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Spotswood College
High School · State · New Plymouth
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DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS HERE PLEASE IM BEGGING
DON'T SEND YOUR KIDS TO SPOTSWOOD COLLEGE!!
This school is down right horrible.
the staff are judge mental and do not do anything about harassment.
the kapa haka kids are just plain rude and get praised all because they're "popular" when they're just common copies of each other.
the staff do not do anything about it either and the bathrooms are disgusting and not up to code, They have cameras in the boys and girls toilets that can see inside the stall closest to the camera which is a massive invasion of privacy and disgusting the locks and the taps are mostly broken witch is gross because people need to wash their hands more and their is so much graffiti all over the walls. the deans hardly inform the deputy principal and the actual principal what's going on with their students specifically when the terms come to bullying or sexual harassment because they do not want to lose their jobs. The uniform lady is unprofessional and judges students for what they wear specifically the female students. for a almost all computer school you'd think that the computers work correctly right? wrong. the computers are slow, the keys are either missing or broken, and they're always hardly charged.
the education is bad and most the staff doesn't do a good job with teaching their teaching styles are always outdated and not up to terms with the new computer styles that are supplied in every block
the staff are judge mental and do not do anything about harassment.
the kapa haka kids are just plain rude and get praised all because they're "popular" when they're just common copies of each other.
the staff do not do anything about it either and the bathrooms are disgusting and not up to code, They have cameras in the boys and girls toilets that can see inside the stall closest to the camera which is a massive invasion of privacy and disgusting the locks and the taps are mostly broken witch is gross because people need to wash their hands more and their is so much graffiti all over the walls. the deans hardly inform the deputy principal and the actual principal what's going on with their students specifically when the terms come to bullying or sexual harassment because they do not want to lose their jobs. The uniform lady is unprofessional and judges students for what they wear specifically the female students. for a almost all computer school you'd think that the computers work correctly right? wrong. the computers are slow, the keys are either missing or broken, and they're always hardly charged.
the education is bad and most the staff doesn't do a good job with teaching their teaching styles are always outdated and not up to terms with the new computer styles that are supplied in every block
S CHOOL REVIEW
THe schools alright
one time a part of the roof of a building fall off and land on a seagull
one time a part of the roof of a building fall off and land on a seagull
education review office
curse you bodhi
school here is okay, bodhi danenhauer especially has made my experience terrible. the teachers compare everyone to him and he rubs it In everyones faces that he is very smart. please fund the schools arms deals club so I can put his reign of terror to an end. He even tried to sway me whilst writing this very review. If he has even a modicum of sense he will leave me be!!!!
Spotswood college art.
It's fine in the art department but even then its the same stuff each year. They never change it up or anything so it's just repeating the same stuff over and over which most artists or atleast me, find very boring and un motivating. In most cases doing an aft class such as paint or graphic design feels like homework or more of a task than art which is really in motivating and makes art outside of school feel horrible to do.
Oh and the food there is also horrible, and I'm not just talking about the free food..
Oh and the food there is also horrible, and I'm not just talking about the free food..
To Put It Short.
I dropped out to do online learning this year.
I’m a year 12 and since I’ve started from year 9 to now, I’ve been bullied, almost killed, In multiple fights, introduced to drugs, smoking/vaping and alcohol, had things stolen, and the list just goes on and on. Sadly, by our Māori kids, and mainly the females. It’s disappointing as the school and Māori culture preach respect and love etc, only for this to happen on the daily- and not just that, but as a fellow Māori myself the behaviour is uncalled for and disgusting. I’m now 16.
First week year 9 and I had older kids threatening to stab and kill me due to the fact I was the only female that transferred and the rest that came from my intermediate were boys. Got called a slut as if I had the choice on who went to Spotswood 💀. The school did nothing about it. Year 10. I was severely bullied. BY THE SAME GIRLS. stalked me in groups in school or in public. Stole my wallet, vapes, my clothes. School again did nothing about it. Needed help with studies- got no help given to me at all. Year 11 yet again, an almost stabbing happens and the school does nothing. They just suspend the kid. There’s actually one year 13 that was there who HAD stabbed a kid and they didn’t expel him.
I vented to therapists there, and teachers, and asked for help. On suicide, home abuse, neglect that I was going through. And they gave me nothing. I failed 3 years of high school because my mental health got so severely bad. Teachers. The teachers swear, they’re unprofessional, they neglect your learning needs, one teacher even grew weed in the green house and gave it out to students. I had one teacher purposefully put me into a panic attack after I’d come into class because my mother had beaten me black and blue so I was late after walking for 2 hours since she refused to drive me. No one did anything. My friends tried to help but they’re kids, it didn’t go far.
Spotswood is horrible. I still rather it compared to GH, or Sacred Heart though. This is because the classes are more wide ranged, and I’m given more options. Despite the school being horrid, I have made some awesome friend groups. However most of the students do drugs and vape, even in classrooms. There are nice students but if I’m honest majority are incredibly shitty. Teachers truly don’t have your best interest, mental health or learning. Apart from a possible 2-3 of them. I would suggest Spotswood for the classes range, but if you have a low mental health or you’re an easy target for bullying, please don’t enrol there.
