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| 26/06/2010 | Natasha, aged 10, from Dorset in England wrote:
The toilets in our primary school are disgusting one of the sinks in the girls loo is half hanging off the wall and in the boys loos when you flush the loo what ever you did in the loo comes back into the sink when you turn it on.
People vandilise them and our class always get blamed.
Bog Standard response:
poor primary school toilets | |
| 14/06/2010 | Greg, aged 15, from Merseyside in England wrote:
I had an accident in class yesterday and i pooed in my pants . i didn’t want to ask to go because i hate the school toilets. it was the last lesson of the day and i wanted to wait until i got home. When it happened it was so embarrassing, i tried to hide it but it smelt horrible. the teacher sent me to the toilets to clean myself up and everyone just laughed at me when i was leaving the room. | |
| 17/05/2010 | Adam, aged 10, from South Yorkshire in England wrote:
The toilets always stink
the taps leak
the toilets leak
it is mucky
someone wrote hi im poo on the wall the other day and it was on the wall for the rest of the day!!! | |
| 19/04/2010 | Adam, aged 10, from South Yorkshire in England wrote:
My school toilets always smell bad and most of the time there is no toilet paper in there! the doors do not lock and people open while you are in the toilet! | |
| 12/03/2010 | ABIGAIL, aged 12, from Aberdeenshire in Scotland wrote:
The toilets at my academy are awful. A number of my friends, myself included will not drink whilst at school so that we do not have to go to the toilet. The toilets have been vandalised, they leak and overflow making them very unpleasant to be any where near.
By not drinking we are finding that we get sore heads and are struggling to concentrate in our classes - especially after lunch. | |
| 21/12/2009 | Matthew, aged 15, from Canada wrote:
Hi or Cheerio England and Surrounding countries. I'm from Canada and I just wanted to let you you the washroom are beyond horrific here too. The Guys room always smells of urine, there is hardly ever toilet paper, there are frequently line ups (queues), you spend over 5 min drying your hands because the machines suck , a lot of classes ban you from using toilet during the block, and last but not least washrooma are generally in a mess. It's sad that at lunch I have walk at least a block about to burst to find a clean washroom at a restaurant or the public library, if I can hold it. Or risk getting some illness from using the school washrooms. I know the teacher and students council washrooms are much better.
Considering the income generated from the cafeteria you would think they could supply us with a nice washroom.
Bog Standard response:
School toilets are universally poor in many schools and in most countries. Living in a developed country is no guarantee that the toilets will be of a standard we would expect of a rich country.
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| 03/12/2009 | Yeni, aged 13, from Essex in England wrote:
Some school toilets are not very hygienic/clean and for my school, being an all girls school, you'd expect this to not be a problem. HOWEVER, our school toilets are indescribably dirty. No sanitary disposal, no soap, most times no toilet tissue and it's so bad that I have actually stopped using the school toilets under any circumstances, including when I am desperate. My friends and I have decided to do something about it but we need your help. Please could you give us some ideas.
Bog Standard response:
Do have a look at the suggestions on our website. You'll find some ideas on our "What you can do" page. We don't have a magic wand but suggest you get your school council involved. With or without their help, a few of you could write a letter to the chair of governors. You could write an article for the students'/school's newsletter based on our information and your findings and could hopefully win around the staff by talking about what the students can do to make their toilets nicer. | |
| 05/10/2009 | joe, aged 15, from Angus in Scotland wrote:
the toilet in my school are horrible. they are only 2 cubicles and every day the toilet seats are covered in urine this means every day i cannot use the toilet. we are not allowed out at lunchtime so i cannot use the public ones down the road. we cannot use the toilets during lesson time unless you are given a medical certificate by a guidance teacher. the toilets are sometimes not cleaned for days. there are no locks on cubical doors, there is nothing to dry your hands with ( it looks like there was once an electric hand drier but it is now just an electric wire sticking out the wall) and you need to go to the office and ask for loo paper if you need it. what worries me the most is if i wet myself one day because i cannot use the toilet. it is a real shame because it is a newly built school (after a fire burnt it down to the ground) with modern technology in the class room but when it come to the toilets every thing looks like it has seen better days
i find this very upseting and have developed a fear of wetting myself. i also avoid drinking and wear lots of clothes to keep very warm (as i heard the cold makes you need the loo more)to avoid needing the loo.
