Sancta Maria College

this school makes me feel bullied and trapped, it is so rare to find anyone who i relate to and is actually nice, and not a person who talks behind your back and then gaslights you. the students here have no respect and are very rude and the same goes for the teachers, and rules.

it’s hard to actually be myself and/or who i want to be without feeling judged by not just the students but also the teachers. a hair tie isn’t black? tough luck, change it. it’s a HAIR TIE.

almost everyday i cry in the morning and night thinking why i go to this school. my parents sent me here for ‘better luck to make friends’, well that didn’t work out well.

the teachers get mad at the smallest things and in one of the classroom there is a poster saying something like try not to have a good time, this is supposed to be educational. really? i thought all schools wanted their students to have an amazing time.

i can’t even post anything on social media without feeling like i’m being stalked and laughed at by the “popular girls”.

the teachers see one smile when they are talking and they immediately scowl at them and writes it down on the students report.

i’m only in year 10. this place so strict even during the tropical storm that happened two weeks ago, the school did not finish and was kept inside until the actual home time bell rung.

now that this hellhole is a stymie school, nothing will change, it’ll stay the same. imagine going up to someone who works at the school to tell them you’re feeling bullied, you just get told “suck it up, there is nothing the school can do”. do better sancta.

not forgetting the favouritism the teachers have.

it’s not even the boys that aren’t even that bad as i thought when i first came to this school after being at a school where i’ve grown up being bullied, it’s mostly the “popular girls”, they pick on the nicest students ever and when there is a new girl, they try take their chance and USE them like an art project to see if they can gaslight AND manipulate her into one of them just so they can get more relevance in school and have less of a chance of become irrelevant.

i’m sick of coming back to this review and rant about new terrible things i’ve seen about this school, i’m glad next year i am leaving and never coming back. ever.

also in a fight that broke out between two year 9 boys in term 1, the school did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT IT, the victims head was being REPEATEDLY STOMPED and the person who stomped his head got away with it. NO SUSPENSION OR EXPELTION.

this school is not safe, doesn’t give two flying craps if you almost died after being stomped, doesn’t care about anything unless it’s about work.

a lot of sexist, racist, abusive, AND pedophile teachers - which the school does NOTHING about it by the way - gets away with everything they can.

this school only cares for what students see of it and not what goes inside of it, a year 9 got expelled because of a TIKTOK ACCOUNT, yet, as i’ve said, does NOTHING when a fight revolves, or depending how brutal the fight is, the people involved in the fight only get a week or two suspension. big loss for this shithole.

n a teacher lying about a ‘new rule’ at the school, apparently we can’t go to the bathroom, fill up our water bottle or even go outside for a drink because of two taggers, like oh okay so our health is less important than two people graffitiing around the school?

parents do NOT make the mistake of sending your children here, look out for signs, be there for your child, let your child take days off if they really need it, not just because they are sick.

most of the teachers are so biased and its js such a boring school, like do better. people are so mean but around teachers they switch to different personalities like um what. js dont go there.

From a student perspective, this school is poor. The students have barely any respect, and some teachers have huge power trips. Only a handful actually care for your future and your wellbeing, whereas some are just here as a job and don't care. There is zero to no empathy from a handful of teachers, and it's practically unbearable to come here everyday. You as a teacher do not deserve my respect if you do not respect me, you are here to teach me and I am here to learn. We need to respect each other, it cannot be one sided. The fact that these grown adults can't grasp this idea is appalling, some students have more dignity, pride and respect than some teachers.

The school is a wonderful learning area and over the last few years they have tidied up some of the lingering issues that was present in the forms of bullying and harassment from students and teachers alike.

However for parents wishing to apply their children at this school, all I can say is be prepared for lack of communication and lack of feedback response. An example would be of the 2020 Level 2 Mathematics programme where only one class didn't receive any teaching of one of the test topics by one of the teachers resulting in most of the top scholar students in said class fail or barely pass the mock exams. When I presented feedback for the teacher the school ignored it as if the problem never existed and rather than re-assessing the students the current marks were their final grade. Most teachers are nice and take an approach to help a student with study but there are a few who I feel lacks the ability to teach, let alone communicate effictively in class, resulting in some students opting for self-study on brand new content for them.

Another issue is that if a "particular race" or group of students were to disrupt the class their actions are excusable however for people not assocoated with either category are subjected to normal rules and regulations. This hasn't changed since I joined in 2015 as a Year 7 but has only gotten worse under the supervision of the school.

Other than thosw two issues students that I talked with also agree that this school is a wonderful place for education, learning life-essential skills and broadening social interaction.