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Orewa College
High School · State · Orewa
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Don’t send your kid here
The opportunities and education were about the only good things about it other than some of the teachers. a lot of students will complain about the teachers but most of the students at orewa are toxic assholes and don’t respect the teachers in the first place. my teachers were about the only good part of my day. the kids at orewa simply bully and tease to no end that i simply gave up in my last few years and didn’t give a single fuck. the higher ups did jack shit and the schools still toxic as all hell.
Bad environment
Orewa sucked for the first few years and the only reason it didn’t suck towards the end was because i simply gave up on giving a single shit. the peers at school were toxic as hell and caused waaay to many issues which the teachers ignored. a lot of my teachers were very nice each year, only the occasional dickhead. most people hate the teachers but i found if you treat them nicely and mind your damn business they’re really chill. that being said a lot of teachers were twats and didn’t seem to give two shits about us. really didn’t change much over the years, really sad
A long history of bullying unchecked
It was a really terrible school with unsupported bullying when I attended, and has not changed. I feel for the teachers who are doing their best with the resources they have. Historically not a good school socially, academically it seems to have improved if nothing else.
An Okay School
Orewa College was good for my learning journey, but lacked in real support.
Sh!t sniffers
This school is very sh!t and are full of prospects like jago and cooper they locked me in a bathroom and threw wet toilet at me and once a teacher and asked for a vape and was perving on the students this one time this teacher walked in the bathroom and sniffed the toilet I took a sh!t in.
Please don’t send your kids here
Please do not attend this school the students here are lousy, fake, toxic and cyberbullies. The teachers do not put enough effort in to preventing this happening, they ignore our mental health and constantly ignore the victims.
Orewa College
bad as
Absolutely terrible everyone here is awful and toxic. I hate this school you should leave as soon as possible, just like me and NEVER EVER send your kids here it’s that bad.
Nothing has changed!
So sad….nothing has changed since 5 years ago. My child was intimidated and socially bullied cos different from the hood rats. Huge impact….teachers and principal need to stand up and create a positive place!
bad school
This school is bad some sports trails cost money and there is a low chance of getting into one unless you pay your way in or are the best, also all of their manaki stuff is fake they don't even listen to it.
Once I bought a pie and it was "warm" apparently but I took it out of the wrapper and it was ice cold.
The food is extremely over priced and garbage.
Once I bought a pie and it was "warm" apparently but I took it out of the wrapper and it was ice cold.
The food is extremely over priced and garbage.
Terrible teachers
The teachers at this school are mentally abusing calling you out in the middle of class and making fun of you to other classmates, this school is mentally degrading, as a person with depression this school sends me into suicidal episodes but i cant go to other schools because im not allowed, the enviroment of this school is horrible and it hurts to see what was once an alright school stoop so low, DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE
PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS HERE
They don’t care about you. People create groups chats about hating people and they don’t get in trouble but as soon as u speak up about bullying u get in trouble this has happened. Please do not send you kids here you will regret it.to play sport you have to pay for a trial and you probably won’t make the team unless you’re the best Or it’s rigged (pay ur self in). Many fights happen. Teachers always yelling at kids for no reason. PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS HERE
Orewa College is bad
Orewa college is really bad. They made me clean my own sh*t up in the bathroom after i got violent diarrhea from the tuck shop. they make us all feel unsafe. especially Mr. Stevens. he is a creep and he always creeps on all the girls and boys. he looks through the changing room window and he stands on his tip toes to see through everywhere.
there is this weird year 11 going around touching boys bums
don't send your children here
there is this weird year 11 going around touching boys bums
don't send your children here
Terrible School
If you can avoid sending your kids here please do, unfortunately however there are really no good public secondary schools in the area any longer. This has been caused by continually increasing the size of the school without regard for the quality of education, management of bullying or safety of the kids. I lay the blame for this squarely with the Labour Government who continue to waste money!
