St Joseph's Catholic College, East Gosford School Profile, Ranking, Reviews

St Joseph's Catholic College, East Gosford

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School Facts

School sector:

Non-government

School type:

Secondary school

Gender:

Single Sex-Girl

Total student:

772 (boy:0, girl:772)

Total staff:

Student attendance:

87%

None-english student:

ICSEA value:

1064, ranks No.779 More ICSEA Ranking...

ICSEA distribution:

Bottom quarter	Middle quarters		Top quarter
23%	20%	29%	28%

HSC rank:

No.213 (2015), No.346 (2014), No.222 (2013), No.164 (2012), No.103 (2011), No.171 (2010), No.145 (2008)

Website:

http://www.sjccdbb.catholic.edu.au

Location:

East Gosford

Address:

6 Russell Drysdale St Gosford East NSW 2250

Nearby:

House Price House Rent Public Transport

Phone:

02 4324 4022

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School Comment

St Joseph’s Catholic College is located on the NSW Central Coast, within the Diocese of Broken Bay. The College motto “Act Justly” follows the traditions of Mary MacKillop’s Sisters of St Joseph and their mission to ‘never see a need without doin... more

Student Assessment

	Reading	Writing	Spelling	Grammar	Numeracy	Rank
Year 7	559	554	555	557	550	210
Year 9	590	590	593	587	589	261

Student assessment is based on he National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy(NAPLAN) results in 2011.

Reviews

By Student - 30 Jan 2023, Rate: poor

This school has a bad bullying culture and the teacher have no idea how to control it. The odd course or lesson on bullying doesn’t stop the issue. I wouldn’t recommend this school as it’s too small for the amount of girls and it breed a toxic environment.

By Parent - 02 Jun 2021, Rate: bad

Seriously would think twice before enrolling into this school. So many choices on the coast in regards to education.

By Alumnus - 22 May 2020, Rate: good

I wanted to leave a review on Google but honestly I'd rather remain anonymous in regards to my experiences at this high school.
I'm 30 now, and in retrospect I know that what went on at Joeys happens at many other schools. To be fair, I was miserable at this school until year 10, when the curriculum opened up and the girls who did not want to be at school were allowed to leave for work or TAFE. Things really settled down after that. I graduated with very good results, though I would have performed better had religious studies not been mandatory (back then, it negatively impacted on your HSC results, as it wasn't a preferred subject like math or science. I don't know if times have changed since.). This won't be a problem for everyone, since it IS a religious college, but I am not religious in any way. I was there for the quality of learning, which was excellent.
There's a lot of extra-curricular activities, with a strong emphasis on social justice. I do believe that a lot of the girls who graduated with me are excellent people now, and you could probably put it down to the values that we were expected to uphold here.
But honestly, this being an all-girl's school is it's biggest downfall. It actually negatively impacted how I interacted with men as I got older - I was always full of anxiety, and it wasn't until university that I had male friends. There was also a huge emphasis on looks and weight amongst the students - I'd gather it was worse than at a co-ed school. Because of this, I had long-lasting mental health issues that began at this school and were not adequately addressed (the counselor at the time suggested I "needed a holiday"). I believe that if St Joseph's merged with St Edwards (the boy's school next door - literally across a tiny alleyway), the shared resources across both campuses would be very impressive and the environment a lot healthier.
All in all, this is a good school. I would just caution sending my daughter to an all-female school at such a critical time in her life.

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