Bog Standard response:
We suggest you raise the issue of the toilets with your school council and your parents should speak to or write to the headteacher and chair of governors. We have example letters to both here | |
| 10/07/2009 | Deanne, aged 15, from Tyne and Wear in England wrote:
It would be easier for me to say what my school toilets have got rather than what they haven't got. Plain and simple they are filthy and disgusting. That's when they are open. They are more often than not locked. I faced the ultimate humiliation last week when I was just so so desperate for the toilet that I wet myself | |
| 07/07/2009 | Rachael, aged 15, from Tyne and Wear in England wrote:
The toilets at my school are locked nearly all the time. When they are unlocked they are filthy and none of the cubicles have toilet paper, the toilets have no toilet seats and there is no working hand dryers, soap or hot water. I have spent many days bursting for a wee at school, it's embarrassing having to fidget and hold myself.
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| 22/05/2009 | Isabel, aged 12, from Northamptonshire in England wrote:
the toilets at my secondary school are disgusting and dirty with lots of doors broken and someone pooed in their pants last week from not going to the toilet because they are minging . If people are sick they are still not cleaned. | |
| 11/04/2009 | Craig, aged 14, from Perthshire in Scotland wrote:
My school toilets are really bad,They smell of wee and the urinals are horrible too. | |
| 19/01/2009 | kizzy, aged 10, from Avon in England wrote:
we never have soap in our toilets or toilet paper. i'm 10 years old and have just started my periods and find this really difficult, no bins to put our used towels in. i have to take to school soap and a bag to put my used towel in . we also have to drink water from the toilet taps. We're not allowed to drink from the sinks in the class room. | |
| 08/01/2009 | Chris, aged 14, from London in England wrote:
The boys toilets are in a terrible state. I assume the girls toilets are too.
Recently the school have done a redesign... of the OUTSIDE of the toilets. The inside are the same horrible places.
People do smoke there, and we can smell it in the corridor every now and then.
There are no locks.. the smell of cigarettes mixes with.. other smells.
Everyone in the playground can see inside the toilets and who is using it, because the frosted glass is useless.
I would like to use urinals with partitions, instead of the trough things we have at the moment, as it's really awkward..
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| 29/09/2008 | Ella, aged 18, from London in England wrote:
i've been on the student council for three years at H......School and we've had the same issues and complaints about the school toilets for three years. The toilets are pants, there are not enough toilets for a big school, and the most pathetic of all is the fact that although we have lots of toilets we can only use one set - the smallest one. The big one is closed - for what reason no one knows!!!!!!
There are about 200 students in the 6th form and about a thousand in the rest of the school. The small set of toilets that is open are mostly broken down and only one can be locked. Please help us to solve this matter.
Bog Standard response:
We've looked up your school and if there are 1173 students then it should have 59 toilets (urinals can be included in this number). The regulations are 1 toilet for every 20 pupils. Toilets that are not available to pupils cannot be counted. Clearly there are not enough toilets. And the toilets that are open are not in a fit state. Three years of talking is three years too long. Action is needed urgently.
You need to look through the What You Can Do page. And you need to get help to establish communication between the students and the staff and to get all the toilets open. Please contact the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England and ask for help to resolve this problem. Email info.request@11MILLION.org.uk or write a letter to 11 Million, 1 London Bridge, London, SE1 9BG.
