Heretaunga College

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Heretaunga College
Heretaunga College crest.svg
Address
Heretaunga College
Ward Street
Wallaceville
Upper Hutt 5018
New Zealand
Coordinates 41°07′44″S175°03′18″E / 41.129°S 175.055°E / -41.129; 175.055
Information
TypeState co-educational High School
MottoKia Hiwa Ra
Established1954
Ministry of Education Institution no. 251
PrincipalFiona Craven
Years offeredYears 9–13
School roll684 [1] (February 2024)
Socio-economic decile6N [2]
Website heretaunga.school.nz

Heretaunga College is a state coeducational secondary school located in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. The school has approximately 684 students from Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18).

Contents

The college grounds are a large area with primary access via Ward Street (which runs North-West to South-East) and secondary access via Blockhouse Lane and Fortune Lane. The adjacent Blockhouse is a 1860s relic of the New Zealand Wars (although it never saw action), which is currently managed by Heritage New Zealand. The adjacent Fortune Lane was one of the first residential areas in Upper Hutt, but no original buildings remain.

A long-running proposal to merge Heretaunga College with nearby Upper Hutt College and their feeder schools Fergusson Intermediate and Maidstone Intermediate which had led to a moratorium on buildings maintenance collapsed in 2007. [3] The only nearby secondary schools not included in the proposals were St. Patrick's College, Silverstream and Hutt International Boys' School.

Classes

Heretaunga offers a broad range of classes and subjects throughout all year levels. Facilities include a new art suite and technical block along with three specialist computer labs. The College also has an English Language Centre, and there is a comprehensive English as a second language programme available.

Demographics

At the February 2014 Education Review Office (ERO) review, Heretaunga College had 762 students enrolled, including 39 international students. 48 percent of students were male and 52 percent were female. 67 percent of students identified as European (Pākehā), 20 percent identified as Māori, 6 percent as Asian, 5 percent as Pasifika and 2 percent as another ethnicity. [4]

Heretaunga College has a socio-economic decile of 6 (step N), meaning it draws its school community from areas of moderate socioeconomic disadvantage when compared to other New Zealand schools. [2]

Notable people associated with Heretaunga College

Alumni

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