Papanui High School
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- Parent1.022 August 2026
Parent
I would have rated 0 if it were applicable.
- Parent1.014 August 2025
Bad school
Absolutely shit school new principal is trash my teenage girl and teenage boy are both leaving at the end of this year. My son is a year nine and is transferring to Hagley because of how horrible the school is. He gets bullied every day. Principal does nothing about it. Have multiple meetings with him. Horrible horrible man should go back to were he came from. If you care about your kids education and mental health go somewhere else. My kid got offered drugs and vodka from a drink bottle.
- Student5.023 July 2025
Papanui high school review
Papanui high school is a fun and friendly place where teachers support us and help us learn. I enjoy the sports, trips, and all the cool activities we get to do.
- Parent5.07 June 2025
Pretty good school.
The teachers are super supportive, kids aren't that bad, the school takes relatively good care of bullying, the new buildings are good learning spaces. overall a good school, better than some of the other schools my children have been to.
- Parent1.027 May 2025
School for Bullies, druggies
The worse school I could ever send my son. Bullying. Drugs, alcohol the school do nothing at all. They mark kids as at school when they are not or mark them.as away when they are at school. Then when u question there mistake they don't follow through with there word. Don't waste yr time look for another school
- Student1.016 March 2025
teachers and teaching
1 star because i cant give you 0. A lot of teachers doesn't really teach their students properly, they show us slides then just let us copy it. I have experienced raci#m towards white people infront of a sub teacher and he did not do anything. ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE BEEN THREATENED BY MY TEACHER OF AS$@uLTING ME IF I DID NOT APOLOGIZE FOR THE MISTAKE I DID NOT DO.
- Student1.024 February 2023
??????
your mental health will be so bad
- Student3.013 February 2023
Not bad but not good
The classes are good until you get absolute muppets in your class who dont know how to shut up and some of the teachers dont take the kids shit seriously
- Former Student2.010 January 2022
Prioritized those who did not need help
If you care at all about your education go someplace else.
- Student5.07 March 2021
Really awesome and unique school
Really diverse and accepting school. I've loved my time here, the teachers are awesome and the special events that are held are super fun. There can be bullying problems but every school has that.
- Former Student1.017 February 2021
not good school
The teachers are mostly nice, but they almost offer no help to those who really need it, they favour top students. Bullying is a huge problem within the school, I was stabbed and told to kill myself several times, constantly being harassed everyday for a WHOLE YEAR, nothing was done. Not a single thing, I was only put on suicide watch and nothing happened to the people harassing me, they were just given a warning. Drugs are also such a bad problem, people would skip class to smoke weed and cigarettes in bathrooms or in secluded areas, people even hid alcohol in their drink bottles. A lot of the students are awful, and school does nothing for bullying at all. Also kind of racist, I was called the N word several times while I was there (3 years) I dropped out half way through my fourth year because of how much it sucked. I’m a bright kid and have lots of potential, I just needed extra help due to learning difficulties, but I never received that.
- Former Student2.027 September 2020
subpar
alright school if you excel at school work. if u struggle with academic stuff you don’t really get any extra help. the teachers favour the smart kids and send any one who annoys them slightly to referral and doesn’t try help them. p.e and drama teachers are really nice and helpful. a couple of good english and history teachers. math, science etc not so much...
- Student5.013 September 2020
Papanui HS
Very inclusive. Comfortable environment. Most teachers treat you with respect. They care for the students.
- Student4.04 September 2020
Papanui High
I find that the school itself is really inclusive of all kinds of students and their different interests, the teachers seem to have their students best interests at heart. Could probably work on etiquette because it doesn't have the best reputation or high acedemics.
