Waimea College

Terrible school I was there in year 9 and they did not take care when I was being bullied by other student I was told it will pass like no?! Do your job the school has favorites they only like people with good grades and are qoute "perfect" to any parent who sees this if your child starts attending this school and you see a change in them they could be getting bullied do not bother going to the school just take them out of the school I highly recommend Garin and nayland college

As a student my experience was bad from my perspective lots of bullying lots of drug use a noticeable decline in innocence within the girl's throughout year 9 and beyond which is to be expected of people that age but it isn't in a healthy the way it happens like its become more degenerate the more genrations go through that school and the teachers don't seem to enjoy working there unless it's there first year doing so with a few exceptions sure you go there to learn but it actually crushes potential in students I know that alot of them become lost with themselves and unsure how to be in a world without school because teachers never offered any sort of true relationship between them and the class but what do I know about teaching for 30 or so years and using the same style of teaching for 30 years (which should change modern is better this isn't the 90s) more focused on academic rather than anything which if they wanted to include students isn't good for the more practical student it's just a bad environment other than that tho the school is trying but I think it needs to try harder for the students sake and not for it's sorry ass reputation oh and also if send your white child here expect them to have some Maori kids bullying them within a week and for them to be a pothead by the end of year 9

Honestly, some staff are horrible to students. Not letting my daughter home because she's sick and dosnt have a peice of paper to prove that is just stupid. But aswell as the bullying in this school is horrific, did you see that video of that poor boy being beaten up while so many kids where watching and all the school cares about is to stop students from going to a supermarket because their food is overpriced? I can't believe what this school has turned into!

Waimea College as a whole has devolved a toxic behavior not seen is most ordinary schools. The teachers are essentially useless, and majority of the students have got their ego so high it distracts them from learning.
The deputy principle chants "Waimea is a good school" when it's the furtherest thing from it. Get your kids out of Waimea it's a no good school there

It’s a good school. The principle is cool sometimes he plays handball with us at lunchtime when he is passing by.

My daughter attended this school as an international student from Hamburg, Germany. She choose the school because of the outdoor education programme. She loved her time there and has a “kiwi” second family now.

Großartig!

Waimea College is a good school.

I honestly had an awful experience at this school. Waimea college is not a school of equal opportunity. When I started I thought everything was great as I was treated well by teachers and was given many academic opportunities as I was in their gifted program. Although this experience was good and I enjoyed learning, I found that other students were in no way getting treated with the respect that I was. I would talk in class, not get work done and be rude to teachers but it was fine because I got good grades whereas other students would get in a lot of trouble. I only noticed how bad this favouritism treatment was when I was in year 13 and as the stress of school began to get more intense I would more openly struggle with my autism and so would be discriminated against by staff and bullied by my peers. I realised that while I was a favourite of the teachers I was not a favourite of the higher up staff and so was denied access to the opportunities of these favourite students. You will only get by in this school if you are liked by the staff and I believe, if your parents are liked by the staff.

Waimea is also full of bullying that staff does nothing about. Students frequently get beat up and threatened.

Would not recommend Waimea College as there is a lot of bullying there and the school does nothing about it! They avoid phone calls from parents that are ringing about there kid being bullied. They also lock students out of the classrooms.
For example my child went out of the class to get a drink go’s back to class to find the door is locked and the teacher won’t let her in.

Education depends on if you get one of the few good teachers or not. If you're anything except straight, white and cis then you WILL be bullied. Misogyny, racism and homophobia are MASSIVE problems. Teachers don't seem to care. Boys sport will always be prioritised no one cares for the girls sport... Girls literally have to set up their own teams, funding and coaches while boys get everything handed to them.