Stockton Riverside College

I had attended this college before and I was enjoying it at the start but then I had some girls bullying me and I spoke up after taking it for A MONTH during that month I was telling the tutors they aren’t stopping and they are making me feel uncomfortable. Nothing got done. Nearly 3 months in I got pulled in for a chat and I basically got the blame even tho there was proof of these girls bullying me everywhere cameras witnesses etc, and I got told that I need to calm down when I started shouting because apparently I was the bully in this situation when I was getting called some nasty words and not just that being verbally abused and on one occasion hit! And they are VERY VERY unorganised it is CHAOTIC, our lessons had been split 24/7 times changed etc constantly and the staff are either always leaving or getting replaced it’s an absolute joke. I find this college very very disgusting considering they are all about making students feel safe. I did not feel happy OR safe there. Do not send your child/children here. I would rethink elsewhere ASAP.

no organisation, I was enrolled at the last minute while everyone else was already enrolled. I didn’t have any accommodation for my needs. I was expected to know what I was doing. It left me feeling very anxious and lost.

Wonderful staff - committed and hardworking with good communication. The staff clearly go over and above on the acting for stage and screen course- the shows have been amazing- and to get the opportunity to go and perform at the Dorman Theatre in London is testament to the staff and learners' hard work!

Inadequate teaching, disorganised management, cancelled lessons & now they're cancelling subjects and making staff redundant. 39 hours of lessons cancelled because of "staffing issues". Their solution was to have one tutor teach two different classes, at the same time, in different rooms! I raised the staffing issue directly with the Curriculum Manager, Alex Thompson. I was told in March that it was in hand and they were trying to get a replacement member of staff. Four months have passed and we have finished the academic year without a tutor. As well all of the missed lessons, we have also received disgracefully inadequate teaching. The first tutor we had lacked the ability to contextualise course information, they were unable to adapt their language or expand on the information delivered if a student in the class did not understand. The teaching was unimaginative and did not inspire students to want to learn. Simply put, it was dull and boring. The tutor generally used one teaching method; standing at the front of the classroom and talking non stop while scribbling illegibly on the interactive board. My classmates and I completed student questionnaires. When it came to the questions about the quality of the teaching, most were honest and said it was poor. Alex Thimpson, admitted that Stockton Riverside College had had the same feedback in previous academic years. The same poor feedback last year, the year before and so on. I am struggling to understand why a system of managing this ineffective teaching was not put into place much earlier? At the beginning of the academic year, there were nineteen students starting the course. This number dropped dramatically and in February/March there was an average attendance of nine. The other staff in the electrical department were left to pick up the pieces. Steve and Gary went above and beyond to ensure that every remaining student got the quality teaching we should have got in first place. It was their hard work and additional input that ensured the remaining students passed their course. I realise that most courses will lose a handful of students over the course of the year, but an average weekly attendance of less than 50% should be a red flag. If you have a choice, go to a different college. I certainly am.

Been to watch Grease. The most amazing show. The energy that came of these young people was amazing. The dancing superb. Well done to every one of them. I never expected it to be so fantastic. I'm still buzzing from it. It's a must go see.!!!