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2.9

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  • Parent
    1.0
    13 May 2026

    Think before you decide

    I was on a school tour of santa maria college and my daughter was so excited to see the school, we spoke to a couple of teachers who were quite lovely but there was one expressed less than the santa maria experience I was expecting. Her name was Sabina Giurgiu, she spoke to me as though it was an inconvenience and made comments that seemed less than appropriate. If this is who santa maria chose to represent there community I am not impressed. I decided to send my daughter elsewhere as this was n...

  • Former Student
    2.0
    7 February 2026

    They tried

    They owe me an apology. But they tried their best to support their students.

  • Other
    1.0
    12 June 2025

    Not what you think it is..

    this school is pretty average but there are a lot of things that are wrong. for example: the gardiners chased me (Kevin), there are a lot of toxic girls in the school and the school uses mathspace. is terrible, it doesn't consolidate learning at all and it is usless.

  • Student
    3.0
    12 June 2025

    better than you think but worse than you assume

    Alright school, made lots of amazing friends, but a lot of people are toxic. There is a balance of crap teachers and really nice and good teachers. Science is great, maths is great except for mathspace, but the English here is really bad and unenjoyable. The school cares more about people wearing blazers than their teachers. Average school for the price my family is paying. Not dodgy like other government schools around, great extracurricular activities and sports though. Gardeners are scary, and their informing skills about school events are TERRIBLE!!! No one ever knows what is happening around school assemblies or other events. Overall, it's an average school, but the friends I have made make it 10x better

  • Student
    1.0
    24 January 2024

    This school left me with lasting trauma.

    I had a completely miserable time at this school. As an undiagnosed (at the time) queer kid Santa Maria did absolutely nothing to make me feel safe and valued. Teachers spent zero time with me helping me through subjects I struggled with, and turned a blind eye to the constant psychological bullying I underwent from my classmates. I ended up having to leave the school and do my VCE through Distance Education because my experience was so bad and I was so traumatised.

  • Student
    3.0
    7 July 2023

    Its an alright school

    Well it’s not the worst or the best ig The uniform rules are just foul really but it’s whatever at this point. More and more kids who start school here are plain rude and entitled like its just disgusting to see how disrespectful most kids are to the teachers ( especially those teachers who are just the nicest ). Overall I reckon they provide lots of support for students who really need it and they do the best to encourage the students as well.

  • Other
    3.0
    3 July 2023

    Santa Maria College

    Teachers are alright.

  • Student
    3.0
    10 March 2023

    Good for the right person

    Santa is an average school. Their are a good amount of resources available to students in class and the majority of staff are nice and teach well. I think that the school cares a lot about their reputation, shown through the strict uniform rules and traditional views held by some teachers. But, although homophobia is definitely still present in the school, it is definitely improving and the school is becoming more progressive. There are a lot of activities available for students in all fields, w...

  • Student
    1.0
    8 March 2023

    DONT, JUST DONT

    awful they suck do not like myp is really really really really unrelevant, useless, dumb, killing our creativity. and DONT GET ME STARTED ON THE TEACHERS AND THE UNIFORM?!?!? they care more about it then learning and the school is really bad at helping neurodiverse kids or queer kids or people of colour JUST DONT DO IT

  • Student
    1.0
    31 January 2023

    just don’t

    homophobic, racist, really strict on uniform for no reason but only target unpopular people. some good things like some sports and music but still quite toxic in some parts of these extracurriculars. most of the good teachers have left because of new faculty (cough cough guggs) care more about the uniform than actual learning. drugs are a problem too lol (especially vapes)