Haberdashers' Hatcham College (Pepys Road site)

"Would give 0 stars if I could. Like all mainstream Haberdashers is no different. They implement the policies on a subjective and selective basis. The teachers and more specifically the leadership encourage bullying amongst certain groups of children by turning a blind eye, thus allowing bad situations to escalate. The racism in the school is insidious and rampant. The lower tier academic groups are not provided with teaching staff who are permant members of staff but a constant stream of non English speaking supply teachers. At this point it is abundantly clear the British education system is designed to ensure certain groups of children fail while others"

"The school is ok nothing special. Everyone will experience their own experience. Mostly all the good teachers have left and now a small handful remain that genuinely care anout their job and teaching. This school went downhill ever since the scandal of the man that committed fraud and stole money from the school account. Some teachers are just there for the pay and no real interest in teaching. Lack of management, the principal has no managerial clue whatsoever despite his promotion. When you belong to a certain club it has its benefits and that is clearly the case with him its all about who you know as hes not fit for running a kindergarten let alone an academy. This school is too busy trying to look good and keep its high reputation which has dropped dramatically over the years."

"I've attended this school for almost two years, and i'm yet to experience any major problems. It's undeniable the school has some issues but honestly the majority of them and due to the students lack of respect for staff. During my time here I've only had one problem, behavior management. Some classes result in not learning much due to constant shouting, arguing, disobedience, and lack of respect. Though this fault isn't one the school can fix. The students actively choose to employ a sense of chaos into the day because they are foul and arrogant and can not accept that they are not in charge. Though students are nice enough to each other. The members of staff are actually very nice, friendly and great at teaching. They also genuinely care about the welfare of their students, they do all they can to support those who need it and make sure no one is ever troubled. So, whilst the infrastructure is almost as bad as the students acceptance of authority, you will learn a great amount and be surrounded by people who have your best interest at heart."

"I'm currently in year 11 and I've witnessed everything that goes on in this school. So in year 7 - 9 the bottom site suffers from poor organisation of time tables so students are wasting 30 minutes at the beginning of each period for the first couple weeks of the year, also teachers are often sick and arrange cover teachers to teach however they can't control the class room and let students run rampant and fight, as well as the students in lower sets for lessons are often very neglected and aren't given help to improve there grades. When you move to top site things improve however there is still a problem with teachers being absent resulting in supply teachers that have no idea what they're doing as well as the support the lower sets don't get. The only reason this school gets good grades is because they remove people from the subjects they pick to do extra maths and english even if they're doing well in one the choice subjects."

"This school is EXCELLENT, in every sense of the word. The children's attitude to learning (and multiculturalism) in impeccable, as well as utterly insurmountable. The teaching as well is of a wonderful standard. Trust me, your children will be happy here. Just look at the picture."