John Therry Catholic High School

So this is a really great school in general, and I find no really significant big issues other than the behaviour of SOME students. This of course, can not be controlled by the school because SOME of the students there are acting not quite adequate, though it is attempted by the teachers to stop this behaviour. I would say in my personal experience I don’t have any major issues with this school so far. As just recently visiting this school, it’s turning out quite good so far. I don’t believe that this whole school should really be judged on some behaviour of some poor behaviour of SOME of the students which are currently there, but more to the summarised amount of every single feature there. For example, the school just moved the previous C-block, which is C6 and C7 to another place and tidying it up. This shows that the school really has an understanding of the hygiene of the people there. Adding more features to this review, I’d like to talk about the varieties of subjects there. I’m not sure if this is also added into other high schools, though this school really has a variety of subjects compared to the previous years in school life. This may seem overwhelming at first though, you get used to it as you have more language of this high school. Some subjects there are wood-tech, food-tech, textiles, english, drama (which can be chosen if you want another option on sport days), maths and there are more subjects there. This really shows the time of which the high school evolved to add these variety of subjects. This is my personal experience there so I will not blame anyone if they had a bad experience as something could have happened. I really think that this is a good school, even though of SOME students there which are definitely not the best of behaviour, so I think this is a personal choice, but this is a great school.

new review ahaha Honest this is prolly the worst skl in ctown. When ppl get bullied, the skl does nothin until the victim stands up to themself n they suspend the victim just because they "hit" the bully yet that's what ya supposed to do. Like I said the skl only cares if the victim rataliates back. The ppl here are rlly toxic. Education is alr but out of the class ain't Don't send ur kids here trust x10 better skls out in ctown

All the bad reviews are people who haven’t cared less about their education, this school is amazing and the teachers are fantastic, all teachers are so passionate to students. We could improve the rooms and clean them more often as they are a bit messy. The principal currently is helpful as well as other staff. They don’t push too hard on assignments or work, and the kids are very helpful, they will always help you find your way to your classes if lost. The courts are great with many basketball areas and a field for football and other sports (football, rugby). I recommend this school, it isn’t as bad as people say it is.

Teachers get overdramatic over a tiny thing (don't listen to Nook Vong, only choofs are used here, and at least fights keep us entertained here) also, the teachers are making up chat rules just so that they make people think this is a good school. send your kids to cpahs or something

Currently a student here: Some of the choices made by the higher ups in terms of facilities are… less than satisfactory; i.e putting windows on toilet blocks that face towards a large play area, the fact that most of the classrooms have an ugly and off putting interior, that’s been painted an ugly mint green, or even just the fact that half of the school’s classrooms are demountable offices that have been fancied up with smart tv’s and air conditioning. The teachers and students aren’t the worst, but a lot of the time the teachers tend to be either condescending and rude, or act more like a friend to their classes. The church out the front is never used by the school, due to the fact that they wouldn’t be able to fit everyone in, and the school’s wood-working sheds are hellish to sit in on a hot day. The canteen overprices Pepsi and sells extremely greasy pizza for exorbitant prices doesn’t help as well. The school’s library and Staff-rooms are quite well kept though, ironically. On the bright side, the school’s extracurricular and elective subjects are quite enjoyable, such as languages, Elective history, and dramatic arts, but this isn’t enough to lift the school away from a 2 star review. Also, the school fees are extremely pricey for a school that has low quality classrooms, kinda decent teachers, and has extremely strict rules that none of the students like (no facial hair, men can’t wear their hair down past their shoulders, you must be off technology during breaks unless you’re in the library, etc.) To conclude things, the fact that my family is paying 3000 dollars a year, plus 45 minutes worth of diesel daily for a school with lower quality facilities than many public schools more local to us, it’s kind of disappointing. Also, you’ll see 2 individuals who’ve left extremely positive reviews, by the names of Wayne Marshall and Brad McAllister, the reasoning they left the positive reviews is they are the current acting principal and assistant principal. I have nothing against them, but them leaving extremely positive reviews for their own school seems a bit morally ambiguous.