If I could give no stars I would, my daughter began her first ever school year here and I very much regret every single moment. Prep was meant to be an exciting time for our daughter, a time for her to discover new ways to learn and new faces who would assist her through her long journey through school. It only took one term, one term when we realised what a grave mistake we had made. After 5 weeks in prep, we were informed that our daughter was having 100% tantrums every single day for the entire 5 weeks. We were not made aware until the 5th week that any issues were occurring from day one to day 25 no contact from her prep teacher, or her teachers aid or the principal until that fateful 5th week. We by then caught on that there was something wrong as parents were shunning our 5 year old child and averting gazes when we would drop her in. We were called in by the Principal for a meeting where both parents were required. In the meeting we were informed of the last 5 weeks of tantrums and sent home with a behaviour report. Prior to this my child attended Goodstart in Nundah, where no such occurrence was mentioned. I took the report to Goodstart and asked why they had failed in advising us that our child was not coping in the school environment where I was told "your daughter did not show those signs and if there were behavioural issues they were corrected with coping mechanisms, which you daughter mastered before moving to prep". The report from St Jospeph's advised that my child was whimpering, she went from a happy welcoming environment at Goodstart, to a wimpering non verbal mess at St Joseph's. Kerry the principal then called me and asked me if I could speak to the guidance counselor so that they were able to access funding to support my daughter. This was not merely a request rather a barrage of calls and emails from both Kerry and the guidance counselor Maria. Whilst we were still doing our own investigation into the entire situation we still were not told by Kerry what the triggers were and when we asked she advised they were unable to identify any triggers. Mind you this was the week before the end of term and we were being pressured to make changes there and then. Kerry called me one afternoon before the end of term and explained to me what a guidance counselor did and what was going on for my daughter to need one. By this time both the father and I had two meetings with her and a few other staff. None of which explained anything in depth, this phone call from Kerry was meant to be a call that explained what the guidance counselor was for and why the funding was needed. During this call I was advised that my daughter was being taken out of class and isolated and when I continued questioning Kerry about the need and why I was not informed as soon as this was an issue rather then waiting till the very end of term. She asked me if I loved my daughter and why I didn't care enough for her to use the guidance counselor so she was able to access supports and the school would be funded for it. At this time I did not continue the conversation because I felt that Kerry was pressuring me to do something for my daughter that she could not even explain the origin of. As previously stated there were no issues at Goodstart where she attended for 2 years prior to the transition and my daughter was attending after school care there where no such tantrums were reported and we continued to investigate. Term 2 for Prep was even worse, the guidance counselor continued to email and call. I sent an email to both her and Kerry asking why the barrage of contact when not once in the beginning of prep was I notified of any such issues, my daughter came home from that first day of term 2 depressed and said "I had the worst day mummy, I don't want to go to that school any more". After a few shared tears we moved her to a new school where she began to come into her own and find her way again. Principal Kerry was very condescending and to this day almost a full year later she has not responded nor apologised.

Fantastic small school with caring and friendly teachers with good principles being thought to our kids. We will have 2 kids going there next year and will have the 3rd in 2018.

Brilliant school. Have been incredibly supportive of our child and her needs

Great school could use some more Pigs though.

Great school, lovely nurturing environment.

Worst

Nice