Dilworth School | |
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The Senior Campus buildings from Great South Road
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Address | |
2 Erin Street, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Coordinates |
36°52′50″S 174°46′52″E / 36.8805°S 174.7810°ECoordinates: 36°52′50″S 174°46′52″E / 36.8805°S 174.7810°E (Senior Campus) 36°52′56″S 174°47′21″E / 36.8822°S 174.7891°E (Junior Campus) 37°11′14″S 175°08′53″E / 37.187348°S 175.148°E (Rural Campus) |
Information | |
Type | Private, boys, year 5-13, with boarding facilities |
Motto |
Firmiter et Fideliter "Steadfastly and Faithfully" |
Established | 1906 |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 66 |
Principal | Donald MacLean |
School roll | 613(February 2017) |
Socio-economic decile | 4 |
Website | dilworth.school.nz |
Dilworth School is an independent (private) full boarding school for boys in Auckland, New Zealand. All the boys attending are on full scholarships covering all education and boarding costs, as the school is owned and operated by a charitable trust.
Dilworth School was founded under the terms of the will of an Auckland farmer and businessman, Irish born James Dilworth who died in 1894.
He and his wife Isabella had no children of their own and left their wealth to establish a school with a goal of educating sons of people from the top two-thirds of the North Island who had suffered some family misfortune and were unable to afford the education they wanted their children to have.
The school opened in 1906 with eight boys and for the first 21 years offered primary education only. Secondary boys at that time boarded at the school but attended Auckland Grammar School during the day. The original school buildings were Dilworth’s old farm homestead and outbuildings. Classrooms and other buildings were added later.
A secondary department was built in 1931. A major expansion started in 1956, the 50th anniversary, with the foundation stone being laid for St Patrick’s Chapel. The total roll when that phase of the expansion was completed some five years later, was 300.
The next major jump in numbers was in 1993 when the present Junior Campus was built to accommodate 192 boys. This brought the total roll of both campuses to 510 covering Year 5 to Year 13.
Dilworth has four houses representing places and counties in Ireland - Tyrone, Dungannon, Donegal and Armagh.
The school also maintains a special relationship with the Royal School Dungannon, James Dilworth's alma mater. Each January, three pupils (called 'Kiwis') go to Dungannon as Tutors for a year on a scholarship. Likewise, in July four pupils from Dungannon travel to Auckland to work as Overseas Gap Tutors at Dilworth. This is part of a long-standing exchange programme between the two schools.
Dilworth is organised on three separate campuses.
Senior Campus
The Senior Campus is located in Epsom, Auckland and accommodates up to 340 boys from Years 10 - 13. This is the school's flagship campus.