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2.6

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  • Former Student
    1.0
    5 July 2026

    awful environment

    this school is full of awful teachers, students and buildings . the teachers in the speical needs class are ableist and bigoted mean people and do not care about the students, do not send your child here if they need extra support, most the students can’t speak out about it but the teacher aides in the learning support class are mean and ignorant . the rest of the school isn’t any better either. huge bullying problem , from students and teachers school wide. the school is inaccessible too...

  • Former Student
    5.0
    6 March 2026

    great collage

    great experiment program

  • Student
    1.0
    26 August 2025

    Matamata College

    This school sucks. I've been here for a few months now, and I already despise it. The students are really judgemental, save for a few. The bullying/teasing is insane. The teachers deal with fights by giving out the same amount of suspension to people protecting themselves as the ones who start fights. Wagging (missing class) is very common, and so is vaping and bullying. They care more about losing money than actually protecting the students. And some people here aren't very accepting of transge...

  • Student
    1.0
    5 November 2024

    Horrible school

    The college is corrupt with its punishment system.

  • Parent
    2.0
    12 August 2024

    Creepy Teachers, Bad hospitality and Racist school.

    THIS REVIEW IS FROM FATHER AND SON - I don't recommend taking your kids to Matamata College, My son always complained that one of the Physical Education teacher Mr. Hills would come into the boys changing room often whilst boys were getting changed and have a look around, often making an excuse to have a perv. He always felt uncomfortable around him, he said that he would see him have a look at the boys swimming and try get very close to them, very very close!!!!!. The students there are de...

  • Student
    3.0
    25 February 2023

    kinda good

    School is pretty good. Teachers slay. Students are a bit wonky, always some year 9s in the boy’s toilets vaping, but that’s just how it goes in Matamata.

  • Student
    1.0
    8 February 2023

    MASSIVE PROBLEM

    all bad trash teacher except some, massive vape problem, drug problem, alcohol problem lotta bullies that you need to fight with your mates

  • Student
    1.0
    8 February 2023

    matamata shit

    this school is for homos and has nothing interesting

  • Student
    1.0
    8 February 2023

    Bad and not safe

    i go here its a shit hole

  • Student
    2.0
    2 December 2022

    PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE

    There is a massive bullying problem, barely any funding, terrible ways of educating

  • Student
    1.0
    2 December 2022

    DO NOT SEND YOUR KID HERE PLEASE

    Do not send your child here. The teachers do not care about the MASSIVE bullying problem, kids are extremely homophobic and racist

  • Student
    1.0
    28 September 2022

    Not good

    Only redeeming thing about the school is the teachers that *aren't* psycho....

  • Student
    1.0
    16 October 2020

    Don’t go to matamata

    The teachers couldn’t care less about your education and the school has a bad drug problem