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| 04/06/2008 | Gino, aged 12, from Kent in England wrote:
there are loads of toilets in my school but most of the time they are locked because of pee on the floor and in the sinks, wet tissue all over the celing, graffiti on the walls, all the locks are broken and people open the door when you're trying to go to the loo! there is no hot water running from the taps and the cold water doesn't even come out because there is tissue stuck up there. there is no toilet roll so some people bring their own in! we don't even have any soap so you're likely to get more germs if you wash your hands! there is only two or three caretakers looking after about 8 sets of toilets so the only check they get is at the end of the day. | |
| 06/03/2008 | Claire, aged 15, from Powys in Wales wrote:
Our school toilets are terrible, the boys say their's smells and the girls are always vandalised. Something needs to change and soon because no one can cope anymore. Lots of people are putting their health at risk because they wait all day to go to the toilet. The government needs to warn children of these dangers now, before people get ill. | |
| 20/02/2008 | Kate , aged 14, from Staffordshire in England wrote:
Are toilets are smelly, left unflushed, there are no locks, no hot water, soap is mouldy, hand dryers don't work, there’s no privacy and the toilets are dark | |
| 12/02/2008 | hannah, aged 11, from Tyne and Wear in England wrote:
we have two sets of toilets. one set only ever has toilet paper. the teachers only let you go to the toilet if you have a medical pass. not long ago the year seven and year eight toilets were set alight by some students from our school, so we had to get a new set of toilets. most of them have broken locks so you can’t use them, and the years nine and above toilets always have rubbish in them or stubbed out cigarettes. most people wait until they get home to use the toilet. I think this should be stopped in every schools toilets. | |
| 11/02/2008 | James, aged 13, from Northamptonshire in England wrote:
My secondary school toilets are terrible, absolutely terrible.
They aren't cleaned at anytime during the day, even if someone throws up in there.
In each area of the school, there is a set of toilets, the ones in languages are the worst, the lock on the one cubical in there doesn't work, the height of the cubical is too low, there is urine all over the floor, the seat is always dirty and has no lid, the toilet bowl is always dirty and unflushed, the urinal only has space for three people and there is no partitions on it. And with it being only space for three people and one cubical with no working lock, it gets very busy. They smell of smoke, the sinks have yellow stuff down the side all the time, the soap dispenser is usually empty and is burnt black where you put your hand and press to get the soap, the sealant at the back of the sinks is all broken and mouldy, the tiles are all old and manky, only one hand dryer. And that's just one set of toilets.
The science area ones are horrible too, the cubicles are easy to look over if someone stands on the toilet bowl. It isn't private enough and I don't like using toilets that aren't very private. A cubical door has been smashed off and hasn't been replaced, which makes it so there is only three out of four cubicles with doors. The toilets have no lids or proper seats that you can lift which causes people to pee all over the sitting bit. The toilet is all one piece and is terrible as it is uncomfortable to sit on them so I avoid going for a poo in school. All toilets are usually left unflushed. Though there is always toilet paper, there wasn't before which meant we couldn't wipe ourselves. We have soap but if it runs out, that's it, they don't replace it for at least a month. To keep the soap and toilet paper they have to bolt the holders back to the wall with metal bars and pad locks. The floors are always dirty, with pee and God knows what. In the cubicles, at the back behind and beside the toilet, urine drips off the walls and there is always a puddle on the floor.
My school relies way too much on urinals rather than cubicles, in every boy’s toilet there is a trough urinal, with no dividers and not enough cubicles. Hot water is not always available, sometimes it comes out hot sometimes just slightly warm and most times, cold. Some taps don't work, some don't run long enough or are either too powerful and spray everywhere or too weak. The ceiling is horrible, there is mould, toilet paper stuck to it and holes. The windows also have toilet paper stuck to it. The extraction fan does not work, and has wet toilet paper thrown on it. There is graffiti sometimes on cubical walls and paint scratched off. They smell of smoke a lot too. There are no mirrors either.
The computer-maths toilets are cleanest but are usually only for people getting a key from student reception, in these toilets, they are usually clean but one cubical has no toilet roll holder, no seat and no door. The middle cubical has everything needed, but the end cubical has no seat, and the lock is dodgy. What is even worse is that there is a gap at the side by the window and wall, and even though it isn't the widest, if someone looks through in the girls, you can see them from the boys.
We only have access to toilets mainly during lunch and break, so I go at each time even though I don't need to fully, some teachers are kind and let us go but some say "No, why didn't you go at break/lunch?" and if the teacher does let us, we have to wait for them to fill in a form, then we have to walk all the way to student reception and get a key, then go to a set block of toilets upstairs on the first floor. Sometimes the reception is right across school if you are in a certain block, but when in the science area, we can get a key from the science techs for the disgusting science toilets.
