Aranmore Catholic College, Leederville School Reviews

Aranmore Catholic College, Leederville

School Reviews

By Employee - 13 Apr 2024, Rate: excellent

I have worked here for 15 years and love how diverse our staff and students are. We have such dedicated staff who go above and beyond for our students and it makes me proud to be part of this college community. Being a smaller college allows for strong relationships and we love to have fun and find creative and enriching opportunities for our students.
I have had support and encouragement to pursue my own further studies, start up new courses at the college, as well as become the coordinator of the Academic Extension Program!
On another note, I believe prospective families should be aware that ALL SCHOOLS have guidelines that are agreed to upon enrolment. It is frustrating and unfair for all involved when students join who feel they are entitled to disregard these guidelines completely. I do not recommend enrolling your children into a school with guidelines that you have no intention of respecting.

By Alumnus - 08 Nov 2023, Rate: bad

A poor cousin of the elite private schools & trying to be something it is not. Poor culture & policies at the helm so the issues move down the line affecting the welfare of the children. Our family have a long history with the school & we are ashamed to be alumni with the lack of support given to our Grandchildren. There is little Catholicism there - go elsewhere!

By Parent - 10 Sep 2023, Rate: bad

This school is terrible. All this school seems to care about is how the children look and represent the school compared to caring about their well being, feelings, and or mental health. My two children use to attend this school. It was school photo day and my daughter only had on a little bit of mascara on, however this was not “acceptable” according to the school and ONE specific teacher. He came up to my daughter and told her to wipe off her mascara in which she said no. He continued to antagonise, embarrass and i would go as far as saying bullying my daughter into to taking it off. I’m not sure about you fellow parents but as far as i’m concerned a school has NO RIGHT to think they’re in control of how our children look and express themselves. My children have since moved from this horrendous school and couldn’t be more happy. Please save yourself the time and don’t send your children here.

By Parent - 30 Jan 2023, Rate: excellent

My son started her in 2022 for year7 with another student from his primary school.It is a lovely small school- my son enjoys drama and music but sadly only made it to call back stage for Churchlands music program and John Curtin.Aranmore accepted my son straight away into their music program-he even gained a scholarship.Year 7 is an emotional time-he was supported immediately by their student services support group.The bullies in his year group were dealt with accordingly-some expelled.The principal is a lovely man and his teachers have all been excellent.His home room and maths teacher particularly so.Very happy with this school. They are even reducing the fees this year because of current economic situation- not many do that.My sons year group is not necessarily the best and that is across the board-this school has been the right choice for us.Definitely reccommend Aranmore

By Student - 05 Jan 2021, Rate: average

Please take my previous review (the one below this one) with a grain of salt. I should clarify that the teachers here aren't bad (most are very helpful), it's just that their method of disciplining students in certain classes could be improved. Other than that, there's not much else I can fault Aranmore for (except maybe that I've realized a pervasive culture of gossip that seemed to be the norm in our friend groups - but I'm not sure if the school can do anything to remedy that).

By Student - 17 Jan 2019, Rate: poor

During my two years at Aranmore (years 7 and 8) I’ve found that the students at this school aren’t very well behaved. Many a time I’ve tried to get on with schoolwork in class but not being able to hear myself think through the amount of noise made by the other students. Don’t even get me started on Religion class. The kids in that class were horribly disrespectful, and sometimes they would just walk outside onto the balcony during class without asking the teacher. Even though I enjoyed the extension class (called ACE), I realise that during the last term of the year we didn’t actually do any work. We were given a task to do, of course, but that didn’t stop everyone (including me) from completely disregarding that and instead spending the whole period mucking around on their laptops.
Perhaps it is the lack of assertiveness from the teachers that is to blame? In most cases that is so, however, I’ve witnessed the property of one of the strictest teacher’s I’ve encountered become damaged and stolen. And I also have to mention the fight that broke out near the year eight lockers. So maybe part of the problem is out of the staff’s reach and has to do with the personalities of the students.
Luckily I hung out with the right crowd during my time there. I’ve since moved overseas. I made some great friends and I miss them heaps, but I cant say the same for the school itself. In a way, I’m sort of happy I left.

By Alumnus - 13 Jan 2018, Rate: poor

Because of their behaviour on excursions. They are rude andthe teachers don't care at all if their students leave a bad impression. Some students are allowed to skip school they don't even have to be sneaky all they have to worry about is to get back before school ends! The teachers don't take bullying seriously, no they don't mind that their students are in bruises when they get home all they worry about is teaching then getting the hell out of that place

By Parent - 06 Jul 2016, Rate: excellent

Get school take the kids to the next step and they love it while getting great results. Brings out their best.

By Parent - 18 Nov 2014, Rate: bad

This school was a real disappointment the teachers were a lying group and they weren't interested in the kids well being don't sen your kids there and I am catholic how sad the vice principal is a coward with no morals
The principal is just full of shit

By Parent - 18 Nov 2014, Rate: bad

By Parent - 10 Nov 2010, Rate: excellent

This school and its staff have been very supportive in helping my child and our family. My child has learning difficulties which the school ( pastoral care and learning support staff and other senior staff) have been proactive in supporting all of us, and work towards a favourable outcome,
This is a supportive and nuturing environment. This is the right school for my son, and Iam very happy that he is a student there and so is he. My daughter will be joining him next year.
It lives up to its statement, that the school is small enough to care and your child won't slip through the cracks.