Edenglen High School

Excellent school to be associated with

The school principal takes pride in his school and manages it very well.The school grounds are well kept. The technology at the school is very advanced with a highly qualified HOD.The school has an in-house minimum 55 percent pass requirement. Children who drop below this level are given immediate support with free extra lessons. Variety of sports and extra murals, learners are encouraged to take atleast 1 extra mural per term. The buildings are maintained. The school runs creative recycling projects, like the ecobrick project. They are also striving towards ongoing initiatives to become a greener school.

Schools governing body is absolute crap and doesnt deal with fights,bully,ETC properly

It’s a good school with typical high school drama but consistently tries to improve its leaner’s life’s, acedemics, mental health and extra murals.it just needs better funding and regular attention from the government.

What is going on Edenglen? Your standards and management is not the same. It's time the government looks into this school and takes the required action.

this school is so toxic and doesn't care about it's learners or their mental health,the teachers act as if they're doing us a favor when in fact THEYRE DOING THEIR JOBS.Our school comes out at 14:45 and we only have 1 35minute break...DO NOT send your kids here...also there's a whole lot of homophobia,fatphobia,sexism,racism etc.. in this school

I attended 2 other high schools before this and simply kept looking to find the school I fitted in. I have now attended Edenglen High for multiple year now and I have enjoyed my time there, I might even say I have loved it.

The teachers are strict in terms of the rules(which is good) and honestly help a learner when they are struggling. The teachers are always doing extra to simply help us students. The teachers provide extra lessons for those who need or want the extra help.

The extramural activities are vast and there is an activity for everyone. From debating to drama plays to netball and soccer. There are many other activities such as public speaking, softball, swimming and not to mention chess.

I have personally grown drastically due to this school and I am exited to know about the continued opportunities that this amazing school will provide will.

I love the place there are some amazing teachers that will go over and above for their students. The only criticism I have is that the management structure coming straight from the department doesn't allow for the school to act on certain issues as swiftly and justly as they should be able to. Unfortunately the department of education also seem to be so far removed from how a school should be it's ridiculous. I love the school and most of the teachers and it has played such an amazing role in my development.

Edenglen high has given me many opportunities of which I am very greatfull for. The education, sports and cultural activities are of good standards as well as the facilities. I am very happy at the school.

This school provides nothing short of a toxic environment for its learners and upper management should be ashamed of this. There are no traces of discipline nor respect left in this school; students will openly break both school rules and laws without any regard and the only punishment they will face from the school is being asked not to do it again, I have witnessed this on multiple occasions. Beyond that, there is clear favouritism when it comes to sports and the like, it is not only clear but appears to be encouraged. The school is a mess and quite frankly an embarrassment, the bathrooms are a constant mess and just a smoker's hangout, how can you host other schools with bathrooms in such a state?

I am currently in this school and the atmosphere is not one that a school should be... they have given all students a bar-code and number as if we just products in a store getting ready to be sold.
It’s more of a factory than a place to learn and live...
the control the school has, makes us all dread going to school.
It’s not good for any of our mental health.
We are human, treat us like it.

I DONT CARE WHAT ANY OF YOU HAVE TO SAY THIS SCHOOL IS MY PRIDE AND JOY
Its a beautiful place with so much talent and joy you wouldn't believe ,as a student I couldn't have asked for a student experience filled with learning and good times !!!

