Whangaparāoa College
| Whangaparāoa College Māori: Kāreti o Whangaparāoa | |
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| Coordinates | 36°37′54″S 174°44′44″E / 36.6317°S 174.7455°E |
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| Type | Non-Integrated co-ed, Composite (Year 7–13) |
| Motto | Together, Believe, Achieve (Ngatahi, Whakapono, Tutuki) |
| Established | 28 January 2005 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 6763 |
| Principal | Steve McCracken[1] |
| School roll | 1803[2] (August 2024) |
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| Socio-economic decile | 9Q[3] |
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| Website | wgpcollege.school.nz |
Whangaparāoa College is a co-educational state secondary school on the Hibiscus Coast of New Zealand. The school has a roll of 1803[2] students from Years 7 to 13 (as of August 2024), including international students.
History
Prior to the opening of Whangaparāoa College, Orewa College was the sole secondary school operating on the Hibiscus Coast.[4] Hibiscus Coast Intermediate School operated on the site now occupied by Whangaparāoa College. [5]
Announced in 2003,[4] and initially named Stanmore Bay Secondary School,[6] Whangaparāoa College opened on 28 January 2005[5] absorbing Hibiscus Coast Intermediate School.[5] Brian O'Connell served as founding principal until 2012.[7]
As one of serveral modern high schools to open in the early 2000s alongside Botany Downs Secondary College and Alfriston College,[8] the school's facilities and technology used are leaders in the New Zealand education system,[8] being only the third new high school to open since 1981.[9] Whangaparāoa College positions itself as an environmentally aware site. [10]
Following O'Connell's departure, James Thomas served as principal from 2012.[11] In mid-2021, Steve McCracken took over as principal.[12]
Demographics
At the school's latest Education Review Office review in 2016,[13] Whangaparāoa College had 1285 students enrolled. Fifty-two percent of students were female and forty-eight percent were male. Seventy-eight percent of students identified as European New Zealanders (Pākehā), ten percent as Māori, four percent as Asian, two percent as Pasifika, and six percent as another ethnicity.[13]
Whangaparāoa College has an equity index rating of 446[14], and a socioeconomic decile 9[15] (step Q), meaning it draws its school community from areas of high socioeconomic status when compared to other New Zealand schools.
Notes
- ^ Whangaparaoa College 2021 Staff List, 15 August 2021
- ^ a b "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ a b "New secondary school for Hibiscus Coast planned". The Beehive. 13 June 2003. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ a b c "Merger of Hibiscus Coast Intermediate School (6931) and Whangaparaoa College (6763) - 2004-go2735- New Zealand Gazette". gazette.govt.nz. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ "School Establishment - 2003-go5689- New Zealand Gazette". gazette.govt.nz. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ Ong, Michelle (24 February 2012). "Principal heads to Sydney". North Harbour News. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Learning in state-of-the-art classrooms". NZ Herald. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ "Whangaparaoa College Board of Trustees". wgpcollege.school.nz. 13 June 2004. Archived from the original on 13 June 2004. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ "About Us". Whangaparāoa College. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ "Principal's message". Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ Matters, Local (4 June 2021). "New principal for Whangaparaoa College". Local Matters. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Whangaparaoa College | Education Review Office". ero.govt.nz. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand Equity Index". New Zealand Ministry of Education.
- ^ "Decile ratings 2015". New Zealand Ministry of Education.