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Rochedale State High School
Secondary · Government · Rochedale
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Good on the outside, terrible on this inside.
Poor Treatment From Teachers
This school seems like a nice school who uplifts students, however when you attend the school, you will quickly see the poor treatment towards students. For example from my personal experience a teacher Ms Brenda Holland, was quick to comment on the appearance of my hair when she said "Ewww what color is your hair what have you done to it." She is known as a HOD (Head of Department) who bring numerous students down, this is not the first time Brenda Holland has made countless nasty comments towards students and it certainly won't be the last.
Room for improvement. Not the worst, definitely not the best.
Writing this review as a former straight-A student who graduated back in 2023. Had high-functioning anxiety and moderate depression all throughout my senior year - one year later? Completely fine. I believe that says enough.
Great emphasis on going to university; other pathways were encouraged but silently looked down upon. The hidden gems were the tuckshop ladies, a few passionate teachers, and the PAC in general.
Mental health concerns, bullying, and threats were handled very poorly. Staff provide the absolute bare minimum and then send the student back to class. This individual then has to tackle the stares, the rumours and the hecklers all in their own. Counselling is overworked - I felt quite bad to see our counsellors constantly looking stressed - but also requires improvement as a whole. Can be quite dismissive of your concerns; many people I knew did their best to avoid the councillors.
Good luck if you're part of the LGBTQA+, identify yourself with a certain religion, have a mental illness or are generally not a cookie-cutter - the students suffer from tall-poppy syndrome. If you stand out from the crowd in anyway and don't have thick skin already, keep your head down. Don't snitch. Don't criticise. Unless you want to be picked on next, mind your business. This point is not necessarily a criticism to the school - they have no control over their students - but it's a good point to add if you're considering coming here.
DON'T COME HERE IF YOU HAVE A DISABILITY OR REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. I witnessed two close friends have to switch schools because they weren't receiving the support they needed here. Once visited the ADC (can't exactly remember the name so correct me if I'm wrong) and witnessed overworked, stressed and passive aggressive staff members. Granted, my first and only visit was back in 2018, but I'm never forgetting how I misclicked a notification on a school iPad and a lady (who I never met before) yelled at me almost immediately. "Did you click NO?!" I remember her shouting at me. I was visiting that centre on the behalf of a friend with a learning disability - I can't imagine what else she yelled about when I WASN'T there. Yelling at students who are vulnerable for making minor mistakes while logging into a website is NOT cool. Hope they straightened that out since I've last been.
There were some beautiful moments from my senior year. There were some lovely people tossed in the mix and days I laughed so hard that my stomach hurt. But that all came from me, not the school. I fought everyday just to show up. The curriculum is outdated. Facilities are quite good, despite it all (maybe avoid some old bathrooms, haha xx). Reggie the Rhino was always fun to see, and I like how the staff encouraged students to get involved in that. Good sports programs, got a flashy new million dollar hall if that interests you.
Great emphasis on going to university; other pathways were encouraged but silently looked down upon. The hidden gems were the tuckshop ladies, a few passionate teachers, and the PAC in general.
Mental health concerns, bullying, and threats were handled very poorly. Staff provide the absolute bare minimum and then send the student back to class. This individual then has to tackle the stares, the rumours and the hecklers all in their own. Counselling is overworked - I felt quite bad to see our counsellors constantly looking stressed - but also requires improvement as a whole. Can be quite dismissive of your concerns; many people I knew did their best to avoid the councillors.
Good luck if you're part of the LGBTQA+, identify yourself with a certain religion, have a mental illness or are generally not a cookie-cutter - the students suffer from tall-poppy syndrome. If you stand out from the crowd in anyway and don't have thick skin already, keep your head down. Don't snitch. Don't criticise. Unless you want to be picked on next, mind your business. This point is not necessarily a criticism to the school - they have no control over their students - but it's a good point to add if you're considering coming here.
DON'T COME HERE IF YOU HAVE A DISABILITY OR REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. I witnessed two close friends have to switch schools because they weren't receiving the support they needed here. Once visited the ADC (can't exactly remember the name so correct me if I'm wrong) and witnessed overworked, stressed and passive aggressive staff members. Granted, my first and only visit was back in 2018, but I'm never forgetting how I misclicked a notification on a school iPad and a lady (who I never met before) yelled at me almost immediately. "Did you click NO?!" I remember her shouting at me. I was visiting that centre on the behalf of a friend with a learning disability - I can't imagine what else she yelled about when I WASN'T there. Yelling at students who are vulnerable for making minor mistakes while logging into a website is NOT cool. Hope they straightened that out since I've last been.
