School Summary

Thomas Bennett Community College


Boys: 632
Girls: 537
Total Pupils: 1169
Opened: 01-09-2012
Ofsted: Good
Headteacher: Stuart Smith
Thomas Bennett Community College
Ashdown Drive
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 5AD
Telephone: 01293526255
Website: http://thomasbennett-tkat.org.uk/

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CensusDate: 20-01-2022
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County (name): West Sussex
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DistrictAdministrative (name): Crawley
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SchoolCapacity: 1450
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SchoolSponsors (name): The Kemnal Academies Trust
SchoolWebsite: http://thomasbennett-tkat.org.uk/
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StatutoryLowAge: 11
Street: Ashdown Drive
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Town: Crawley
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TrustSchoolFlag (name): Supported by a multi-academy trust
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Trusts (name): THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
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URN: 138620
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"7 months ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Y11 here, all students here are careless, chavvy and serious arses. I don't think the punishment system works at all. Instead of a half hour or an hour detention it's 10-15 minutes. It's overcrowded, it gets so bad in corridors we can be at a standstill and be late or behind for our next lesson. I'm genuinely surprised that I haven't yet to fall down the stairs, either by spilled drinks or food or getting pushed down them. There's no order here. The food is bad and the year 7s are Satan spawn with no sense of human decency. Not to mention literally no one knows how to bathe..","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Y11 here, all students here are careless, chavvy and serious arses. I don't think the punishment system works at all. Instead of a half hour or an hour detention it's 10-15 minutes. It's overcrowded, it gets so bad in corridors we can be at a standstill and be late or behind for our next lesson. I'm genuinely surprised that I haven't yet to fall down the stairs, either by spilled drinks or food or getting pushed down them. There's no order here. The food is bad and the year 7s are Satan spawn with no sense of human decency. Not to mention literally no one knows how to bathe..","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Monochromatic","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/112033790411765742399\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjWWGuSO26B0etpKsay9J7LcKnxQooshDUXXaOj3O1wMopSi=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2023-02-09T10:37:37Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a year ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"This school is absolute trash, one particular staff he knows who he is calls home to say your racist just because you said someone\u00e2\u0080\u0099s \u00e2\u0080\u009cforeign\u00e2\u0080\u009d because there not naturally from this country. Every time I enter this school I feel like I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m in prison no freedom and always being segregated for no reason. The teacher cannot handle being wrong and then kick you out of lessons for proving them wrong. Don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t send your kids here they won\u00e2\u0080\u0099t learn, They\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll be taught how to be falsely accused of racism and how to be segregated that\u00e2\u0080\u0099s my opinion on this school but I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m pretty sure my good friends would agree and most of the students","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"This school is absolute trash, one particular staff he knows who he is calls home to say your racist just because you said someone\u00e2\u0080\u0099s \u00e2\u0080\u009cforeign\u00e2\u0080\u009d because there not naturally from this country. Every time I enter this school I feel like I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m in prison no freedom and always being segregated for no reason. The teacher cannot handle being wrong and then kick you out of lessons for proving them wrong. Don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t send your kids here they won\u00e2\u0080\u0099t learn, They\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll be taught how to be falsely accused of racism and how to be segregated that\u00e2\u0080\u0099s my opinion on this school but I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m pretty sure my good friends would agree and most of the students","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Niyaz Miah","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/111681956878595707871\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjXWeyZe1fJdqfdQ1Y8KlQUfC7BDYYWuFL4jShsaEq6nPcY=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-03-30T22:21:41Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"2 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"I attended this school and I have only good things to say about it. The teachers are amazing and really supportive! They will help you no matter what and they'll do anything to make sure that you are alright ! The students have amazing personalities and you can make friendships that will last forever ! I, especially love the fact that you can choose EAL as a subject if English is not your first language ! And they serve the best food! In my opinion this is the best school I have ever been to !","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I attended this school and I have only good things to say about it. The teachers are amazing and really supportive! They will help you no matter what and they'll do anything to make sure that you are alright ! The students have amazing personalities and you can make friendships that will last forever ! I, especially love the fact that you can choose EAL as a subject if English is not your first language ! And they serve the best food! In my opinion this is the best school I have ever been to !","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Melania Salvatore","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/115505676873820671673\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocIIwGGoZEQw5JcCds1rKsQHmyzQ3HWFI1vzemNgWmxQ=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2021-04-20T18:39:09Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a year ago","rating":3,"text":{"text":"My daughters frist day at TBCC and no one cared that she wasn't registered properly,some other students were the same,they didn't know where there class tutor was located,lack of care and respect towards the students. TBCC has always had its issues but that really takes the Michael! I used to be a student in the 90s,seems like nothing has changed apart from the school uniform. I hope for schools sake these problems become of the past and not repeating.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"My daughters frist day at TBCC and no one cared that she wasn't registered properly,some other students were the same,they didn't know where there class tutor was located,lack of care and respect towards the students. TBCC has always had its issues but that really takes the Michael! I used to be a student in the 90s,seems like nothing has changed apart from the school uniform. I hope for schools sake these problems become of the past and not repeating.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Nicky Elston","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/108425825877053933795\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjWpInUviuJZiChiWvDZQPXMeLasCRKCpifMVfmAbRI_qIE=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-09-07T08:37:39Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a year ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"You guys need to teach your students how to act outside of school, Especially if they are wearing the school logo cause then it's on you guys. because harassing stranger to the point they have to speak out on their uncomfortability is both disgraceful for the school and students.\nIt's been a while since this post and your students but really depicture your school, horrible","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"You guys need to teach your students how to act outside of school, Especially if they are wearing the school logo cause then it's on you guys. because harassing stranger to the point they have to speak out on their uncomfortability is both disgraceful for the school and students.\nIt's been a while since this post and your students but really depicture your school, horrible","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Zen0 Jinx","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/114342551579684022374\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJwff8ayE2Q_rgXUrS8Vx6m0NRvU68SrcOJ9nTrFLCYmQ=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-09-15T14:52:28Z"}]