List of schools in Southland, New Zealand
Southland is a region in the South Island of New Zealand. It contains numerous rural primary schools, several small town primary and secondary schools, and some big city schools in Invercargill.
The rolls given here are those provided by the Ministry of Education, and are based on June 2011 roll return figures. [1]
Southland District
Former schools
- Brydone School was a coeducational years 1-6 primary school in Brydone, between Edendale and Mataura, which closed voluntarily in July 2007. Its student numbers had declined to six.[2]
- Dacre School, Dacre, closed March 2008.[3]
- Mataura Island School was located in the farming district of Mataura Island situated 16km south of Wyndham. The school closed voluntarily at the end of 1998.
- Seaward Downs School - located in the Seaward Downs farming district, 7.9km south of Edendale closed in the 1970s. Since 1980 the site has been used as the Seaward Downs Playgroup.
- Waimahaka School was located in Waimahaka. The school was once a three teacher school but the roll fell to just four students in 2012. The school closed at the end of 2012.[4]
Gore District
| Name | Years | Gender | Area | Authority | Decile | Roll | Website | MOE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Gore School | 1-6 | Coed | Gore | State | 3 | 102 | - | 3946 |
| Gore High School | 9-15 | Coed | Gore | State | 6 | 653 | [19] | 396 |
| Gore Main School | 1-6 | Coed | Gore | State | 6 | 209 | [20] | 3956 |
| Knapdale School | 1-8 | Coed | Knapdale | State | 7 | 37 | - | 3973 |
| Longford Intermediate | 7-8 | Coed | Gore | State | 5 | 250 | [21] | 3979 |
| Mataura School | 1-6 | Coed | Mataura | State | 1 | 96 | [22] | 3986 |
| Otama School | 1-8 | Coed | Otama | State | 9 | 29 | [23] | 3997 |
| Pukerau School | 1-6 | Coed | Pukerau | State | 8 | 45 | - | 4003 |
| St Mary's School | 1-6 | Coed | Gore | State integrated | 7 | 182 | [24] | 4018 |
| St Peter's College | 7-15 | Coed | Gore | State integrated | 8 | 414 | [25] | 397 |
| Waikaka School | 1-8 | Coed | Waikaka | State | 8 | 39 | - | 4037 |
| West Gore School | 1-6 | Coed | Gore | State | 6 | 241 | [26] | 4050 |
Closed schools
- Kaiwera School, Kaiwera, closed July 2008.[3]
- Willowbank School, closed March 2016
Invercargill City
Former schools
- Aurora College
- Cargill High School, closed and merged with Kingswell High School at the end of 1998. Site now used by Te Wharekura o Arowhenua.
- Kingswell High School, renamed to Mount Anglem College at beginning of 1999.
- Mount Anglem College, renamed to Aurora College in January 2005.[5]
- Clarendon Primary
- Clifton Primary
- Collingwood Intermediate
- Fernworth Primary School
- Grasmere Primary
- Hawthorndale Primary
- Kew Primary School
- Lithgow Intermediate
- Newfield Primary
- Rockdale Park Primary
- Rosedale Intermediate, closed at the end of 2004; site now used as the James Hargest Junior Campus.
- Southland Technical College
- South School
- Surrey Park Primary
- Tweedsmuir Intermediate, closed at the end of 2004; site now used as Southland Girls High School's east wing.
- Waikiwi Primary
References
- General
- Te Kete Ipurangi Ministry of Education website
- ERO school and early childhood education reports Education Review Office
- Decile change 2007 to 2008 for state & state integrated schools
- Specific
- ^ "New Zealand Schools - Education Counts". Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ The Ensign, Gore, 6 July 2007
- ^ a b "School Closures, Mergers and New: December_2008" (XLS). Education Counts.
- ^ "Sadness as bell tolls for school".
- ^ a b c "School Closures, Mergers, and New: December 2005" (XLS). Education Counts.