Mill Park Secondary College Middle Year Campus

The most disengaged & unmotivated students I've ever encountered in the Northern suburbs of Melbourne. As staff we attend countless hours of after school meetings about how to keep the students interested & foster positive learning, yet absolutely none of this is present in the classroom. We are told to follow a particular model for structuring our classes, but in reality no one does any of this. Some classes appear like it's run by a babysitter, such as "model or seal" students, while the actual teacher can't be bothered getting up from their laptop to do anything. There are often students wandering around during class time. When asked about where they're going, it's never justified with a toilet pass in hand.
Similar sets of circumstances happen around the school outskirts, even at the local shopping centre. I've seen students at the local playground off Redleap Road, heard more than their share of swearing for a lifetime too. It just feels like no one on staff can be bothered taking the extra steps because the low morale is so wideswept. Every area of the school has staff with bitterness towards someone or something that occurred at some stage. This resentment is toxic & confusing for the teachers who just want to get the job done.
There are layers of really deep disloyalty & ongoing greviences which make this a most unsettling work place. I cannot imagine what impression this makes on the students & parents. All I can say is, check out some of the alternative schools in the area before settling for MPSC. There are loads of new schools with established principal teams that are leaders in the community as well as their schools.

Avoid attending events or considering sending your kids to this school. The teachers are only interested in self promotion and will do anything to boost their status. Most especially when it comes to the annual production where the same set of kids get main parts every year, which is anything but "fair" for inclusiveness.
Teacher Wendy Nagel's abhorrent behavior behind the scenes from auditions, in practices plus performance nights has been noticed by other staff, parents and students alike. It is the kind of behavior which greatly affects the mental health of the students. When enough of the school community begin to hear these things there will be noticeable opportunities to stop this.

This school has gone from bad to baddest in the space of 2-4 years. Me and my siblings went thru middle years from 2020-2024. I saw so much bullying, kids vaping and low quality teachers. There were so many lazy teachers that don't bother to remember your name. Students literally destroy things and there are never any consequences.

Unmotivated teachers that do nothing but lecture on repeat. The school cares more about how it appears to others than dealing with it's internal issues. Very unhappy with hardly any feedback on my child's progress, despite him failing several subjects in year 10 which meant he couldnt commence vce.