As a former student from start to finish i can acknowledge on the the improvement of security and general safety. Started in 2015 and that was one hell of a year , lots of chaos and zero discipline around the school it was a free for all , Boys toilet was a smoking room, bunking classes by hanging by the stairwell was a norm as well as the "gym" that used to be used for substitution. All of that changed over the course of my 5 year stay at the school and i must say was implemented in a very smooth and gradual way as one would actually not realise how much things have improved with cameras and security guards being around until you reminisce and look back at the earlier years for me the most obvious benefit of this was a better experience in the toilet ,went from being a make-shift cuban cigar lounge to having the occasional smoker. Now that i have mentioned the only good time for the real reason behind my 2 star rating. Straight forward and honest , there was a very rich undertone of Racism in that school that was subtle enough to not notice at first glance but upon reflection , it would leave a bad after taste. The Principle used to teach my class P.E and with that experience in mind looking back i was very naive and oblivious to the person he actually is . The Man would say so many stereotypical and racist stuff and cover it up as a joke or say it as if its a positive thing. Im going to get back to talking about the principal but for now let me talk about the rest of the staff. For one many of the teachers that i had dealt with would try and feed politics and their opinions onto us during those casual moments in class , or during moments of open discussion. And ofcourse there was the many racist remarks that were delivered as jokes or Facts. other than that most teachers were simply just teachers nothing really special about them other then some of them being closet racists. Next lets talk about the energy around the school. It was so obvious and very much present that there was a power division amongst the different staff members , almost as if there was a cult like system going on which only the "elite" teachers would benefit from. i say this because the few innocent and naive teachers that were there were at times forced to enforce certain rules or matter that you could clearly see that they werent comfortable with. That whole structure leads to what that power hungry principle wants and decides upon. this review seems way too colourful for one of a school but trust me im being vague .One reviewer i saw mentioned how the school focused way too much on the schools public image and i can back that 1000%. The principal is always getting into altercations with either students or his own staff and most related to racism, then he would do his best to cover up by manipulating with his crocodile tears and brainwashing the matric leaders so they can defend him on his behalf . the leader body was garbage , did nothing productive for the kids it was always about the schools PR. The leaderbody itself was mimicking the actual management of the school , very scandalous and major power hungry headboy and head girl. Next lets talk about how people of colour were always targeted over their hair. Caucasian students like would have very long hair and all these lavish hairstyles(side note i was one of them and it bothered me how people of colour were targeted ) the whole rule book is centred around african hairstyles whilst us straight haired people had free reign , some girls would have blonde and pink highlights or change their hair colour completely and not be reprimanded on it. im tired but let me finish off with the last bit of how the school tried programming us or bullying us into submission with certain opinions, beliefs and perceptions , the male staff members are so overly aggressive and try so hard to assert dominance and prove their masculinity , one teacher and head of grade in particular had rather more estrogen then testosterone because he tried so hard to prove himself , he had such an agenda against people with beards because he couldnt grow one himself ,he was an a class douchbag and underweight a hole who tried being like the cool business studies teacher whose name rhymes with cornetto(this man was an A class teacher best there was cornetto was a great teacher), but ye the principle was racist and called the ground staff the k word and if u search the schools name on youtube you can see him assualting a student and the school focused on all the sports that they arent good at whilst ignoring the ones that they were good at

Edenglen is an amazing school by appearance. However if looked at deeply, students suffer indirect bullying from staff. Although it may not seem important or valid, but the way in which uniform checks are conducted can have serious consequences on the self esteem of a student. Many students are very self conscious and prefer wearing their rain coats (they do have an edenglen label on) this allows learners to hide such aspects like hair on arms, excess weight, birth marks. Upper management refuses to allow learners to use this coat and have banned it to only rainy days. If worn on a windy day it will confiscated. Edenglen takes sport more seriously than culture. Most of the time the students that excel in culture are not properly acknowledged. Sports such as athletics and swimming are prioritised over soccer or tennis. Academically Edenglen high school is very capable and tries it’s best to motivate learners in terms of extra lessons, peer tutoring and psychologists on the premises.
Lockers are very packed and is congested. Bathrooms are of average condition.

Edenglen is a good school that has achieved excellent pass rates as well as sports results the problem is our children are told what to wear on civies we understand the concept of inappropriate dressing but this is honestly too much ...our kids dont have any fun events ....such as celebreties coming or people coming to talk to the kids about their daily lives ...most children complain about how its boring at school and how nothing fun happens...i encourage the principal to stop basing everything on sports and academics and do fun things for the learners ....so their highschool life is memorable ...as well as to bring camps back so our kids can explore and socialise ..