Academic

The College is proud of the outstanding academic performance that is consistently delivered by students and staff.

From Year 7, teaching, learning and the curriculum are designed to encourage and drive students to achieve to the very highest of their ability.

The teaching staff of the College are expert in delivering a multi-layered curriculum and are extremely well versed in guiding students to achieve their full academic potential.

 The school runs a dual qualification pathway from Year 11:

CAIE – Cambridge Assessment International Education and Exams

NCEA – National Certificate of Educational Achievement, which is the domestic system

St Peter’s Certificate – Te Ara o Hato Petera (The Path of St Peter)

 The College also prepares students for NZQA Scholarship exams. 

Information on our Junior Academic Programme in Years 7-10 can be found here

B.Y.O.D.

Tablet for Y7 & 8 boys:
For all Year 7 & 8 boys you are required to have your own Tablet AND Keyboard for 2026. No other devices are acceptable (e.g. Laptops, Chromebooks, Smart Phones or Notebooks). The Tablet can be of any brand or model (not a mini or compact size), have Wi-Fi capability and have an OS (Apple, Windows or Android) capable of installing the latest version of the MS 365 Apps (Ms Teams, MS OneNote, MS Word, MS PowerPoint,  etc).

Laptop for Y9 – Y13 boys:
All year 9 – 13 boys are required to have their own *laptop.
St Peter’s College is a Microsoft 365 based school, we recommend a Windows 11 or Mac OS laptop, capable of running the latest Microsoft 365 Apps (MS Teams, OneNote, Word, Outlook, etc). The laptop should be lightweight, have a battery life of six hours or longer, enough RAM (min 8GB) and Solid-State Storage (SSD – min 256 GB) for applications to run smoothly. Chromebooks are not accepted as experience shows users often have connection issues and limitations running/installing some Apps.

*From 2027, 2026 is a transitional year

Should you have any questions please contact the Student Academic Centre:

Mrs Brenda Dargaville, Curriculum Administrator (CAIE & NCEA) – Email: CurriculumAdmin@st-peters.school.nz

Please note, we also provide Learning Support for students as required:

Ms Viv Howard (SENCO–Special Education Needs Co-ordinator) works in our Learning Support Department located on the ground floor of C Block. Boys with physical or learning needs are assisted in their progress here at SPC: Email: vhoward@st-peters.school.nz