Lynfield College

Lynfield College is a secondary education provider in Lynfield, Auckland, New Zealand. It celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2008.[3]

Lynfield College
Address
White Swan Road,
Mt Roskill,
Auckland
Coordinates36.9202°S 174.7161°E / -36.9202; 174.7161
Information
TypeState coed secondary, years 9-13
MottoLatin: Disce Vivere
"Learn to Live"
Established1958
Ministry of Education Institution no.75
PrincipalMs Cath Knell
School roll1851[1] (March 2020)
Socio-economic decile6N[2]
Websitelynfield.school.nz

The Principal of Lynfield College is Ms Cath Knell.[4]

The school practices NCEA for assessments and examinations, and has high achievement rates compared to the national average.

History

The land that Lynfield College now occupies used to be a poultry farm. This farm provided table fowls and eggs for the Auckland Area. The original name for the farm was Linfield. Alfred Bankhart established Lynfield on land gifted to him by Sir John Logan Campbell. Gilletta Road in Lynfield was named after Bankheart's wife's maiden name. Another Owner of the Property was Mr Irvine. He diversified from farming poultry to founding the giant baking and pastry firm Irvines Bakery.

The 26 acres (110,000 m2) on which the school now stands has seen a variety of activities - gum-digging, dairy farming, pig and poultry farming. In 1900 Messes Cooper and Mr Edwards began commercial strawberry growing. In 1911, Mr Cooper married and divided the land, keeping the half that bordered Boundary Road and Mr Edwards the other half which exited onto White Swan Road. In the 1950s, owners of the land sold portions to make way for Auckland's 20th Secondary School (to be possibly named Roskill South High School).There is a plough on the school's crest, to symbolise the use of the land it is located on as previously being a strawberry field.

Lynfield College opened its doors for the first time in 1958.

Principals
  • Des Thurston 1958-1972
  • Ian Hayter 1972-1984
  • Jim Sinclair 1985-2002
  • Steve Bovaird 2002-2017
  • Cath Knell 2017-present

Notable alumni

Notes
  1. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  2. "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. "Lynfield College 50th Reunion". Waitakere City Council. Archived from the original on 29 February 2008.
  4. "Principal's Message". www.lynfield.school.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
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