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St John's College (Hillcrest)

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4.1

Based on 8 reviews and 71 answers

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Average of 8 reviews with area ratings

  • Staff4.5
  • Communication4.5
  • Education4.4
  • Activities4.4
  • Safety4.3
  • Indoor environment4.1
  • Food4.1
  • Outdoor environment3.9
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  • Former Student
    1.0
    16 November 2025

    Not the best

    The school being Catholic and single-sex should tell you all you need to know. St. John's College in Hillcrest encourages an anti-individualistic culture of bullying and discriminatory behavior, employing staff who do not care to do anything about it. Sending your child to learn at this school, you can expect them to either develop an awfully intolerant and exclusionary mindset, or in the case that they do not fit in with what their peers expect of them, bullied to the point of taking their own...

  • Student
    5.0
    16 August 2025

    staff going above and beond.

    As a student in year 13, who has been struggling with both academics and home life/ medical, SJC has been extremely accommodating to me and has come up with a plan. Talking to students at HBHS and Hilcrest is somewhat similar to situations they have stated that "they seem just to be another face in the crowd, and that these problems are no different from any other student". All my teacher care a lot about all their students and want to see them all succeed to the best of their abilities. Teache...

  • Other
    5.0
    26 March 2024

    St. John’s

    Dennan is the bloody man I saw him getting it on in the bushes

  • Other
    5.0
    22 March 2023

    WOW@___@

    yes yes very good school i think it is better than boys high.yesyes

  • Student
    5.0
    22 March 2023

    i realy like st johns

    its an amazing school and much better than boys high cuz stats say so

  • Student
    5.0
    31 January 2023

    Where Boys Transforms into Men

    St John's College transforms a boy into a man. Through these years at the college, students are taught valuable lessons towards manhood and what it means to become a 'marist man' and 'Johnnie's boy'. The pillars that we stand by also guide the students towards this goal as well.

  • Former Student
    5.0
    21 February 2021

    Old Student Review

    Attending SJC turned out to be some of the best years of my schooling life and would definitely recommend it to anyone. I got on really well with teachers and other students as it is a very welcoming school.

  • Student
    4.0
    20 August 2020

    SJC by a student

    SJC is definitely a very good school for the right people. It is a very boy to man focused education. There are great teachers who are always very keen to help and the school can handle almost all situations very well.