Why Huntley?
- Outstanding academics. Each year a high percentage of boys make the accelerated classes at PNBHS and Wanganui Collegiate.
- Excellent Coaching and tuition in a wide variety of sports and musical instruments.
- Small class sizes. Only 22 boys or less in a class.
- The highest standard of classroom programmes and teaching.
- A wonderful breadth of opportunities to develop existing strengths and discover new ones.
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"A difficult decision initially, but one we would certainly repeat without a second thought.A fantastic opportunity for our son and one that he still cherishes."
- Steve and Jan Lange, Palmerston North. "Raising children is about giving them opportunities. Huntley is the best opportunity we could give our son at this age. We think the school is excellent."
- Gill and Geoff Duncan, Taihape. "The Huntley School environment, combining a stimulating education and tons of varied activities, while instilling traditional values, is what attracted us to the school. It has exceeded our expectations. Our son
and his many new mates have truly prospered there."
- Debbie and Mark Thomson, Wellington. "A fantastic investment in our son's future."
- Angela and Bruce Williams, Dannevirke. "Although a difficult decision, Huntley has been the making of our son. He has grown in confidence and achieved in academic and cultural activities far beyond our expectations."
- Maree and Alan Rigby, Palmerston North. "The educational attributes Huntley School brought to Bryce have set such a strong hold for his future years of schooling."
- Jill and Peter Cameron, Palmerston North. "Huntley School provided our boys the wonderful opportunities to attain self confidence, good attitudes and respect. Their academic and sporting achievements were outstanding --- The right direction for their future."
- Barbara and Peter Tennant, Rongotea. "Life is a big adventure and it starts at Huntley. Huntley is an extension of family life. The staff identify each boy's strengths and weaknesses - There is nothing mediocre about the school at all!
The confidence that Huntley has given to our eldest son will mean he can hold his head up high and proceed through the school system and not fall through the cracks. "
-Jillian & David Calow , Foxton. | ˆ Return to Top Recent Achievements
Below are some of 2010’s highlights set out in the Five Dimensions of Development. Academic Highlights - Oliver Alderson winning an Academic Scholarships to Lindisfarne
- James Durkin-Wright winning an Academic Scholarship to Wanganui Collegiate
- Every boy passing & 37% achieving distinctions in the New Zealand Speech Board’s Oral Assessments
- Zac Caldwell winning a All round Scholarship to Rathkeale
- Ben Rountree winning the Cave Scholarship to New Plymouth Boys' High School
- Australasian Science, English and Mathematics Competition Results
- Y5 Team Winning the Wanganui Mathex
- Year 8 Capital E trip
- Our 5th annual Book Week
Physical Highlights - 1st XI Hockey Team’s winning the Manawatu Intermediate Cup for the 9th year in a row.
- 9 boys making the Hatch Cup Hockey Team
- The Rugby 1st XV's fantastic prep season
- 1st XI Soccer winning 85% of their matches
- Clean sweep of Hereworth in all Rugby prep fixtures
- Winning the Hunterville Cross Country
- The Swimming Sports
- The Athletic Sports
Cultural Highlights - The Jazz Band Winning the National Secondary School's Jazz Festival in the under 21 division.
- The Chapel Choir’s performances at the Music Concert and the Carol Services
- The huge number of boys passing Music Examinations A significant number with honours
- The Year 8 play “A night with the bard”
- Jacob Pritchard winning the under 19 best guitarist in the Manawatu
ˆ Return to Top ˆ Return to Top Huntley School - A Very Brief History
A boys’ school was founded in Marton in 1896,under the joint Headmastership of Messrs Charles Mather and Basil Wilson, toprepare boys for entrance to the WanganuiCollegiate School. Accordingly, in 1899 it was given the name,the Marton Preparatory School. The school occupied various buildings until1900 when it moved into the original two storeyed, wooden building on thepresent site. Mr Wilson died in 1902, but Mr Mather continued asHeadmaster, renaming the school HuntleySchool after Huntley Hall which was hishome in England. He retired in 1919. By this time the roll was in the seventiesand the original building had been greatly extended. The school continued to be owned by its successiveheadmasters, viz:- Messrs Strombom,Sherriff and Rix-Trott, until a Trust Board was established in 1954 to purchaseand run the school, with Noel Rix-Trott continuing as Headmaster. The formation and financing of the TrustBoard was due mainly to the efforts of a small group of very dedicated Old Boysof the school. There are eight membersof the Board. Three of these are electedrepresentatives of the Old Boys’ Association, three are the electedrepresentatives of the Parents’ and Friends’ Association, and two areappointees of the Diocese of Wellington. After a period of planning the Trust Board decidedon a major re-building programme to replace the original old woodenbuilding. Work commenced in 1964 withthe construction of the dormitory block and proceeded in stages with the Main Schoolblock being completed in 1971. The TrustBoard has continued to update and add ancillary buildings and extend thesporting facilities in the ensuing years to the stage where the only ‘original’buildings are the Chapel (1908), although this has been extended, the Cottage(1928), and the Cricket Pavilion (1928). In the eighties a full sized gymnasium (1980); an administration block (1985); a multi-purpose science laboratory(1985); computer facilities, three hardtennis courts (1986); a network oftwenty Apple Macintoshes (1989/1992); library extensions (1989); andtwo new classrooms (1989) have been added. The nineties has seen a continuation of the development programme withtwo staff houses (1990/92); an adventureplayground (1992); a recreation room(1994); the Arts and Technology Centre(1996), which includes a theatre, museum, music rooms, art room, woodwork roomand computer laboratory; a completelyrenovated ablution area in the dormitory block (1996); the addition of a multi-media centre attachedto the library (1996); four astro turftennis courts (1997); three permanent practicecricket wickets (1997);a revamped cricket pavilion (1997); renovated classrooms(1998), museum (1998), car park (1999), completion of the technology upgrade(2000), dormitory re-roofed (2002), dormitory revamped (2003), Library revamped (2003), Arts & Technology blockrevamped (2005), classrooms renovated (2006), sound systems in Classrooms(2006), new bike shed (2006), Bike Track (2006), Softball Diamond (2007),Rec Room extended and renovated (2007), connecting walkway between MainBlock and Arts & Technology Block (2007), Officeand Administration remodeled and extended, extension classroom added, parents’reception remodeled (2008), Dining Room remodeled (2009), Lift installed,Interactive whiteboards in every classroom, new driveway (2011) ˆ Return to Top
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