Saint Kentigern Boys' School

I live in Melbourne and my son goes to the best private school here. We are moving to Auckland soon. This morning i called the reception to enquire about a possible place for my son.The receptionist was extremely rude and cuts the call saying we don't have spots and go to your local public school. I called her back twice to ask for applying now and waiting for a future place. She would cut the call... school might be fantastic but the people who are first contact must be polite and humble to leave a positive first impression.I hope the management takes this feedback positively and makes some changes to avoid this discrimination against people with may be foreign accents...

Great school.

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2018:AWESOME2021:This is still a great school! Especially finishing 8 years in this school, the education system here is great and sports too, trying to push the boys to their limits of their imagination and physical health. If you are considering putting your son here especially if you are going to continue his studies in the college this is definitely the best place to start!

Amazing school and a great environment for kids to learn.

Decent place- best primary/intermediate school!!

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My son went to Saint Kents for 3 years and I can tell you it was the biggest waste of money. If you think your son will get a better education here than in a state school, you are very wrong. The school puts sports first, education second, it is a money making business after all and all they seem to care about is using the children for marketing. My son was being bullied and his teacher just fobbed it off and blamed my son. Some of the staff are just rude especially the woman at reception, she seems to think shes better than you. My sons now in a state school in Australia and is already doing much better in school, his teacher has done more in one week than Saint Kents did in 3 years.

Best school in NZ for Boys.

I hope St Kents is a better place now than my two years there. “Control-through-fear-and-shame” was the fundamental philosophy. Far from preparing me to have confidence and skills to live a functional authenticand worthwhile life, it sucked my soul and spirit dry. They demanded that I be overly compliant, unwilling to take risks for fear of ridicule (from staff, as much as students), and unsafe to show any weakness or individuality or personality. Those that could live up to the outward expectations, were excused their behind-the-scenes bullying cheating and back-stabbing. The state-run schools that I attended prior and subsequent, were far better preparation for adulthood