C172 pilot reported near midair collision and cited reoccurring issues with ATC tower.

Attributes
ACN	1746204
Time
Date	202006
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Tower
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Route In Use	None
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 22 Flight Crew Total 330 Flight Crew Type 250
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 400 Vertical 200

Narrative:

On approach to ZZZ my instructor and myself were given a left down-wind approach and runway xx was active. We were coming in from the west; and there was another plane approximately 6-8 miles directly behind us same altitude. We crossed runway centerline; and joined the left downwind for the runway. The aircraft behind us continued in and was also given a left down wind pattern entry. In my plane we did a touch and go which we were approved for and I believe asked to continue upwind before turning. What we hadn't realized is that ATC had asked us to continue directly into the side of the other aircraft. We didn't have them in sight; and I received a notification of a converging situation from foreflight. The nose on the climb was obscuring the view of the other aircraft. Upon receiving the notification; the upwind path was deviated from; due to ZZZ's poor tower controllers. This has been an ongoing issue with poor traffic management. This is the second time I've had a near miss in the last year or so training out of this field.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 pilot reported NMAC and cited reoccurring issues with ATC Tower.

Narrative: On approach to ZZZ my instructor and myself were given a left down-wind approach and Runway XX was active. We were coming in from the west; and there was another plane approximately 6-8 miles directly behind us same altitude. We crossed runway centerline; and joined the left downwind for the runway. The aircraft behind us continued in and was also given a left down wind pattern entry. In my plane we did a touch and go which we were approved for and I believe asked to continue upwind before turning. What we hadn't realized is that ATC had asked us to continue directly into the side of the other aircraft. We didn't have them in sight; and I received a notification of a converging situation from Foreflight. The nose on the climb was obscuring the view of the other aircraft. Upon receiving the notification; the upwind path was deviated from; due to ZZZ's poor Tower controllers. This has been an ongoing issue with poor traffic management. This is the second time I've had a near miss in the last year or so training out of this field.

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