# Cotham School — Bristol, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bristol/cotham-school-13000 ## At a glance - **Type:** Secondary - **Parent rating:** 1.3/5 from 23 published reviews ## Contact - **Address:** Cotham Lawn Road, Cotham - **Phone:** 0117 919 8000 - **Website:** http://www.cotham.bristol.sch.uk/ - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bristol/cotham-school-13000 ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Apr 2018 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Apr 2018 ## Recent parent reviews - **1/5** — shhhhhhhhhh: low dis place mumsss worst place ive ever been to *(Nov 2025)* - **1/5** — My personal opinion of cotham school.: Average uk school, vaping, bunking, and fights. this school is the BEST hotspot for fights, the teachers are unprofessional and unappreciative of their students. safeguarding team needs to be fixed immediately!!! *(Jun 2025)* - **1/5** — This is for parents who want to send their child to cotham school.: Important Concerns About Cotham School I am a student at Cotham School, and I feel it’s crucial to express my serious concerns about the institution. I strongly advise parents not to send their children to this school. The introduction of yondr pouches is entirely unnecessary and reflects a worrying disregard for student autonomy. The headteacher shows little concern for the mental health and rights of students, and there is a clear lack of emphasis on safety within the school. Additionally, it … *(Jun 2025)* - **1/5** — cotham shcool: miss van de berg threatened me after shcool after i done nothing my name is mohamed ahmed she came to me outside of shcool screaming and i feel unsafe she’s made my life living hell i can’t wait to not see her *(May 2025)* - **1/5** — SCHOOL OF SANCTUARY MORE LIKE SCHOOL OF IMMIGRANTS!: This school mostly celebrates foreigners as they are the majority don't be fooled by the open days as they mostly select white people to hold them as I was selected fo one once. They send the children of rapist illegal immigrants to this school be WARNED⚠️ *(Apr 2025)* - **5/5** — The school is number one place in the UK for fight watching: love the messy attitude of all the teachers, it really shows the unappreciation of these teachers of their students which fight all the time, if u wanna go fightwatching go to the upper turmac thats the hotspot thanks *(Mar 2025)* - **1/5** — Do not go here.: Hi. I am a year 9 student at Cotham School currently. It is bad. No one cares about mental health and it takes forever to get the proper care. My friend has depression and has been waiting for therapy sessions in school for 3 months now. The teachers are rude and strict. We are not allowed to go to the toilet in lessons and have to hold it. We have double lessons sometimes, and those lessons are hard when you need to go. No period care. I am female and I hate this. There is one pad station in th… *(Dec 2024)* - **1/5** — very bad schull: schull is very bad,hate it very much,very cery bad. scary scary bary jaory hairy. i got sexuality assutied by all the teachrs.ad buwwied by all the studens.no one caredx and i almost killed myself 10 times. :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(… *(Nov 2024)* - **1/5** — My experience as a cotham school student: The school is horrid, a teacher spat in my food once because I arrived late to class. Like they fully opened my bag and spat in my lunchbox. There is also no privacy, if you want to use toilets there are public potties with no privacy. Like a little chair with a hole in it that you do your business in. The teachers also partake in bullying and vape in class. They sprayed a year 7 boy with water guns and locked him in a cupboard as punishment for talking in class. The teachers have also organised… *(Sep 2024)* - **1/5** — bulluing is a big problem: i have seen a friend of mine get bullied and the teachers do nothing about it *(Sep 2024)* ## Other schools in Bristol - [Oasis Academy Brightstowe](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bristol/oasis-academy-brightstowe-11752) — 1.5/5 (41 reviews) - [Blaise High School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bristol/blaise-high-school-20858) — 1.5/5 (28 reviews) - [Mangotsfield School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bristol/mangotsfield-school-16677) — 1.5/5 (22 reviews) - [Sir Bernard Lovell Academy](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bristol/sir-bernard-lovell-academy-16402) — 1.8/5 (17 reviews) - [Winterbourne Academy](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bristol/winterbourne-academy-19536) — 2.7/5 (15 reviews) - [Oasis Academy Brislington](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bristol/oasis-academy-brislington-16392) — 1.8/5 (14 reviews) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. 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