St.Patricks Academy Reviews - Ambedkar Nagar,Chikkabellandur

Amruth Sudarsan

Reviewed on June 9, 2023
This is one of the best school in this locality. Very well managed, very good academics and nice infrastructure.

Mind Palace

Reviewed on June 2, 2023
I have been associated with this School since 2017. My ward was a student here since Pre-primary and we unfortunately decided to opt for a different school due to the bad experiences we had in the recent past. My ward was a good student who had good grades and also participated in a lot of activites and won many prizes. Pros : - Used to have a good management and value for education was there in the past. - During Corona times, they made sure that all online classes were conducted properly without issues. - A lot of good teachers used to be there who helped my son cope with issues at a young age ( being away from his mother for a long time, not being able to make friends etc.) Cons : ( Main reason i decided to change my wards school.) After Corona ended and regular school started in 2022 my ward was in 3rd Grade. - We had a tough time with the uniform vendor inspite of booking uniforms well in advance. The uniform cloth was of very bad quality, stitching was improper and was not handed over to us at the right time. - We had issues due to too many exams within the academic year. 8 exams per year. (4 of these exams are conducted during class hours during which teachers teach portions of the next exams). - No yealy academic plan. Teachers don't know when exams will be scheduled. We get to know syllabus and timetable of exam only 2 weeks before the exams. - Many times, my ward had exams almost back to back without any time to study the syllabus even though being very regular at school. We had gaps of 11 days, 15 days between each exam series sometimes. - School gave more importance to sports day and all subject teachers were busy with Sports day preparation for 3 weeks and not much syllabus was taught in class. After sports day, teachers again ran with the syllabus and my ward was not able to cope. - No response in the school students diary by any of the teachers. - School books not checked properly. Teacher signs books and they are not corrected even after seeing multiple spelling mistakes. - On reporting the issue due to pressure to the Coordinator (Mrs. Smitha Lobo). She got angry at us saying things like "Christian schools will be like that", "If your son is having good grades then you shouldnt be bothered", etc. It was very unprofessional. - Parents meeting not conducted after exams but before exams. - On complaining to the teacher about the issues, she accepted all issues saying its all my fault so that we will not talk further. - Due to all of this my ward felt bad. He felt like no matter how much he studied, there is no use. There was a burnout and the school was not willing to help. - If a days class was missed due to illness, we had no means to knowing what subjects were taught. No response in calendars and teachers didnt seem to care about helping my ward come upto speed with the syllabus. So, we were scared to take days off even if ill. - During illness, i wanted to make my son attend the exam and take him home so that he didnt have to sit the rest of the day in class with fever. This was not allowed without a medical certificate. - For any queries in the front office, nobody seemed to have any idea about what information was supposed to be shared to parents. Everyone kept pointing us to different directions. This was my bad experience. We think this is due to a management/ principal change but it was really difficult for all of us as a family. It might be a different experience if your kids are not studying or in case you teach/ expect something else from the school. But in my case, it was really a very very bad experience and we decided to change schools due to this. I think the most important problem was that there was no willingness to listen to parents or to change the way they were going on, which in my opinion is deadly for the school itself.

Veeren Shetty

Reviewed on November 27, 2022
Was at St Patrick's Academy during their Annual Sports Meet. The school premises is really vast and was very happy to see a very very large playground, greenery around and great school building infrastructure. It's become very hard nowadays to see such real "school" environment in Bangalore. Further, through the sports event organising and handing I could interpret that the school is also well managed. All the best to the school, I wish many students experience this real learning environment.

Jisha Lenu

Reviewed on November 19, 2022
Awesome and fantastic school. I really appreciate the way they handled the classes online. All were systematic. Regular classes are also nice. All the teachers are approachable and encouraging. Wish you to continue the same in the coming years as well!!!

ramkumar chandramohan

Reviewed on November 18, 2022
This is a catholic school teaching ICSE syllabus.I was looking for a good school for my daughter's kinter-garten admission( for AY 2023-24) in and around Sarjapur. After visiting dozens of school, ranging from premium to economical, I found this school giving me the correct vibes of an academic institution, while most others I visited seemed more like a corporate office. This school has got a huge play ground which is an obvious miss in most other schools I visited. My interaction with couple of students studying here confirmed my assumption. They came across as disciplined and good on communication. The admission process was seamless. After applying for admission online, I got an email within 2 days asking to come over for an entrance test! ( the test is focused on recognizing alphabets, numbers and colors) and for an interaction with the principal. My daughter cleared the test and the interaction with principal confirmed her admission. Once the admission is confirmed, about 70% of tuition fee (of next AY ) is to be paid within 3 days. The best part is that they do not collect any lump-sum fee in the name of admission/ registration over and above the tuition fee. It is a huge surprise given every other school I visited were collecting anywhere between 40K to 1 Lakh as admission fee. Overall, I am happy with the admission process and looking forward to my daughter's LKG classes next year.