Last updated October 2026
Newlands College is a state, co-educational secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at 68 Bracken Road, Newlands, Wellington. It opened in 1970 and had 1,253 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Paparangi, Newlands and Churton Park, and parts of Grenada Village, Woodridge, Glenside, Johnsonville, Ngauranga and Ohariu; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes a curriculum in which Year 9 students try subjects across every learning area, choices widen from Year 10, and Year 11 is taught and assessed by the school rather than for NCEA Level 1 so students are ready for Level 2. It also runs a Learning Support Centre for students with high ORS funding, an enrichment programme for students who want extra challenge, Gateway and Trades Academy pathways, Te Rōpū Kapa Haka o Te Ao Mārama, dance, drama, music and a school production, and an international programme.
At a glance
- Principal
- Deb King
- Address
- 68 Bracken Road, Newlands, Wellington
- Phone
- 04 473 4136
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Paparangi, Newlands Wellington and Churton Park Wellington.
Parts of Grenada Village Wellington, Woodridge, Glenside Wellington, Johnsonville Wellington, Ngauranga and Ohariu Wellington: check your street.
Zone boundaries are set by the school’s enrolment scheme and can change. Confirm your address with the school before you rely on it.
NCEA results
School leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with all New Zealand school leavers.
This school New Zealand
School leavers are students who left school that year, whatever year level they left from.
Who goes here
Share of the 1,253 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
48 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
Suspensions: fewer than 5 cases in 2025, so no rate is shown.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a School Report from September 2026. ERO judged the school to be doing well in most of the areas it reviews and excelling in two: students’ engagement and sense of belonging, and support for students with additional needs.
Most students gain NCEA Level 2, a large majority gain Level 3 and a small majority gain University Entrance, and most meet the NCEA literacy and numeracy requirements.
ERO found effective leadership and governance, good teaching, a broad curriculum with clear pathways, careful use of assessment information, and strong care for international students. It rated equity as working towards: Māori and Pacific students trail their peers at NCEA Level 3, and results in Years 9 and 10 vary between learning areas.
Attendance is a key area for improvement. A large majority of students attend regularly and the rate is rising, but it is still below the government target, so ERO’s first next step is to lift regular attendance to meet it.
The other priorities are a shared, culturally responsive framework for quality teaching across the school, and stronger school-wide systems for tracking the progress of priority learners so results are fair for every group. ERO said it is confident the school is well placed to keep improving.
Read the ERO reports for Newlands College
Enrolling
Newlands College has an enrolment scheme, so students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and in-zone families can apply online at any time.
Out-of-zone places, if any, are set by the board each year and offered under the scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places, with priority for siblings of current and former students, children of former students, and children of staff or board members. The school publishes its out-of-zone application and ballot dates on its enrolment scheme page each year.
After applying online, families are sent instructions for the supporting documents, and can ask for an interview with staff if their child has particular learning needs. New Year 9 students are invited to an orientation morning and a peer support camp, while Deans arrange subject choices and a start date for students joining other year levels.
Schools nearby
In Paparangi
Newlands College is in Paparangi. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Paparangi guide →Questions parents ask
Is Newlands College zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Paparangi, Newlands Wellington and Churton Park Wellington and parts of Grenada Village Wellington, Woodridge, Glenside Wellington, Johnsonville Wellington, Ngauranga and Ohariu Wellington.
What years does it teach?
Years 9 to 13.
How many students go there?
1,253 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
It may. It is not in the donation scheme, so it can ask families for donations.
What is its Equity Index?
410. The Ministry of Education’s Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, from 344 (fewest) to 569 (most). It is used to share out funding, not as a measure of quality.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 86.2% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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Sources and data notes 1
- School facts: School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 28 Oct 2026 (CC BY 4.0). Home zone: Ministry of Education enrolment zones (CC BY 4.0). NCEA results, roll history and stand-downs: Education Counts, school leavers 2023 to 2025, stand-downs 2025, rolls 2021 to 2025 (CC BY 4.0).