Bateleur College

Awful school. The North Korea of schools, the school Matilda attended, just an awful school. The first problem is that the school has SNAKES, and I found out as a parent by my daughter friend. She had just come back from the bathroom and came running to us, telling us about the snake head she saw peking out of the pipe. Around the area, the grade 9s are allocated to sit during break. The second problem is that the school has a clear favoritism problem, maybe racism. You can see how the principle has more enthusiasm around different learners compared to others. My favorite story is when my daughter came back home telling me a white boy had been saying n-word the whole day as if it was his new favorite song. This boy had said the N-word to his black classmates. So these learners had told the principle and she said, "Why are victimising yourselfs?" and "you're just being over dramatic." And told them to apologize to this white boy. The third reason the older kids are treated as if they are not in high school. I can understand that they only have a grade 9, but the school treats them as if they have not even entered high school by giving them a lack of freedom and kiddies activities. (The reason there is no grade 8 this year. By next year, say goodbye to the high school portion). The fourth reason the staff is underpaid. The P.E. teachers have no sort of qualification because they were originally just ground workers. You know, cutting grass fixing around the school, but the kicker is they still do all of that and teach P.E. from 4 to 9 getting they original salaries or how a teacher is teaching my daughter 5 subjects and many more stories like that. The fifth reason horrible with communication, it took them 5 weeks to put me on the class dojo to get school information, and they blamed my daughter for not participating in school activities and these are things she or me had ever heard about. The sixth reason I just don't like the there marketing strategy. Have you seen the school website, or what about social media presents helps out a lot? You might get more students, guys. The seventh reason the pick-up point it just horrible. I can't even put it in words. Please don't send your kids to this awful disgusting school. Ps Not all of the teachers are that bad like, for example, the english technology/Natrual science and math teacher are truly wonderful in my experience. Just have a bad place of work. To the school, do better, like stop this disappointing horseshit you call running a school

The school is awful. Just as bad as the school Matilda attended with a few Trunchbull teachers(not all the teachers are bad). Feel a clear favoritism problem maybe racism, lack of communication my daughter only got a 2 to 3 weeks notice before entrepreurs day (I DIDN'T EVEN GET A LETTER), lack of freedom for the older kids they are still treated as if they are in grade 5. ALSO FORGOT TO INFORM ME THERES SNAKES IN THE SCHOOL. A friend of my daughter had seen a snake head coming out of the pipe around the area where the grade 9s are allocated to sit during break. She had seen this coming back from the bathroom during a sports day. Last year, a snake fell from the tree onto the learner where the learners were having an assembly. (Again, not all the teachers are bad. Most are bad.) Just do not send your kids here, please 🙏. P.S. Most of the staff are underpayed, such as the ground workers and cleaners. Most do office jobs or work with your kids. For E.g, two of the ground workers teach P.E. and are still getting underpaid. A teacher was teaching me 5 subjects. This school is unfair to the students, parents, and staff

Moving our little guy to Bateleur College was one of the best decisions we ever made. He was previously at PLG and was bullied terribly.He hid away from people and stuck to himself. We explained this to Bateleur when we signed up and from day one,the love and care shown to Rogan was unbelievable. He came out of his shell, he has a wonderful group of friends, excels at his school work and he loves going to school.
On a personal note, the love and care shown to me when my hubby had Covid pneumonia was incredible. Chandre Roux, and Liesl Gouws, I can never thank you enough for your support.
As a parent, you will not regret sending your children to Bateleur College

Bateleur College has dedicated staff who not only educate the learners... they care about the learner holistically. The environment lends itself to learning in the outdoors in a fun manner.