Barking & Dagenham College - Rush Green - Romford

Mason C.

Horror college, felt like a youth club.

Teachers are unprofessional, often late and have a lazy approach to teaching. One specific teacher would make strange inappropriate jokes to students and once threw himself on the floor in hopes to get our attention.

Register was never correct and would mark us as absent at times. It felt like I was learning nothing at all.

When I decided to leave, my teacher tried guilt tripping me and shutting down my choice, going as far as trying to secretly make me sign up for the next year.

The place has excellent resources however, such as for film and cooking. The main problem is the way it is ran: lack of care for teachers and poor management

Cristin S.

AVOID this college. They don't deserve even one star for their services.

I went with my brother to them, to enroll him for an ESOL course back in September 2023. We found this course very attractive, because it states on the website that unemployed people like my brother can study this course for free.They tested his English skills, and we agreed to start with Level 1.

He finished the course. He said that was not what he expected, and the teaching methods were awful.

On 5th of February 2025, we got an e-mail from them where they said that there is an outstanding balance of £240 in my brother's name. And this is very disappointing, because they said the course is FREE for unemployed people.

Contacting the college, they mentioned the reason why he had to pay: 'You are not from London Borough'.

We asked for the contract where it says that the person should be from London, and we never got it,they sent just the 6th page from it where is a receipt in my brother's name.

They were threatening us with debt collectors if we didn't pay.

So DON'T choose this college!!!!!

Kieran A.

The fitness centre / gym at this college is awful. Although it's a 'public gym', they do not treat their members as so. I attended this gym for over two years due it's convenient location and had so many issues with the gym since joining.

Opening hours were rarely stuck to. The gym is supposed to be open at 7am and there were many occasions where I would arrive at 7am and the gym doors would be locked. As there is no one working at the fitness centre at that time, there is literally no way to gain access. I emailed staff many times about this and they would say someone did arrive after 7am to open and sign in, but I had better things to do that to wait around for someone who may or may not turn up. One time I waited 25 minutes for someone to open the gym before giving up.

I also felt the fitness centre lacked communication with the security team. When the gym would be inaccessible, the security team would say it's not their job to open the doors and even in some cases, some members of security wouldn't grant me access to the gym for 'safety reasons' at 7am as there was no gym staff there. I also felt caught in between the gym staff, security and cleaners as they all battled to avoid responsibility for opening the gym. The fitness centre would say security were supposed to open it before 7am, and the security team would say it's the cleaners or the fitness centre who need to open it. You can imagine my confusion being told completely different things when trying to find a solution. Also, why should it fall to paying service members to find a solution to the fitness centre's problems?

Communication with members was also awful and was the final straw that pushed me to leave for another gym. I attended the gym after being away for the week and found the gym to be closed. Security said it was closed and they didn't know why. I emailed the fitness centre and they said they advertised it was closed on that day in the gym. When I pressed that people may have missed that notice entirely they said that 'they don't have the capacity or time to contact all the members individually'. This was baffling to me. The gym is a 'public' gym and we pay to use the service like any other gym. This comes with expectations that all members have a right to know when they won't be able to use the service they're paying for. It's also baffling that they don't have an email list of all the members so that they can contact in case of events like I mentioned above. At this point I realised that paying members of this gym will not be treated as such and I then decided to leave and attend a gym further away as I know I'll be treated with respect and have peace of mind that I'll be able to access the services when I want.

I complained many many times about the issue mentioned above and was shown a lack of accountability by the gym staff. Over the two years I was at the gym I estimate that I missed around 2 months of gym sessions due to the reasons above. I asked the gym for a refund for a month minimum and I was completely ignored.

If you're looking for a reliable gym you can fit into your daily routine, I would heavily advise you look elsewhere. This gym is unpredictable and the staff are unhelpful.

ella

worst college you could ever go to. even if you failed your gcses do not go to this college unless you do not care about your future. worst teachers are here, they are rude and not professional barely even doing work and they get biased towards students. do not come here unless you like to deal with unnecessary drama. only few teachers are nice but that does not compare to the rude ones count. horrible college with horrible teachers

ak E.

Terrible unprofessional college, do not reply to emails, very poorly organized, I had been enrolled and kicked out after 3 week's for my attendance due to them not putting me down on any registers for a whole 3 weeks while I was there! I even complained about it to them and sent emails but nothing was achieved by doing this.

Justyna

Very HORRIBLE establishment, should be ashamed to call yourself a college. This place allows thugs and bullies to roam around freely with absolutely no disciplinary action whatsoever. If you value the safety of your children please do not send them here.

Angela G.

Went to get my hair cut at Barking and Dagenham (rush green) college, fantastic service and the best prices ever.Everyone was really friendly and will highly recommend them.

HUHAMMAD A. K.

I would like to thank you the college my son grown up here and The college always supported him and now he is going to university studying economics and we hope all the best for barking and Dagenham College and we are proud of the college and my Son and may God bless the leadership of the College