Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Commercial
Flight Crew Total 350
Communication Breakdown; Confusion; Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict NMAC
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors; Procedure
While instructing a student in the pattern at ZZZ; just before turning onto our base leg; we were advised to make a wide left 360 and re enter the pattern on the right downwind for Runway XX. As we began our turn to the left we noticed an incoming airplane on a left downwind flying at same altitude in our path. I took controls from my student and we rapidly began to descend. If wasn't for our quick reaction it surely would have been a mid air collision. The incoming traffic began a climb in order to avoid our path. The incoming traffic was out of our line of sight but ATC still made the call giving us clearance to turn after I voiced that we did not have the traffic behind us insight. This event was noticed by another controller and he promptly relieved his coworker and handled the situation. This controller has been known around flight schools operating at ZZZ to decrease safety in the sky. I felt it was imperative to report this event.
Flight Instructor flying a C-172 reported a NMAC in the airport traffic pattern.