St Matthew's Collegiate School is part of the family of schools which, under the
proprietorship of the Trinity
Schools' Trust Board, caters for boarders and day students from pre-school to Year 13.
Hadlow Preparatory School (founded in 1929) incorporates the pre school section and is co-educational to Year 8. Girls in Year 7 & 8 also have the option of moving to St Matthew's. From Years 9 to 13 girls attend St Matthew's and boys Rathkeale College. In Year 12 & 13 the boys and girls combine to have co-educational classes at the Senior College on the Rathkeale Campus. Girls continue to board and fulfil leadership roles at St Matthew's.
Students may enter the system at any level. The Trinity system enables students to develop in a single sex environment in their early adolescence, and brings them together in their more mature years when the educational and social benefits of co-education will be greater.
Close liaison between the schools is maintained to facilitate arrangements for families with children in different parts of the system.
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St Matthew's Collegiate School P O Box 462 33 Pownall Street, Masterton New Zealand Telephone: +64 6 370 1730 Fax: +64 6 377 3185 Email: info@stmatts.school.nz Web: www.stmatts.school.nz |
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Rathkeale College Willowpark Drive, RD 11 Masterton, New Zealand Telephone: +64 6 378 8377 Fax: +64 6 377 3214 Email: office@rathkeale.school.nz Web: www.rathkeale.school.nz |
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Hadlow Preparatory School High Street, Masterton New Zealand Telephone: +64 6 378 6597 Fax: +64 6 377 4222 Email: principal@hadlow.school.nz Web: www.hadlow.school.nz |