When we had an OFSTED inspection, the toilets were constantly being cleaned and inspected by staff, and had soap dispensers, toilet roll, flushed toilets, no rubbish on floors etc. But the next day, it all went back to square one.
Also, in all toilets throughout the school, there is no rubbish bin available, as we use hand dryers. Only the two student disabled toilets have a bin. Just because we have hand dryers not paper towels doesn't mean there shouldn't be a rubbish bin. We used to only have one toilet set open, the smallest and dirtiest (the ones in Languages) at lunch and break. We now have the ones in science too since I complained - but they still won't clean them up.
Bullying does go on in our toilets too. Making the whole terrible experience even worse.
I really hate using them but I have to, the school doesn't care. There is apparently a project going on in our school about renovating the toilets but they haven't changed anything at all.
I suggest, sensor flushes, sensor taps, automatic hand dryers, those ones that dry your hands in 10 secs, teachers can't complain about us being late if we are spending time drying hands, full floor-to-ceiling cubicles, seat cleaner, partition urinals, more cubicles, cleaner floors and ceilings with working ventilation, a bin and soap refilled when it's empty.
Please help, I hate these toilets, the school don't listen I've complained numerous times but all they did is say they'd open the science toilets at break and lunch too. I want them cleaned up and nice to use - not horrible smelly germ factories.
Bog Standard response:
We have included this email in full because James sums up the problems so many children face. | |
| 01/02/2008 | craig, aged 13, from --- Please select --- in Scotland wrote:
My school toilets are really bad. Tthere are only two urinals that people can use and most of the time there is pee on the floor | |
| 30/01/2008 | Annie, aged 12, from Merseyside in England wrote:
I hated my old school! There was hardly any loo roll. My friend nearly wet herself once coz she was going to wait until she got home. Drinking fountains were right by the toilet it was GROSS! Soap was watery coz they didn't bother to change it, they just filled up with water. Taps were all cold and when hot water did come on, it was lukewarm. The toilets locks didn't sometimes work and people used to push the door open on you and you weren't allowed to go the toilet in lessons. People didn't flush sometimes, they just left it so it stank even more and no one wanted to use them. Most of us waited till we got home. | |
| 29/01/2008 | Jamie, aged 13, from Down in Northern Ireland wrote:
none of our loos have locks, soap, paper towels and there is wee all over the floor-i I hate using toilets in school | |
| 29/01/2008 | george, aged 13, from Hampshire in England wrote:
After reading the response to one of the feedback pieces, I realised that our school (that has over 1400 pupils) doesn't meet all the requirements. I wasn't surprised, because the toilets are disgusting and there isn't a single working hand dryer in the whole school! | |
| 29/01/2008 | Séan, aged 17, from Down in Northern Ireland wrote:
I would like to first say that I think that this site and the campaign is a brilliant idea and has been long desired in this country!! My school toilets aren't actually that unhygienic, but they used to be a lot worse when we were in our old school. The toilets are always covered in graffiti (which is partly the pupils fault), but there is no system in place to monitor the graffiti. Therefore, it makes it very unpleasant to use the toilets when looking at obscene images plastered all over the walls. In addition, some of the text/images can be very racist/homophobic/sectarian and generally discriminating. This may make people not wish to use the toilets for fear of psychological attack. I think that teachers and School Principals just don't take this issue seriously enough because it DOESN'T directly affect them. One suggestion would be for teachers and students (men and boys, women and girls) to use the same toilet facilities, just to emphasise how horrible they can be and to make sure that students act maturely. However, this brings with it child protection issues. All in all, something needs to be done, but a lot of the issues seem to stem from the pupils themselves, so we really need to educate everyone together to demotivate people from graffiting/ruining the toilets! Thanks. | |
