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Rolleston College Horoeka Haemata | |
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![]() Rolleston College in 2021 | |
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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.) |
Opened | 30 January 2017 |
School board | Board of Trustees |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 654 |
Chairperson | Louise Milne |
Principal | Rachel Skelton |
Key people | Sophie Ralph, Cameron Winsloe, Pete Buyers, Kelly Tippett, Sebastian Curry [1] |
Enrollment | 1,783 (February 2024) |
Website | https://www.rollestoncollege.nz/ |
Rolleston College is the only secondary school in the town of Rolleston, New Zealand. [2] The school is described as a co-educational state high school. [3] The school is one of the largest secondary schools in the South Island, having a roll of 1,783 as of February 2024. [4] [5]
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]
The school consists of approximately 150 teachers, and 200 total staff. [10] The principal is Rachel Skelton who replaced the first principal Steve Saville in 2020 after he stepped down in December 2019. [10] [11] [12] [8]
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]
![]() | This article contains content that is written like
an advertisement. (February 2023) |
Rolleston College Horoeka Haemata | |
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![]() | |
![]() Rolleston College in 2021 | |
Address | |
| |
631 Springston Rolleston Road Canterbury Rolleston , 7678 | |
Information | |
School type | State co-educational secondary (Year 9–13) |
Motto |
Māori: He kākano i ruia mai i Rangiatea. (The seed will not be lost.) |
Opened | 30 January 2017 |
School board | Board of Trustees |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 654 |
Chairperson | Louise Milne |
Principal | Rachel Skelton |
Key people | Sophie Ralph, Cameron Winsloe, Pete Buyers, Kelly Tippett, Sebastian Curry [1] |
Enrollment | 1,783 (February 2024) |
Website | https://www.rollestoncollege.nz/ |
Rolleston College is the only secondary school in the town of Rolleston, New Zealand. [2] The school is described as a co-educational state high school. [3] The school is one of the largest secondary schools in the South Island, having a roll of 1,783 as of February 2024. [4] [5]
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]
The school consists of approximately 150 teachers, and 200 total staff. [10] The principal is Rachel Skelton who replaced the first principal Steve Saville in 2020 after he stepped down in December 2019. [10] [11] [12] [8]
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]