Papamoa College

The school is great filled with hooners and guys acting like they're in a gang anyway the education is also great the teaher pays attention to an individual at lease for 3 minutes and they don't worry about if your getting bullied or not unless it gets physical anyway school really does deserve a 5 star""

BEST SCHOOL !!! I have never been treated so kindly before. My classmates were all so nice and so were the teachers. The teachers really care about their students—except for that ONE teacher— but this school is very good.

Went to Papamoa College from Year 7 - Year 12. I left to begin working. While I was at Papamoa College it was alright. Open plan learning, Students were allowed to wear Jewellery, Coloured hair, as many Piercings as you wanted and that caused students to feel genuinely comfortable in their own skin and happy to learn. I have now heard from peers in their final year of Papamoa College that there is a new principal and all of this has been changed. I really believe that Papamoa college has lost the one thing they had going for them. Students are being stood down and threatened with suspension purely for having facial hair. If a student was to leave an existing facial piercing in or not have natural coloured hair they have been threatened with not being allowed to attend the ball or be a part of the schools play. Papamoa college was the only school in Tauranga that was flexible with their rules and I am so disappointed that they have changed that for their students who find comfort in expressing themselves through coloured hair, Piercings, Facial hair etc. I do think if your child needs extra help on learning not to send them here, Your child will be handed a book to work through with no extra help or teaching and I know its hard for people to ask for help when given a task like that. Definitely explore your options before sending your child here.

The school is horrible. Like seriously no colored hair, no facial hair, no jewelry like come on now what are they gonna ban next no walking.

you'll see a lot of negative reviews for this school but thats because its a public school. this school is good for a public school. They take good care of their kids INCLUDING those who are mentally disabled or physically disabled as they have HUGE learning spaces for these kids. do recommend. clothes are way over priced tho. Also the new principle is way to demanding.

it’s good until you have problems at home or even at school. Mrs remus just mocks you if you’re upset and god forbid you have a creative idea. The new principal is awful, you can’t express yourself at all and the bullying there is INSANE. Don’t send your kid here unless you want 3 suicide attempts and a kid addicted to nic

Really? Banning facial hair now? Didn’t know you learned less when you have a beard. Focus more on the teachers you’re hiring rather than the students. Nobody in the work force cares about a beard. Get a grip

Absolutely trash, went there from yr 7-9 if your thinking about going to this school just don’t waste your time teachers don’t care, degrade you, and make fun of you, in my yr 7 ptp meeting was told by my teacher all I’m going to do with my life is work at maccas. They don’t care unless it’s something sports wise. Never been to such a bad school beforeBy the way most reviews are from students that went to that school at the same time as me

literally worst school in bay of plenty. went there for 2 years, the teachers don’t care about bullying, the school work is useless, it’s way overpacked like i had to do an internal with 150 other students in 1 classroom!?!? what a way to do your ncea, they don’t care about solving issues, they there for the bank not for the students to have a good environment too! . go papapopo college! mr keating is the only good teacher. <3