| 25/01/2008 | Jessica, aged 14, from Antrim in Northern Ireland wrote:
As much as I love my school. the toilets are a complete and utter disgrace. You can't go to the toilet when you want to unless you have a medical pass. The toilets are open during lunch, however we can't get in because the prefects don't let us. We then get into trouble if we are late for class and we go when the bell ends for the end of lunch. There is no soap, paper towels and sometimes no toilet roll available - basic necessities you need in the toilets. They get cleaned, once a day, after school. If we want toilet paper, we have to go and ask the caretaker for toilet paper which often gets chucked down the toilet. Wrappers fill the sinks, blocking them, and people leave on the taps, flooding the floor at times. Also, sometimes you go into the toilets and there is cigarette ash over the seat, old sanitary towels on the floor and poo that hasn't been flushed down the toilet. Graffiti covers nearly all the doors, most of the time it gets scrubbed off though. The water fountain does not work, as don't most of the locks. I tend to wait until I go home to go to the toilet, which is damaging for me. I have noticed changes in my bladder patterns. Even when I tell the teachers I think I may be getting a kidney infection, they show no concern and usually don't let you out. If you do, you have to go and fetch a key from another teacher's room to open the toilets- if they even give you the key - or at times it gets stolen. Complete disgrace for a top school. | |
| 16/01/2008 | Hezzi, aged 14, from --- Please select --- in Scotland wrote:
In our school, we were allowed to use the toilets whenever we needed to, however, they appeared to only be cleaned once a week, on a Friday, after school had ended as there was no paper left by the Tuesday morning unless they were flooded and the paper had to be replaced after the people who flooded them had stuffed them in the sinks/toilets.
The toilets have always been disgusting, there is usually only 1 sink without toilet paper in it and there is one cubicle with a sanitary bin on it and no toilet paper holder anyway. There is also no working hand dryer at times and the floors are always covered in litter and toilet paper. Graffiti covers the walls and a lot of people choose to avoid the toilets because they are plain disgusting. There are 3 cubicles for girls in two of the biggest year groups in the school (about 200 children) and about 6 for girls in the other pair of large year groups (about 200 children). The only toilets which are apparently "nice" are the 5th and 6th year toilets because they are cleaned more often apparently.
Now, we have a new head teacher who has banned us from using the bathrooms under any circumstances during class and so they are locked for the entire day except during break and lunch and before and after school. He says it is our fault because a gang of “NEDS” flooded them 6 times in the last 6 months. He acts like it is everyone’s fault and that we should all be punished for it and he took each year individually for a “special assembly” to yell at us about how people shoved baguettes in the toilet and left them flushing and shoved toilet paper in the sinks and leaving them running. He yelled at all of us because there was damage to the school after a set of toilets on the 2nd floor flooded and it leaked onto the ceiling of the 1st floor and damaged electrical equipment and made a hole in the ceiling of the library and bulges of water also. I don’t see why everyone is being punished for the act of a few individuals.
Bog Standard response:
It's all to easy to blame the students for problems, but no one is going to want to look after dirty and neglected toilets. Rather than yelling at students and making the toilets out of bounds (a sure way to ensure students vent their frustration and anger on the toilets!) it would be better to talk to the students to find out what their problems are and to work with a committed group of them to improve the toilets and the bahaviour. | |
| 21/12/2007 | matt, aged 13, from Buckinghamshire in England wrote:
at my school some people mess their pants instead of using the toilets because the toilets are in such a poor conditon | |
| 05/09/2007 | Bev, aged 15, from Essex in England wrote:
Oh my word, where can I start. The toilets here at M__ are terrible, the locks are broken and the boys open the doors and look at you. PLEASE publish this so people coming to M__ know what's ahead of them. PLEASE help.