Violence abuse from teachers and students
The students are allowed to run muck the teachers bet on the kids fighting and the amount off ethnic people that go there in comparison to whit people is disgusting therr3 should always be more white people we should be teaching our children that white people are superior race
need to put more effort in Maori learning.
mother
Orewa college is a very bad school. In Orewa college there are very bad kids there who are fighting, wagging their lovely classes and vaping on and in school grounds. there are many wannabe hood rats here in that school they should not be there because the teachers are more focused on the bad kids than more on the good kids who are at school who want to learn. so I think that the good kids are in a very bad community and should not be in one like that.
BAD!!
This school has had to be one of the worst schools I've ever been to. The bullying is vile and the teacher do nothing about it, they rather care you your uniform and how you represent the school than your mental health and how you are doing at school. I 10/10 DO NOT reccomend this school. There are many teachers that have sexually assulted student or have made them super uncomfortable and when the situation is brung up with the dean or the principal we get shushed and told that we must not talk about it anymore. I love how to teachers have bright coloured hair and multiple piercings but when a student has their sock too low or have one extra piercing in their ear they get in a lot of trouble. Or how the school only allows hoodies (which are the warmest jacket they have) to the student that do extra-curicular things and have no exeptions form students that have no ability to do them. If you are a cold-blooded, souless human then allow your chidren to come to this hell hole.
Please, please do not send your kids here
Orewa college is a school that doesn’t care about it’s students and only about how they appear to the outside world. They pride their self’s on “inclusion” “no tolerance for bullying” “caring about your mental health” and “supportive teachers” I’ve been in this school for 3 years now and they do not live up to their values.
TRIGGER WARNING (sa) and (homophobia)
It’s very dangerous especially for girls or minorities as I know people who have been sexually assaulted or literally hate crimed, 13 year olds getting hate crimed and pinned up against a wall by 17 year olds because someone had a pride flag. They went straight to the dean and they said it wasn’t a big enough problem to warrant a response or actions to prevent this. If you are reading this because you are thinking of sending your kids here, please don’t I’m telling you it’s not a good place to be in. TWENTY girls wrote statements on a 16 year old boy who had been sexually assaulting these girls. A handful of girls even wrote statements about him r@ping someone and the school did everything they could…. To cover it up, instead of supporting the girls. The teachers really don’t care about your mental health and do nothing about bullying. I’ve had teenagers at Orewa call me and my friends sl*ts, wh0res and an arrangement of different slurs. I went to school camp and got followed by a guy and heard that he was talking about doing some messed up things to me, I wrote a statement but nothing happened and I felt very unsafe as the boys and girls dorms were connected.
This school is a genuinely horrible place and they only care about the sport - playing boys and whatever “star” students make them look good. When I first came to this school it seemed really good but I was so wrong. Kids should not need to be going through literally trauma because the school failed to keep them safe or just because the school wanted to keep looking good. We are told from day one to talk to a teacher or the dean if something happens but I don’t feel safe under their protection anymore. Kids should not be having to worry about who could possibly sexually assault, bully or even hate crime them. This could really damage your kids mental health so please don’t send them here. I’m not a student who the teachers don’t like and is upset so I’m writing a bad review I work very hard and I am mature enough to understand the issues throughout this school so please listen to me when I say don’t go here. Thank you.
TRIGGER WARNING (sa) and (homophobia)
It’s very dangerous especially for girls or minorities as I know people who have been sexually assaulted or literally hate crimed, 13 year olds getting hate crimed and pinned up against a wall by 17 year olds because someone had a pride flag. They went straight to the dean and they said it wasn’t a big enough problem to warrant a response or actions to prevent this. If you are reading this because you are thinking of sending your kids here, please don’t I’m telling you it’s not a good place to be in. TWENTY girls wrote statements on a 16 year old boy who had been sexually assaulting these girls. A handful of girls even wrote statements about him r@ping someone and the school did everything they could…. To cover it up, instead of supporting the girls. The teachers really don’t care about your mental health and do nothing about bullying. I’ve had teenagers at Orewa call me and my friends sl*ts, wh0res and an arrangement of different slurs. I went to school camp and got followed by a guy and heard that he was talking about doing some messed up things to me, I wrote a statement but nothing happened and I felt very unsafe as the boys and girls dorms were connected.
