Otago Girls' High School
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- Student1.018 August 2026
Fuck the office ladies and this school
GET THE OFFICE LADIES FIRED!!! I am currently on my period, I have severe back pain when I'm on my period to the point I can barley walk, this fck ass office lady refused to give it to me, but not even 5 minutes later my friend came back with one and office lady apparently told her she's an "acception" like im sorry?! And I found out they were talking bad about me to my friends. My friend said I'm a nice person and THIS OFFICE LADY SAYS "well sometimes and sometimes not" like im sorry what. THEN...
- Former Student1.05 August 2026
I hate that school
This school sucks they’re all racists the teacher and the kids I’d rather kill myself or go to the deepest pit in hell than ever attend that school because honestly its so so bad I’ve seen so many fights happen and bullying and the teachers do not care at all. Your getting bullied? Oh but why weren’t you in textiles like they only care about you going to class they don’t care if your getting bullied or anything a girl got punched in the face and fell on the ground and had a seizure literally. Th...
- Student1.021 January 2026
DONT COME TO THIS SCHOOL IF YOUR BLACK LATINA ASIAN ISLANDER
bruh i deadass only been at this BUMBASS school for like 2 years now and without a doubt it is the most ASSSS school I have ever been to AND LISTEN TO THE REWVIWS IF YOUR NOT WHITE STAIGHT WITH BLONDE HAIR BLUE EYES might as well just open a cotton plantation and get to picking from how racist this bitchass school is, on my life It feels like 1867 and everyday im getting whipped on my back by these old ass nasty wrinkle fingered balding teachers, the all have gout and the education aint even all...
- Student1.013 October 2025
stop this plssss
✨Racism✨ ✨homophobia✨ ✨too many gooners✨
- Student2.010 September 2025
The canteen is all that matters
The teachers are practicing complete domination on the students before moving to the world. Some of the teachers say and do extremely inappropriate stuff, and the administrators always make the student apologise. Most of the teachers don't know how to teach, and just show up to school for total submission from the students. One teacher takes girls out to McDonald's (alone) without telling their parents. My class got together and wrote a complaint on someone's account to send to the teacher. Su...
- Student2.09 September 2025
trying to be honest
I ACTUALLY HATE THIS SCHOOL SM, people here basic as hell, they are racists, homophobics, and bullies, I literally cant stand being excluded every SINGLE time in PE by those popular ass girls, and I also saw teachers aids gossiping with them and they ARE ACTUALLY NOT DOING THEIR JOB. They laugh at you when you like sth different like bro why cant you actually face reality that some people arent basic and boring. Those girls CANT STOP bothering my other friend who is lesbian THEY PMO SO MUCH I literally wanted to kick their faces and tell them to go away. ALSO they were being SO LOUD IN CLASS THAT I CANT EVEN DO MY WORK PROPERLY AND I HAVE TO ASK to work outside. also those people are being so disrespectful towards the teachers, interupting the classes andn cannot stop giggling around and its just so ANNOYING. I heard one of the girls in my class said the 'H' word towards the teacher and others just started giggling LIKE WHAT. he's literally one of the best maths teachers in this school im not even kidding and those girls being so rude actually pmo so badly the rest is my friend's opinions the canteen prices are bullshit im not joking w u buddy like 80 dollars and half of your soul for a week year old frozen muffin ok besides that um one of the sos teachers i HEARD he took a girl out for mcdonalds ALONE in school time when he was supposed to be in class. i also SAW him buy like 10 guys something from the canteen he ALSO amkes empty promises about buying girls mcdonalds I honestly think the school is alright though some of the teachers are geninuely ass, I've had multiple bad teachers where I didn't understand them the statements they made were too comprehensive and I struggled to understand what they wanted, I had a teacher he was my social studies teacher for the first half of the year, I could barely understand what they wanted myself to do and when he wanted us to write something i found it extremely hard because he told us to just write a paragraph not breaking down anything at all.
- Student5.09 September 2025
Not much
great school teachers are nice
- Student1.09 September 2025
NOR NOR DONT GOR
The teacher of a year nine class I'm not going to name is a lying, hypocrite bitch she makes everything about her and needs to do better at teaching
- Student5.09 September 2025
Amazing school
This school has been awesome so far. In just three terms I’ve already been able to join in heaps of things and grow so much. There have been loads of sports opportunities too, like playing cricket and football, which have been really fun and a great way to get involved.
- Student1.09 September 2025
RACIST DOG AHHH SCHOOL!!
I HATEEEE THIS SCHOOL WITH EVERYTHING IN ME IT IS SO BAD SO RACIST SO BAIST ( exsept for the teacher aid uni students they chill ) BUT EVERYTHING HERE SUCKS AND RACIST DO NOT RECOMEND !!! WARNING DONT COME HERE IF YOU WANT TO LIVE !!!
- Student5.017 July 2025
Amazing school.
This school is not perfect. But for where it counts, the teachers are lovely, the staff are supportive and they help guide you wherever you want to go in life. I have loved going here for the past 3 and a half years. If you don't understand something and you take the initiative to ask, the teachers spend their lunches and breaks helping you. Yes, students who do well succeed and students who don't care fail, but if you're in the middle I guarantee that if you try, you can make it. And you will be helped all the way.
- Student1.015 July 2025
DO NOT GO HERE!!!!
i go here this school is super bad, bathroom vaping everywhere cant even take a piss, the tampon machine is always empty and theres likely open pads on the walls, the science teacher is really annoying and wont quit the yap, population is 99% bundy, the classroom smells like poo sometimes, only 2 day pride month, you cant draw in your books for some reason even if you have free time, you cant ask teachers questions because you need to find the answers on your own apparently even if its about t...
