

Wairarapa College is the largest secondary school in the Wairarapa, located in Masterton, Wairarapa College provides a dynamic learning environment blending tradition with innovation to assist each student in realising their full potential.
Set in spacious and beautiful grounds, the College contains a mixture of old and new buildings, presenting an attractive learning environment for students.
We invite you to explore the site and discover the many unique benefits of Waicol life, and we hope you will want to visit us in person. We look forward to hearing from you...

I am pleased to present my first Chairperson’s report to the Wairarapa College community.
The new Board has only had two meetings since assuming office but already we are developing our plans for Board activity over the remainder of our three-year term.
We are in the fortunate position of working from the solid foundations left by the previous BOT who left the school with a wonderful asset in the form of the new hall but also worked hard on ensuring that our students and staff were able to perform to the best of their ability. I thank them for that.
As we develop our plans, we will be asking for input from you, the school community, so please take the opportunity to have your say. The Board is there to represent the community’s interests and we need feedback to ensure we are doing that. We will be receiving some external feedback shortly as in the next few months, we will have a visit by ERO. I am confident that we will have a positive review but as with all things, there will be pointers on what we could do better.
We are very lucky to have a very wide range of activity for our students to get involved with but we do need to remember that Wairarapa College is an educational institution and I would encourage all of us as parents to help our children to make wise choices as they manage their time during the second half of the year and they work towards high levels of achievement in their academic subjects.
Geoff Copps, Chairman
Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees Election Results Out!
Change to Uniform Rules
At the May Board of Trustees meeting the uniform rule pertaining to winter footwear was amended to read:
Black polishable shoes
This means that shoes worn must be plain black, black soles, and if laces are worn they also must be black.
Mid-Year Reports
These will be issued at eh end of Term 2 - July 2nd