Rathkeale College
| Rathkeale College | |
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| Address | |
| Willow Park Drive, Masterton, Wellington Region, New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 40°53′57″S 175°41′11″E / 40.8993°S 175.6865°ECoordinates: 40°53′57″S 175°41′11″E / 40.8993°S 175.6865°E |
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| Type | trinity school single sex boys (Years 9-13) |
| Motto |
Latin: Nil mortalibus ardui est "Nothing is impossible for mortal man" |
| Established | 1963 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 245 |
| Principal | William Kersten |
| School roll | 323(February 2017) |
| Socio-economic decile | 9Q |
| Website | rathkeale.school.nz |
Rathkeale College is a state-integrated Anglican boys secondary school on the outskirts of Masterton, New Zealand.
Rathkeale College was established in 1963 to complete the family of schools managed by the St Matthew's Schools Trust Board, which already had a girls school in St Matthews Collegiate School and a preparatory school in Hadlow School. The foundation Headmaster was E.J. Norman, a housemaster from Christ's College in Christchurch, while the deputy headmaster was Bruce Hamilton, also of Christ's. The school was established in the homestead of Rathkeale farm, previously owned by the Maunsell family. The Rathkeale homestead is now known as School House. The school was officially opened in 1963 by Governor General Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson. The school was officially called St. Matthew's Collegiate School for Boys, but has always been known as Rathkeale College, after the farm on which it was situated. The farm's name comes from Rathkeale in County Limerick, Ireland, where the Maunsell family was originally from.
Rathkeale is currently owned by the Trinity Schools Trust, managed by the Trinity Schools Trust Board, chaired by John Greenwood, while the school is governed by a Board of Trustees chaired by Andrew Pottinger.
Current senior staff positions:
Boys are split into three houses to compete in various sporting, cultural and academic competitions. The houses were originally named after old English schools; Rugby House, Cranleigh House, and Repton House. In 2009 these were changed to Halberg, after gold medallist runner Sir Murray Halberg, Hillary, after mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary, and Blake, after yachtsman Sir Peter Blake.
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