Saint Kentigern College
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Saint Kentigern College | |
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Latin: Fides Servanda Est (The faith must be kept) | |
Denomination | Presbyterian |
Established | 1953; 71 years ago |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 81 |
Head of Saint Kentigern | Damon Emtage |
Gender | Coeducational |
School roll | 2,655[1] (February 2024) |
Accreditation | IBO |
Socio-economic decile | 10 |
Website | saintkentigern.com |
Saint Kentigern College is a
Established in 1953, the college is semi-coeducational with a single-gender Middle College for years 7 and 8, with years 9 and 10 single-gender in core subjects and a co-educational Senior College for years 11–13.
Saint Kentigern College is an IB World School offering the IB Diploma Programme for Year 12 and 13 students. The Saint Kentigern Trust Board approved the decision in late 2006. The course was first offered to Year 12 students in 2009.
History
Saint Kentigern College opened in 1953 on a rural site 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from the centre of
The foundation Headmaster of the College, chosen in 1952, was a
As its second Headmaster, Saint Kentigern College chose an Old Boy, Nigel Toy. During his leadership, the college grew from 700 to over 1000 students and a building programme saw significant new facilities, including the Sir William Goodfellow Memorial Library[2] and a new classroom block, as well as refurbished dormitories and new residential lodges at Bruce House, the college boarding hostel, where Toy had once been Head Prefect.
In 1997, Toy left New Zealand to take up a leadership position at St George's School, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and was succeeded as Headmaster at Saint Kentigern by the Reverend David Williams, formerly Chaplain[2] to the College. In his four years as Headmaster, he led major initiatives in pastoral care and information technology. Major landscaping changes enabled the development of the Saint Kentigern Old Boys' Sports Centre as well as a range of new sports fields, and opened the way for the possibility of girls' education at Saint Kentigern in its second half-century.
Williams left in 2001 when he was appointed Headmaster of Kinross-Wollaroi School in Orange, New South Wales, Australia. He was succeeded by Warren Peat, who from a background of teaching in New Zealand co-educational schools was charged with leading the college in its introduction of girls and significant campus development.[2] With Peat in the position of Executive Head, Saint Kentigern College was restructured as a Senior School and Middle School and the roll rose to over 1600 boys and girls. As well as the Elizabeth MacFarlan Centre for girls, the magnificent Art and Technology complex and the extensively re-developed Music and Science buildings provided impressive specialist facilities for an expanding College. Peat attracted a large staff of men and women, highly qualified across a wide range of subject disciplines, and challenged both staff and students to set the highest standards in all their endeavours. Major academic initiatives under his leadership saw both strong achievement in NCEA assessments and the endorsement of the college as an IB World School, authorised to teach the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.
Saint Kentigern College Executive Head Warren Peat left at the end of 2008 to become headmaster of John Paul College, near Brisbane, Australia. He stated that there was "an offer he couldn't refuse". Stephen Cole then took up the role of headmaster.[4][5] Cole left Saint Kentigern at the end of Term 1, 2017. The position of Head of College was then disestablished and replaced with separate positions for Principal of Middle College (Years 7–10) and Principal of Senior College (Years 11–13). At the same time a new role as Head of Saint Kentigern was created with former headmaster of Rangitoto College, David Hodge taking up the position.[6] In 2019, the Saint Kentigern Trust Board decided to move away from the separate middle college and senior college model, returning to a single college structure. Russell Brooke, formerly the principal of ACG Parnell College, was appointed as the new principal of Saint Kentigern College.[7] Brooke resigned in October 2021, following a period of unexplained leave which had been in effect from August 2021.[8] Subsequently, Duncan McQueen assumed the role of acting principal until Damon Emtage joined Saint Kentigern College as principal in January 2023. Emtage had previously worked in several independent schools in Australia, including Brisbane Grammar School and Wesley College Melbourne.[9]
In 2019, the college sold its girls school and preschool campus to Auckland Hebrew Congregation. The congregation and Kadimah School, a Jewish day school, now occupy the campus.[10][11] Saint Kentigern Girls' School reopened at a purpose-built school on Shore Road in Remuera in 2022.[12]
The college received a bomb threat in November 2023, which caused an early closure for the day. Bomb threats were made to 15 organisations.[13]
School structure
The school's houses are named after Scottish Presbyterian church members, each of whom died for their cause (martyrs), and could be considered to have given their all for their faith. Students are allocated into one of the six houses and compete throughout the year in house competitions. They are called:
- Wishart for George Wishart (yellow)
- Hamilton for Patrick Hamilton (red)
- Chalmers for James Chalmers (blue)[14][15]
- Cargill for Donald Cargill (green)
- Wilson for Margaret Wilson (purple)[16]
- Stark for Helen Stark(teal)
Sport
Several high performance sports personalities and coaches based around the world have attended Saint Kentigern. The school has a tennis and golf academy for students who excel in the two sports respectively. Saint Kentigern has dominated tennis, golf, rugby, cycling and triathlon competitions in the last decade. Many school teams such as the rugby, hockey and cricket teams play in the top grades, while the Cycling and Triathlon programme (under the governance of Mr Rick Faulding) has thrived. Saint Kentigern College holds several Auckland cycling records and national titles. In triathlon, the college has many national titles also.
Rugby
Saint Kentigern College is noted for its rugby presence, producing
Notable Alumni of the Rugby Program include
Demographics
The 2019 Education Review Office (ERO) report states that the school had 2,092 students (28 of which are international). The gender composition was 58% male and 42% female out of which 68% were Pākehā, 14% Chinese, 5% Māori and 13% other ethnic groups.[18]
Notable alumni
- Kirstyn Goodger (born 1991), Olympic rower[19]
- Ross Keenan (born 1943), businessman[20]
- Dontae Russo-Nance (born 2005), basketball player[21]
- Tamaiti Williams (born 2000), All Black, rugby player
- Christopher Luxon (born 1970), 42nd New Zealand Prime Minister, politician
References
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Our History. Saint Kentigern College. 2010/05/22
- ^ "No. 49376". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 11 June 1983. p. 34.
- ^ "Executive Head, Warren Peat, announces his resignation". Saint Kentigern College. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
- ^ "NEW HEAD APPOINTED". Saint Kentigern College. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ "Head of Saint Kentigern Appointed". www.saintkentigern.com/. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ "Introducing the new Principal of Saint Kentigern College". www.saintkentigern.com. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ Krause, Nick (15 October 2021). "Saint Kentigern College principal resigns". Times. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Saint Kentigern :: Welcoming our new College Principal". www.saintkentigern.com. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ Auckland private school Saint Kentigern sells $23m campus to Hebrew Congregation Stuff. 8 April 2021
- ^ News Kadimah School. Retrieved on 5 December 2023
- ^ Saint Kentigern Girls’ School opens its doors on Shore Road Saint Kentigern College. 8 June 2022
- ^ "'Bomb threat' closes schools as over 70 concerning emails received". 1 News. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ Tutor Groups Saint Kentigern College. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ James Chalmers (missionary)
- ^ "Four Houses to Become Six at the College!". 17 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ "World Champions!". Howick and Pakuranga Times. 9 May 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "St Kentigern College". Education Review Office. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Kirstyn Goodger". Rowing New Zealand. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ISBN 9780790001302. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ Hinton, Marc (7 September 2022). "Kiwi hoops phenom Dontae Russo-Nance announces he's heading to renowned US academy". Stuff.co.nz. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023.