Stratford High School (New Zealand)
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| Motto | Palma non sine pulvere - No reward without effort |
| Type | State co-educational secondary (Year 9-13) |
| Year established | 1897 |
| Address | Swansea Road, Stratford |
| Principal | Warren Purdy[1] |
| School roll | 506 (2004 TKI data) |
| Socio-economic decile (10 is high) | 5 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 179 |
| Website | www.stratfordhigh.school.nz |
Stratford High School is a secondary school in Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. It is the only co-educational high school in the Stratford District.
The school uniform is a white shirt, red jersey and black shorts/trousers for seniors or a black shirt, dark grey jersey and grey shorts/skirts for juniors, plus black shoes.
Stratford High School consists of four houses, Amess (red), McAllister (yellow), Trimble (green) and Tyrer (blue).
Although being considered a small school, Stratford High participates in many extra-curricula programmes, including a school production, participation in the Smokefree Stage Challenge, many sports teams, cross-country, athletics and swimming sports events.
The school is also known to host foreign exchange students from countries ranging from Switzerland and Venezuela to Hong Kong, usually about five at a time.
Achieving students include Ashley Rupapera who won silver in the 100 m Breaststroke at the Australasian Age Group Championships in Australia.
Stratford High School's NCEA results were above average, having the highest results for co-educational high schools in Taranaki[citation needed].
