Schools in Westland District, West Coast, New Zealand

“Would not recommend. Terrible for mental health and self confidence. Sports stars are praised above all else and the same type of netball girl/ rugby boy is…”

“No school is perfect, but Geraldine is pretty solid and the teacher try very hard with minimal support from the principal.”

“Spent all high school there, uniform is terrible and the rules can be very restricting so students can’t feel comfortable or express themselves.”

“school is horrible, doesn't sort out bullying, forced to try stuff you don't want to, blocks everything, students are horrid, vaping, smoking, swearing at…”

“I love Roncalli, the staff there are so caring and lovely, the teachers actually strive to get their students ready for exams, and will go out of their way for…”

“The teachers and the activities that are presented to each student is much greater compared to most high schools in my opinion.”

“Mountainview highschool is a good learning step, it focuses on opportunities more than specialisation.”

“The school reminds me of a cult. It is very focused on the grades of excellence students and brings down those who have lowkey grades by “shipping them off” to…”

“Unfortunately schooling has become an impossible outcome for many families like ours. Driving or busses to greymouth is the resolution.”

“Pretty good, go through teachers a bit quick. Good community spirit. Lots of fun activities and the classes work well”

“Not the best school for following their own protocols and rules. Teachers appear to teach in one way not adjusting to diversity.”

“My children have both attended this daycare from the age of 1, they have always been fabulous and very caring of the kids there.”

“The Learning Barn is a fantastic early childhood center. The staff are amazing and my child is extremely comfortable in this environment, the outdoor…”

“Beautiful homelike setting, friendly staff and best of all low numbers, quality teaching experiences.”

“I'm an ex student and looking back this primary school was great. I loved it and would do anything to come back again.”

“This school taught me nothing. I was unprepared when going to high school, they didn't teach me anything.”

“this school takes away any and all privledges and the year 8s were f wits and made my whole year group lose privledges when we were in year 8, it was boring…”

“The expectations are very poor because I get homework every week and bring it on Thursday due, but I only missed 1 week, and I didn't know because it was the…”