Waitaki Girls' High School

I am a student at this school and it is quite bad. The school lunches that are offered here is absolutely disgusting, and not edible. When you complain about this to staff, they're usual response is that "you'll be fine." "It's not that bad." I get that the school doesn't make them, but they could also take notice to how their students complain about it. An idea could be that they could switch different food companies. The teachers are also quite rude. They expect automatic respect for them but don't give the students any. In my opinion, most of the teachers here don't take notice that not all of the students are at the same academic level as each other. Some are pretty smart, but some have trouble learning in classes. The teachers don't really do anything about it, which doesn't really give the girls a chance to have the same learning experience as the rest of the class. The teachers either ignore them completely, or they just ask them why they haven't done anything, even when they haven't even tried to help them. I get sometimes the student won't try, which leaves the teacher frustrated. But anyway some teachers seem to have personal hatred for some teachers but yeah. Thank you

The teachers do not treat students fairly at all. They are more focused on making the school look good to the community but don't care about what happens out of the public eye.

I got bullied horrendously here. Nearly developed an eating disorder because of bullies making comments about my food (I'm skinny to begin with). My best friend attempted suicide while here and nobody cared. She received no extra support in school after that despite the teachers being aware of what happened. Neither her bullies nor mine received any form of punishment because the teachers favored them. I recently had a mental breakdown due to the bullying and moved to another school in the north island. I have now realized the low standards that teachers at Waitaki Girls High have due to the difficulty I've had getting my NCEA level one because of how little I was taught there. I am a high achieving student who was in the top of my classes at Waitaki Girls, but because of the little I was taught I am now in tutoring and extra help. Please don't send your daughters here. I highly recommend Whangarei Girls High School though, as since I have started attending the teachers are wonderfully supportive and just want their students to succeed. Don't make the mistake I did.

Since the new principal has come, the school is no good. The school is secretly racist, sexist, biased to those who have money and are selfish. Don’t recommend this school

Supportive staff, welcoming place. Supportive of difference. Lots of sports and chances to try new things.