Papakura High School

Papakura High School (PHS) is a co-educational state secondary school based in the Auckland suburb of Papakura in New Zealand, catering for students from Year 9 to Year 13.

Papakura High School
Address
Willis Road, Papakura

Auckland

New Zealand
Coordinates37.0639°S 174.9510°E / -37.0639; 174.9510
Information
TypeState secondary school
MottoKia Rangatira (a call for young people to step up as leaders)[1]
Established1954
Ministry of Education Institution no.101
PrincipalJohn Rohs (since 2016)
School roll802[2] (March 2020)
Socio-economic decile1B[3]
Websitewww.papakurahigh.school.nz

The school was established in 1954 and is now made up of a diverse student body, administering students from the greater southern Auckland area. The school is located on the southern boundary of the Auckland metropolitan area, located approximately 32 kilometers south of Auckland CBD.

In 2017 the School Rebranded and updated their Motto to: Kia Rangatira.

School structure

The school is organised into three whanau:[4] Kirikiri, Te Aparangi, and Otuuwairoa. The three whanaus are each named after obsolete place names in the Papakura area. These three whanau replaced the school's old house structure (Freyberg, Fergusson, Bledisloe and Cobham) at the beginning of the 2017 school year.

2015 ERO Report

The New Zealand Ministry of Education (New Zealand)'s Education Review Office (New Zealand) (ERO) summarised[5] their 2015 report on Papakura High School[6] with the remark "Papakura High School continues a history of poor performance and is not providing a curriculum that adequately promotes student learning." The report identified a number of problems relating to curriculum, achievement, planning and leadership. Management of student behaviour was identified as a particular concern, with the report noting that "Pastoral care and student management systems have not been thoroughly reviewed and evaluated, despite ongoing recommendations."

School curriculum

The school offers NCEA as its national qualification standard. Students are able to sit NCEA Level 1 papers as early Year 11, however Papakura High School is one of the few colleges in Auckland to offer an NCEA Level 1 Humanities class to academically able Year 10 students also.

Selected senior students have the opportunity to participate in "Gateway", where they individually attend work experience placements during the school term, organised by the Careers department. The school also offers Correspondence papers for specialised subjects and regularly holds workshops and information sessions for students and their chosen programme.

The school also recently introduced national qualifications into unit standard courses of Mathematics, Sports and Recreation, Technology, and Catering, where students can work towards NCEA credits as well as gaining a national qualification. Papakura High School was the first school in New Zealand to offer the Marae Catering course under the NCEA structure.

Notable alumni

See also

References
  1. New school logo
  2. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. Te ara. "whanau". https://teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/30160/whanau. External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. http://ero.govt.nz/Early-Childhood-School-Reports/School-Reports/Papakura-High-School-10-09-2015%5B%5D
  6. http://ero.govt.nz/content/view/pdf/213816%5B%5D
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