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St Patrick's Marist College
Secondary · Catholic · Dundas
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Bad report from 1961
Went to this school under Brother Thomas. While he was a good guy the rest were Cain happy. Very brutal in every way. BAD start too my young life. 1961
Great teachers, horrible leadership.
St Pat’s is a very mixed bag, with a lot of great staff being bought down by the rampant bullying issues and teachers who clearly don’t care. When I attended, there was a big issue of social exclusion and bullying that often went ignored and was sometimes encouraged by particular members of staff. Students who would disrupt classes and mercilessly torment their classmates were consistently let off the hook and received no punishment while good students were punished for small misdemeanours or sticking up for themselves.
The thing that truly made the school special was the teachers, particularly the humanities teachers and the teachers in administrative roles, who cared deeply about each student in their care and did everything in their power to ensure that the students were happy and understanding the content. Unfortunately, most of those teachers were on temporary contracts and eventually had to leave after only a few years due to not being offered permanent contracts whereas a lot of other teachers who either didn’t care, couldn’t teach, or we’re just plain rude.
I graduated before the new principal came to the school, and the previous principal was pretty good. I’ve heard from current students, including my own younger siblings who still attend, that the new principal has greatly diminished the school environment. Many new obscure, useless, and often restrictive rules have been added and it seems like they care more about the school uniform and measuring skirt lengths than actually teaching or focusing on other issues such as bullying.
My memories about St Pat’s are mixed. It is not a good school yet, but with the brilliant staff and facilities that the school offers it could be great.
The thing that truly made the school special was the teachers, particularly the humanities teachers and the teachers in administrative roles, who cared deeply about each student in their care and did everything in their power to ensure that the students were happy and understanding the content. Unfortunately, most of those teachers were on temporary contracts and eventually had to leave after only a few years due to not being offered permanent contracts whereas a lot of other teachers who either didn’t care, couldn’t teach, or we’re just plain rude.
I graduated before the new principal came to the school, and the previous principal was pretty good. I’ve heard from current students, including my own younger siblings who still attend, that the new principal has greatly diminished the school environment. Many new obscure, useless, and often restrictive rules have been added and it seems like they care more about the school uniform and measuring skirt lengths than actually teaching or focusing on other issues such as bullying.
My memories about St Pat’s are mixed. It is not a good school yet, but with the brilliant staff and facilities that the school offers it could be great.
My opinions
The school in 2020 was pretty good but it seems to have gotten worse since the new principle joined, useless rules have been added and it seems as though uniform is their top priority.
151 Kirby Street, 2117, Dundas
Angela Hay
02 9638 5644
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