Bog Standard response:
We are very sorry but we can't name and shame schools. We run the risk of legal action for publishing "unsubstantiated claims". This means although we believe you, we can't prove that what you write is true. The way we work is to let people know the problems that pupils face and to encourage schools and the Government to improve them through initiatives, such as our pilot School Toilet Award. | |
| 04/09/2007 | Emily, aged 13, from London in England wrote:
Terrible, locked, ugly, vandalised, loitering spot | |
| 13/06/2007 | Chazza, aged 15, from Humberside in England wrote:
The toilets in our school smell like shit, there are people smoking in them and god knows what else. People also graffiti in them. There is hardly any soap so only 1 in 5 people wash their hands after using the toilet, which is disgraceful. It's not fair because the teachers have really nice toilets but the pupils don't. It's a health HAZARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
| 13/06/2007 | olivia, aged 15, from Humberside in England wrote:
Our school toilets are horrible i would rather piss myself then go the only thing i use them for is having a cig in them and the girls are that dirty i go in the boys toilet to have a cig and the only reason i smoke in them is because they're that horrible that i might as well because it won't make them any worse - the smoke will actually cover up the smell of shit. | |
| 06/02/2007 | katrina, aged 16, from Hertfordshire in England wrote:
our school never has any soap in the soap dispensers and there aren't any machines with sanitary towels or tampons. The toilets are also always smelly and never clean. | |
| 16/10/2006 | Keon, aged 11, from Armagh in Northern Ireland wrote:
Our school toilets are horrible. There is poop sitting in the bottom of them. Plus there is graffiti all over the walls. There are no seats on any of the toilets. There is never any loo roll and there is chewing gum all over the place.There are loads of older students in there smoking and they scare me. What can I do about it?
Bog Standard response:
You need to get your parents or carer to help you talk or write to the school to get this situation changed as soon as possible. There are suggestions on the What You Can Do page. The School Council needs to be involved to help improve the state of the toilets and improve pupils' behaviour. PLEASE also write to your Children's Commissioner (email address for the Northern Ireland one on same page) as we want them to realise that school toilets are an important issue that affect lots of children.
Also, there is a Northern Ireland branch of our Bog Standard campaign so email one of the organisers Gary Keenan in Belfast: GaryK@belb.co.uk | |
| 29/11/2005 | Caitlin, aged 12, from Swansea in Wales wrote:
In my primary school the toilets were bad but then they got all the girls to stick posters up and the toilets were painted purple and pink which was cool and there were mirrors and seats. But now that I am in comprehensive school, the toilets are even worse. There are two toilets, one on either sides of the school. The first have no doors or toilet seats and the wall is kicked in and you have a find toilet roll in the classroom next door. The other ones are half and half but they smell of smoke and are always filled with girls that are truenting. I hardly EVER go in either of them.
Bog Standard response:
We're not surprised you avoid the toilets. The school and the school council need to work on improving this desperate situation. | |
| 07/11/2005 | koyrul, aged 16, from London in England wrote:
The state of the toilets in our school are very dangerous and a health hazard. Our school is supposed to be the most improved school in England but we don't even have a decent toilet! | |
| 26/06/2005 | JJ, aged 13, from Swansea in Wales wrote:
I dont like using my toilets. There are always people in there smoking, and they are bullies. I don't want my head dunked down the toilet. When there aren't bullies or smoking in there, they smell, they are dirty, and have no locks | |
| 23/06/2005 | Hannah, aged 14, from Shropshire in England wrote:
Our school toilets are disgusting. The humanities block stinks of human pee, because the toilets are never cleaned. The outside ones are the worst, my brother tells me the urinals in the boys are all broken and no locks on the doors. the girl outside block has fag ends in every toilet bowl and all doors have been broken. the windows have been blacked out, and no light is in there. All sanitary bins in the girls are over-flowing, and not regularly emptied. Many people refuse to use the facilities provided, and wait until they arrive home. I would strongly advise for our facilities to be surprise examined, not giving the staff time to quickly sort them out by spraying them with some air freshner and emptying the bins. | |
| 27/04/2005 | Martin, aged 13, from Gloucestershire in England wrote:
We had no soap until my mum complained, and it stinks! The floor is covered in wet stuff and people don't flush the toilets. There is gum in the toilets on the wall. There is also wet stuff under them | |
| 14/04/2005 | Jessca, aged 13, from Warwickshire in England wrote:
