Schools & Education

Garin College is a small, future-focused, community school and hostel where teachers, parents and students work together to help each student become the person he or she was created to be.

School Vision - "To Be All I Can"

Auckland Point is a vibrant city school that is a great place to learn and develop. We pride ourselves on authentic context learning and our children thrive in our vibrant and supportive learning community.

At Brightwater School we take great pride in creating a learning environment where all children are valued and given the opportunity to develop academically, socially and physically in a safe and caring manner.

All school programmes and activities are aimed at meeting the needs of all children, giving them the opportunity to extend their learning and to provide them with a wide range of educational experiences both at school and in the wider community.

Students are actively encouraged to participate in leading and contribute their best efforts to maximise their achievements. Broadgreen offers a wide variety of learning opportunities that will challenge, motivate and develop abilities.

Hampden Street School, situated in Central Nelson is a decile 7 co-educational state school offering quality education.

Henley School provides a good quality primary education for students in years 1 to 6 in the Nelson suburb of Richmond. An enrolment zone is in place for this large and established school. It has an open, friendly and welcoming atmosphere. Its physical environment is attractively maintained and presented, and it shares spacious grounds with an adjoining kindergarten, intermediate and secondary schools.

We aim to provide the best opportunities for the children to acquire social, emotional, academic and physical skills and to empower them to make the best choices to become life long learners and responsible, caring members of their community

Hope School, a small semi-rural school situated south west of Nelson. It caters for students from Years 1 to 6 in four classes and many travel some distance to attend. They learn in a well appointed, spacious learning environment and have access to a range of information and communication technologies that they use well in daily classroom activities.

Maitai School offers specialised programmes for students with a variety of special needs, intellectual and/or related disabilities and Autistic Spectrum Disorders between the ages of five and twenty-one.