Sincerely Anon.
I’m a year 12 and since I’ve started from year 9 to now, I’ve been bullied, almost killed, In multiple fights, introduced to drugs, smoking/vaping and alcohol, had things stolen, and the list just goes on and on. Sadly, by our Māori kids, and mainly the females. It’s disappointing as the school and Māori culture preach respect and love etc, only for this to happen on the daily- and not just that, but as a fellow Māori myself the behaviour is uncalled for and disgusting. I’m now 16.
First week year 9 and I had older kids threatening to stab and kill me due to the fact I was the only female that transferred and the rest that came from my intermediate were boys. Got called a slut as if I had the choice on who went to Spotswood 💀. The school did nothing about it. Year 10. I was severely bullied. BY THE SAME GIRLS. stalked me in groups in school or in public. Stole my wallet, vapes, my clothes. School again did nothing about it. Needed help with studies- got no help given to me at all. Year 11 yet again, an almost stabbing happens and the school does nothing. They just suspend the kid. There’s actually one year 13 that was there who HAD stabbed a kid and they didn’t expel him.
I vented to therapists there, and teachers, and asked for help. On suicide, home abuse, neglect that I was going through. And they gave me nothing. I failed 3 years of high school because my mental health got so severely bad. Teachers. The teachers swear, they’re unprofessional, they neglect your learning needs, one teacher even grew weed in the green house and gave it out to students. I had one teacher purposefully put me into a panic attack after I’d come into class because my mother had beaten me black and blue so I was late after walking for 2 hours since she refused to drive me. No one did anything. My friends tried to help but they’re kids, it didn’t go far.
Spotswood is horrible. I still rather it compared to GH, or Sacred Heart though. This is because the classes are more wide ranged, and I’m given more options. Despite the school being horrid, I have made some awesome friend groups. However most of the students do drugs and vape, even in classrooms. There are nice students but if I’m honest majority are incredibly shitty. Teachers truly don’t have your best interest, mental health or learning. Apart from a possible 2-3 of them. I would suggest Spotswood for the classes range, but if you have a low mental health or you’re an easy target for bullying, please don’t enrol there.
Sincerely Anon.
honest review .
excellent school i attended year 9 at spotswood college in 2020 i then left to western heights high school in 2021 whhs was not the school for me so i came back to spotswood 2022 .
what can i say amazing principle , great teachers , educated and focused students .
a diverse school where anyone can be themselves .
The suppport i have is amazing , there are basic cons but those are simple things like buildings needing to be replaced which construction is underway at the moment
the opportunities at spotswood college compare to no school
this is a very unique school that is all for students
i highly recommend spotswood college.
- R.M
what can i say amazing principle , great teachers , educated and focused students .
a diverse school where anyone can be themselves .
The suppport i have is amazing , there are basic cons but those are simple things like buildings needing to be replaced which construction is underway at the moment
the opportunities at spotswood college compare to no school
this is a very unique school that is all for students
i highly recommend spotswood college.
- R.M
NCEA standard
They only care about how the school board looks on the NCEA criteria, they will push you so hard to succeed and if you fail they will just remove you from the roll so the scores look better. Absolutely disgusting. The principal is the worst.
Considerable
Before dropping out, my dean asked if I would take a few easy assessments home to complete NCEA level 1 so the school’s passing rates looked better. They never came in the mail and when I returned to ask where they were, they had taken me off the roll. This was a couple months after one of the ***** ******** **** *** **** ** **** * ******* that graduated the year prior.
Helped my Challenged Child
yes very good... this school has helped my socially challenged kid with making friends, he never could before he came to Spotswood college
It an okay place :)
It's an okay school but the buildings and bathroom should be updated
Spotty is much better than boys
The school is great most of the classes are awesome some teachers are rude most kids are challenging and is much better than boys high
129 South Road, 4310, New Plymouth
Nicola Ngarewa
06 751 2416
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please never send your kids here it is so bad here are somethings that are bad about this school one the teachers are abousluty horrible they are very disrespectful and honestly couldn't careless about you or your learning p.s they bully you to the point you don't wanna show up anymore and I must say they don't make sense at all when they actually try teach you something also during my 9-10 years I had a couple teachers hit me with Chromebooks and my work books I have to say that was so sore and its not only me getting hit but other kids as well.now let me talk about the students they let into the school all I have to say is the kapa haka girls and guys mostly the girls are so rude and mean and they bully you for not having the same style as them and they will try hurt you if you try say something back the rest of the students just laugh and bully you for no reason most of the students here bully,try stab you and or are pregnant in the first year of being here.by the way if you try to report to the deans about anything that happened they tell you to keep our mouth shut and ignore them I have more to say but that's all I can right now