This school is a genuinely horrible place and they only care about the sport - playing boys and whatever “star” students make them look good. When I first came to this school it seemed really good but I was so wrong. Kids should not need to be going through literally trauma because the school failed to keep them safe or just because the school wanted to keep looking good. We are told from day one to talk to a teacher or the dean if something happens but I don’t feel safe under their protection anymore. Kids should not be having to worry about who could possibly sexually assault, bully or even hate crime them. This could really damage your kids mental health so please don’t send them here. I’m not a student who the teachers don’t like and is upset so I’m writing a bad review I work very hard and I am mature enough to understand the issues throughout this school so please listen to me when I say don’t go here. Thank you.
Terrible School.
Orewa College is a hell hole for depressed kids that the teachers do nothing for. My friends and I harassed by year 12’s and yelled homophobic and transphobic slurs at us. When we went to the dean, they did nothing about it and said it wasn’t a big enough deal to do anything to prevent it from happening again.
The teachers don’t care about the students and let them fall into terrible mental states, then blame them for not completing their work to the “expectation.” A year 8 teacher told me that “your work is more important than your mental health.”
Orewa College is only good if you like sports. The football boys are always backed up, even when they’re in the wrong and doing terrible things. You have to pay to TRY OUT for sports and you’re not even guaranteed to get into a team. In the music practice room there was BLACK MOULD on the walls and the school did nothing about it.
TW: SA
Multiple girls were SAed during school hours and the school did nothing but try to cover it up. I was absolutely disgusted when I read the girls posts about what other students had done to them during school hours. The staff do not help people during times like these and it is utterly disgusting.
One of the councillors was literally named “Creepy Councillor Tom”, because he was a creepy towards the students he “helped”. I’ve heard from multiple girls about how weird and creepy he was towards them.
A spanish teacher got her 3 strikes (one from calling a girl a slut because her skirt was “too short”, one for calling a girl a whore for hugging a guy and one for slapping a kid) instead of firing her, they put her in the SPECIAL NEEDS department. That is such a terrible place to put a teacher who does not have any sort of patience with the students.
The teachers don’t care about the students and let them fall into terrible mental states, then blame them for not completing their work to the “expectation.” A year 8 teacher told me that “your work is more important than your mental health.”
Orewa College is only good if you like sports. The football boys are always backed up, even when they’re in the wrong and doing terrible things. You have to pay to TRY OUT for sports and you’re not even guaranteed to get into a team. In the music practice room there was BLACK MOULD on the walls and the school did nothing about it.
TW: SA
Multiple girls were SAed during school hours and the school did nothing but try to cover it up. I was absolutely disgusted when I read the girls posts about what other students had done to them during school hours. The staff do not help people during times like these and it is utterly disgusting.
One of the councillors was literally named “Creepy Councillor Tom”, because he was a creepy towards the students he “helped”. I’ve heard from multiple girls about how weird and creepy he was towards them.
A spanish teacher got her 3 strikes (one from calling a girl a slut because her skirt was “too short”, one for calling a girl a whore for hugging a guy and one for slapping a kid) instead of firing her, they put her in the SPECIAL NEEDS department. That is such a terrible place to put a teacher who does not have any sort of patience with the students.
Trust me. Please don't send them to this school.
I am currently a former student. This school has a lot of problems and I mean a lot. If you are thinking of sending your child to a y7-y13 school this is not the place you should send them. The school teachers are ok some of them are very good and others do not care and do not listen. Bullying here is a major problem especially lgbtq+ bullying, the teachers, vice, and principals do near to nothing to fix the bullying of all problems, and it's been like that for a while. The learning is ok but they are trying to make science a forced subject, the school is using devices but trust me this school is very behind in modern standards. The environment outside is meh and the toilets are disgusting with usual feces on the walls and vandalism is everywhere. From my own experiences, I have been bullied basically every day for the 4 years I've been there. I will never ever send my kids here and I say that you shouldn't either, there are much better schools in the area that you should send your children to. I am currently in the process of moving and if your child is currently in the school and they are hating it I would recommend you move them as well.
