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Kelvin Grove State College
Co-ed · State · Kelvin Grove
- Fees No tuition fees (state school)
- Students 3,646
Strong evidence8 separate reviews mention it, out of 19.
Comes up in 42% of 19 reviews · below the Brisbane average (71%)
This school 42% Brisbane 71%
Of 14 comments: 4 speak well of it · 4 raise concerns
Review Balancing academics and wellbeing
I do remember there was a psychologist at this school in the last two years, but I remember my daughter telling me it was useless as the psychologist was quite judgemental and would breach privacy concerns to the children’s parents when asked not to and she was only there for two days a week. Apart from that I am unaware of any other aspect they’ve added to help our children’s emotional health.
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Review Expectations versus reality
I didn’t really have any expectations for the school considering it was a public school, but I don’t like how nosy the school is. I dropped my daughter to school very early one time and she got a detention for being on her phone at 7:30 in the morning and got it taken away. Quite ridiculous I don’t think the school should be able to take my children’s belongings like that, especially that early in the morning. She was then told to go to the library and borrow a book to read instead of being on her phone. Mind you the library opens at 8.
Review Getting extra help
I think there was after school help on a few days with tutors from uni so they could get help from there, help from teachers honestly depends on how much they want to help because I know some teachers wouldn’t help outside of class time or say to study independently however if you had a good teacher sometimes they would start class 30mins early for anyone seeking extra help.
Review Readiness for life after school
Honestly not prepared at all. The school wasn’t helpful in preparing us beyond school as when we picked our subjects for year 11 and 12 they told us not to worry about atar but ultimately lots of kids followed this advice and picked subjects based on what they enjoyed and couldn’t score a high enough atar to get into what they wanted.
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