Beaconhills College - Village Campus, Berwick School Reviews

Beaconhills College - Village Campus, Berwick

School Reviews

By Parent - 15 Nov 2023, Rate: bad

I can not express this strongly enough - DO NOT send your children to Beaconhills in Pakenham. Middle school (5-8) has a horrible culture of meanness and bullying, and absolutely nothing is done by the school to address these issues or improve the student behaviour. If your child is physically hurt or bullied, the school’s response is absolutely pathetic. They essentially tell the victim that they don’t believe them, and just accept it when the offending students deny or minimise their behaviour. There are no consequences for bad behaviour, so the bad behaviour continues and escalates. The quality of teaching is also sub standard, especially when you are paying $10,000 a year for your child to attend. The teachers do not communicate with the parents, and are not responsive when you try to contact them. You constantly get told as a parent to raise all concerns through the Head of House, however they just don’t respond to you. The school does a fantastic job of promoting itself, but it is honestly all propaganda. This school is terrible. I can not caution you enough - do not send your children here.

By Student - 08 Nov 2022, Rate: bad

i’ve been here for 4 years now and everyday something goes wrong i’ll give some examples, fights, getting kicked out of the library and teachers not being understanding or fair. currently i’m in year six and i hate this place i don’t recommend it for anyone.

By Student - 05 Sep 2022, Rate: poor

I rated this school poor because I just got kicked out of the library today. Today I was just multitasking so playing cards with my friend and doing my work at the same time when I was talking just a tiny bit louder than whispering and the librarian overreacted and came over to me and said I was literally shouting and distracting the year 12s just because they are so close. After she said that she asked if I would be more quiet and I said I would then she started explaining so much random stuff and I started smiling at my friend because of what she was placing down and I said clubs last card when all of a sudden the librarian said I wasn’t taking her seriously and said all right pack up your getting kicked out. Like that wasn’t a clear warning wth. Then I started saying yes and asked my friends to come with me when all of them said no but one friend so I tried waiting for him to pack while the librarian said out now and literally shouted at me in a really rude manner. She is right now ditching the school values at a young grade 6 and is showing absolute no respect. Then when we were about to leave she asked if my friend was leaving like what does it look like to you and on the top of that she told me to sign out even though I never signed in. This was what the situation was like. Now, what if I was going to go somewhere unknown and someone kidnapped me. Then whose fault is that… it’s obviously the librarians. Therefore the teacher is lucky I’m not including her name but she knows what she did is wrong. I’m definitely telling my head of house, Head of middle school, and the main middle school trustworthy teacher.

By Alumnus - 05 Jul 2021, Rate: bad

As a past student I can say that this school is a terrible place to send your child if you're ethnic. The school cares more about protecting its own pristine image then addressing and dealing with racism within the school. Although the school will preach about the importance of mental health, they're more focused on students with the wrong colour socks than they are with students going through a hard time. In addition some teachers are on a power trip, outright targeting certain students over others in an attempt to make them feel unwelcome. The school does have nice facilities and some teachers were a blessing to have, but be prepared for your child's concerns with faculty and the education being offered to be ignored as administration appears to not decide to take the student voices seriously. Better off sending your children elsewhere so they might actually look forward to going to school and not being harassed by teachers over things that in no way affect education. I'd shaven in the morning and was still informed first thing when entering the school that I needed to shave or get detention. Take it from a past student, there's better alternatives out there.

By Student - 27 Aug 2015, Rate: excellent

Before I came here, my family and I lived in Clayton. I went to John Monash Science School with my sister. My eldest brother, who is currently attending Monash University, has just graduated from Westall. My three younger siblings, 2 in Year 1 and 1 in Year 5 at Westall Primary. When we moved to Berwick, that meant a new house, new shops, new neighbors, but it also meant new school... When we first walked into Beaconhills, we were extremely nervous! But everybody was very welcoming and we all soon made many friends. As much as I miss JMSS, I'm very happy to be at Beaconhills. I've made so many friends and learnt many things! I recommend Beaconhills to any parent who is sending they're child to school!

By Parent - 20 Sep 2014, Rate: excellent

I have 3 kids in this school .. Grade 6, grade 1 and Prep. We are very happy with the staff of junior school and middle school. Very friendly and approachable. The programme they run within the school is great. Kids are always busy with activities. A great all rounder school.
- A happy parent

By Alumnus - 21 Apr 2014, Rate: good

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