Superficial values, danger to girls, lazy teaching
Got all the nga mihis and none of the substance. Wasted a year of our childrens lives experimenting with an abysmal learning approach, half the teachers reported as being uninterested in our childrens' learning, try to get them out of the class rather than actually put some effort into teaching, and several teachers who are bullies. In a really bad way.
A horrific amount of sexual misconduct and coercion of girls into dangerous situations by boys, from year 8 onwards. And an attitude that it is not a school problem. Abysmal. And yes there are some good teachers there, but they are hidden under a morass of incompetence, defensiveness and ignorance.
A horrific amount of sexual misconduct and coercion of girls into dangerous situations by boys, from year 8 onwards. And an attitude that it is not a school problem. Abysmal. And yes there are some good teachers there, but they are hidden under a morass of incompetence, defensiveness and ignorance.
Please do not send your young girls or boys here!
This School is absolutely horrific.
Aside from all the normal issues, this school has an avid reputation for Covering up and making excuses for sexual assault.
They take the right path initially, gathering the students, getting everyone's perspective so they have the full story, that's where it ends for them, because they do absolutely nothing about it.
(Please keep in mind I am a Male so there is no Bias when I say this) They will blatantly favor the male/boys side in every scenario.. "boys will be boys" etc. It's unacceptable and teaches young women in their most impressionable age that they as a person amount to nothing but a toy for boys in their lives. Disgusting!
It's been noted multiple times that the Staff member(s) take ownership for any Phsyical evidence of any events happening, etc: Illicit photos, Messages, videos. Which is abhorrent to think is even real, these are young and mostly underage people, in that sense it is completely out of the Staff's hands and is directly a Police matter between The student and the law at the students discretion. In no situation is it acceptable for a Staff member to have illicit images or videos of a minor!
If you willingly send your child(boy OR girl) to this school, you are downright a terrible human. It will essentially teach young boys that they can do whatever they please with zero consequence, and it teaches young girls that they are a step below boys in every situation. These kids will no doubt carry these thoughts their entire life, Which can lead to mental instabilities and PTSD in women, and no doubt creates rapists in our community.
That's right, I said it... This school is a breeding ground for future rapists, abusers, and mental health issues.
But hey... Education, right?
Aside from all the normal issues, this school has an avid reputation for Covering up and making excuses for sexual assault.
They take the right path initially, gathering the students, getting everyone's perspective so they have the full story, that's where it ends for them, because they do absolutely nothing about it.
(Please keep in mind I am a Male so there is no Bias when I say this) They will blatantly favor the male/boys side in every scenario.. "boys will be boys" etc. It's unacceptable and teaches young women in their most impressionable age that they as a person amount to nothing but a toy for boys in their lives. Disgusting!
It's been noted multiple times that the Staff member(s) take ownership for any Phsyical evidence of any events happening, etc: Illicit photos, Messages, videos. Which is abhorrent to think is even real, these are young and mostly underage people, in that sense it is completely out of the Staff's hands and is directly a Police matter between The student and the law at the students discretion. In no situation is it acceptable for a Staff member to have illicit images or videos of a minor!
If you willingly send your child(boy OR girl) to this school, you are downright a terrible human. It will essentially teach young boys that they can do whatever they please with zero consequence, and it teaches young girls that they are a step below boys in every situation. These kids will no doubt carry these thoughts their entire life, Which can lead to mental instabilities and PTSD in women, and no doubt creates rapists in our community.
That's right, I said it... This school is a breeding ground for future rapists, abusers, and mental health issues.
But hey... Education, right?
I hate this school with a passion
Do not send your kids here PLEASE! it’s like digging a hole to hell and staying there until the bells goes only good teacher here is ********. If you send your kids here your sending them in a hole to the centre of the earth to stay hovering there in neatness for the rest of their school lives.
Orewa College is absolutely amazing!
the opportunities are amazing and allow me to participate in almost any sport I want, as well as offering a range of course options, overall just a great school.
