St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College, Drury

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St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College will be a Catholic co-educational secondary school in the Jesuit tradition [1] located in Burtt's Rd, Drury, Auckland, New Zealand. [2] The school's's proprietor is the Catholic Bishop of Auckland and it be will be a State-integrated school. It is anticipated that this new college will open in 2024 [3] with 340 students, growing progressively to 900 by 2030. [2] The establishment of the school is the fruition of the long held dreams of building a school in the Jesuit tradition in service of the South Auckland community. [4]

Part of the funding for the establishment of the school came from the Harold Plumley Endowment. [1]

The first principal of the college, Mr Dean Wearmouth, was appointed in 2022. [5] The planting of the campus commenced. [6]

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