Sacred Heart College, Auckland

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Sacred Heart College (Auckland)
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Sacred Heart College, Auckland
250 West Tamaki Road
Glendowie

Auckland
1071

New Zealand
Coordinates 36°52′07″S174°52′19″E / 36.8686°S 174.8720°E / -36.8686; 174.8720
Information
Type State-integrated
Day & boarding Secondary school
Motto Latin: Confortare Esto Vir
(Take Courage And Act Manfully)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic Marist
Patron saint(s)St Marcellin Champagnat
Established1903; 121 years ago
FounderMarist Brothers
Ministry of Education Institution no. 59
ChairpersonBrendon Gibson
HeadmasterPatrick Walsh
Staff130
Years 7–13
Gender Boys-only
School roll1275 [1] (August 2024)
LanguageEnglish (Main)
Campus size22 hectares
Houses  Basil
  Coolahan
  Lenihan
  Marcellin
  Pompallier
  Stephen
Colour(s)  Cambridge Blue
  Oxford Blue
  Red
Socio-economic decile8P [2]
PublicationConfortare Magazine
Former pupilsOld Boys
Website www.sacredheart.school.nz

Sacred Heart College is a state-integrated secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand. It is a Catholic, Marist College set on 22 hectares (54 acres) of land in Glen Innes. [3]

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History

The college was opened on 21 June 1903, in Ponsonby, by the Marist Brothers. It is the oldest continuously existing Catholic boys' secondary school in Auckland although it has changed its location, moving to its current Glen Innes site in 1955. St Paul's College was founded on the old Sacred Heart College site in that year. The Marist Brothers continue to be a presence in the school community, with both teaching and maintenance of school grounds undertaken in part by the Brothers. The headmaster role at the college was served solely by Marist Brothers up until 1993, when Brendan Schollum took the role; the college's first lay principal. In 2003, the college held its centennial celebrations, which included the opening of a new administration building, technology block and Year 7 and 8 Department, and in 2005 it celebrated 50 years of being at the Glen Innes site.

Headmasters

Academics

As a state-integrated school, Sacred Heart College follows the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC). In Years 12 to 13, students complete the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA), the main secondary school qualification in New Zealand. [4]

Students in Year 11 complete the school's "Sacred Heart Certificate", which replaced the old NCEA Level 1 course the school used to offer. This course was implemented in 2024 (trialed in 2023) in response to NZQA "radically modifying" the Level 1 qualification. The Sacred Heart Certificate involves students completing assessments throughout the year in each subject, each assessment is graded as a percentage - all assessments are weighted and summed to create a final percentage grade for a subject.

Sport

Sacred Heart offers a wide range of sporting options to its pupils, many competing at a national level. The Sacred Heart 1st XV remains the only team never to have been relegated from the 1A grade. In football the 1st XI team has gained the national title in 2018 and 2019. In Water Polo, 2020 saw the college claim the North Island Championship title at all three levels; senior, junior and intermediate.

Sacred Heart College offer a Sports Institute programme for boys in Years 7–10. This development programme is offered in basketball, cricket, football, rugby union, rowing, and water polo. [5]

Houses

Photo of the school's year 7 and 8 Pompallier wing. Auckland Sacred Heart College.JPG
Photo of the school's year 7 and 8 Pompallier wing.

The houses of Sacred Heart College are named after either famous people in the Catholic and Marist community in New Zealand, or important figures in the school's history. The six houses are: [6]

Basil House is named after Brother Basil, who taught at the college for over 50 years, and was also the college's first principal.

Coolahan House is named after the landowner who donated the land for the original site of the college in Ponsonby, now the site of St. Paul's College.

Lenihan House is named after the Bishop of Auckland in 1903, who saw the need for a Catholic boys' school in the area and was a driving force in Sacred Heart's foundation.

Marcellin house is named after Marcellin Champagnat, founder of the Marist order.

Pompallier house is named after Jean Baptiste Pompallier (1802–1871), the first Catholic vicar apostolic and bishop to visit and be located in New Zealand (arrived 1838); first Catholic Bishop of Auckland (1848–1868).

Stephen House is named after Brother Stephen Coll FMS, a well known former teacher and Marist Brother at the college.

Boarding hostel

The boarding hostel is home to roughly 160–170 boarders from all over New Zealand and from overseas.

Controversies

Bullying

In 2019, New Zealand's Chief Ombudsman reported on cases of bullying complaints made in 2016. At the time, a recommendation was made to the board of trustees at the school to formally apologise for the way the complaints were handled and to review the school's harassment and bullying policies. [7] These policies have been updated and are published on the college website.

Sacred Heart College's response to the bullying complaints was slammed by the Chief Ombudsman. [8] Two students anonymously approached TVNZ 1 News claiming they had been bullied. [8] One mother recalled a story when one child came up to her son, and said "go and commit suicide so I can piss on your grave." [8] When asked if it had a "bullying problem", Sacred Heart College responded that the board of trustees accepted that the 2016 matter had not been well handled at the time. However changes had been made, along with the introduction of focused initiatives for a stronger, more caring college. [8]

Discrimination

Sacred Heart College has been criticised by New Zealand's Chief Ombudsman for declining in 2018 to offer an enrolment place to an autistic boy, using the excuse that he was "not Catholic enough." [9] After an investigation, it was found that Sacred Heart College had ranked other non-Catholic prospective students higher than the autistic boy, raising questions around whether the school was actively discriminating against disabled persons. [9] The Board of Trustees offered a statement of regret that anguish may have been caused, and accepted the need for compassion.

Drugs

In 2003, seven students were expelled for possessing and using marijuana on school grounds. [10]

Concerns for student safety

In 2020, a report of an unidentified source of threat was made to the college, however after Police investigation, there was no evidence to suggest there was any validity. [11]

In July 2022, Sacred Heart College was forced to close for a day after threats were made against pupils on social media. [12]

Marist Brothers allegations

As an organisation, the Marist Brothers has a long history of covering up sexual abuse allegations to protect its members. [13]

Brother Giles Waters taught at Sacred Heart College in the 1980s. [14] He has been subject to numerous sexual abuse allegations. [15] While no evidence has yet emerged of abuse occurring at Sacred Heart College, it has been established that the Marist Brothers would have known of Brother Giles Walters' history at the time of his employment. [15]

Brother Kenneth 'Bosco' Camden was Headmaster of Sacred Heart College from 1974 - 1981. [16] In 1990, Brother Kenneth Camden was convicted of sexual abuse crimes. [17] Despite the conviction, Brother Kenneth Camden's death was acknowledged by the college in 2014. [18] Brother Kenneth Camden's time at Sacred Heart College continues to be celebrated on the Marist Brothers' website. [19]

Notable alumni

The official alumni group is the Sacred Heart College Old Boys Association. Some of these well-known men include:

Public service

The Arts

Broadcasting

Religion

Sport

Cricket

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