Fish Hoek High School

I look on my high school years with fondness. I felt supported in my academics, sports and in my extra mural activities. Teachers were warm and welcoming.

Both my children and many family members have or still attend Fish Hoek High School. Not one of them has ever experienced any form of racism, seen racism in any form. The school is very progressive in all ways. I cannot recommend the school highly enough.

My older child matriculated from Fish Hoek High School and has just graduated from University with distinction. My younger child is currently at Fish Hoek High School. I could not ask for a better high school. Academics is one of the top in the Western Cape, Sport and especially Culture, features very high at Fish Hoek High School. Progressive and an absolute pleasure to be part of the Fish Hoek family.

I loved FHHS! They have a wide range of subjects taught by teachers who are both serious about the work and entertaining at the same time. We were all lead by an amazing headmaster who did his best to be accommodating to everyone. He had an excellent way of deciphering whether an offender needed to be punished or receive treatment. I had such a wonderful time as dance studies is taught unlike many other schools. Thank you so much FHHS for preparing me for life.,

The teachers and counsellors offer me lots of support to help me overcome my learning barriers. The huge range of subject choices has allowed me to follow my dreams. There are so many extra-murals that you can never be bored. I really like the teachers and you get back from the teachers what you put in. The 2020 Matric results were so phenomenal that it has made me very excited about when I write my own Matric exams in two years time.

There is a place for everyone at this school. The teachers and other staff are very supportive. They have also handled covid very well, sport and culture activities are still active.

4 generations of my family have attended FHHS. Wonderful all round education, culture and sport. Dedicated staff who go the extra mile.

As a student I was offered a wide range of extra mural and subject choices. I thoroughly enjoyed waterpolo and badminton. I got fantastic tuition and support from teachers and counsellors. Now my kids are grown, they are enjoying the wonderful environment of Fish Hoek High doing subjects which delight them, playing sports, acting on stage, growing up in a diverse society. It's beautiful.

Fish Hoek High School needs to get their systems in check. Racism gets brushed off, but once a student has a streak of blonde in their hair... DRESS CODED. The school has blatant indirect and direct racism towards students, and once these issues get brought to other teachers, we get told they can’t comment on the issue. Let’s not even forget the time a teacher told a group of Xhosa speaking girls to stop speaking that language and instead speak english, but this issue was never discussed and was then instead swept under the rug.

Great school! Yes some teachers are unfair but in every school you’re going to have that but calling out that specific teacher is incorrect as she is certainly NOT racist.

Fhhs is the worst high school

There are many cases at this school where the students and teachers had bump heads, and guess who gets a detention, their parent called and put on daily report. Teachers aren’t being held accountable for the stuff they say or do, whether it’s unfair treatment to poc or sexist comments about what girls decide to wear. My friend had an incident with a teach this morning and was sent to the principal where he told her that she should be the bigger person and apologies to a teacher, who is a grown woman that overreacted. I absolutely hate this school and can’t wait to leave.

FHHS is not a school I would recommend to ppl. Even though the environment there is calm there is a lot of racist undertones from the rules and teachers that go unchecked. If you r a person of colour you may find it frustrating going to this school as I did and many others.

I recommend the school to anyone looking to better their sporting

Caring staff with amazing and understanding staff

Most teachers always try to pick fights with the kids at the school for really irrelevant reasons. A simple thing like asking for another explanation or disagreeing with a fact can land you in detention. The social experience is amazing but as a working and learning environment the school fails to make us feel welcome and like our education matters, it's more like they just want us to do that work and that's it.

The deputy principal once disrupted my exam to tell me to meet her in her office afterwards, no explanation as to why. As an extremely anxious person, this completely occupied my mind for the remainder of the exam and actually reflected itself in my results. After the exam I went to her office where she began to question my motives for having such an "inappropriate" hairstyle. Now I'm a girl and at the time I had my hair cut fairly short into a pixie cut but had it shaved in such a way that it had an undercut. She called it inappropriate and rebellious; it should be known that I had never gotten a detention in my life so she singled me out and labeled me a troublemaker all based on my appearance. Let's not even mention the time a teacher called a girl a prostitute because she was wearing makeup.

I am a Grade 8 student and I find the teachers very pleasant and it's fun to learn all the teachers learning preferred learning styles like one loves to tell stories and another likes to give us time to try things before we do it as a class to see how well we know the topic we are learning and even in this time of need they are taking time out of their day to make sure we get the best education they can give us♥️♥️♥️♥️ Fish Hoek High school also has an amazing principle who enjoys what he does and makes sure we are safe in and outside of school so over all I think Fish Hoek High school is a great place to be.

It is a very hard working school with hard working students and staff. The level of education is very good and is in a safe and good area with good atmosphere.