Riverdale Primary School

"I went to that school my whole primary and It made me want to move schools but I could not 1. Well being person did not care and always sided with one side and didn’t want to hear the other always treated older students and younger students differently would make me cry and get scared when ever I saw her. 2. They did not do anything about bullying 3. The old Japanese teacher made us do the same work everyday and we complained and a parent reported something that happened and got him fired you would do the same thing each term and did not have good curriculum and was always short on staff. I do not recommend"

"I attended this school from 2013 to midway through 2015. My first teacher wasn't very nice, mean and all that, but my other teachers I had were really good to me. Respectful to the kids and were engaging. Just didn't like the Japanese program, strict teacher. I agree with a lot of the reviews on here considering poor leadership and the many bullying complaints. I knew friends who had been choked against a wall, got a black eye from two older boys, and another who got spooned in the head for trying to defend them. There was barely any follow up on this, and I commend the guy who defended my former friend because I've never seen anyone else (including my own friends) take action. I've also been a victim of bullying, just not with physical violence. It did include repeated threats or "jokes" about my family and I being killed, or just comments about me being a "crybaby" or whatnot from said former friend. There have been quite a few more incidents I could talk about, but I've said enough. I'm hoping that the leadership and action concerning the safety and well-being of kids here have drastically improved since I attended. My memories of this place have been tainted by the trauma I went through with my own experience of bullying, and there needs to be more support and awareness from staff that bullying does not just include violence, but can be from "harmless" comments from friends too. It will help kids speak up about their own experiences if they know this."

"I like this school nice teachers and no bullying My cousin is lucky to be in that school with a caring hearted friend its my cousins first time having a friend not moving schools and leaving her"

"Genuinely hated it there, the counselor at the time reached out about my attendance (which was horrible due to bullies) AT THE END OF YEAR 7. I was leaving and then they decided to reach out. I went there for 6 years and my attendance has always been terrible. Another thing with the counselor, when my mum explained to her that I find the classes too loud, she just said I'm lying. She also made my mum feel bad and made her think she was a bad parent."

"My kids have been going to this school for 6 years now and we personally have never had an issue! Some FANTASTIC teachers! I would definitely recommend a visit to the school to talk to the Principal if you are moving to the area or if your kids are about to start school!"