The toilets at my school are terrible they smell there are no seats and no loo roll and no locks on the doors and even no chains because the school cannot be bothered to fix them they have been fixed before but not in the last 6 months and the loo's have not been open for over 4 months ther is over 1300 students at our school and 1 toilet open and you even need a pass or a letter from a parent or gardian we want something done about our toilets at school what can we do other than what we want .thank you | |
| 04/02/2005 | Richard, aged 11, from Northumberland in England wrote:
My toilets really smell and they always have lots of older kids in them smoking and always making a noise
Bog Standard response:
They sound intimidating and pretty scary. Ask the school council to tackle this. | |
| 24/01/2005 | Simon, aged 13, from South Yorkshire in England wrote:
My school toilets stink and are never properly cleaned. People block up the sinks with toilet paper and because the taps are broken they stay on and flood the toilets. They also wet toilet paper and throw it everywhere. The locks on the doors don't work and people can open them from the outside so there is no privacy. People don't usually flush the toilets and they spit in the sinks. These toilets are in the same building as some classrooms so you can smell them in the lessons. | |
| 17/11/2004 | Emma R, aged 13, from Buckinghamshire in England wrote:
in our school toilets there's never any toilet paper and so we can't wipe after we go
Bog Standard response:
Sadly this is a common problem in secondary schools. Lack of loo paper can lead to soreness, skin infections and urine infections. | |
| 31/10/2004 | Harriet, aged 11, from Northamptonshire in England wrote:
Our toilets are disgusting, they smell and I try not to drink anything because I hate a visit to the toilet. Pupils' toilets should be kept in good condition and need to have soap and toilet all of the 6 hours we are at school. In each set of toilets older pupils name one toilet the smoking toilet and sometimes people smoke in the toilets and when you go in the toilets are full of smoke. Pupils' toilets should have rules saying they must have soap and toilet rolls etc. Also in our school toilets people do graffiti snd our toilets look like they haven't been updated in years, they have long pull chains and most of them are cut short so we can't reach them. If we need the toilet in a lesson we have to ask but quite alot of the trime they say no. | |
| 16/10/2004 | Victoria, aged 14, from Rhondda Cynon Taff in Wales wrote:
Our school toilets are either unbearable to go into or locked. During lesson time you have to ask permission to use the toilets, which is reasonable, but there is only one toilet open, monitered by a 'Toilet Lady'. This one is clean, but only because it's locked most of the time. I purpously don't drink much, or nothing in school to stop me from going to the toilets, or asking for a permission slip, which is quite embarrassing, wouldn't you agree? If we spend 6 hours or more a day, five days a week in school then shouldn't some water be consumed within those 6 hours (which is a long time). I am the Year 10 representative in our school council, and I am determined for the health rules and regulations to be enforced in our school toilets, and that water should be consumed within class time. I have set this goal for myself, which I will achieve, hopefully with your help. Our school NEEDS you, our toilets NEED you!
Bog Standard response:
You should be drinking at least half your drinks during the school day (so 3-4 drinks if you are a girl, but more if it's hot and/or you're exercising). You should need to go to the toilet at least twice at school. You need clean toilets that you can go to when you need to. | |
| 14/10/2004 | mairi, aged 15, from Lanarkshire in Scotland wrote:
My school toilets have no privacy, and most of them are unusable. The school also has a policy which means to get out of class to go to the toilet you have to have a signed note from your class teacher, and even then, sometimes you are denied the right to a toilet! Im in 4th year at high school....and I have only used the school loos twice. I go from 8am to 4.30pm without a toilet because the school ones are awful. It makes me sick to think that the head teacher cares more about our image in the local community than her own pupils health. If it wasn't for the kids...she wouldn't have a job!!!
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| 06/10/2004 | Sophie, aged 10, from Nottinghamshire in England wrote:
My school toilets are at the end of the main hall and the hall is where we eat. You can smell the toilets while you are eating and it makes you feel sick. | |
| 06/10/2004 | Anneka, aged 14, from Derbyshire in England wrote:
Our school toilets are a complete disgrace. I don’t think I have ever used the toilets in all the three years I’ve been there. I'd rather wait 6 hours till I get home.
It's ridiculous, they have no locks on the doors, about 3 out of 10 taps work, the others just drench you wet through! There is NEVER any toillet paper and the mirrors are always dirty!! Please help us out. The teachers don’t listen, they think they know best. | |
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