Don’t send your kids here please
I am currently a student of this school and all I can ask you is please don’t send your child here. This place is a hell hole work is okay but kids are horrible here and most of the time sport is the most funded thing. There’s a lot of homophobia around the school and the school has done nothing about it also I know one of the art teachers has groped students before and was even caught doing inappropriate things on a zoom call. The amount of bullies here is so stupid literally it took 4 years for 2 insanely bad students to be removed and it was only 2 WEEKS AGO. The buildings and toilets are outdated and usually the toilets have feces on the walls as well as toilet paper and now you can’t go to the toilet during class time. Also there are frequent fights at my school there’s always a student getting beaten up over someting stupid or a threat from a gang poser it’s a real shame. If you send your kids here already you made a big mistake take them to whangaparoa or to another school around your area but please don’t bring them here.
Only a good school if you’re into sports
Title says it all - the school literally could not care less about you unless you’re involved in one of their sporting teams and bring skills to the table. Other than that they literally just don’t care. Other faculties such as the performing arts departments are underfunded and understaffed, whilst sports is constantly thriving.
Aside from the sporting aspect, majority of the teachers don’t actually teach, they just set up little tasks online for us to do and offer little to no support in completing said tasks. Then they get mad and guilt the students for having bad grades.
Another thing they handle negatively is bullying. Look, I get it, bullying is hard to tackle sometimes, but when I went to the school regarding issues of me experiencing blatant and downright homophobic remarks towards me, I was essentially told to “toughen up” and ignore it. It’s kinda hard to ignore it when kids are constantly making horrible remarks towards you in class or sending you threats online, yet the school preaches about it’s no bullying policy and that everyone has to respect one another, yet they make no effort to actually enforce this.
The uniform was also horrible and uncomfortable and ridiculously overpriced, making it difficult for poorer families to be able to afford. When I came to school wearing a torn (but mended) uniform jumper during the winter, I was told to take it off despite explaining that my family couldn’t afford a new one, because it was “untidy and didn’t promote their values”.
However, there were some amazing teachers at that school, especially in the science faculty. Some of those teachers honestly saved my life and shaped me to be a better person. But other teachers unfortunately couldn’t care less.
So yeah. If you’re a kid from a rich family who likes sports and doesn’t really care about anything else, then this school is perfect for you.
Aside from the sporting aspect, majority of the teachers don’t actually teach, they just set up little tasks online for us to do and offer little to no support in completing said tasks. Then they get mad and guilt the students for having bad grades.
Another thing they handle negatively is bullying. Look, I get it, bullying is hard to tackle sometimes, but when I went to the school regarding issues of me experiencing blatant and downright homophobic remarks towards me, I was essentially told to “toughen up” and ignore it. It’s kinda hard to ignore it when kids are constantly making horrible remarks towards you in class or sending you threats online, yet the school preaches about it’s no bullying policy and that everyone has to respect one another, yet they make no effort to actually enforce this.
The uniform was also horrible and uncomfortable and ridiculously overpriced, making it difficult for poorer families to be able to afford. When I came to school wearing a torn (but mended) uniform jumper during the winter, I was told to take it off despite explaining that my family couldn’t afford a new one, because it was “untidy and didn’t promote their values”.
However, there were some amazing teachers at that school, especially in the science faculty. Some of those teachers honestly saved my life and shaped me to be a better person. But other teachers unfortunately couldn’t care less.
So yeah. If you’re a kid from a rich family who likes sports and doesn’t really care about anything else, then this school is perfect for you.
Review of Orewa College
Orewa College is a great school with heaps of opportunities and really great teachers. The school is great at accommodating every one and the number of students (around 2000) allows for a more diverse range of subject options.
negative environment
orewa college is not a positive school environment and i do not encourage going to this school
Decent
Is it the best? No
It it terrible? No
Uniform is bad
A lot of teachers are old and haven’t adapted to devices
It it terrible? No
Uniform is bad
A lot of teachers are old and haven’t adapted to devices
review
good school with some really cool teachers
Bad bad bad
Very unprofessional, don't know how to deal with bullying online or in person. Wouldn't recommend sending your kids here
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76 Riverside Road, 0931, Orewa
Kate Shevland
09 427 3833
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