Golden Grove High School: Parents speak out after vile videos shared on TikTok

More vile TikTok lists have emerged rating female students as young as 13 at an Adelaide school as a mother speaks out about her daughter being targeted.

The mother of an Adelaide high school student who was abused on TikTok for being the school’s “biggest sl**s”, says her strong-willed daughter is starting to be worn down by the harassment.

Golden Grove High School was on Wednesday caught in its second controversy in one month after vile clips revealed teenage girls were being rated for their appearance.

Last month the school tried to remove toilet doors to be inclusive before this week videos — circulating for about two months — showed teenage girls and boys being rated for their appearance.

Other videos, circulating online this week on an anonymous profile which uses the school’s logo as its profile picture, show the school’s “biggest flops”, “biggest catfishes (sic)” and “wannabees”.

Golden Grove High School student Ella Barry and her mum Yvonne. Picture: Brenton Edwards

“The more it’s happening I think it’s starting to affect her a bit,” she said.

“She was on the top 10 sl**s list and she didn’t even really know what that meant.

“They’re just coming up with crazy stuff, so I can see how other kids are going to get emotional and upset about it.”rebec

Yvonne Barry, whose daughter Ella Barry is also in Year 8 at the school but has not featured on any lists, described the lists as “vulgar”.

“It’s terrible,” she said.

“They shouldn’t be doing it, and if they are the principal should be aware of it.”

At least 20 of the videos have been posted to Tiktok, with some removed, in the past two months.

In one disturbing clip shared last month, viewers are asked to guess who a student is based on demeaning and crude descriptions including what type of underwear they wear.

Some of the students “rated” are only in year 7 — students who joined the school for the first time this year — with the campus previously only welcoming year 8-12.

An Education Department spokeswoman said the school had been made aware of the videos and students impacted by the videos were being offered wellbeing support.

“Any reports or allegations of bullying are taken seriously by the school and dealt with as soon as they are reported to a member of staff,” the spokeswoman said.

“Students and parents who are concerned about bullying or who are experiencing bullying at any South Australian school are encouraged to talk to the school principal or a teacher as soon as the matter occurs so it can be dealt with straight away.”

The spokeswoman added: “There is zero tolerance for bullying in schools. Any reports or allegations of bullying are taken seriously by the school and dealt with as soon as they are reported to a member of staff,” she said.

Golden Grove High School students have been targeted in a cyber bullying trend. Pictures: Tiktok

Golden Grove High School students have been targeted in a cyber bullying trend. Pictures: Tiktok

The department said social media posed many challenges for the wider community – schools and families included.

“Helping teenagers make good choices when using these video and text platforms is something that our schools consistently work in partnership with parents/carers on,” she said.

“Golden Grove High runs workshops for parents and students in years 7 and 8 in partnership with SAPOL every term, which aim to address issues such as appropriate use of social media, and other topical issues.

“Students in years 7 and 8 at Golden Grove High also do not have access to their personal mobile devices during the school day.”

Last year there were 10 reported incidents of bullying at the school with all perpetrators facing a suspension.

In the first term of this year there was one reported incident which also resulted in a suspension.

A TikTok spokeswoman said the app’s priority was to “maintain a safe and positive environment”.

“Our community guidelines make clear that we do not tolerate content that contains bullying or harassment (or) statements targeting an individual,” she said.

Many of the clips have now been removed from the platform.

The shocking videos come only a month after the school was slammed for removing toilet doors, which principal Peter Kuss told parents and caregivers was done to mimic gender new neutral toilets.

Days later the department backflipped and said the move was to instead avoid a viral US TikTok trend in which students vandalised toilets, but students told The Messenger it was to stop students vaping in the toilets.

The department forced the school to return just the female toilet doors, which it eventually did, after missing an initial deadline.