Canterbury Girls Secondary College

The school culture is awful. Girls pull each other down to make themselves feel better. I was bullied and the administrative staff did nothing to make it stop. They did enough to say that they did "something" but it kept going through subtle classroom interactions that teachers said they were "monitoring" but they did nothing.

The bathrooms were disgusting, constant graffiti on the walls, toilet seats coming loose and a lack of toilet paper.

I am absolutely appalled and disgusted by the way this school has handled recent incidents involving my daughter and her friend. The level of negligence and lack of accountability from the staff is completely unacceptable.

First of all, my daughter and her friend were physically assaulted on school grounds, and not only did the teachers fail to step in or protect them, but they also did nothing afterwards. To make matters worse, when I tried to reach out to discuss the situation, I was lied to and then hung up on. This kind of behaviour from school staff is disgraceful and completely unprofessional.

And if that wasn’t bad enough, there was a student who brought a knife to school, putting countless students in potential danger. Yet again — nothing was done. I don’t care what excuses are being made or what “special needs” status this student has; safety should come first. Every student deserves to feel protected at school, and this failure to act is beyond unacceptable. There was also a scenario where a girl stole a very expensive belonging from another girl and the staff did absolutely nothing, and the girl got away with it and skipped all punishments