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St Mary's College (Ponsonby)

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3.2

Based on 6 reviews and 39 answers

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Average of 5 reviews with area ratings

  • Safety2.3
  • Outdoor environment2.3
  • Education2.2
  • Activities2.0
  • Staff1.5
  • Communication1.5
  • Indoor environment1.5
  • Food1.0
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  • Other
    1.0
    4 June 2025

    St Mary's college is not a good school.

    My daughter used to attend St Mary's college but she was quickly moved after I realized how verbally and emotionally abusive the school truly is. The school completely ignores students mental health, my daughter complained daily how teachers were more passionate about telling off students for unnecessary reasons rather than their actual jobs. There are at least 3-5 teachers who seem passionate about what they do but the rest seem to hate students and their job. The board of trustees are the wors...

  • Other
    2.0
    14 May 2025

    Complaint

    This school is not what it turns out to be. The teachers are terrible at teaching. Only very few are very supportive and actually help children with their work. Other teachers focus on students who are even the slightest bit smarter than the rest. Some even just focus on students with athletic talent! Few teachers find the slightest reasons to yell at you , give you a detention and or so send people out of class. This school does have many great paths to take to help stabilize your childs future...

  • Other
    1.0
    29 October 2024

    Please do not consider enrolling anyone here.

    The teachers are awful for many reasons, 1. they are terrible at teaching you literally learn nothing and some teachers just let students do whatever they want. 2. Teachers will literally talk to students so poorly and freak out when they are spoken too 1000x less badly, they all are immature and talk about students badly to other classes and teachers. The school only focusses on smart students and talented students and leave the ones who actually need support to rot away. The principal is fake...

  • Other
    1.0
    25 October 2024

    Terrible

    It is a very bad school. All students no matter what year bully girls, talk about each other badly, and are just awful. All teachers and staff care about is how people see the school, none of them can mind their own business and genuinely treat students like dirt, they do anything they can to have a reason to yell at students. Teachers also are just so terrible at teaching some girls have to do their own study at lunch times. Please do not send you daughter here she will be miserable.

  • Student
    3.0
    12 October 2021

    Average

    The school's a bit boring honestly and some of the teachers aren't very good but the students are nice. I've had experiences with teachers who are so genuinely bad at teaching that students would have to have class-wide study sessions at lunches where we taught each other because our teacher wouldn't. Some teachers refuse to use a student's preferred pronouns or names and that can have a negative effect on the students. Also, some of the deans can be very strict with detentions. Students inclu...

  • Student
    5.0
    26 September 2020

    All round greatness

    Amazing, great community and culture. Exceptional hockey and a lovely young energetic senior leadership team