Rangitoto College
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Secondary education
Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...
in New Zealand
New Zealand
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with over 3,000 students as of 2007. The Correspondence School
The Correspondence School
Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu or Te Kura is New Zealand's largest school with around 25,000 students enrolled each year, from early childhood to secondary level. It is headquartered in Portland Crescent in Thorndon, Wellington...
has more enrolled secondary students, but fewer full-time equivalent secondary students.
Location
Rangitoto College is located in Windsor ParkWindsor Park, New Zealand
Windsor Park is a suburb of North Shore, one of several cities in the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. Windsor Park is part of the Pinehill census area.-Education:...
, on the East Coast Bays
East Coast Bays
East Coast Bays is the collective name for a series of small suburbs of North Shore City, in the Auckland metropolitan area of New Zealand, which line the northeast coast of the city along the shore of the Hauraki Gulf and Rangitoto Channel...
on Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
's North Shore
North Shore, New Zealand
North Shore City was the name of a city that existed in the Auckland region of New Zealand from 1989 until 2010. The city had a population of making it the fourth most populous city in New Zealand prior to November 2010...
. The easternmost field as well as many of the classrooms on the eastern side of the school have a view of the Rangitoto Channel
Rangitoto Channel
The Rangitoto Channel is one of several passes between the islands of the inner Hauraki Gulf, close to the mouth of the Waitemata Harbour to the east of Auckland in New Zealand...
as well as Rangitoto Island
Rangitoto Island
Rangitoto Island is a volcanic island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand. The 5.5 km wide island is an iconic and widely visible landmark of Auckland with its distinctive symmetrical shield volcano cone rising 260 metres high over the Hauraki Gulf...
.
Recent principals
In mid-2005, Allan PeacheyAllan Peachey
Allan Peachey was a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament for Tamaki.-School principal:Before his election to Parliament, Peachey was employed as the principal of Rangitoto College, the largest secondary school in New Zealand...
stood down as Principal of the college in order to stand as a National Party
New Zealand National Party
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candidate for election to parliament. Alison Cleland took over as principal in the interim. As a result of Peachey's election as the Member of Parliament
48th New Zealand Parliament
The 48th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined at a general election held on 17 September 2005. The new parliament met for the first time on 7 November 2005...
for the Tamaki electorate
Tamaki (New Zealand electorate)
Tāmaki is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate is named after the Tamaki River that runs immediately east of the seat...
, David Hodge, a former student at Rangitoto College, was appointed as Principal in 2006.
Zoning and admission
Rangitoto operates an enrolment scheme. Being in the 'Rangi zone' is seen as a selling point for property, and real estate agencies have set up websites to exploit this.Academic performance
Rangitoto College is a decile 10Socio-Economic Decile
Decile, Socio-Economic Decile or Socio-Economic Decile Band is a widely used measure in education in New Zealand used to target funding and support to more needy schools....
school, meaning that, as the ERO (Education Review Office) puts it, Rangitoto draws its students from an area of 'least socio-economic disadvantage'. The data show that it performs at, or above, the average level for decile 10 schools nationally. Like other decile 10 schools Rangitoto performs better than schools from areas of greater socio-economic disadvantage.
Compared to the national average, Rangitoto students achieved very good results in the 2008 New Zealand Scholarship
New Zealand Scholarship
From 2004, the New Zealand Scholarship is a New Zealand secondary school award gained at the end of Year 13, and provides financial support for study at a New Zealand university. It is intended for the top students of NCEA Level 3, the main secondary school leaving qualification.-About:The first...
exams. 2.
Prior to Bursary
New Zealand University Bursary
The New Zealand University Bursary or Bursary was a former New Zealand secondary school qualification gained by Year 13 high school students....
being replaced by the National Certificate of Educational Achievement
National Certificate of Educational Achievement
The National Certificate of Educational Achievement is, since 2004, the official secondary school qualification in New Zealand.It has three levels, corresponding to the levels within the National Qualifications Framework, and these are generally studied in each of the three final years of...
Rangitoto had at least one student recognised as New Zealand's top scholar in a subject between 2001 to 2003; in 2003 Rangitoto had three four top-scholars including Top all-round Female Māori Scholar. 5. In 2006 a Rangitoto College student was named "Top Scholar in New Zealand" for the subject of history in 2006 based on the NCEA framework.
Notable alumni
- Terenzo BozzoneTerenzo BozzoneTerenzo Bozzone is a professional triathlete from New Zealand.- Athletic career :Bozzone was born in South Africa and moved to New Zealand with his family as a young boy. He was a talented athlete at school winning many national titles in a variety of disciplines including cross country running,...
- athlete - Lisa ChappellLisa ChappellLisa Irene Chappell is an actress and musician from Auckland, New Zealand. She is best known for playing Claire McLeod on the Nine Network drama series McLeod's Daughters.-Early life and career:...
- actress and musician - Fabian CoulthardFabian CoulthardFabian Coulthard is a professional race car driver, currently racing for Walkinshaw Racing known commercially as Bundaberg Racing Team in the Australian V8 Supercar series....
- V8 driver - Oliver DriverOliver DriverOliver Driver is a New Zealand actor, director, broadcaster and television presenter.-Television:Driver was the host of Let's Be Frank, and the Creative Director of New Zealand's only alternative music television station, ALT TV, The channel is now no longer on air...
- actor/TV personality - Gary Freeman - former rugby league player and coach
- Mikey HavocMikey HavocMikey Havoc , also known colloquially as Havo is a New Zealand media personality.-Music:Roberts was the lead singer of the New Zealand glam metal group Push Push, best known for its 1991 number one singles "What My Baby Likes" and "Trippin'". He is now a house music DJ...
- media personality - Lizzy IgasanLizzy IgasanElizabeth Jane "Lizzy" Igasan is a New Zealand field hockey player who was captain of the national team and a participant in the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.-Early life:...
- hockey player - Sean MarksSean MarksSean Andrew Marks is a New Zealand-American professional basketball player. He is the first native New Zealander to play in the NBA.-Basketball career:...
- basketball player for the NBA / Tall Blacks - Rhys MillenRhys MillenRhys Millen , nephew of IMSA GTS driver Steve Millen, son of Rod and elder brother of Ryan, is one of the world's top competitors in drifting. Prior to that he was a top rally driver in the US, and became the first works backed driver from a car manufacturer with GM in 2004 after narrowly losing to...
- drifter/stunt driver - Alexa StillAlexa StillAlexa Still is a New Zealand born flutist currently based in Oberlin, Ohio, where she teaches at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.Still studied in the US with Samuel Baron at SUNY Stony Brook and with Thomas Nyfenger...
- musician - Corney SwanepoelCorney SwanepoelCorney Swanepoel is a butterfly swimmer from New Zealand. He swam for New Zealand at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....
- OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
swimmer - Midnight YouthMidnight YouthMidnight Youth are a New Zealand rock band formed in 2006. Their debut album, The Brave Don't Run, was released in 2009 in New Zealand and Australia. The band have subsequently toured and played festivals across Australasia, the United States and Asia...
- band.