Trinity Catholic College Lismore

In recent years, this school has improved immensely.Having had an array of medical and health problems, I found myself dealing with the learning support centre on a regular basis. In 2015, the person who ran it was both rude and demeaning towards myself, and apparently, other students. Since then, they have been replaced with someone who is much more capable and caring, providing sensible support, and genuinely caring for the students.Some of the teachers are ‘bad’, with either poor teaching methods, lack of care, or general rudeness, however, you’ll find this at any educational institution. A majority of the teachers are passionate about students’ education, are caring, and have effective teaching methods. The quality and level of education provided is high, compared to my other experiences with distance education.Methods in which the school deals with bullying could very much be improved. Personally, I found a lack of action taken until the matter was brought to the attention of the heads of the school, and even then, the response was lacklustre.Onto the positives, this school offers a large variety of programs, subjects, and activities. It actively promotes and supports ‘women in STEM (Science, technology, engineering, mathematics)’ programs, encouraging the female students to be involved in those male-dominated areas. There are also national and international ‘immersions’ offered yearly, as well as excursions (eg. Italy trip for Italian students, Vietnam trip for modern history students, SHINE religious events). There’s also a large amount of various technologies available for students to use as part of their classes, such as art tablets, cameras, a darkroom, etc.A community and ‘house’ experience is encouraged, with events such as swimming and athletics carnivals promoting camaraderie between students, as well as friendly competition. Each year, the house that has collected the most points (earned from participation, student attendance, note-returning, etc.) is sent on a trip to Wet n’ Wild.For a Catholic school, there’s a surprisingly good attitude towards LGBT+ students. Just recently, it was allowed for transgender students to be able to use the unisex bathrooms, have their gender changed on the roll, and wear the uniform they feel most comfortable in.Trinity is very much a school I enjoy attending, for the most part. The support and opportunities offered by far outweigh the negative experiences I’ve come across, here. Yes, there’s room for improvement, but I’ve found it’s improving at a solid pace.

The only problem with this fine school is the sadistic Learning Enrichment Officer" whose job is to assist disabled children whether mentally or physically.I witnessed a student be falsely diagnosed by a woman with no medical or psychological qualifications with Sociopathy. She send students in his class to be on "Duty" and take care of his every need despite him being perfectly mentally healthy as diagnosed by a Psychiatrist and Psychologist later on. She harboured a resentment for him and would go out of her way to make him feel mentally ill by sending "Support Teachers" which were basically her staff sent to his every class to "help" him condescendingly even though he had an above average IQ.He was treated terribly and even sent to her office by these "Support Teacher" which she completely ignored him for over 10 minutes until a student came into the Learning Enrichment Department to inform her that his parents were here.She ordered him to stay here while she went to tell his parents to come back later. He followed her to the office and left with his parents.The final straw for him was when he showed his pride in his family's military service by wearing an Australian Army beret to school. He was immediately cornered by 'Support" staff who forced him to remove the beret or else. He refused to remove it stating it was his great uncle's beret in WWII and ANZAC day had just passed. He was sent to the office in which he left the school.If your child is under investigation for a mental disability DO NOT send them here or they will be falsely diagnosed by an narcissistic old hag."

No longer open due to recent flooding

Turned into an aquarium for a bit

I go there myself and think that it's the best school possible to send your children too. Also all of staff and students are kind and compassionate towards others and they have a fabulous education that you just can't seem to get enough of.The people who have sent bad reviews of this school are 99.9% out of 100% 'angsty teens' that go to the school themselves and hate school and probably life in general.You won't regret sending your children here and not only will they love it you will too, and if you think they're forcing upon religious beliefs on your children, they're not. I'm an Atheist myself and I can say that Catholicism is not forced, you just need to respect it and not hate upon it.

Had a teacher who brought her parrot to school. She was very annoying and would not shut up. but at least the bird was cool

Abseloutly awesome I love this school and all its opportunities come to trinity. HALA MADRID

ITS GOOD!!! PLEASE SAY HELLO TO MY GRANDCHILDREN THAT GO HERE!!!!

I was just looking up the school phone number and I was very shocked to see a 3 star review. I tell everyone that Trinity Catholic College in Lismore is an excellent school. The care and interest that they take in the kids is truly astonishing. The professional handling of sensitive situations. The atmosphere of inclusion and acceptance and excellence is outstanding. My family and I could not recommend Brother John and his team more.

Super supportive teachers and staff. Helpful with any and issues