Brighton Secondary School

I thought by having my daughter enrolled at Brighton that her education would be great. What a huge mistake that turned out to be. The school is quick to exclude indigenous students and not meet to each individuals needs. They push students into Flo programs that eventiate into nothing. They lie and say Flo program have a great education program, when in actual fact its so they don't have to to deal with students needs.

It’s a school living on a perceived reputation. they do nothing to help bullying. At least 10 children I could name have been either forced out or chosen to leave due to bullying this year alone, that’s at least that amount. It doesn’t cover the ones we don’t know about that said nothing and just bottled it up. Weak teachers not enforcing any discipline doesn’t help either. Respect and self respect are things it would seem are not focused on at this school.

This school was amazing! I felt very confident every time I entered the gates because I knew that the staff would know about everything about the school. Even some things that I wouldn't. Plus, the teachers that I had myself were very nice and understanding of what I needed help with. When I was there (2017-2021), there was a healthy teacher to student relationship. Sure, some of the students followed their favourite teachers on stuff like Twitter and Instagram (or even friended them on Facebook), but they all respected boundaries.

It is a good school if you're involved in an extra-curricular program. If you're not, buckle up for a roller-coaster ride.

DON’T GO HERE. It’s bad already if you aren’t in a special interest program, but the bathrooms make it worse. Things like bullying/ harassment get swept under the rug most of the time unless you go above the school (only then something will happen). Brighton had a good reputation for the right reasons years ago, but now it’s just horrible.

Very disappointed with this school. I heard so many great reviews but it fell short for my child. My son was openly called a D@$&?head in class by the visual arts teacher in year 7 and very little was done to reflect the magnitude of her actions. If your child is neurodivergent or an active boy then this isn’t the school for you. They allow mobile phone usage but assume a 12 year old boy would be able to self regulate open access to technology. My child was in detention often because he couldn’t self regulate technology and consequently got in trouble for it. I will say the teachers tried their best but clearly they aren’t supported enough to help children more than the bare minimum expected.

Drove past the school today and noticed a pride flag flying. . Well done, acknowledge is the first step to heal the hate.More schools need to do this.Rating based on acknowledgment of community only

As a former student, i would say it is a well equipped school, however, there are certain things such as bullying which are swept under the rugg despite an anti bullying program, music department has its own orchestral agenda and if you score anything under a C in year 12, the principal will attempt to kick you out.

its a school so it doesn't ever deserve 5 stars

i remember once in year 8, it was my fourth week at the school, and i decided to enter the library toilets at my own risk. As I made my way down to one of the stalls, I was absolutely horrifed to see what looked liked twelve senior students packed like animals into a single disabled cubicle, doing god knows what, screaming like absolute jackholes. i also pretty sure that a few of them didnt make it.