St Paul’s Collegiate School has a reputation for getting the best from its students and for consistently achieving some of New Zealand’s highest academic results.
We make no apologies for setting high expectations. Daily we discuss with young men and women standards that we expect them to meet, recognising holding each other to account enhances and progresses the School’s vision of turning possibilities into reality. We want each and every one of our students to achieve personal bests in all areas of their school life; being firm, consistent and willing to have difficult conversations benefits this aspiration.
While our strongest focus is ensuring our students are achieving their potential in their academic studies, so too is our focus on developing good character in every young man and woman.
Through our Character Education programme, ‘Over the Fence’ community service initiative, chapel programme and our promotion of an understanding of the importance of emotional intelligence, we are striving to prepare St Paul’s students to be resilient, agile and contributing members of society.
We are expert educators. Through teachers who are enthusiastic and passionate about teaching, a pastoral care system that recognises the highs, lows, strengths and weaknesses of each student; and peer support that forms a sense of belonging only a small education environment can provide, we believe young men and women thrive at St Paul’s.
With a roll of around 800 students, each student is known personally and regarded as an integral part of the community. Class sizes are kept to a maximum of 20 students. Restricting the number of students in each class allows teachers to tailor their approach to each student’s learning ability.
Boys are welcomed from Year 9-13 and girls from Year 11-13, as day or boarding students. The senior years at St Paul’s offer co-ed learning while the junior school, Year 9-10, remains a boys’ only school.
Through teachers who are enthusiastic and passionate about teaching; a pastoral care system that recognises the highs, lows, strengths and weaknesses of each student; and peer support that forms a sense of belonging only a small educational environment can provide – we believe boys and girls thrive at St Paul’s.
Tihoi Venture School is New Zealand’s only 18-week outdoor programme designed specifically for Year 10 boys.
Students are stripped of modern technology, such as television and mobile phones, and placed into communal living with seven age-mates, regular schooling and outdoor experiences. Both the outdoor and academic programmes are underpinned by a clearly articulated and modeled virtues and values programme that develops young men into independent, responsible and contributing members of society.
Our Vision
Turning possibilities into reality
Our Mission
Preparing students for life in the global environment by providing challenging educational experiences that realise their full potential through faith, virtue and excellence in performance
