Rolleston College

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Rolleston College
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Rolleston College
631 Springston Rolleston Road

Canterbury

Rolleston
,
7678
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School type State co-educational secondary (Year 9–13)
Motto Māori: He kākano i ruia mai i Rangiatea.
(The seed will not be lost.)
Opened30 January 2017;7 years ago (30 January 2017)
School boardBoard of Trustees
Ministry of Education Institution no. 654
ChairpersonLouise Milne
PrincipalRachel Skelton
Key peopleSophie Ralph, Cameron Winsloe, Pete Buyers, Kelly Tippett, Sebastian Curry [1]
Enrollment1,697 (November 2024)
Website https://www.rollestoncollege.nz/

Rolleston College is a co-educational state high school in the town of Rolleston, New Zealand. [2] [3] It is the only secondary school in the town. [3] The school is one of the largest secondary schools in the South Island, with 1,783 students attending as of November 2024. [4] [5]

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History

Construction on the school began in July 2015, and was completed in January 2017. [6]

Rolleston College was opened on 30 January 2017, and was initially open only to Year 9 students in the first year of secondary school. The school added year levels annually as the 2017 Year 9 cohort moved through; the school opened to all year levels (Years 9 to 13) in January 2021. [7]

At the time of opening, Rolleston College was the first state high school to open in Canterbury in more than 30 years. [8] Prior to Rolleston College's opening, the nearest secondary school to Rolleston was Lincoln High School in the town of Lincoln. [9]

Staff

The school consists of approximately 150 teachers, and 200 total staff. [10] The current principal is Rachel Skelton who replaced the founding principal Steve Saville in 2020 after he stepped down in December 2019. [10] [11] [12] [8]

Future expansions

The school plans to create a second campus, as the original campus was not designed to cater for upwards of 1,500 students. [6] The second campus is planned to house senior students, while the original campus would be exclusively for juniors [13] The second campus is expected to open in 2025. [14]

There has been some criticism of this decision, with some critics saying that opting to create a second secondary school in Rolleston would have been the more favorable decision. [15]

Then-Minister of Education Chris Hipkins said at the end of 2021, when making the land purchase announcement, that the expansion would take the college’s capacity to about 3400 students. [14] If the school reaches or exceeds its future capacity, that would make Rolleston College the largest school in New Zealand, beating out Rangitoto College in Auckland, which has around 3200 students. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.rollestoncollege.nz/about-us/our-people
  2. ↑ "Rolleston College". www.christchurchnz.com. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  3. 1 2 Harris, Dominic (2021-12-09). "New campus for growing number of students at school in one of NZ's fastest-growing towns". Stuff. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  4. ↑ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Roll growth leads to further extensions at Rolleston College". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  6. 1 2 "Rolleston College". Education in New Zealand. 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  7. ↑ "Minister announces establishment of new schools for Rolleston". The Beehive. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  8. 1 2 "Rolleston College - the face of ultra-modern learning". SchoolNews - New Zealand. 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  9. ↑ Counts, Education. "Ministry of Education - Education Counts". www.educationcounts.govt.nz. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  10. 1 2 "Rolleston College - Our People". www.rollestoncollege.nz. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  11. ↑ "New principal takes reins at college". Otago Daily Times Online News. 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  12. ↑ O'Callaghan, Jody (2015-08-02). "Rolleston College names founding principal Steve Saville". Stuff. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  13. ↑ "Rolleston College - Second Campus". www.rollestoncollege.nz. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
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  15. ↑ S, Susan; ys (2022-01-31). "Is the super school in Rolleston a good idea?". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 2023-02-17.

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