Hello, I'm confused about Grey Coat. I've heard great things about it but have also read some fairly awful Google reviews, but you can never tell if some of these are posted by a few disgruntled students. I have heard a bit of recurring theme though about the teachers being bad at listening to the kids in sixth form and having favourites. And that it's really strict in a slightly stifling and restrictive way. One review talked about how some subjects have ended up with no teachers at times, and sometimes there are classes of 40 kids with one teacher. I don't know whether to believe this? I've also heard amazing things about the school. Given it's impossible to visit the school at the moment I'm finding the lack of any sort of 'live' virtual open day options frustrating. They've released a nicely produced 15' photo montage to give a taste of "a year in the life of..." but no video message from the Head teacher or anyone else, kids, parents etc in contrast to other schools out there. I wondered about the layout and feel of the school itself because with Covid I can't visit. I've been given the impression it's quite cramped physically with narrow dark corridors and the canteen area leaves a lot to be desired. There are no photos that really show what the school looks like inside classrooms etc, layout.
If anyone has any advice or insight to offer I'd be really grateful!