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State co-ed secondary (year 9–13) school From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rutherford College (formerly named Rutherford High School from 1961 to 2001) is a co-educational state secondary school on the Te Atatū Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand. It is named after New Zealand-born nuclear physicist and chemist Ernest Rutherford.
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Coordinates | 36.8513°S 174.6465°E |
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Type | State co-ed secondary (Year 9–13) |
Established | 5 February 1961; 63 years ago |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 40 |
Principal | Gary Moore |
School roll | 1432[1] (August 2024) |
Socio-economic decile | 5M[2] |
Website | www |
The school opened in 1961, and rapidly developed as the farms and orchards of Te Atatū were developed into housing.[3] The school was the first in New Zealand to offer drama and dance as school subjects.[3]
Rutherford College is a New Zealand Qualifications Authority accredited co-educational Year 9–13 State Secondary school. It caters for students from year 9 to year 13, as well as providing adult education, special education and night courses. It offers well-qualified, professional staff are very successful in challenging students to achieve academic success in national assessments. The school teaches core subjects such as English, Mathematics and Science, and helps senior students pass NCEA (National Certificate of Educational Achievement). As well as core subjects, specialist subjects such as Chinese Mandarin, Japanese, Māori and German are taught as a second language, as well as aviation, environmental science and biochemistry, arts, physical education, technology, accounting and economics.[4]
The College encourages student participation in a wide range of extracurricular activities, again challenging students to reach their full potential in all areas.
This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (September 2023) |
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