St Andrew’s College

Sports, Activities & Trips

We believe that co-curricular activity is integral to a young person’s development. St Andrew’s offers an exceptional range of sporting, recreational, musical, and other performance opportunities to our students, ensuring they can discover their potential, explore their interests, express their talents, and strive for excellence in their activity of choice.

Students at St Andrew’s College continue a rich and varied sporting tradition. From Years 4–12 they participate in a sport and/or cultural activity each week, during both the summer and winter terms. Students also have the opportunity to attend inter-school competitions at local, regional, national and sometimes international level. Many of our top sports teams achieve outstanding success in regular national competitions.
The Secondary School provides an extensive array of sporting opportunities for students. Our sports programme is directed by our Director of Sport and Co-curricular activities, who ensures it reflects current trends, meets the needs of students, and provides pathways for those students who want to achieve at the highest possible level.

Additionally, students can participate in everything from speech and drama, to dance, Highland dance, ballet and music. Professional tuition in singing and a wide range of instruments is offered, with the opportunity for students to join our jazz and concert bands, choirs, barbershop groups, chamber groups, rock bands, and our internationally acclaimed Pipe Band.

St Andrew’s College is also fortunate to have the only professional production studio and control room complex in a New Zealand secondary school. Here, students can conceive, plan, rehearse, and execute full-fledged television productions without leaving campus.

And finally, our Education Outside the Classroom programme (EOTC) has an outstanding reputation for delivering high-quality experiences. By providing our students with real-life, hands-on experiences and activities, it helps to grow their confidence and self-esteem. Stepping outside of the classroom is a great way to learn more about themselves, discover new interests, create strong friendships, develop leadership skills, develop outdoor skills, and enrich and integrate academic disciplines.