Edenglen High School

I went to this school for 5 years a couple years ago and am still dealing with the effects from the school I went from start to finish in the first two years it was amazing and fun, but it went downhill very quicky there was constant favoritism when it came to students and students that were not their favorites where not treated equal this favoritism continued until matric, the teachers had favorites themselves and it was not a pleasant experience I regret going here. while their where some teachers who were amazing and brilliant a lot of them where not. many Students were caught with illegal substances many times and yet all they got was suspended multiple times, I do not recommend you send your children here it will not have a positive impact on your child and may affect their mental health and self-worth. to this day I still feel dumber than everyone else and like I will never achieve what I am attempting. while I did make friends, I will never forget there is a lot of people there I never want to see again due to this treatment.

Excellent school to be associated with

Edenglen High School is a HORRIBLE school. I attended this school for 3 months in grade 8 before I moved to another school. I was extremely unhappy there. Teachers would curse in front of their students while teaching. I was called out and humiliated by having to explain why I did not attend school due to personal reasons, the teachers would constantly pick on me. I had chosen about 3 extra curricular activities to participate in, but head prefects pushed and insisted I participate in more, even after I had said “no” multiple times. My name was written on the team lists by these prefects. My name was involuntarily written down for about 3 extra activities on top of the ones I had voluntarily chose. I was shut down and almost manipulated when I viewed my opinions. The teachers constantly made me feel uncomfortable. All in all, I do *not* recommend Edenglen High School.

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

Thank you Edenglen. Our school had a hockey match against Edenglen high and your teams really made them feel welcome. My daugther still talks Edenglen hockey girls and they were so well mannered..Well done

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.

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

This good for nothing school keeps attempting to delete negative reviews so that no one can see their true colors. If my review didn't mean anything they wouldn't have taken their time to get all the negative reviews deleted. I wont mention the full story cause of legal reasons. But if I hear one more time that some of your wonderful teachers are talking about me to other teachers from other schools, I will take you to and your pathetic school to court for defamation of character. Don't test me. So far I've got alot of evidence to hold against you, so you never know when you'll get a letter for prosecution. So dont ever undermine me. Fellow student teachers, be careful, they do not take well to other student teachers and will make your life a misery if you don't conform to their low standard of what they call morals.

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.

As a student in edenglen I would say the school doesn’t have a good ambiance The toxicity levels among us the students is really high The head of grade is more focused on sports then academics The school isn’t safe as students do fight and hurt one another and the only thing that happens to them is being told to not do that again The education the school isn’t bad but some teachers are stereotypical and racist but in all the school isn’t that bad

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?

Edenglen high school has a variety of teaching styles and programs that help enhance your child. Edenglen high school has different activities and sports.The school uses e-learning which is more advanced. The school has highly advanced teachers,the school has a friendly environment.

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.

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

As a proud student at Edenglen High School I think that it is a very good school with many opportunities. The teachers do care about their students and add light to our lives with their humour. The principal is a good man which takes the time to recognise his students. And as for the students obviously no school is perfect but they make sure to enforce discipline. Overall I know that it is an amazing school and I really love going there.

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 ..

Edenglen high school, was a wonderful place for learning, with brilliant, passionate teachers who made an effort to get to know their students and provide support on a personal level for them. My only complaint is the complete lack of proper management. The principal, who will remain unnamed, turned the school from a wonderful house of learning, into a school that was more focused on good PR and sports, than a place for academics. Favouritism was rampant and discipline lax for students that took part in sport activities.