- Employee1.015 July 2025
BOOOOOOOOOOOO L L L L L
ts so ass everyone sucks theyre homophobic and lame and loud and the teachers suck and the bathrooms are rank asf and it stank like dookie
- Student5.03 June 2025
ALL HAIL CIARA COFFEY
Amazing schooool Very nice Ciara coffey is awesome ?
- Student5.08 June 2024
My OGHS experience!
I entered OGHS earlier this year and it has been the best school i went to! As a muslim student, they have showed me nothing but kindness and i absolutely appreciate it!! I made the bestest friends i have ever made and they are really kind and value education just as much as i do! Not every student here is kind but i didn't expect all of them to be, they're just teenagers. All the teachers are kind and they are really good at their job! I learned a lot of things even tho i just enrolled in this...
- Parent2.022 March 2024
Great if you’re into conforming
Great if you want to turn out a totally average child who’s encouraged to toe the line and totally conform. Great if you’re the type of parent who’s ok with teachers on power trips, who bother to obsess over what type of socks the girls wear (in the name of life skills). Not only is OGHS *rife* with bullying, they fancy themselves as if they’re a private school. Obnoxious relic of what should be a bygone era
- Former Student1.02 July 2023
Racist, Sexist, and MORE
This school sucks in don't like it everybody is kinda boring and rude they are scary they have eyeliner they vape the maths doesn't make sense and i don't like PE it is rlly bad i have been there for 2 terms and i want to get in bed and not go ever again and sleep like a freaking sloth but they make u go attendance yudda yudda and i don't like the subjects or the people and i h888 it ty for listening don't go here save ur self ur welcome
- Student1.028 June 2023
Regret!!!!!!
Worst school don't go here. I was only at Oghs for 2 terms and hated it I never wanted to go girls have no respect for teachers vape skip and literally leave the school and teachers don't notice or care. I hated it the entire time I was there they only care about their most academic and sporty girls and leave everyone elese behind. I have left now thank goodness and it wasn't like they cared and barely noticed I had stopped coming and when I pulled out they hardly acknowledged it. I only came he...
- Student1.028 June 2023
Regret!
Don't go here it is awful I was only here for 2 terms worst 2 terms ever teachers only care about overachievers everyone else is left behind. I hated coming here and wanted to leave constantly people vape skip and leave the school teachers don't notice or care. I have left now and couldn't stand it any longer and it wasn't like the school cared probably barely noticing I was there. 1/10
- Student1.020 June 2023
YEAR 13 DEAN 2023!!!
There is one teacher in particular the 2023 year 13 dean who constantly chases students up about attendance, its getting to the point now where in alomost every class she is pulling at least 4 students out. I understand attendance is very important but this is getting ridiculous. she is extremley rude about it and is very unforgiving. theres a joke within year 13 'moisys on the loose watch out'. it feels like when im at school i am being man hunted even if my attendance is fine she always has something to pull everyone up for unless of course youre an excellence scholar or apart of the LGBTQ community. if not best of luck to you.
- Student1.022 May 2023
NOR NOR DON'T GOR
This school sucks in don't like it everybody is kinda boring and rude they are scary they have eyeliner they vape the maths doesn't make sense and i don't like PE it is rlly bad i have been there for 2 terms and i want to get in bed and not go ever again and sleep like a freaking sloth but they make u go attendance yudda yudda and i don't like the subjects or the people and i h888 it ty for listening don't go here save ur self ur welcome
- Student4.06 March 2023
My OGHS review so far
As a current student at this school, I am very proud to learn here. There are a huge variety of opportunities in academic, sport and cultural activities with many leadership roles such as prefects, house leaders and whanau leaders as well as multiple student lead councils being the arts, school, wellbeing and a group working on the environment. I highly recommend learning here but it is a very big school (around 900 students) and the assemblies can get quite long. OGHS can be quite expensive wit...
- Parent5.014 February 2023
Caring, inclusive school
My daughter goes to Otago Girls and it is without doubt a caring, inclusive school. She had excelled academically and found her ‘tribe’ so that she can be herself and thrive.
- Other5.09 February 2023
A great school!
A fantastic school!
- Parent5.08 February 2023
Quality education
This school is pretty amazing. It is inclusive and progressive. We are lucky in Dunedin to have safe and happy schools and OGHS is no exception. The quality of young people who leave OGHS is due to its great staff and student community.
- Parent5.08 February 2023
Great school
Fantastic school with great staff who genuinely care about every single student.
- Parent5.08 February 2023
Brilliant school!
A wonderful nurturing and caring environment. Both my daughters thrived and had so many opportunities available to them to provide new experiences. Many opportunities in and outside the classroom. Well set up for their tertiary studies!
- Parent5.08 February 2023
Excellent school
My daughter attended Otago Girls' for her secondary schooling. The education provided, together with the vast array of extra curricular activities set her up to succeed well at tertiary level.
- Former Student5.08 February 2023
Supportive, quality education
I attended Otago Girls a couple of years ago, and absolutely loved my time there. The school has such a supportive culture and such a huge variety of opportunities to take advantage of. I believe I have been able to succeed in further education because of the skills and learning I received there, and would highly recommend it.
- Former Student5.08 February 2023
Incredible school
An absolutely wonderful school. Excellent teaching and facilities, absolutely overwhelmed by the support and love from students and staff. The oldest secondary state public school in the country and its history is something it lives up to. You will always be looked after and cared for to aim high and achieve in whatever you wish to do. Do not let three students in 2022 change your mind about this school, it does not reflect at all how amazing Otago Girls’ is.