Upper Hutt College

Upper Hutt College is a state co-educational secondary school located in Trentham in the city of Upper Hutt, New Zealand. The school opened in 1962 as the city's second state secondary school, supplementing Heretaunga College in Wallaceville. As of March 2020, the school has a roll of 973 students from Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18).

Upper Hutt College
Address
Moonshine Road
Trentham
Upper Hutt 5018
New Zealand
Coordinates41.1274°S 175.0405°E / -41.1274; 175.0405
Information
TypeState Co-educational Secondary (Year 9–13)
MottoBe Worthy
Established1962
Ministry of Education Institution no.250
PrincipalJudith Taylor[1]
School roll973[2] (March 2020)
Socio-economic decile6N[3]
Websitewww.upperhutt.school.nz

Houses

The students are arbitrarily divided into four houses, each which have received their name from a famous New Zealander as voted by the student body in 2004. Each house also has their own set colour which is used at house events (for example Athletics Day) so each student can comfortably represent their house, and it also encourages artificial division within the school.

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) at UHC

Upper Hutt College started encouraging students to bring their own devices to school in 2015,[4] when student Wi-Fi was set up.

Fire

On the evening of 1 September 2019, a fire was started in one of the classrooms in the technology block, the fire quickly got out of control. A number of firefighters and units spent hours getting it under control, thankfully no body was harmed during the fire.

The school ended up being closed for a number of weeks, due to safety concerns raising from the fire. Asbestos was discovered in the damaged building and had to be removed safely. The main power cable that brought power into the school was under the building that was destroyed, work had to be carried out to make sure there was no damage to cables. The junior school was broken up, and spread out to two different sites so that teaching and learning could be carried on.[5]

Two people were arrested for arson.[6]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "New Principal Welcomed". Upperhutt.school.nz. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  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. http://www.upperhutt.school.nz/Site/BYOD_Bring_Your_Own_Device.ashx
  5. "Fire at Upper Hutt College leaves three classrooms destroyed and two water damaged". Stuff. 2 September 2019.
  6. "Pair arrested over Upper Hutt College blaze that caused $1.5 million damage". Television New Zealand. 21 November 2019.
  7. Tracy Watkins (16 November 2013). "Next spy boss seen as principled". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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