Whangaparaoa College

Whangaparoa College is the kind of place where the "school spirit" can probably be seen from the front gate, but might fade a bit by the time you hit the cafeteria. It's the school that makes you feel like you're living in a reality show... minus the fame and prize money. And you’ve got to love how everyone claims to be “one of the original Whangaparoa students,” but still can’t find their way past the gym. It's the school where the Wi-Fi is a myth, the school bell is more like a suggestion, and the most intense competition is figuring out who can get their lunch first from the "World Famous" canteen. All jokes aside, I'm sure it’s a great place — full of memorable moments... but you’d probably want to pack your own Wi-Fi just in case. ?

THIS SCHOOL SUCKS I'M A YEAR 8 WHO GOES HERE AND ITS SOO BAD PEOPLE ARENT KIDDING ABOUT THE BULLYING THE KIDS HERE ARE MEAN DUMB AND JUST ALL AROUND TERRIBLE PEOPLE I HAD TO CHANGE CLASSES HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR BECASUE OF HOW BAD THE BULLYING WAS GETTING NOW MY FAMILY IS THINKING OF MOVING ME TO OC BECAUSE BULLYING IS COMING UP AGAIN AND IF YOU CAN BE AWARE OF SZOFIAS FRIENDGROUP (yes thats how you actually spell her name) AND ALSO IF YOU'RE GOING INTO YEAR 8 THIS YEAR KEEP YOUR HEAD LOW A

The bathrooms have become more cleaner now because of the security cameras there are still some things on the walls but I don't really care about it, the bathrooms are still disgusting though. Teachers are nice but some of them are just questionable and a few of them are just rude and unfair. The outside environment is actually good there isn't really any rubbish anywhere in the school. Students are nice lots of them are also rude as they can be and don't have any manners what so ever. Apart from all of that it's an okay school.

I hate this school so so so so so so much.

This school is a hell-hole. They have done jackshit for the bullying and mockery, and even less about the bathroom situations. They claim to be "Accepting of all students." Yet teachers still call me my deadname. I have been bullied physically and verbally by the awful students here and the teachers have done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. And the bathrooms are horrible! There are disgusting flies in the bathrooms that make the semen and graffiti seem good.

This school is bad, aside from friends and supportive people, some of the teachers direct a group of people or someone that they are bothered mostly on. There are so many bullies, mean girls, disrespect and pathetic people. Honestly the teachers do nothing about it and just say ''sort it out'' only a few amount of teachers are good. Some of the teachers explain what to do but lots of them say ''just do that'' and do not actually explain it properly, you can't expect us students to just know. Also the toilets are disgusting and smell like piss, I would not want to go to some toilet with students just pissing on the floor like wth. Now lets get onto some of the students, disrespectful, mean, pure bullies. Other students can be angels and nice or decant.

I am a student at wgp and I think it is a ok school, I don’t understand why people don’t like it but ifeel you will enjoy it more with certain teachers

this school is traumatizing

Some very major flaws with this school. Serious bullying problems throughout the school, and despite countless complaints from myself and other students who were victims of bullying the staff and teachers turn a blind eye on most cases. The facilities are dirty and in some cases downright hazardous. The curriculum is mediocre at best, not a great deal of extra courses, though there are definitely some good ones. The food however, oh man it’s good. Great cafeteria with plenty of options, Food could be healthier though. Plenty of sporting options for athletic kids but the school lacks heavily in clubs and non sports related activities. All in all it’s not the worst school in Auckland but it’s definitely not the best.

It is quite a toxic environment and nobody seems to care. The teachers focus too much on the naughty students and not enough on those that want to learn.

It’s an average school with average teachers. Though teachers who do not focus on the entirety of the class and choose to focus more predominately on one group of students, attitude in the class will change and so does the progress of work.

There is a lot of vaping around the school and in the the bathrooms that’s the teachers aren’t doing anything about. Also after lockdown in 2020, the school decided that they would essentially cancelled NCEA level one which denied us our certificate stating that we achieved level one. Where were only offered enough credits to merely pass and were only allowed to do one external exam. They claimed to have the best interests of student in mind but the didn’t seem to care about the students who wanted to do really well that year, only the ones who were really struggling.

I have had many bullying experiences however they do nothing about it. I also have experienced bad teaching methods and teachers. There are also students smoking vaping and other things but they do nothing.