Bethlehem College

Kids love the school! Teachers are great, love the feeling around the campus. No complaints ?

Excellent School. The teachers go above and beyond to encourage and allow students learn and grow as individuals. I really appreciated having the ability to explore and ask questions about Christianity while at BC. My kids love school which can't be said for all children! Highly recommend.

First with the good things. The students were generally very nice and welcoming, and making friends were quite easy and I enjoyed hanging out with them and taking classes with them. However, with that being said, the teachers were very lacklustre in terms of their quality of teaching. Some teachers also seemed very biased and hypocritical. Also sometimes they put their beliefs/religion first over the learning that students get. For example, in biology when we are learning about evolution, teachers tend to try and avoid the topic or sometimes make the class awkward in way by saying "well thats what some people believe in but actually God created us" Overall, my experience at this school was quite mediocre and definitely failed my expectation going into my senior years

As a semi private religious school it has its benefits and downsides as do all.

The school it horrible. The don't care about the students.

Not good. Very slow to enact any change, forces its beliefs down everyone's throats, and as if that weren't bad enough the bullying is insane. They will not do jackshit about bullies and will specifically request for students not to tell their families about it, while continuing to do nothing. If you want a sexist, bigoted, homophobic, transphobic, bible-thumping science-denying school then this is the place for you. There was a teacher who was caught red-handed refusing to teach the curriculum because he didn't believe the earth was more than 6,000 years old, and believed that dinosaura lived with humans and in fact still lived to this day in Africa, and he got to keep his job. I, a student, had a debate with him and got him to proudly admit none of his sources were peer-reviewed. If you value education, look elsewhere.

The worst school in my life People say is it a Christian school but some time people always say bad word like FU word and s word and so that why is not Christian school

The teachers put smiles on our faces even if your in a bad mood. Everyone is helpful, I don’t know any bullying issues at this school. You get such a lovely welcome and it includes Christian values. There are so any outstanding opportunities at this school (e.g sports camp, BOT role, head boy, head girl and many others. The head teacher is so kind, so are the teachers. I have learnt so much from this school. Everyone is included and encouraged.

Very good school, the teachers are so nice and helpful. Highly recommend it!

this school is the worst they do nothing and if you send your kids here they will get bullied and abused and they do nothing

As a student at this school, I will have to say it's not the best school. The school really does like the look of the school but not the individuality and well being of the school. First of all, the school is sexist. For mufti days, the girls have an entire page of rules for mufti day and what we're not allowed to wear; no tight leggings, no spaghetti strap tops, no off shoulder tops etc. Meanwhile the boys have one rule, no crossdressing. They also have rules for hair colours (only natural colours), earrings (only one earring allowed and must be a normal stud), no other jewellery, no coloured nails (even natural). Second of all, racism is sadly an existing thing at BC. Due to my Maori culture, teachers always choose me for reading any Maori passage. Also the teachers are stereotypical about the Maori and Pasifika culture. Third of all, teachers do pick on students for not reason at all. My art design teacher in 2021 would move me all the time if i spoke one sentence while everyone else would be having fat chats. Fourth reason, there has been sexual harassment at this school by teachers. I have been sexually harassed by one teacher but personally not by anyone else. Fifth reason, the teachers do not care if you have other stressful assignments and put more work on you and act like they would see your work if you didn't do it just to stress you out. Lastly, the homophobia at this school is ridiculous and disgusting. I heard a rumour that if you're apart of the LGBTQ community and the school found out, they would contact the parents and put you in counselling and try to turn you back straight. Disgusting!

BC is a christian school! reading some of the other responses to this are silly, why go to a christian school if you don't want to at least be respectful during any christian parts of the education at BC. Secondly, yes bullying is a problem, but that is not so much to do with the school itself (although it could help out more in certain situations) its is mainly based on the students who could be attending any school, bullying kids anywhere at any school but just happen to be at BC. Yes, BC is expensive, but it is also a semi private schools it is not fully government funded, and therefor must cost a little more than your average school. However that doesn't mean that rich kids are automatically going to do good and get the highest grades, grades are not based on wealth, only the pure intelligence of a student. Now I cannot deny that I have had my fair share of creeps as teachers at BC, but i'm sure that is bound to happen anywhere (and if you were truly taken advantage of, molested, or touched inappropriately in any way, I am very sorry that this happened to you, and this is not something BC stands for and definitely something they should be taking as a more serious issue, instead of just moving teachers around.) Overall, BC is full of mostly amazing students who are there to be friendly and help everyone to be their best, as well as teachers that surround you trying to help you thrive in this environment. The teachers don't care and most don't show favouritism towards the more academic students, they're all just there to see you succeed in whatever you choose to do. BC has been such an important part of my learning and growing into the young person I am today. It has helped me learn, fully supporting me, and help my journey with faith and God grow continuously. I wish that anyone coming to this school after me will have an experience as good as, or even better than mine, and I truly pray for anyone who may not have had the same experience as me <3

good school but too homophobic

this school has given me depression and anxiety. everyone is so mean to each other even if they are friends, and talk about people behind their back. the teachers are so rude and homophobic, racist, sexist, etc. they shove religion down your throat and the teachers show such disrespect to the students. everyone who leaves this school that i know have been feeling much better then they did at bethlehem college. do not attend your child to this school.

The other reviews on here are ridiculous. Nobody pays for grades, nobody is molested. The only true thing is bullying. It can be an issue, as with every other school. The Christian aspect of the school is what I struggled with the most. They do somewhat force the Christian practices onto you (being forced to pray, religious education is mandatory etc). The teachers are some of the best you will ever meet. They are caring and accomodating to everybody, low grades or high grades, they are constantly going to try help you. Some kids are a bit snobby due to their wealth, but not overwhelmingly so. Overall, a good school.

Some people like it others hate it with passion. But I think it's a pretty avergely good school. I enjoyed my time there. It has its faults, but overall mostly good school.

It is an ok school most of the time.

this horrible school ruined my life forever, the teachers treat me with so much disrespect and say im going no where in life. they have also touched me inappropriately on my gentals, lester whenuaroa has traumatised many children by grabbing and flirting with young children. do not go to this horrible school please, and dont get sucked into their shit

Good, fun , great learning experience and camps . But expensive .

Its a good school with good atmosphere.