Last updated November 2026
St Patrick’s College is a state-integrated, boys’ secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at 581 Evans Bay Parade, Kilbirnie, Wellington. It opened in 1885 and had 722 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. Its site describes a Catholic boys’ college in the Marist tradition, with learning support for students with specific learning difficulties in mainstream classes, some senior classes designed for them, and small-group tutoring.
Sport includes rugby, cricket, athletics, basketball, volleyball and badminton, arts and culture range from kapa haka to drama, music and theatre sports, and international students take a full English as a second language programme and live with a parent or in a homestay.
At a glance
- Principal
- Mike Savali
- Address
- 581 Evans Bay Parade, Kilbirnie, Wellington
- Phone
- 04 939 3070
Home zone
No home zone: any student can apply to enrol. If more students apply than there are places, the school decides how places are offered.
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 722 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
11 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 Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from May 2023. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well a future-focused curriculum and a culturally responsive approach lift student engagement and achievement.
ERO pointed to the Catholic and Marist charism running through every part of college life, a diverse student body that enriches the curriculum, and relationships with whānau, the fono and other partners that support and extend students’ learning.
Next, the school plans to build engagement with whānau in partnership under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, develop a local curriculum that reflects its diverse community and looks to the future, and create classrooms where students are fully involved and take an active part in their learning.
Read the ERO reports for St Patrick’s College (Kilbirnie)
Enrolling
As a state-integrated Catholic school, St Patrick’s College (Kilbirnie) gives preference to Catholic families, who provide a preference certificate signed by their parish priest or lay pastoral leader.
Non-Catholic places are limited by the Integration Act and applications usually exceed them, so non-Catholic families include a letter explaining why they want their son to attend. Every family signs the Board of Proprietors attendance dues agreement.
Families can apply online or on a paper form from the open day, the college office or the website, with a birth certificate or passport. An application is not complete until all the required forms are in, and the school publishes its application deadline on its enrolment page each year.
Schools nearby
In Kilbirnie Wellington
St Patrick's College (Kilbirnie) is in Kilbirnie Wellington. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Questions parents ask
Is St Patrick's College (Kilbirnie) zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 9 to 13.
How many students go there?
722 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?
417. 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.
Is it a single-sex school?
Yes. It takes boys only.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 91% 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). 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).