There are 30 schools in the Marlborough district, an area of the South Island of New Zealand. The district contains rural and small-town primary schools, combined primary/secondary schools in Rai Valley and Redwoodtown, a small secondary school in Picton, and several primary schools, an intermediate school, and two large secondary schools in Blenheim. All schools are coeducational except for two secondary schools in Blenheim: Marlborough Girls' and Boys' Colleges.
In New Zealand schools, students begin formal education in Year 1 at the age of five. Year 13 is the final year of secondary education. Years 14 and 15 refer to adult education facilities.
Most of the schools in Marlborough are state schools, which are fully funded by the government. State schools cannot charge tuition fees to New Zealand citizens and those non-citizens who are entitled to live in New Zealand indefinitely (e.g. permanent residents, residence visa holders, Australian citizens and permanent residents, refugees and protected persons), although a donation is commonly requested. The only schools in the district that are not state schools are two state-integrated schools, which are former private schools with a special character based on a religious or philosophical belief that have been integrated into the state system. State-integrated schools charge "attendance dues" to cover the building and maintenance of school buildings, which are not owned by the government, but otherwise they, like state schools, cannot charge fees for tuition of domestic students but may request a donation. One of the state-integrated schools is Catholic, while the other is an evangelical Christian school. Both state and state-integrated schools can charge fees for tuition of international students. There are no private schools in Marlborough. A primary school in Koromiko closed voluntarily in December 2012 due to declining roll numbers.
Schools
The roll of each school changes frequently as students start school for the first time, move between schools, and graduate. The rolls given here are those provided by the Ministry of Education, based on figures from The Ministry of Education institution number, given in the last column, links to the Education Counts page for each school.
Name MOE Years Locality Authority Opened Roll Notes Blenheim School 2811 1–6 Blenheim Central State 1859 Bohally Intermediate 2812 7–8 Springlands State Canvastown School 3186 1–8 Canvastown State Fairhall School 2839 1–8 Fairhall State Grovetown School 2851 1–6 Grovetown State 1866 Havelock School 2855 1–8 Havelock State 1861 Linkwater School 2891 1–8 Linkwater State Marlborough Boys' College 288 9–15 Blenheim Central State 1963 Marlborough Girls' College 289 9–15 Springlands State 1963 Mayfield School 2912 1–6 Mayfield State Picton School 2956 1–6 Picton State Queen Charlotte College 287 Picton State 1965 Rai Valley Area School 291 Rai Valley State Rapaura School 2971 1–8 Rapaura State 1862 Redwoodtown School 2977 1–8 Redwoodtown State 1912 Renwick School 2978 1–8 Renwick State Richmond View School 421 1–15 Redwoodtown State-integrated Riverlands School 2981 1–8 Riverlands State 1906 Seddon School 2988 1–8 Seddon State 1883 Spring Creek School 2995 1–6 Spring Creek State 1873 Springlands School 2996 1–6 Springlands State 1886 St Mary's School 3012 1–8 Blenheim Central State-integrated Tua Marina School 3050 1–8 Tuamarina State 1871 Waikawa Bay School 3057 1–6 Waikawa State 1877 Wairau Valley School 3062 1–8 Wairau Valley State Waitaria Bay School 3064 1–8 Waitaria Bay State 1897 Ward School 3067 1–8 Ward State 1906 Whitney Street School 3071 1–6 Redwoodtown State Witherlea School 3075 1–6 Witherlea State
Closed schools Name Years Area Authority Closure date Reason for closure Koromiko School 1–8 Koromiko State December 2012 Closed voluntarily due to declining roll numbers
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