Mercy College

My daughter went to Mercy College Coburg for 2 and a half years. After the new teachers came in from parade this year, the year 9 coordinator and the Director: Student Engagement and Wellbeing leader that joined in 2025 were absolutely awful. They treated my daughter with no respect what so ever, all they cared about was her uniform not even her mental health. Her uniform never distracted anyone, her lashes made her feel confident and her earrings are tiny pieces of jewellery that seemed so distracting to the teachers. My daughter begged and begged me to stay home every day refusing to go to school because these teachers made her feel so drained and hating school. My daughter kept getting pulled out of class multiple times a day and a week for her uniform and she was missing out on critical learning that Mercy College Coburg didn’t seem to be good at. When I kept getting phone calls every day a week about my daughter’s uniform it made me so annoyed that this is what the school has come to. My daughter was getting frustrated too and was getting so annoyed that this is what the teachers cared about, she was even saying to teachers if you want respect from me show me the respect back. 2 weeks into term 4 it got to the point where I decided that for my daughters mental health and her wellbeing and safety it was best for her to move schools and ever since that, she has loved it at her new school. On my daughters last day they suspended her and left her in a room unattended the whole day, where they then said that she was being checked in on every hour or so, which was complete rubbish because my daughter was on her phone the whole time and they would’ve said something. I then refused to send my daughter to school for her last day, couldn’t even say bye to her best friends because of a stupid school. The sports and education at Mercy College Coburg are absolute rubbish, my daughter was very annoyed when every other school had state of the art training facility’s and hired trainers to teach them, mercy college had a bunch of low paid teachers and shit facilities which is why they lose every sport. From this year alone 14 teachers at mercy college are leaving and multiple students are leaving and exploring other places. Students were slapping teachers and getting the same punishment my daughter got for her uniform. Mercy College is absolutely disgraceful, it is a shit school that should really be shut down immediately for the wellbeing of every student that goes there. DISGRACEFUL SCHOOL!!

I’ve had it with Mercy College Coburg. This school has completely lost sight of what actually matters. The education and wellbeing of their students. All they seem to care about is if the girls are wearing the “perfect” uniform. It’s honestly pathetic. My daughter has been miserable ever since the new teachers came in this year. She feels uncomfortable, anxious, and unwelcome. Every single morning she wakes up crying because she hates going to that school. No child should ever dread school this much. I eventually had to pull her out because it got too much, they were constantly getting her in trouble over the tiniest things. What happened to the three-strikes rule? Isn’t it supposed to be three infringements before a detention? Now they hand them out left and right for absolutely nothing. It’s ridiculous! Mercy College needs to stop pretending they care about their students. If they spent half as much time focusing on proper teaching, emotional support, and respect for the kids as they do policing socks, shoes, and skirt lengths, maybe they wouldn’t be driving families away. I’m beyond disappointed. My daughter deserved better. Every student does.

As a parent, I trusted Mercy College to provide a safe and supportive environment for my child. Sadly, that was not my experience.

Bullying became such a serious issue that I had no choice but to withdraw my child from the school. I thought this would finally bring peace and safety. Unfortunately, the harassment has since started again, showing that the problem was never properly addressed.

When I contacted the school about the harassment, this was the Principal’s reply:

> “Please be advised that the school’s responsibility is limited to matters occurring during school hours and on school premises. As the incident you have described took place outside of school hours, it falls beyond our jurisdiction. We recommend that you consider reporting this matter to the appropriate authorities, such as the police, to ensure it is handled appropriately.”



In response, I wrote back:

> “I would like to ask would this same reply have been given if my daughter were still a student at Mercy College? I cannot imagine that a matter affecting a current student would be dismissed in this way. As a parent who entrusted Mercy College with their child’s education and wellbeing for years, this is disheartening and frankly, unexpected. It is also important to point out that this bullying is not an isolated incident that began outside of the school. It is, in fact, a continuation of behaviour that originally started while my daughter was a student at Mercy. This makes it even more concerning that the school would take the position that it is ‘beyond your jurisdiction.’ In my view, there is a clear connection to the school community, and I believe Mercy has both a moral and pastoral responsibility to acknowledge and address that link.”



To date, I have not received a reply back from the school. This silence only adds to the disappointment and shows a lack of willingness to engage with serious concerns.

The Principal’s stance and lack of accountability were deeply troubling. No parent should be left feeling that their child’s safety is not a priority. No student should be forced to leave a school due to bullying, only to face the same issues again afterwards.

I am writing this review to let other families know about my experience. If you are considering Mercy College, please think carefully about whether the leadership will truly support and protect your child.

save yourself while you can. mercy college is such an uncomfortable school to be at from not being aloud to use the bathroom during class to teachers giving you a community service punnishment for grabbing textbooks from your locker before a class. the school does have positives like a pretty good music program and learning support team that does the bare minimum but overall the school is so emotionally draining to be at. students will continuously get punishments for defending themselves. girls could swear push and shove another and get get a speech about their behaviour but god forbid someone stands up and tells them to stop nah thats lunchtime rubish duty for you loser! teachers especially 2 treat their students like absolute animals and have an extremly short temper. to the point where if a student handed in work but the teacher couldnt find it and yelled t the student for arguing then finds the work in her pile later and STILL BLAMES THEV) STUDENT? no ty if it werent for the mhsic program and my parents i would have left years ago. i could be writting so much more but ill get so detailed i wont remain annonymous so send your kids to the right school not mercy!!