The King John School

horrible school, the teachers don’t make the effort with kids when are out of school. e.g giving work out , whereas they expect to see proof of work. that had not been given. the rules here are ridiculous as people cannot express themselves otherwise they get cbc as they are “not following” the school rules. i do not have any positive reviews of this school as they need to put more of an effort in with the kids that struggle and care more about the mental health of these students.

Lazy teachers that want to strike. What a joke! They have struggled to pull themselves out of an ofsted mess yet acting like this. Total greed and lots of unhappy students and parents.

Nothing but praise for this school. It is a big school, but they do well to make every child feel valued.

Awful school that's ruined many children's teenage years and education. Minus stars would be more appropriate. Students treated worse than cattle. Over strict on petty things like uniform - useless on bullying and sexual harassment. Uses Isolation as punishment which should be illegal and damages Mental Health - which the school has zero idea how to deal with. High turnover of staff - students left to teach themselves before exams due to having no consistent teacher. Staff don't treat students like people, have little empathy or patience.

Spends more money on signs than toilet door locks. The canteen is appalling and way too over priced for what it is.

So as children like to express themselves through make-up, hair style/ colour and others things. Some schools allow children to dye their hair which I believe is good and there was nothing on this schools to say you can’t dye your hair it only states as long as your hair isn’t an extreme colour or style which is fair enough. However after one month my sister gets an email to say her hair colour is unacceptable which doesn’t make sense the colour was red but more of a dull it’s not like it’s bright red or neon colour it’s a natural colour. Anyway they said it’s not her natural colour so it’s not allowed. My sister says there’s loads of people in the school how have dyed their hair red and other colours too. So they are singling her out from the crowd. So she’s very upset as she feels like she’s been victimised over something so stupid. Instead of worrying about bullying and racism they rather pick on a girls appearance, i think it’s disgusting of a school to do this and they said that she has to go to their hair salon so they will change her hair. The school should be encouraging young students to express themselves instead of putting them down all the time.

they don’t care about mental health and are more worried about what you look like and how you dress at school instead if you’re struggling or you have problems. the new head teacher is just spending money on sticking photo boards around the school and most of the teachers don’t care about their job so they don’t teach well. and all they care about is their ofsted rating and the school is trash. there are so many better schools out there that will help you when you need it. would not recommend.

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A few years ago when i started it was good, now the headteacher who took over has left leaving us in the dark. The school really went downhill after about 2017 and i wouldn’t recommend bringing your children here. Completely ruined my education and mental health if i’m being honest! Please note there’s better schools in the area.