Kerikeri High School

Teachers are annoying as fuck. Bathrooms are always dirty, and they care much more about having "correct uniform" than about students' learning. Most teachers are under-qualified for the subjects and year levels that they take. The principal talks about upholding values but minimal action is taken against the more serious offences of students. The money raised by the students to improve the school is never used for anything that actually needs fixing.
But at least the international program is good.

Indescribably bad, so bad I am incapable of articulating the full extent in which it is bad, it has left me discouraged traumatised and mentally incapacitated. The only thing worse then the school it self is the students that occupy said shit hole, absolutely incognisant primates. Then again this is just my experience, everyone perceives these realities from different perspectives. I’m just kidding of course, it is fucking atrocious.

The school could be alot worse to be honest. Now, i'm just a kid, so what do i know? But, there are a couple of things school could work on. For example, I feel that our "WAKA" values are pushed on us students alot, and I don't think teachers realize, but it makes us feel like we are being forced into those values, instead of choosing them ourselves. Additionally, I feel students should be taught alot more outside. Let me elaborate: In my opinion as a student, I think kids should be taught alot more amongst nature and the earth, not crammed together in a classroom. Also, I believe that we need to expand our learning, to things not just like Math, and Science, but the things that are more spiritual, such as meditation, yoga, calming things, things to keep the connections between humans and our earth. I also would like to say that I feel school is unnecessary stressful. When teachers say things like "oh, it's good to get out of your comfort zone a little", and, "we are just pushing you the right amount" what they are really doing is causing students to over think, panic, and feel unnecessary pressure that they aren't enough. And, by the way, I am only brushing the surface of how many students feel. I graded my school as an average because most schools are the same, not because it isn't that bad. Also, I would like to state that the dress code for kerikeri high-school is ridiculous. I'm not taking about the uniform, I'm talking about on mufti days, and the school ball. At the ball, girls aren't allowed to wear backless dresses, spaghetti straps, or god forbid she wear something that is "too revealing". I think girls should be able to wear what they are comfortable in, and what makes them feel good in themselves. Take a car from 100 years ago, and compare it to one today, very different. What about a phone from 100 years ago? Again, a big difference. But when you take a school from 100 years ago, and a school from today, there is not much of a difference. And yes, even though they removed hitting the kids, that doesn't make the classroom a happy and stressless enviroment. At all. School needs to update with the generations, not keep the same curriculum forever, it's not working anymore. But of course, I'm just a kid, so what do I know?

If you send your child to this school, there is an average wait time between of 2-3 months before they will end up depressed. If they aren’t being manhandled by the teachers, they’re definitely getting plenty of psychological abuse, you best be wearing those black shoes otherwise i’ll be metaphorically curb stomped into submission. I hope you don’t have a problem living in the 60s because the racism, sexism and homophobia hasn’t changed since then. Foods rubbish too and hella expensive. Someone please invent a 0 star because this hell hole doesn’t deserve 1.

A very disgusting school. Very dirty place and everyone there is not polite at all. The teachers r very rude especially the lec ones and they don’t help anyone at all in there. I think any other school is better.
Don’t waste your money on this school. The uniforms aren’t that great either. A lot of things have happened at this school. Several people have killed themselves and people have lit the school on fire it’s not safe at all.

Just not what I have expected compared what I saw online. The staff are not engaged with specific student . The bullying problem is also really bad in here as well

There is so much bullying and just overall negative events. Homophobia, racism, fighting, the list goes on and on. Few teachers are nice and that's about it that is positive abt the school.

Teachers are racist to students , bad school, no support for the student , never saw the principal except the prize giving

Some junior lit the school toilets on fire, and also the staff are racists and homophobic

i started Kerikeri high school on the 20th of July 2020 and in the last few weeks I've been here and i have fitted in among the school students real nicely. Than i had ever did in my other schools Okaihau College, and Mount Albert Grammar School. the deans and teacher's service here is really excellent with dealing to problems like bullying and is a very welcoming school to new students.