Cabra Dominican College

"If you value your child and their education, don't send them to Cabra. I would give 0 stars if I could. Myself and everyone I was friends with were bullied rather badly One of them left in year 9, another in year 11 I remember sitting in the graduation mass, listening to other kids give speeches, specifically laughing about how they would bully my group. Everyone laughed at it The teachers found it hysterical. Especially the part where a kid was left with both shoes tied to different poles for an entire afternoon. Anytime I would go to anyone for help I would have one of two reactions: the staff member would say something along the lines of "We'll look into it" and nothing would be done. The second response was that I would get laughed at, by a teacher who I trust to take me seriously."

"This is a great school all the teachers are really nice and the canteen is a bit overpriced but everyone is quite nice and the P.E is great but a bit pressured. Needs to be a bit renovated but most buildings are really good. And you will love food tech."

"When I was a student at Cabra, I won a very prestigious award for the school. I was awarded state champion in debating for South Australia. Not only did I win, but I was the first student in the college's entire history to even be nominated for the award. I was also the only female student to advance to the state championship and the first female in my year group to win the award. And so when we had our assembly and your staff were announcing the various wins that Cabra's clubs had achieved recently, I sat and waited for my turn. I waited and waited as you read out sporting wins, music awards, fundraising results, academic achievements, etc etc. My name was never called in that assembly and my achievement was never acknowledged. And I don't mean just in the assembly, I mean the school never acknowledged my achievement EVER - nobody knew it had even happened until I told my teachers about it the following year (and they were flabbergasted that they were unaware). In hindsight, this is a colossal failure of communication from several parties in the college; the award was incredibly prestigious, as I said, I won a fantastic cash prize, and additional accolades for being the first female student to win. But, more than that, you made me feel so worthless and alone and I will never, ever forget how I felt sitting at that assembly, waiting for my turn. I hope you don't try to use my achievement to your gain to prop up the college as this pinnacle of debating prowess, because I can assure you that you had absolutely no hand in my achievements - I did this all by myself, from winning the ward to celebrating it. I will never, ever forgive you."

"It's a good school, The canteen may be overpriced but the school doesn't run the canteen prices, a different company does. I was bullied at this school by both teachers and students and the teachers helped a lot, even the principal helped during these times."

"I was bullied. My friend was bullied. My other friend with severe aspergers syndrome was forced into an all-school photo where he freaked out as he doesn't deal with large crowds well (school knew this); so yes he was bullied as well. Bullied in the entire 4 years I attended. Nothing was done"