Copperfield College Sydenham

Some of the teachers are racist. They have no evidence of bullying and accuse people. The receptionist women are psychotic and literally don’t know anything, they are no help. The teachers care more about uniforms more than they do about mental health. The teachers are Karen’s. They care more about the grass on the oval

Great school but is very strict with their stupid dress code teachers are great just wish they were a better school and put up with fights better but overall it’s a good school

I’m currently a year eight student here, and I want to provide an unbiased review of this campus. Many of the reviews here are obviously satire, or unhelpful/spam. If you are a parent researching where to enrol your child, PLEASE read this review.

The best quality of this school is its green school grounds. There is a flat oval with a football and cricket area (though I will admit nobody plays cricket here, and now it has a bin on it), along with several outdoor areas for the junior and senior students. Both have downball squares with tarps over them. At least one form of sport can be comfortably played in any form of weather. There are toilets accessible outside, but they have recently been locked and require permission to enter. I usually do not need to use these toilets, but if your child has a medical condition in which they may need to use the bathroom frequently, you may want to ask for this to be changed. The staff here are highly flexible with conditions relating to mental health, disability, and wellbeing.

It should also be noted that there are no ramps that I know of to enter the buildings. If your child Is physically disabled, it may be challenging to get from place to place.

There is also a PE room with two large wooden floors which can be used by up to four classes at once. PE is done twice a week, but there are also extracurricular and after school activities. To my knowledge, these are not accessible during recess and lunch.

If you have done a tour of this school, you would have most likely seen the numerous posters that have been placed to “promote diversity”. The majority of the student body do not agree with this message. Students with mental disabilities, students who are LGBTQ, and otherwise any other child who could be considered an “outsider” are heavily bullied and often do not seek help. Many of the students here bully others for their differences, and it has led several students to have public breakdowns and attempt self harm. Some students here are violent. Absolutely push the school to take action if your child starts to be bullied, ignoring the problem makes it worse. I’ve been called a r*tard and f*ggot more times than I can imagine.

This school has a “wellbeing team” designed to deal with mental health problems students may have. They are extremely helpful and will report what they hear to higher officials in the school, who then deal with the problem. Unfortunately, some particular individuals bully others so much, or “don’t mean what they say”, and therefore take forever to be dealt with. This place is NOT a safe environment for LGBGQ and autistic individuals.

Teachers here are either extremely good or extremely bad. Some teacher care about their students, award them for trying, and care about their mental health, but many do not care about their students, and teach their classes poorly. Students may fail a class because of how it was taught. My grade was changed for a 0 to an N/A in one class because of how poorly it was taught.

In summary, this school is a mixed bag. It has worse services than I would expect from a school. Unfortunately, it was one of the only schools in my area I could attend. The others are either religious or are known for their fights. This is a poor quality school, where students have to fight to be treated fairly.

What can I say, I'm a big fan of this college It gave me a home when I had none It forced me to become streetsmart locating the eshay herds was one of the classes and boy did it come in handy tHiS sCHoOl iS tHe best tHerE iS its also cheap as hell, im not being held at gunpoint or anything, I just really love this school from the bottom of my heart totally?

Ps pls help im being held at gunpoint?

I don't regret writing and sharing the truth about this school. What I have seen and experienced at this God forsaken school is unacceptable. If you truly care for the wellbeing of your child and their education DO NOT SEND YOUR LOVED CHILD TO THIS LOW CLASS SECONDARY "so called" college. Teachers are a JOKE! And students are undisciplined and extremely uneducated. The department of education should really step up and make extreme changes and audit this school. And in fact the only reason you're seeing 1 star instead of no star is because this post wouldn't upload without giving a star. So in reality this school doesn't deserve even a speck of a star.

Best fights, would recommend bringing your children here.

5/5 wish i could stay forever

Hi my names tam doan.my best friend lillie goes here but i dont: (if ur readding this lillie then ill miss u lots xoo

Was looking at sending my child there and got taken on a tour, was treated like a nobody and they really did not take any consideration when i said my child had special needs. Absolutely disgusting

Amazing education but the fights are bad and overrated. I recommend you go kings park for better quality fights.

Felt that the education was good but when i look over my shoulder sometimes i can see a small gremlin like creature just demolishing a big mac behind the window i just dont understand how this school works with this animal? Since last year i saw 4 of them, so there has to be a source for these spindly limbed creatures that roam the school when you are not looking.overall i rate this a 2 out of 5 due to that one thing i cannot say due to legal precedent

Hi, I am seeing very negative comments on here. I go to that school and the teachers there are very nice and helpful. They are always willing to help out other students. Some may be strict some are not but the only reason why school is an important place is because we go there to gain the skills and education needed to live successfully. It doesn't matter if the principle or teacher talks to you in a way you do not like. As long as they are doing their job which is teaching your children or us, that is all you need to worry/care about. I am sorry if others find this offensive but this is my opinion and I would give this school 5 stars. Thank you and have a blessed day.

Some of the teachers could be more supportive, and the hallways and toilets could be cleaned more often, but it's manageable to do school here. Half day Wednesdays and the library are pretty cool though, I guess.

It’s a wonderful school but one teacher is the worst he is so disrespectful he pushed me off a chair and I hate him I hope you see this

Not a very good school. I am not valued as a person here. But, if all you care about is grades, this school is good academically.

I’m currently going to this school and I’m learning so much then primary school the teachers r so nice and helpful and the homework is not bad at all if ur looking for a school then this is a perfect match

I can't even rate this school one star but i have to give a rating just to be able to post this. The lady at receptiom (Katherine) and principal (Mark) treated me like i was some kind of criminal when i phoned the school today wanting to order school photos of my daughter who is unfortunately in year 7 at that hole of a school. I havent seen my children in two years because of my ex husband (thats why my daughter is at that school as i had no say). So once they found out my situation and desperate for school photos i was spoken to like i was a piece of scum. I told Mark i wasn't happy with the way i was treated and he said "well accept it because thats how shocked people will be if they read your notes and will be a normal reaction to be treated so horrible) these people do not know me nor have they ever met me but are judging me based on lies that my ex husband has provided.he is trying to tell me that there is an ivo in place when there isnt. So he said he will confirm im telling the truth to with the person who told him the lies to start off with. I can't wait to contact the education department tomorrow to report such disgusting manners from a school principal.