There were some beautiful moments from my senior year. There were some lovely people tossed in the mix and days I laughed so hard that my stomach hurt. But that all came from me, not the school. I fought everyday just to show up. The curriculum is outdated. Facilities are quite good, despite it all (maybe avoid some old bathrooms, haha xx). Reggie the Rhino was always fun to see, and I like how the staff encouraged students to get involved in that. Good sports programs, got a flashy new million dollar hall if that interests you.
Don’t come here trust me
As a past student of Rochdale state high school, I would advise you to not send your kids here, because one it’s a 2.0 star rating school and the teachers here don’t care about anyone else’s but them self, they also suspend people for the dumbest things and reasons like, when I was in year 8 I was suspended for 1 to 2 weeks for only saying dumb ass to some kid, and there have also been female teachers that have fully gone into the boys bathroom while there were boys inside, so if you don’t want to deal with bullshit from Rochdale while your either at home or work don’t send your kids here.
Horrible
The worst school, they don't believe in other then going to uni, these to proven through graduate a roch, a crockrouch Into uni
Don't go here
The school puts a lot of their money into making the school look good instead of putting it into something good like for eg: helping students mental health. Mental health is not cared about in this school and if you are found crying in class they will tell you to get over it and keep working.
Rochedale State high school
One of the worst schools by far care more about uniforms then the students swastikas around the school they paint over the bathrooms and buildings but can’t cover the swastikas around school like cmon best thing about this school is the tuck-shop lady’s they have my entire hearts
Don't send Ur kids here
I wish I could give it a zero the teachers are only there for the money no passion in what they do. The principal and her deputies have a power tip and love to look down and hold power over children. No respect shown and if you aren't to there standards of respect they will suspend you but they will make sure to keep it under 15 days so you have no way to protest against it. I hope the principal Miss Itsikson retires Immediately( she has been transferred around multiple schools around Brisbane and everyone single one has gotten worse idk why they don't just fire her instead of moving her around every few years)
249 Priestdale Road, 4123, Rochedale
Elena Itsikson
07 3340 0400
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Years 7-8 weren’t too bad, but as I got older I wanted to start expressing myself more, so I did. The school doesn’t even allow clear retainers for piercings, which were my main form of self expression during this time. I got my first “non-policy” piercings around Year 8 or 9, and that’s when the 2-3 years of constant harassment started. I was fine with hiding the piercings with my hair, but teachers would borderline force me to take out piercings that were still fresh, leaving the piercings visibly irritated, even resulting in one of my piercings becoming infected due to me having to repierce my cartilage in a bathroom.
Alongside this, I had teachers performing humiliation rituals on me at least once a month. A teacher made me read the school policy aloud to the class after she caught me redoing my ponytail and thought I intended to leave it out for the remainder of the class, and after offering an explanation she still insisted I read the policy to her and my peers. I had another teacher pull me out of class to yell at me, and when she saw my response was crying she said “maybe the reason teachers don’t tell you is because you react like this”.
I have never felt so disrespected, singled out, and uncomfortable in a school in my entire life, until I encountered these problems at Rochedale. The teachers make no effort to make students comfortable and treat needing additional support without a diagnosis as something that can’t ever be done.
When I mentioned my reason for transferring to a deputy, I was told it was a stupid decision for me to leave as the school I was planning on moving to only had a 50% QCE graduation rate, however I later found out that that information was false. Numerous teachers treated my decision to leave as a “mistake” and something I would regret. I was told that I wasn’t worthy of learning support as I wasn’t diagnosed with anything and “had no need”.
I also experienced the worst bullying I had ever faced in this school. I was locked in a bathroom stall for 45 minutes by a group of girls who didn’t like me, Deans were informed and I was offered no support apart from a quick conversation and then it was dropped. They were never punished for their actions.
Since I left this school, my mental health flourished, I got diagnosed with ADHD, autism, and anxiety, and I graduated with more QCE points than required.
This school likes to present themselves as a school that allows everyone an opportunity for growth, but it only allows it for people who can fit into their tight agenda and are willing to suck up to everyone in order to succeed.