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2.9

Based on 8 reviews and 71 answers

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  • Former Student
    1.0
    27 March 2025

    Don’t send your kids here

    St. Hilda’s Collegiate School was a deeply negative experience for me. During my time there in the 2000s, I faced bullying and harassment, not only from students but also from teachers. One art teacher made hurtful comments about my appearance, telling me I was too skinny and needed to eat a cheeseburger, even encouraging other students to join in on the bullying. A religious studies teacher crossed personal boundaries with students, involving himself in their private lives and allowing them to...

  • Student
    5.0
    27 September 2024

    Best School Ever

    It was amazing they had great teachers and not a messy school at all. Loved it and made so many friends.

  • Former Student
    1.0
    26 November 2023

    for the love of God, do not go here

    was there from 2014-2018 and within the first week was already begging my parents to let me change to a different school. the teachers, many of the girls and management are bullies, the scarce few good ones left - and i really don’t blame them. two committed suicide (2018, 2019) & we were given half a day at most to grieve before being told to focus on our exams. the physical education/health teacher turned out to have inappropriate relations with the younger students (shocker, at a religious sc...

  • Former Student
    1.0
    13 March 2021

    don’t go here

    This is a terrible school. I went to St. Hilda’s for four years. Discrimination and bullying is really common. If you’re different they will suggest that this school isn’t for you. Many bad things happened at that school and I wouldn’t recommended it.

  • Former Student
    1.0
    3 March 2021

    Don’t go here !

    This was a terrible school! They stopped me from leading ahead fo my year group didn’t have teachers that cared and a dean who asked me if I would be better suited to a different school. They then proceeded to give me scholarship hoping to keep me and not have to actually teach me. This school is not teaching they are years behind in their curriculum and don’t have exams at year 9 and not many at year 10. This is bad for learning to cope for NCEA ! I don’t recommend the stupid amount of money y...

  • Student
    1.0
    10 February 2021

    Would not recommend

    I have hated st hildas from the moment my first teacher told me that I would never be able to pass maths because I just simply wasn’t naturally smart. For a 12 year old that’s very damaging. Then only 2 years after this my teacher commits suicide. This brought me down heaps only for within a year my only supportive and favourite teacher also commits leaving me going down hill with my own mental health. All while this is happening I was getting bullied by all the girls in my year and some older years simply because I didn’t fit in. I am almost finished school here after this being my 6th year and I would not recommend this. Beside the skills of resilience and learning to get on with work despite the many challenges and haters in your way all I have gained from this school is mental health issues, lack of self esteem and no confidence to back me up anymore.

  • Other
    1.0
    23 October 2020

    St Hildas collegiate

    well aside from the student/teacher affairs and staff suicides i’m sure someone has some positives in there somewhere... however it’s not me and i would not recommend but each to their own I guess

  • Student
    4.0
    25 August 2020

    St Hilda’s Review

    Amazing opportunities available. Strong Principle and an overall amazing environment to be learning in.