Waitaki Girls' High School

I have been a student at this school and it’s horrible to its students. There’s a few teachers who think it’s fine to treat us like 5 year olds. It got to a point where I didn’t feel safe going there and whould stay home. You should never have to feel like you don’t feel safe. One of my teaches last year bullied me and a friend of mine and then made us apologise because we were the ones “bullying her” luckily she has gone to a new school. I was dealing with some stuff that the teachers knew of and the basically told me to suck it up and to stop acting like a child because I’m at school and had to focus on doing good. I was getting threatened to get beat up I refused to go to school because I didn’t feel safe. When it got taken to the principal we had a meeting and they told us that we just need to come to school and deal with it. The food is terrible most is undercooked or dry. There wraps and sandwiches are revolting and I got sick off of it one time. The physical education lacks 2 days a week for year 9 and 10 you should be getting some type of p.e everyday instead of being tucked up in a stuffy classroom

The teachers do not treat students fairly at all. They are more focused on making the school look good to the community but don't care about what happens out of the public eye.

I got bullied horrendously here. Nearly developed an eating disorder because of bullies making comments about my food (I'm skinny to begin with). My best friend attempted suicide while here and nobody cared. She received no extra support in school after that despite the teachers being aware of what happened. Neither her bullies nor mine received any form of punishment because the teachers favored them. I recently had a mental breakdown due to the bullying and moved to another school in the north island. I have now realized the low standards that teachers at Waitaki Girls High have due to the difficulty I've had getting my NCEA level one because of how little I was taught there. I am a high achieving student who was in the top of my classes at Waitaki Girls, but because of the little I was taught I am now in tutoring and extra help. Please don't send your daughters here. I highly recommend Whangarei Girls High School though, as since I have started attending the teachers are wonderfully supportive and just want their students to succeed. Don't make the mistake I did.

Since the new principal has come, the school is no good. The school is secretly racist, sexist, biased to those who have money and are selfish. Don’t recommend this school