See all schools in Halswell, Christchurch
Oaklands School
Primary school · State · Christchurch
"I wish I knew about this website when I was about to choose School"
Lisa, parent
"Finally, one can access the opinions of other students completely transparently."
Fredrik, student
Get access to exclusive content, available only on SchoolParrot!
1 month
NZ$2.99
First month. Then NZ$4.99 / month
1 year
NZ$19
Best valueFirst year. Then NZ$39 / year.
For Schools and school staff
Do you work as a principal or school staff? Take control of your SchoolParrot profile. Click here
Everything Average
Nothing special really it has a lot of online bullying but as long as you surround your self with good friends the teachers are nice if you are nice to them.some teachers are a bit creepo so stay away from them.in the past year it's definitely gone down hill though and things have just become a bit dull since mr brown left
Principal is terrible!
I worked here for a year and it was possibly one of the worst years of my life. Margaret Trotter is a horrible woman. Thank goodness for the incredible staff for getting me through, but my lord, how this woman is allowed to get away with the things she does blows my mind. Many of us have been to the ministry about her and she’s still there!
A Review From A Parent!!
As a mother you only want the absolute best for your child when starting school. Sadly we were in zoned for this school (it meant moving houses for better options for schooling) and we had just arrived in Christchurch. The learning at this school is very outdated and poor. I found the teachers to consistently put the blame on the children complaining instead of offering parents more support, and a plan in place to help better the child’s needs. Most of the teachers and stuff here were very rude and unpleasant to deal with. They are very poor when it came to dealing with bullies. Disgusting behaviour really they write down a statement of what’s been going on between the child and bully and then do absolutely nothing about it. You never hear back from them with an update on the situation or what there plans are to make sure your child is happy and feels safe at school. This went on for a year. The school has 4 entrances that were always easily accessible to anyone and gates were always left wide open having anyone use them throughout the day while children were onsite. Countless times you’d have people just going through the gates to take a short cut to past by streets. The security wasn’t good at all. In the end we moved homes and to a better school. This school was just terrible in all areas, from the outdated learning resources, poor security, unpleasant teachers, old indoor environment (needs a major upgrade) only a playground and old swimming pool.
DO NOT GO
I HATE THIS SCHOOL THE TEACHERS ARE KARENS WARNING DO NOT GO OR ELSE. THEY LOVE ALL THE GIRLS BUT HATE THE BOYS
A great start
Our daughter has been at Oaklands for a year, starting as a new entrant year 0. She is loving it and has been well supported by staff and has made many friends.
I feel sad for the kids that go hear
This school is really mean to my kids
oaklands supporter
Awesome, fun, this is a great i go there
DO NOT JOIN WORST IDEA EVA
to much karens stay as far away as possible from this school it is the worst ever do not sign up your just signing a torture contract to meet the karens
Do not join if you have leave ASAP
to much karens stay as far away as possible from this school it is the worst ever do not sign up your just signing a torture contract to meet the karens
🙏get high on life not on drugs
shit school 🫶 there was this one pedo teacher who would throw only girls in the pool and refused to throw boys in. The school was ramraided a couple times and people kept threatening to bomb the school, so we'd always have lockdowns lol Teachers didn't teach properly because once people finished primary they'd be behind on workk
also the principal should be sacked because she let kids almost kill someone and didn't do anything about it
also the principal should be sacked because she let kids almost kill someone and didn't do anything about it
My experience
Oaklands was an amazing school to grow up at, kind teachers, good ethics, who could ask for more?
Loved year 7 & 8
Mr brown what a great teacher.
Hell hole 0 star if I could
If I could go any lower in the ratings I would. Worst school ever. Absolutely hated it and I’m glad I’m out of there. Teachers don’t actually care for the students all they care about is how the school looks to the outsiders. I was severely bullied physically and they didn’t do anything at all until my family threatened to call police. They then started to do more but still not enough. I was the one getting punished and the bullies carried on. A lot of people I know who went there describe it as “a he’ll hole” and honestly I couldn’t agree more. My learning is behind because they didn’t do a good job teaching at all. Their school uniform looks like a Christmas decoration. I’m so glad I am in high school now. I was in Oaklands primary from end of year 3 - year 8 and honestly choosing that school was the worst mistake I could have made. Only good thing I got out of it was meeting my best friend. DO NOT send your kids here and it is basically sending them to hell. Absolute horrible school that I would not recommend. Only two teachers I actually liked there and they were actually nice to students. I swear the teachers think that just because we are younger means they can treat us like crap. So glad I go to a good high school that actually makes me feel safe and happy where oaklands made me feel at risk and sad all the time because I knew that if something were to
Happen they wouldn’t give a 💩.
Happen they wouldn’t give a 💩.
Cunningham Place, 8025, Christchurch
Margaret Trotter
03 322 8735
About SchoolParrot
- SchoolParrot is a review site for schools. We are a company that believes in more transparency within schools. Our platform is open to all users.
Read about SchoolParrot and our company - Reviews are published in real-time without moderation and we want to encourage our users to provide constructive feedback and keep a serious tone. The responsibility lies with the user.
Read our review guidelines