Southwell School
| Southwell School | |
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| Location | |
| 200 Peachgrove Road, Hamilton, New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 37°46′27″S 175°17′53″E / 37.7741°S 175.2981°ECoordinates: 37°46′27″S 175°17′53″E / 37.7741°S 175.2981°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Private Co-ed Full Primary (Year 1-8) with Boarding Facilities |
| Motto | Per Aspera Ad Astrum (Through Adversity to the Star) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Established | 1911 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 4141 |
| Principal | Royce Helm |
| School roll | 652 |
| Socio-economic decile | 10 |
| Website | www.southwell.school.nz |
Southwell School, formerly Southwell Preparatory School, is an independent co-educational Anglican preparatory school located in Hamilton, New Zealand. Southwell School 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 Hamilton Boys' High School and Waikato Diocesan for Girls.
Houses
Southwell School currently has 6 houses which are named after famous cathedrals in England.
- Lincoln - Green
- Salisbury - Gold/Yellow
- Winchester - Maroon
- Durham - Red
- Canterbury - Blue
- York - Black
Each house meets once a week to collect points for the school 'Citizenship Point' Competition, as well as to discuss the frequent house competitions. These competitions are in swimming, cross country, athletics, mathematics, English and 'house-sport', which is a house competition in various summer and winter sports.
Notable alumni
- Daniel Gillies - actor
- Rt.Hon Sir Doug Graham - former Cabinet Minister
- Lance Hohaia - New Zealand and Warriors rugby league player
- Tuheitia Paki - current Maori King
- Rt.Hon Simon Upton - former Cabinet Minister and Rhodes Scholar
- Michael Oehley - Children's author
- Don Stafford - Rotoura Historian
Notable former staff
- Maurice Marshall, Headmaster, Olympic athlete and Commonwealth Games medallist