Whangarei Girls' High School

Do not send your kid here!! This is genuinely the worst school you could possibly send your child to in Whangārei. As a former student, who genuinely dropped out because of how bad it was, if your child has any kind of learning difficulty, she will not receive the kind of help she needs! All of the people here are EXTREMELY toxic, including some teachers. There is absolutely NO mental health support and this school has an inability to address toxic bullying. There is no effective dicipline. All they do is focus on rules instead of real, relevant issues. No accountability or responsibility for any of the horrible experiences girls have been put through. The quality of education is terrible, and this school was a huge financial burden. All I learnt from wasting my years at this horrible place is that Whangārei Girls High is just a toxic school with zero potential for learning and all anyone does is abuse substances. There are few good teachers. All of the teachers don't even seem to like their job and therefore don't feel that it's their responsibility to even help students. I got intensely bullied here, and if you are even slightly different from everyone else, or if you don't fit in, girls will go out of their way to spread rumors about you, bully you either from a distance, on social media or right there and then. From the four years I spent there, i learnt absolutely NOTHING. every single class would be either somebody passing a drink bottle full of vodka around, and vaping whenever the teachers back was turned. Every single time I went to use the bathrooms, they would all be in use because all students would either bunk because of how terrible the classes are, or because they want to use the bathrooms to vape or get stoned. Many times my mum reached out to teachers about what was happening there because I would come home feeling drained, useless, hurt and smelling of alcohol and nicotine. The teachers did absolutely nothing except send me to the school counsellor who belittled me and spoke to me in a very condescending way, and offered no help at all. The people there all got me involved in doing terrible things and as I participated in drinking and smoking, as well as getting bullied, my mental health declined. I was diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety and eventually just had to leave. When we first enrolled, yes we had heard good things about Whangarei Girls High about academics, opportunities etc. But in all truth, the teachers are all absolutely terrible, and to pass my exams I had to put all of the work in myself, in my own time out of school because every single day when I attended I would learn absolutely nothing. All the teachers worry about is the colour of your socks. I'd also like to point out that there are very little opportunities. And if you do want to attend these so called opportunities, you either have to have a certain attendance percentage, or have to pay a huge fee. The uniforms are incredibly expensive and they wonder why students turn up in non uniform items. It's because not everyone can afford to pay $100 dollars for a school jersey. Every single person I know that finished at WGHS left with absolutely no clue of a career pathway and barely any qualifications. I had one friend who moved schools because of the toxic bullying she was receiving. It's taken me over a year to get back on my feet after being diagnosed with severe depression after everything that happened to me at this school. The teachers are unengaged, the curriculum is irrelevant and outdated and not to mention the social division. Like I said, if you don't fit in with others you will be exposed to a hostile environment. I tried to change myself so that others would like me. I started trying to be more like them and do whatever they did, in fear that if I didn't I would have no friends and be exposed to toxic bullying, which happened anyway. No matter what you do people will always find a way to pick at your weak spots. No emotional safety. Broken classroom equipment, horribly unclean bathrooms, gum on every single surface and dilapidated classrooms. Teachers will not do anything if you're getting bullied here. Not your house dean, not the principal, not the counselors, NOTHING. All I wish is that you don't send your child here because I would not want anyone to go through the same experience as me.

This is the kind of school that harbours kids who will be working at McDonald’s in ten years time with kids hanging off their shopping cart. The whole system here is pretty messed up and they don’t do anything to prevent bullying or physical violence. I myself and my family members have been here and haven’t had the most “pleasant” experiences ourselves. Some good teachers but nothing done to prevent bullying as mentioned and no discipline set up for kids who bully and harass other kids. All the year nines vape in the toilets like homeless people and have no respect for anybody other than themselves and think they’re tough shit when in reality they’re just pretending to be. Passed this school and made ncea level 2 and 3 but was left with the biggest mental strain of my life. Battling mental health issues whilst having to prioritise education, and they couldn’t give two shits about how you feel and your background, it’s all about numbers and statistics. They continuously cover up the dirt they have on this school but if you’ve been here you know and kudos to the kids that still do, goodluck.

stupid stupid stupid place, make me wanna die. give mi my phon.

This school is really bad fr fr

Whangarei girls high school is not a good school, in class teachers would demand an answer to questions and if you couldn’t answer it you pretty much get shamed.
I had a math teacher that separated our tables into what she called the “dumb table” the “trainable table” and the “smart table”.
I played netball and was bullied by another girl on the courts I ended up with bruised ribs, a dislocated thumb and a sprained ankle.
Girls high told me it wasn’t there problem as it happened off of school grounds. That’s pathetic. I was dealing with a lot of mental health issues which were brought to the attention of my whanau teacher however when I broke down in class she sent me to the office. I was beaten by 6 girls on school grounds and still nothing happened.
My friend attempted suicide inside school grounds and when my dad called to say I wouldn’t be in school for the next few days girls high told him she was fine and that was not what happened, however we visited her in hospital and knew it had happened.
I would never ever recommend Whangarei girls high school and I will make sure any one I know I will tell to go else where.

Students do not get treated equally and with the same respect as students who for instance and much more academically smart. Have come across teachers who will change your life for the better and you’ll never will be able to repay them for Their help. But yet again the majority of the teachers at this school quite frankly don’t care about you very much they just want to get paid and the day over with, some will speak to you as if your 10 when your nearly 18 and it is belittling and immature, some have no respect for some students privacy with their home life. We have a girls working for girls day and they take $20 from your pay that you worked out of school for to donate to the school for things such as a new area for winter eating or new outside tables or more water fountains or a walkway to the health block. We have not seen any of this money been used for what we asked it to be used for. It’s a total sham and the principal is never there so I don’t think she even needs to come in anymore. The best teacher is*** Moore’s best teacher ever so sad to see her leave and the worst, ************* and*********, the level of respect for you is a 0 and they both look disgusting and smell weird, it’s okay cause it goes with their immature and rude behaviour, if you want your daughter to attend to this school do not be surprised if she gets fed up with the teachers rudeness or that she’s behind because their not doing their job, because your daughter is right it’s not a healthy school for your overall well-being

swag but stupid teachers don’t understand anything