Southland Girls' High School

Hey yea don't send your kids here, they kick students out that they dont think will pass just so it doesn't affect their overall school passing score, and some teachers WILL be completely rude towards you, most of the girls are racist and homophobic as are teachers, which you will be relentlessly bullied by both as well, there is only ONE good teacher there and he deserves better <3

Unwelcoming school, teachers are rude. Canteen has good food though but only healthy food options and overpriced anyway.

The learning experience isn't bad but it's fake inclusive and the councilors don't know how to do their jobs well and accuse students of sh when not.

I went here in year 7 (2016). But oh boy did I have an experience coming here. The most distinct thing I remember was the "lesbian pit" at the school. We had a pit with a statue in the middle of one of the courtyards, and if two girls went in there together they would be bullied and claimed as "lesbians". I'm unsure if this rumor is still around, but it really showed how much students were against the LGBTQIA+ community. There's nothing funny about sexuality. On a separate note of bullying, some of the [at the time] senior students bullied most of the juniors. I was bullied by one of the seniors. She had a cousin my age who had been a bit uptight so i stuck up for myself, and she did not like that. She came to my class and tried to fight me. Of course me being the small 13 year old I was, I was quite shit scared. An older girl helped me out by sneaking me out of class, but the senior student noticed and chased after me. I was cornered in the bathroom by her and her mates one day and they only left me alone after I started bawling my eyes out. What else... the art teacher there was a ripe bitch to most students. Why bother to teach art class if you would just go around telling students "what is that?" And "that's not art" when you look at their work. Social media was also a big influence when it came to bullying. Most students took photos of the less popular kids as a way to mock them and make fun of them. Others used social media during time at school to message threats to students. Quite disgusting. Students who were not "rich" or "popular" were heavily excluded and looked down upon by those of the opposite. Some poor girls even sat by themselves because they were too worried to make friends due to how "weird" they were labeled. My three highlights from going here were J-Rock, Rosso (choir) and my year 7 teacher. I'm sure almost any school in Invercargill is garbage, but this school is the cherry on top. I hope to God it's gotten better since I left, for the sake of future students. Glad I left when I did.

Racist, horrible , uniform is hideous , shoes are ugly, lack of culture, cranky teachers , gross food, dumb rules , old, needs better rules, better respect, can’t wear pounamu outside of uniform, don’t care about drama, the teachers think they care but they don’t