Southwell School
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Southwell School | |
Motto | Per Aspera Ad Astram |
Type | Private Co-ed Full Primary (Year 1-8) with Boarding Facilities |
Year established | 1911 |
Address | 200 Peachgrove Road, Hamilton |
Principal | R Helm |
School roll | 610 |
Socio-economic decile (10 is high) | 10 |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 4141 |
Website | www.southwell.school.nz |
Southwell School is an independent co-educational Anglican preparatory school located in Hamilton, New Zealand. It is considered to be a feeder school for St Paul's Collegiate School, although significant numbers of its students go on to attend other schools, most commonly St Peter's School, Hamilton Boys' High School and King's College.
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[edit] Houses
Southwell School currently has 6 houses which are named after famous cathedrals in England.
- Lincoln
- Sailsbury
- Winchester
- Durham
- Canterbury
- York
[edit] Opera
Southwell School is famous for the top quality operas they perform anually. Operas in recent years include The Gondoliers, written by Gilbert and Sullivan, and Titanic:The Musical, written by Peter Stone and Maury Yeaston. Southwell School was the first primary/intermediate school in the World to perform this opera.
[edit] Notable former pupils
- Rt.Hon Simon Upton, Cabinet Minister and Rhodes Scholar
- Rt.Hon Sir Doug Graham, Cabinet Minister
- Daniel Gillies, Actor
- Tuheitia Paki, current Maori King
[edit] Notable former staff
- Maurice Marshall, Headmaster, Olympic athlete and Commonwealth Games medallist