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Northampton College
Address: Booth Ln N, Northampton NN3 3RF, UK
Phone: 01604 734567
State: West Northamptonshire
City: Northampton
Zip Code: NN3 3RF

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Monday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Friday: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed

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couldn't be much worse to be honestnnthe one good part is that a couple of my teachers were okay, particularly my form tutor who was an actual gem of a personnnother than those few exceptions though, most teachers seem to just not care. some would barely explain the fundamentals of the topics, some would just breeze through all the bullet points of a topic with zero elaboration, and expect us to somehow understand.noften they have zero flexability with the assignments, there were multiple occasions where a teacher expected me to include things that i had never been told i needed to include, and even at least one time where my assignment was being rejected literally due to how i had formatted the document.nnthe students in my class were also mostly terrible, openly admitting to being racist and homophobic, and one person was openly recounting how they were telling a trans girl to kill herself all of this being well in earshot of a teacher, who obviously blissfully ignored everything, which was of course a very comforting sign as an lgbt student myself.nnon the topic of lgbt+ students, there is no additional support, not even a basic social club or anything. the closest thing they have is a small gay books shelf in the library. though to be fair, this lack of support is hardly surprising given what i've heard from disabled people's accounts of the place.nnalso, my head of department can genuinely only be succinctly described by one word, which i'm probably not allowed to use here, so to describe her un-succinctly, she was incredibly vindictive, completely unsupportive, and almost actively discouraging at times. she'd refuse to address any of my problems and would just insist that she is correct - in the way that you just know she thinks she is perfect - and has literally zero room for accommodation of anyone else's ideas. there were even occasions where a vast majority of my teachers agreed that what she was saying was illogical or counterintuitive, but since her word is final i imagine they've all accepted that her tyrannical ego is the only thing that actually matters in their department. the fact that she has a job as a head of department should honstly be taken as an insult to every teacher seeking promotions in this school.nnthe final nail in the coffin for me realising how terrible this school is, is when i was removed from my course - albiet, on a fair basis - and they didnt inform me until *one week* before we came back for the second year. it was even I who had to reach out to them regarding whether i'd be returning, as i'd noted weird behaviour in their automated emails that didnt make sense to be sending to returning students, and i dont feel like i should have to explain why only telling a student they have been removed after THEY ASK YOU is terrible management, particularly given i'd had people tell me prior that there was nothing to worry about, and that I should be returning.nnthere are also many, many other problems with this college, but I would like to still have some of the essays I wrote for them be longer than this review lol.nnoverall, this place is genuinely terrible, and would likely have far far fewer students if it wasnt for a severe lack of well-known alternatives in the northampton area.nif you have an alternative option, then id STRONGLY recommend taking it.nnrant over
Teachers constantly took the p*** with assignments as they wouldn't speak with each other and expect you to focus on their work specifically over everyone else's when you needed all of it to complete the course. were extremely unorganized throughout the two years I was here to the point they didn't even know what was going on themselves half the time or where some of the resources they needed to teach us were. huge lack of communication between teachers as they would tell you one thing and then you would get told the opposite two days later. facilities constantly stank of urine and had people vaping in them or vandalizing them. canteen was an absolute rip off. had to complain about a teacher at one point because they pushed me outside the classroom because i took a phone call to my mum which i got told i could take.
Don’t go to this college. They’re awful with people that have physical disabilities or need extra support. They treated me very badly and basically pushed me out of the college. I went for a meeting for another course and they were horrible to me and said that i’m not suitable for the course due to my mental health problems. They don’t really care about students wellbeing and the teaching isn’t great.
if you want the worst time of your life, you're in the right place!nNorthampton college is well known for rude teachers, very old classrooms and equipment, not to mention the constantly locked bathrooms.nnif you're looking to gain 5 different mental illnesses and health issues, Northampton college is the right place for you
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to go to uni in 2023 so I decided to do the foundation diploma in art and design as it’s free for under 19s and because I’d heard a lot of positive comments about this course. To say I am disappointed is an understatement. I found out that this course used to be run by the university rather than college, was better funded and more students applied to it. Compared the the 100+ students who used to be on this course there were 13 on mine most of which didn’t turn up understandably so The art department did not provide us with a base room so we had to carry our work everywhere, considering I live 45 minutes away, if I forgot something I couldn’t just ask to pop home and grab it. Most of the staff were unenthusiastic, overly critical and disengaged with students work and would spend whole lessons on Facebook on their laptops. I felt intimidated to as for help or to use certain facilities because staff were not accommodating. I know this course is meant to prepare you for university, yet I can’t help but think their detached teaching style is not representative of university methods. If you are 19+ do not waste £9000 on this course. This year made me so uncomfortable and anxious, the only good thing about this college is the pastoral support and futures team they provide, probably to compensate for the stress they cause you and to get you to leave as soon as possible. The facilities on the course I will admit were better than my sixth form which isn’t a massive achievement and the provision of laptops which are very slow did allow me to use photoshop and other adobe programmes. The use of which I taught myself without much input from staff. If you are unsure about going to uni there are much better options than this college course.
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