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3.2

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  • Employee
    5.0
    29 June 2026

    Good school

    It’s a nice learning environment for the young children. They have fun at school and they always come home smiling.

  • Former Student
    5.0
    29 June 2026

    Excellent

    Very very very nice. The students love it here and they enjoy Pinehurst.

  • Student
    5.0
    29 June 2026

    Very good

    Very very good. Teacher and staff are very nice.

  • Other
    1.0
    12 November 2025

    Bus doesn’t have a “ school bus”sign at the back

    The buses pinehurst dropping students doesn’t have a “school bus” sign at the back, how am i supposed to know if thats a regular bus or a school bus? If its supposed to be a school bus i should have a clear “school bus” sign at the back Even if its your school’s private car with out the “school bus” sign no one is supposed to know if its a school bus or just a regular bus

  • Student
    1.0
    11 March 2025

    don’t apply for this school

    this school will destroy your mental health, self esteem and any hopes and dreams you ever had. teachers are incompetent and rude

  • Student
    1.0
    17 January 2024

    Downward Spiral

    This school is on a downhill trajectory, with a significant loss of excellent teachers and outstanding students. Meanwhile, the newly recruited teachers have, on the whole, lower qualifications.

  • Student
    4.0
    22 July 2023

    Nice school

    I like it. The education is good, the school is nice, College 5 just opened and everyone thinks the new theater is cool. some of the teachers are really cool but some of them are kind of overbearing.

  • Employee
    1.0
    4 May 2023

    DO NOT GO

    NEVER GO TO PINEHURST, IT SUCKS AND ITS SO BAD,TEACHERS ARE RUDE AND DO WEIRD STUFF

  • Student
    1.0
    27 January 2022

    Student here

    Just don’t send them here…. This school will literally destroy your mental health. No care for your students mental health and the teachers are really bias towards students… Academically they are okay and it maybe a good school if you are thinking on going on the athletic side. Apart from that it isn’t really worth all the money

  • Student
    2.0
    29 June 2021

    The truth about Pinehurst

    The school is by itself a very great school, but some of the teachers are really stingy and overbearing. Academics is really top-notch, but care for wellbeing in the school is really low. Pinehurst is also quite expensive, with $20k worth of tuition fees. Uniforms are also tricky because if you are a boy, in the winter you are required to have a tie and a blazer, which both add up to $100 dollars. Overall uniform pricing can be very difficult for many families, and was very difficult for mine too. Education is great, they do teach. But some of the teachers I've been landed with, didn't really teach, mainly just gave me something boring to do and expected me to learn. Their handling of bullying is also quite poor, despite the school's pride in standing up for their students. A firsthand experience of mine was when I finished changing into my uniform after gym class, and then having some boys harmonize a racial slur at me. There has also been cases where students were bullied for ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. Pejorative terms have been blatantly quoted, and teachers nor turned an eye, nor reprimanded anyone for using these slurs. The students have to do it themselves. The school is very strict on many rules, with students in the college not being able to use their phones at interval times to call their parents. It is not a logical rule, considering every secondary school allows mobile phone use at lunch time. Even with the phone rule, students still do use their phones. They find the most creative ways to use their phones and the school is very mediocre at doing something about it. Parents, if you like schools with conservative rules and high academic values, this is the school for you. But if you want the best for your child, don't put them here.

  • Former Student
    3.0
    5 June 2021

    Pinehurst is bad

    I really enjoyed year 7-8 but year 9 was so bad I leaft the school

  • Student
    3.0
    6 September 2020

    Depends on student

    Yeah it’s alright depending on the student some love some absolutely hate. If you want a small school that is completely focused on academics than this Is the school for you. Old teachers where great but the new ones not so good