6 October 2022

    I hate this place

    Homophobia, racism, bullying, shit teachers. Welcome to the Howard school, The biggest hellhole ever made.

  • Former Student
    2.0
    5 August 2022

    somehow I managed to leave this place with A-levels

    I went to this Scholl during the 2007-2013 period and even back then it was a constant struggle. Some teachers were good and made the effort but many had clearly lost the will to teach and when one kid acted up the rest of the class suffered. Although I was lucky enough to not get involved with fights they were absolutely everywhere. Overall I would not send my kid here unless I wanted them to emancipate and throw me in a terrible home when I'm older. 0/10 wouldn't go again...

  • Other
    1.0
    4 May 2022

    Where do I start

    It's a good job the Howard school don't make my breakfast because they don't even know how to start a day off. Maybe they should pay visit to their Strood primary school and sort things out cos we damn sure are fed up of the encounters we keep getting from their habitants and never mind breakfast, they'll be sure to find a few dogs dinners up there.

  • MR
    Student
    1.0
    25 November 2021

    DON’T GO HERE!!!

    Do not go to this school!!!! You’ll get in trouble for things you haven’t even done. It’s a bad school and I wouldn’t recommend it. Teachers lie to parents too just to insure that the child’s punishment is justified when it clearly isn’t in a lot of cases as you’ll find out if you send your son here.

  • Student
    1.0
    3 October 2021

    Racists everywhere

    Terrible education Too many bullies I was racially abused 4 weeks ago and the school still hasn’t done anything about it

  • Student
    1.0
    11 February 2021

    unfortunate series of events

    after just spending 5 years at this school, i have had quite the experience here. this school is one of the worst places you will EVER step foot in, in your life. the bullying at this school is beyond a joke, i was bullied throughout primary school and was excited for a fresh start but instead, i got bullied here but this time it was by a bunch of new people. teachers do absolutely nothing about the bullying that goes on, all they really care about is the popular boys of each year group which mainly are the bullies... plus not to mention the food here, it was literal aids the teachers don’t care if you fail, they kind of just push it aside and pretend it’s not their problem the classrooms are literally all in pieces, tables with holes in, ceilings with holes in them, walls with holes in too they make you line up outside in the wind rain or snow fist thing in the morning at 8:30. you might think this isn’t that bad, but it is when it’s absolutely chucking it down and the heating doesn’t work in any of the rooms so you can’t even warm up you just sit there soaked do NOT use the toilets here because they most likely are what caused the pandemic. i would not send your child here

  • Former Student
    1.0
    11 February 2021

    Bullying and homophobia is out of control

    Bullying is out of control I spend 5 years being targeted for being gay heads of years and even head of the school did nothing to stop bullying of any sorts even though was told about it on many occasions not an epic gamer moment ngl

  • Student
    1.0
    20 December 2020

    Worst 5 Years of my Life.

    Teachers are weird, dreadful and don’t care if you fail. Bullying of ALL forms is accepted. Homophobia is the only thing the school knows. The Bathrooms have about 13 different diseases and no doors half the time... Overall it was not a poggers experience and made me cringe frequently, almost every day actually for FIVE YEARS! ?

  • Student
    1.0
    20 December 2020

    don’t go here, EVER.

    Scary. Homophobic. Bad. Dreadful. Awful. Cringe. Unbased. + Not Poggers

  • Student
    1.0
    4 December 2020

    How shit the school is

    Teachers tell you are worth nothing and you go nowhere in life! Bullying is a major problem The worst teacher is the male teacher in music and also Mrs Williams in English

  • Student
    4.0
    14 October 2020

    Good but not so good.

    Good school for education. Bad school for bullying and state of some toilets.