Westlake Girls' High School

Okay. So. If you don't join this school, good for you, because it's deteriorating really badly. If you don't join the STEAM programme, you'll probably end up stuck with horrible people. I mean those kinds that vape in bathrooms and literally vandalise the whole school. They've done a good job taking ESTEAM away. Well. Oh and I almost forget to mention that the teachers seem to think that AI is an excellent learning tool. Well the pictures that they use to teach us have been so erroneous it's pathetic. I even heard them say, "I generated these slides with Gemini" to each other. It's absolutely ridiculous and embarrassing. If we wanted AI to teach us we would go and homeschool ourselves.

Overall, this school is great and has helped me have high ambitious in life regarding my future careers as a student. However, some staffs are just not meant to be, especially the student librarians. One librarian specifically is just a ball of madness and rudeness. As a staff who interacts with students every hour, I think it's important to not let your negative mindset and rudeness impact others, because why would anyone want to follow the rules of a pretentious, dismissive, moody librarian? Multiple experiences from students about this librarian have unfortunately continued to be negative, not because she's "strict" but because of her ugly behaviour. Encouraging a positive and welcoming atmosphere in a space for calmness and concentration is what us students want, and is not to be yelled at, be cut off mid-talking, be downgraded, and hissed at.

literally the WORST school i thought coming into an all girls school will be fun no boys just girls being girls and having fun BUT NO the teachers especially the deans ONLY care and allow students to have cultural stuff if it relates to them! and at the beginning of the year i was fine but then i kept getting sick and my mental health went down hill so i missed ALOTS OF school days but now i have improved and actually go to school but the school has literally no right to yell at my parents why i left the school early or whatever MIND YOU THEY KNOW im not fully healed YET and im still alive cus at one point i didnt feel like living, in this school they dont CARE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AT ALL especially when your an immigrant and a person of color i know half what i said doesn’t make sense but hopefully some of you will. let me tell you i never bring up race but this time i can’t help it ALOTS OF white teachers have favorites and treat them differently than the others and also i didn’t get bullied but they is so much bullying even in front of the teachers and they just ignore it oh my gosh this school sucks i hope in the future this school gets better teacher and not this fuckass racist ones who turns into a blind eye when something happens to a student “who doesn’t fit in” i see trans kids queer kids getting bullied i never came out because of this i see “unattractive” kids getting bullied this is enough i hope government do something about this school and soon.

blond/grey haired old ass teacher with bob and bangs is the WORST FUCKING RELIEVER. she is RACIST and is just a horrible person. no idea why shes a teacher. she needs to be fired. she yells at girls for no reason and makes them cry. she needs to be FIRED NOW!!!!!!!!

Your daughter will be just a number in this school. The teachers, deans, counsellors, dep principal/principal will not care about your daughter unless she is an athlete or high achiever. Reading other students' reviews confirmed why my daughter's mental health suffered and eventually left school (nobody from the school even bothered to ask why she stopped turning up). The girls vape, self-tattoo in the toilets and remain in tight knit girls. The teachers have given up. You, the parent will have to pick up the broken pieces. It has taken me 5 long years to put my daughter back together; for schooling, she does it online and is happy being home. Remember: All the money in the world will not bring your daughter back if she takes her own life.

I was at westlake and a boy dressed as a girl came up to me and pulled down my sock with his teeth .And all the teachers just watched and laugh and ate the left overs dont get gwet me started on mer bob. food ight

ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING! Pulled my daughter out after only 2 terms. Bullying at an all time high, girls are rude. I’ve seen multiple videos of girls fighting and jumping other girls, on the turf , in the bathrooms, at smales farm. Your girls ARE NOT SAFE HERE. Staff and management don’t do a thing. Too many deans, too many house deans to go through to get to the bottom of bullying. They don’t do anything unless you involve the police and then all of a sudden they want to help. IT SHOULDNT EVEN HAVE TO GET THAT FAR! your a bloody college! Sort your students out. Soo much for “Te Mana Wāhine Education for Empowerment” You need to change your school quote. False advertisement

Westlake Girls was the worst 5 years of my life. The amount of bullying and racism that goes on at this school and the teachers just turn a blind eye to it. I was scared when I was at school as there were many fights and lots of violence.The school environment is extremely toxic, I felt anxious going to school almost every day and counsellors were useless. Everyone is fake and the school only cares about you if you’re good at sports or very academic for anyone else you’re treated like crap. Do yourself a favour and do NOT come to this school I was extremely honest in this review.

The teachers are very rude

awesome school, teachers are great! everyone is very respectful and it has great sports and opportunities for everyone.

decent school, good opportunities

I won first place in a kahoot and didn’t get a lolly smh

Good school with academics, sports and music. However I think it's unacceptable how they make the year 13s pay for their own graduation. I spent my whole high school putting in effort, getting good grades and yet I can't afford to attend my own graduation. It's disgusting and now I understand where Westalke gets it's reputation of being a snobby school. I just wanted the headmaster to shake my hand and give me my certificate once I completed high school yet they just want to find a way to make a profit out of the event.

racist, homophobic, classist. they do not care about their students unless they are athletic. i left last year

Went here my whole high school life, this school only cares about sports and have absolutely terrible mental health services, they are nonexistent. I dropped out middle of year 12 due to a breakdown and being diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and they did nothing to help me or try understand. This school discriminates against students suffering from mental health issues. The deans don’t care, the teachers don’t care. At Westlake, no one cares about you unless you’re achieving things that make the school look good. Great school for determined athletes. Terrible school for anyone else.

Some teacher's are amazing but others are just terrible. If you ask them a question rather than answering that question they would put you down on that spot making you scared to ask another question. Also mental health is clearly something this school does not care about. Speeches can bring up major anxiety and I understand that we need a note from an actual doctor to prove we have anxiety but some students arent in a place where they can get themselves a doctor to diagnose them with an actual mental health.

class of 21 and would not recommend, they couldn’t care less about personal well-being especially in sporting areas. makes you feel terrible lol wish i went to rangitoto

In my experience, Westlake has shown little to no compassion due to mental health. Everyone I know at this school has been getting diagnosed with anxiety and depression from the extra unnecessary stress this school puts on us. They are very aware that a big chunk of this school experiences these mental health issues and have chosen to ignore them. This school doesn’t care about the students, they only care about their reputation. The teachers at Westlake girls are very rude and show no empathy to students struggling and falling behind. In my experience, I was behind the class but was a good student who wouldn’t talk, go on my phone or get distracted, I was just struggling and my teacher said to me “you’re not improving so I refuse to help or teach you and recommend you just drop out” The school gives extra privileges to sports teams and invests more money in their sports than they do on academic equipment.

It’s ok. Poor teachers but good sports. Poor teachers as in they don’t do anything, rude, ignorant, etc

Everyone raves about westlake, but it’s honestly overrated. The quality of learning is less than I expected and I feel my academic level is actually going downhill as some teachers either put on too much pressure or too little (very stressful and unbalanced). I think it just wasn’t as good as I’d hoped.

good school, teachers are a bit slack and don't really focus on individual learning and helping the people that struggle. not very understanding or helpful when it comes to mental health. good variety of sports and subject choices.