St Mark's Church School

St Mark's School and Preschool
Address
13 Dufferin Street Basin Reserve Wellington 6021 New Zealand
Coordinates	41°18′05″S174°46′55″E / 41.3014°S 174.7820°E / -41.3014; 174.7820
Information
Type	Private, Independent Christian school
Motto	Latin: Nulla Dies Sine Linea (Make your mark every day)
Denomination	Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
Established	11 September 1917 (1917-09-11)
Ministry of Education Institution no.	4134
Principal	Betty Brown
Staff	46
Grades	Preschool - Year 8
Gender	Coeducational
School roll	189 [1] (March 2025)
Socio-economic decile	10
Website	www.st-marks.school.nz

St Mark's School is an independent Anglican co-educational school in Wellington, New Zealand for children aged from two (Early Childhood) to Year 8. The school is often seen on cricket match broadcasts from Basin Reserve. To its front is the modern, 1970s-era church building, the parish church to which the school is attached. A wooden church stood in its place prior to the 1970s redevelopment.

Its first principal was Miss Annie Holm, who served the school until the 1940s, aided by her sister. The school's library is named after her. The Rev Ronald Kirby was another long-serving and influential principal, from 1971 to his death in 1982; the school's main block is named in his honour. The vicar of St. Mark's Church, Rev. Matthew Calder, taught Religious Education for all that time, and presided over Rev. Kirby's funeral; another block is named the Calder Block for him.

Notable alumni

• Raybon Kan — comedian
• Karl Urban — actor
• Ray Wallace — Mayor of Lower Hutt ^[2]

References

1. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
2. "Ray Wallace". Hutt City Council . Retrieved 13 October 2013.

External links

• 2010 Education Review Office report