Cranbourne East Primary School, Cranbourne East | Fees, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

I dislike this school, rubbish is everywhere, fights all the time, teachers yelling at kids for no reasons at time, and more. Sometimes I am shocked and appalled that these teachers aren’t fired yet.

It’s a good school and I’m hoping to get my graduation

A disappointment. If you are looking for a school that will meet your child at point of need, foster their development and welcome a partnership with families this is not the school you are looking for. The school is a very large school which they will use repeatedly as an excuse for their shortcomings. Due to it’s size the school runs a crowd control operation as opposed to building relationships to foster the academic and emotional development of children. The school implements a one size fits all behaviour management system whereby children move their name up and down a board based on their behaviour, children are extrinsically motivated with prizes to follow expectations and are humiliated in front of peers when their choices don’t align with expectations (often being yelled at and ridiculed). Any concerns raised are met with defensive responses and opportunities to discuss with the principal are not available due to the shield of assistant principals employed at the school who road block parents. There are some lovely teachers at the school but unfortunately a handful of good teachers does not negate the poor leadership, poor communication and approach of the school.

My son goes there. No issues so far. Staff is friendly. Quality of education is good.

Mediocre school with an ineffective principal. It’s a game of catch-him-if-you-can if you want to set up a meeting with him. And if you are successful in getting him to meet with you (via your own perseverance getting through his gladiator lineup of administration staff of various fluffy titles), he will sound like a broken record repeating his mantra of “I will talk to my team and someone will call you back”.

This school is rife with bullies and many jaded teachers who have a reputation of shouting and screaming in the classroom. However, there are some very lovely teachers too, though they are few. I’ve given my review an extra star (making it two stars total) because these nice teachers, especially Lisa, the assistant vice principal, are very pleasant and responsive and I can not fault them.

As for the bullying issue, I personally know of another three families who have removed their children due to bullying. The school’s fall-back solution seems to be to protect the “troubled child” bullies and punish the victims. There are known problem kids in the school who make it unpleasant for so many other families but they seem to be a protected class because the school fails to handle the challenge of disciplining them or dealing with the defensive parents.

Other complaints:
-toilets are filthy and too frequently without toilet paper.
-kids are made to pick up crumbs from carpets with their bare fingers and then not given a chance to wash their hands.
-not enough shaded areas for hot days.
-kids made to sit at their tables in the hot sunlight on summer days as the west-facing windows in some portables do not have blinds.
-not enough time left to eat by the time the class makes it back to their classrooms for lunch. Parents were complaining online why their children keep coming home with half-eaten lunches.
-nightmare drop-off and pick-up traffic, though there is a sports centre car park being built nearby which might help traffic congestion in the future.