York High School
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- Student1.027 August 2025
student
I started attending york in 2022 and I was so excited because whenever I asked anyone about York they would tell me it is the best public school for English learners and I would soon come to find that it was far from the truth. The school tries to show to the media that they care about us but in reality they could not care less about us. The racism is through the roof in this school and there’s white privilege wherever you go. I remember there was a time when Ms.Lee wanted to ban edges and I als...
- Student1.023 August 2025
students point of view
I started attending at york in 2023 , and since then the school has gradually became more and more toxic . As a person of colour i have experienced multiple racist interactions with the ‘white’ learners . I know i can speak for many others at our school that face these problems and the worst part is that our teachers do not do anything about it . I have also noticed that if a person of colour would have to do something wrong ( e.g. fighting , vaping ect ) the child would get a bigger punishment...
- Student1.021 November 2024
Bullied
If you want your children safe and secure do not send them to York High. We, in Thembalethu have so many children who were bullied at York we cab not fix. All in the name of a better education. But the people who run the school are hiding their heads under the sand. This school is a true definition of a racist and oppressive institution. I am waiting for the push back, because the so-called people have pull enough to ruin your entire life. So long have we lived in George and being told never...
- Student3.04 July 2022
York high from a students view.
If you cannot go to a private school, York is your best bet. The students really encourage some spirit and I have met numerous friendly people there, most of which were smokers, and every here and there you will find absolute angels of teachers, ones who truly care about their students and try to understand them. The school has simply a friendly appearance and the only people who speak very highly of the school are the few who get constant good grades and little to no personal or home issues. In my experience, I have met a teacher that is not only a pervert but ignores rules completely. A teacher that actively verbally abuses her students and numerous teachers who don't know how to do their job. The school does indeed have a drug issue concerning its troubled students. However none of these students are bullies or misbehave actively, they are simply troubled and in need if help, which rhe school offers but does a poor job at. The head of council in the school has ignored many students including myself and others I know, either not giving them any feedback on the therapy they requested or getting back to them as late as a whole term later. I had a technology class some years back where the teacher had grown very comfortable with a female student, one day asking her to skip an entire class to go to his classroom alone with him to look at "artwork". This was towards the end of the day and when I had asked my fellow pupils about it they all agreed they were uncomfortable and felt as if it might continue Into something sinister. This same teacher has caught many smokers/vapers in the school and has completely ignored the rules of taking their device and reporting them, either letting them go with their device or taking their device and not reporting them whatsoever.
- Former Student1.018 February 2021
York high school review
School is bad and the teachers cause a toxic environment some teachers like the physical education teachers seem to not even have qualified and can’t even teach anyone a thing worth learning very bad school
- Student5.021 April 2020
York High School
No School is completely perfect but YHS comes as close as you can get.the teachers are great at what they do and the principle is amazing. The school its self is very well kept by the amazing staff. They are very good at handling bullying and there is a lunch pack service for those who are struggling and the food is great. It may sound to good to be true but York High School really is an amazing school.
