Hutt Valley High School

Summary

Hutt Valley High Schools international students gain excellent academic results, improve their English language, and make new friends for life.  Education is high quality with excellent pathways to University. We are proud of our Nobel prize winner and current students who perform at the highest level in national examinations.
As a large, co-educational school we offer many exciting subjects ranging from Outdoor Education, Dance, Senior Physics and Calculus. There are over 100 sports, music and other opportunities.

Students live in carefully chosen homestays, with love and nutritious food. All students who meet our entry requirements (see our web site) can be accepted during the school year.

We develop successful, young people full of confidence in safe, friendly and beautiful environment.

Our school community reflects the richness and diversity of modern New Zealand and in this varied community there is ample opportunity for all students to find like minds and so develop the lasting friendships which contribute to student happiness and well-being.

We are a large school, with the advantage of a wide range of subjects, specialist classes with specialist teachers and a breadth of competition that encourages the development of excellence. The pursuit of academic excellence is celebrated in school assemblies and awards, and we are delighted to see the school’s continued success in local and national scholarships and awards. While a great deal of effort goes into that top end of the academic profile, we also have the capacity and structures to offer a wide range of support programmes for those who require additional help to reach their goals.

We take pride in the range of sporting and cultural opportunities offered to our students, with many nationally ranked successes – and wider international representation – confirming the school’s strength. The steady growth in student participation in team sports representing the school has been a feature of recent years, and continues. A series of regional and national successes in drama, film, dance and music attests to a vigorous artistic life in the school. 

We expect and demand high standards of endeavour and achievement, reinforcing this with thorough programmes of health education covering the skills of social responsibility, self-discipline and self-reliance that students need as they progress towards adult life. Our goal is to produce creative, well-qualified, confident and engaged students who understand the rights and responsibilities of good citizenship in a modern society.

The breadth of our programmes allows students to explore their academic, sporting, cultural and personal potential. If we can assist our students to turn that potential into reality, then we are succeeding in our vision for every student to “be the best that you can be”.