Mount Evelyn Christian School 14 Hawkins Road, Montrose, Victoria 3765

"Beyond abysmal. Everything starts from the top, has been a traumatic experience to see how little care is placed on the children's education and how selfish management is. Lots of back patting and self glorification. Every decent teacher seems to leave, family and friends being given jobs instead of the best candidate (everyone related to or a friend of someone), extremely left leaning management and failures during Covid due to laziness by some teachers having real world impact on students academic well-being."

"No school is perfect. However.... I have many complaints about this school. Firstly once I had left this school I moved to the brokest public school in our area. I found that I was supported better, was genuinely cared for and was properly looked after. As well as this a couple weeks before I left this school I opened up to a teacher about dropping out. This teacher then got extremely upset and started crying about how I am wasted potential. Well I hope that teacher reads this because I'm currently on the same wage as her boom! And my third and final complaint is how they had no control over any students actions. If a fight was to happen who cares let it be. If someone was pinned back by 4 older students and punched they wouldn't care."

"Let me start by saying, no school is perfect, no teacher is perfect but perfection is not what I looked for in your school search. I look for my child being 'seen', nurtured and encouraged to be the best version of themselves. I have discovered this in bucket-loads at MECS. I work in the state school system (and no, I DON'T work for MECS) - high school & primary - and both my 2 kids that have attended both state schools and MECs, with one child completing VCE in a state school and other currently completing at MECS. My children have been totally 'lost' in the sea of masses in state schools yet valued and respected in MECS, especially in the senior year levels. Just as in every school parental engagement and communication is paramount so the amount you are willing to invest in your child's education will always be of value no matter the school but at MECS I'm assured of the fact that staff know who I am, they actually know who my child is and they quickly support us as needed. Maybe not perfect but at least there's always a conversation going, besides both my kids have loved attending and that's pretty much perfection right there!"

"We made the change to MECS when my daughter was in Grade One, having moved from a state school that we were very happy with. The transition to MECS was smooth and we felt very supported and nurtured. My daughter is now in Grade Five and we have a son in Grade One. All schools have their minor issues, but on the whole, MECS is the perfect school for us: in our experience we have found the teachers to be committed and competent; we have always been encouraged by the staff to approach them with any difficulties or concerns and when we have, we found the response to be prompt and the concerns taken seriously. I love the community environment that MECS offers; we find that the culture at MECS is warm, approachable, encouraging and committed to the whole identity of the child, and not solely the academic needs. We are very satisfied with what we have experienced."

"I am forever thankful for the fact that my children both attend MECS! Since they started in preps I have found that they have thrived in this school environment. I know that they are nurtured, cared for and encouraged, I know that I as a parent am treated with respect, inclusion and care. The whole school environment is so fabulous and I could never conceive of my children completing their education anywhere else! (1 child in middle primary and 1 child in senior primary.)"