A St Peter’s College pilot programme providing an alternative to NCEA level one has proved so successful it will continue next year, teaching and learning deputy principal Bridget Ryan says. The programme will be called Hooked on Learning and will replace NCEA level one. Mrs Ryan said feedback from students had been very positive. “The Read more
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High profile Catholic principal resigns
Thursday, July 25th, 2024
The principal of St Peter’s College in Gore, Tara Quinney, has resigned. In April last year, the school was placed in limited statutory management after Quinney called on the board of trustees chairperson to resign. Although board chair Ruth Mitchell did not resign she was replaced in April this year. The new chair is the Read more
Former principal appointed to St Peter’s College Gore board
Monday, April 8th, 2024A former principal of St Peter’s College has been elected the head of the board of the Gore school which will remained in statutory management. Limited statutory manager Nicola Hornsey confirmed John Hogue was appointed to the St Peter’s College school board as one of the proprietor’s representatives by the school’s proprietor, the Dunedin Catholic Read more
St Peter’s College teen’s film ready for silver screen
Thursday, March 21st, 2024An aspiring St Peter’s College film-maker considers himself privileged to have his film premiere at the SBS St James Theatre in Gore. Thirteen-year-old George McFadzien’s home-made movie Granvia Country Calendar Part Two will have its own screening at the theatre on Sunday. The film tells a story of twoboys, one who has just got out Read more
Cleanup begins as rain eases in Southland
Monday, September 25th, 2023As the rain fell in Gore on Thursday, some St Peter’s College students were sitting practice exams in the hall as water seeped up from under the wooden floor boards. Principal Tara Quinney said all but two of the school’s ground floor classrooms had been inundated with water. Most students were sent home before the Read more
No more media for St Peter’s College principal
Monday, September 4th, 2023
The principal of Gore’s St Peter’s College, Tara Quinney, has been restrained from speaking to the media amid a fraught relationship with the school board. St Peter’s College was placed under limited statutory management in April, with lawyer Nicola Hornsey appointed the Statutory Manager to oversee governance after the board and principal sought intervention from Read more
Report says St Peter’s College governance poses ‘significant risk’
Thursday, July 6th, 2023
Gore’s St Peter’s College principal wants an apology from the school’s board of trustees’ chairperson after the limited statutory manager’s report highlighted flaws in the school’s governance. After the board and principal sought Education Ministry support, the Catholic co-ed school went into limited statutory management in April. The report Several issues “pose risks to the Read more
First phase of St Peter’s College board report complete
Monday, June 19th, 2023
St Peter’s College in Gore’s limited statutory manager says the first phase of her report about the school is complete. The Ministry of Education placed the Catholic school under statutory management at the end of April. The 450-pupil school’s principal Tara Quinney and the board chair, Ruth Mitchell, have what Quinney describes as a “dysfunctional Read more
Gore School Board chair should resign says Catholic principal
Thursday, May 18th, 2023
St Peter’s College school board chair should resign, the school principal says. The Ministry of Education placed the Gore Catholic school under statutory management at the end of last month. Principal Tara Quinney (pictured) says she has no confidence in the school’s board chair, Ruth Mitchell, to lead. She says she has a dysfunctional relationship Read more
College placed in limited statutory management
Monday, May 1st, 2023
St Peter’s College in Gore has been placed in limited statutory management. The move “in no way suggests closure,” the Education Ministry says. The state-integrated year 7 to 15 co-educational Catholic school has about 450 pupils. Ministry of Education leader for the South, Nancy Bell, directed a limited statutory manager’s (LSM) appointment on 5 April. Read more