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Danville Park Girls' High School

Elementary Durban North
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3.1

Based on 7 reviews and 63 answers

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  • Former Student
    2.0
    28 January 2026

    Review of Danville.

    Many teachers lack passion, not all of them but most. Finding a good teacher is a blessing but it has become less common over the years, some teachers are rude, confusing and do not know how to speak to kids.

  • Parent
    1.0
    31 January 2025

    Will not recommend

    Very bad experience. Military environment. Will never recommend this school to anyone. My child was bullied. Reporting to this school made no difference. School environment is not friendly or welcoming at all.

  • Former Student
    1.0
    7 September 2023

    DPGHS image and reputation above the student

    It's been 21 years since I matriculated and a recent engagement with a school classmate has taken me back 22 years ago to my grade 11 year at Danville Park Girls High School. The very high school which I chose myself and my parents obliged by having me enrolled and worked hard to see me through the years financially. I thoroughly enjoyed my years at Danville, proud to be a student of the school. Until I experienced what was the most demotivating episode of my schooling career.... An incorrect...

  • Parent
    2.0
    3 March 2022

    Bullying

    Excellent standard of education. However there is a huge issue surrounding bullying at Danville.

  • Student
    3.0
    13 November 2020

    Disappointed in the Evolution of Danville

    When I arrived at Danville, it was at its peak. Slowly but surely the quality of its management has fallen drastically and it shows. How situations are handled and addressed is shocking and it deals with the students in a hands off manner. The education is great but that’s not the only thing that makes a school worth going to.

  • Student
    2.0
    3 June 2020

    The truth

    Aesthetically wise, a good school with a good education but. Teachers can be unreasonable when it comes to test dates. When protests and important movements to help make society better, Danville does not participate and especially does not allow students to have their freedom of speech and expression. A child ask in an Instagram comment how Danville was going to show support to the BLM movement, they responded by deleting the comment and blocking the child. When there was a rape crisis and all the other schools were wearing black to show solidarity, the teachers were allowed to do so but the students were not allowed to participate. During pride month there was a very small display in the library which was taken down.

  • Former Student
    4.0
    19 March 2020

    The seed from which I grew.

    Danville Park Girls' High School will continue to instill morals within me well past my schooling years. The education I recieved not only helps me career wise but has emotionally equipped me for what I face on a daily basis. The school prides itself on its ability to identify struggling students and is persistent in giving those students the best opportunity to excel such as with their Mathematics programme where they will offer and encourage students who are struggling the options for smaller more personal extra lessons that help improve their marks. Danville thrives on their community involvement and encourages their students to involve themselves in multiple extracurricular activities that include volunteer work and a wide range of sports and cultural facets for their young ladies to choose from. The teachers at Danville Park Girls High School are incredibly supportive of their students and work tirelessly every day to deliver the best education they can to their pupils. They never shy away from a student in need of help and work incredibly hard to put in the effort to challenge those who are finding the lessons too easy. They are always available for questions and offered myself and my classmates endless pockets of wisdom that I have carried with me to this day. They take the time to get to know each and every one of their students and are ecstatic to see the progress of their students in school and post-school. The school itself offers a beautiful grounds and recreational area for students during their breaks, which includes a library filled to the brim with fiction and non-fiction readings that help academically as well as with leisure reading. Additionally comes the school's leadership programmes with every student encouraged to reach for a leadership role in their final two years either as a mentor or a prefect. Teachers monitor their pupils and put forward the names of girls they believe are most inclined to work well in a leadership position and these girls can get offered the opportunity to go to exclusive courses that help them learn the fundamentals of excellent Leadership. This happens several times over the course of both years and each time the pupils are a new selection so that they can spread the opportunity as broadly as they can for all students. Danville was an absolute pleasure of an institute to attend and as I have said I have learned so much in my time there that I have carried into the working world. It thrives academically but will also set up your children with life lessons that will carry them through their adult life. Not only that but they will meet people there that will stay with them well past school.