St Andrews Christian College, Wantirna South | Fees, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

The school team are attempting that students are well-behaved at all times. School is educational.The office team are very helpful.I can remember how much they were helpful to my daughter and my son when they started at this school .
My daughter accessed to medicine In Monash just after 2 years of studying in school.
Also ,my son in grade 4is so happy to going ahead with his studies and his friends and his teachers.

I went here for the whole of primary and I experienced many awful teachers. They were all caucasian and they would usually aim towards the darker coloured kids. Myself being a darker brown coloured individual experienced many hardships and isolation periods away from the rest of the class, which lead to me begging my parents to send me to another school which was successful. The teachers always prioritise the females and decent looking caucasian males, even though around 80-90% of the school is asian. The only decent teachers that I experienced were dark coloured skinned individuals.

Whenever there is a fight or a mini brawl, yard duty teachers don’t even try to get involved to stop and break it up. Instead they either a) talk to younger females (usually male teachers) or nag on kids not wearing their hat or uniform errors. Yet when they get told about it from a victim, they always protected or backed up the cause of the situation and kind of put the blame on the victim. This happened to me even though there was blood dripping from my knees, I would’ve got harmed even more if it weren’t for my friend who was protecting me by holding the bully or pushing him into the bush who kept trying to run to me for more. They really prioritise students’ safety and experience alright.

Finally, the main reason why my parents allowed me to move schools was because of how unsafely close I was with an ex-teacher. Mr M was one of my favourite teachers growing up and he would stay with me whenever my dad would arrive to pick me up late. Little did I know, this creepy as dude was having an affair with a 14-15 year old girl WHILE HE HAD A WIFE AND A BABY! ( so christian-college-like right?). But thats not even the worst part, the former PRIMARY principal Mrs H knew about the relationship and LET IT SLIDE. They found out about the relationship like way after the incident happened. This eventually led to two job sacks and one court trial which lead to jail.

Overall, this is my personal experience which I had most friends relate to. I left at the same time as the old principal retired so I haven’t been able to review the new one as well as newer staff and facilities or improvements. Friends and a micro amount of teachers made school life here liveable for some time. I wanted to write this review wayy before now, but I couldn’t build up the confidence to do it. Thank you St Andrews for ruining my childhood education time.

Fantastic teachers, helped me achieve an ATAR 95+

So this is a review that I didn’t expect I’d ever be writing. It’s uncomfortable… but maybe it’ll be cathartic.

I’ll preface this by disclosing that alongside another family member, I personally attended this school for ten years.

1.) Incredibly small school. Some people think it’s a good thing, but I’d honestly argue the reverse
Seriously. If you don’t fit in with a tiny number of students, good luck – you’ll need it.

2.) Despite the school being majority ethnically Asian, the school has an incredibly concerning culture of favouring white students – especially when they consider the ‘validity’ of their experience, and also when they assign student leadership roles. I so desperately wish I was making this up
This ‘culture’ has trickled down from parents and teachers to the students. It’s such a wild thing to put into words, but I don’t know how else to describe the uncomfortable ‘cliques’ that year levels were sectioned into…

3.) If your child ever has an issue with another student, pretty much guaranteed that they’ll sweep everything under the rug.

The issue is only compounded if said abusive student is either a) a teacher’s favourite (I.e. decent-looking white student) and/or b) has older siblings that also attend the school.

(The ramifications of this are only compounded by the small school size, as mentioned earlier)

So of course, verbal abuse/harassment and malicious social exclusion are often ignored. I know of alumni and former students that to this day suffer from various forms of mental trauma. Myself being one of them, but I dare say that I was… fairly(?) lucky, as I was fortunate enough to change schools before I had to graduate in that horrific environment.

Again, I really, really wish that I was making this up.

Seriously, if you’re ever in a situation where a child goes to a teacher to confess that another student has been consistently sending them death threats and telling them to engage in self-harm, the appropriate response is NOT to defend the abusive student and dismiss the concern entirely without even looking into it! The fact that this wasn’t a one-off and happened to multiple people I know personally – myself included – just boggles the mind!

I haven’t even gotten to the concerning actions of the former principal & her administration, nor have I even had the chance to discuss the incredibly worrying cultish environment the school actively encourages and directly perpetuates, but I sense that I’m going to run out of character spaces for this review.

In essence:
This school isn’t worth the private school fees – not when they blatantly, openly favour some students for concerning reasons, and not when their inaction has time and time again led to long-lasting trauma.

Given the professional counselling some of us have had to receive, it’s also not worth the future therapy bills.

Has writing this review been cathartic? I’m ultimately not sure.

Amazing school! My child absolutely loves it and he’s learnt so much. Very thankful for all the care and how protective the principal is over the welfare of the kids. The staff are always so kind and I know my child is in a place where he feels safe.