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Onslow College
Motto Levavi oculos meos in montes
Ka anga atu aku kanohi ki nga maunga
Lift your eyes to the hills
Type State co-ed secondary Year 9-13
Year established 1956
Address Burma Road, Johnsonville, Wellington
Principal Dr Stuart Martin
School roll 1121
Socio-economic decile (10 is high) 10
Ministry of Education Institution no. 269
Website www.onslow.school.nz

Onslow College is a decile 10 co-educational state secondary school located in Johnsonville, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. The school opened in 1956 to serve the city's rapidly-growing northern suburbs. The current Principal is Dr Stuart Martin. Johnsonville is a large suburb in northern Wellington, New Zealand. ... For other uses, see Wellington (disambiguation). ...

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Notable alumni

Georgina Beyer addresses the International Conference on LGBT Human Rights Georgina Beyer (b 1957) is the worlds first openly transsexual Member of Parliament, currently a list MP for the Labour Party in New Zealand. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ...

Uniform Policy

Onslow College is one of only two Colleges within the Wellington Region that has no officially enforced dress code. The uniform code was removed in protest of the students during the late 60's and early 70's. Uniforms were seen by the students as a waste of their teachers time and was slowly but eventually removed in stages; with the gloves and hats being the first to be removed. A school-wide student strike was the major turning point in the removal of the uniform, an event which attributed to the colleges individuality and its unique 'Onslow Way'.


Prefect System

Onslow College has no Prefect System as well as no Head Boy or Head Girl; as it was seen as anti-democratic. Onslow was also one of the first schools to acquire a Student Council; to push the students concerns and views onto the Board of Trustees.


The 'Onslow Way'

The ' Onslow Way ' is one attribute of the College that gives its uniqueness and attraction to students within and outside the Northern Suburbs of Wellington. This is seen in the students attitude, both during and after their school years. The Students show a fresh and open attitude with an openly accepting mentality to accepting new and creative ideas, as well as openly accepting new students from other schools, years and countries.


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Onslow College- NEWS (349 words)
Onslow College is a state secondary co-educational school with a current roll of 1150.
Established in 1956, it is situated in Johnsonville, Wellington.
Onslow College is driven by a sense of community rather than conformity.
Onslow College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (833 words)
Onslow College is a decile 10 co-educational state secondary school located in Johnsonville, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand.
Onslow College was opened in 1956 on a muddy, windswept hillside overlooking Johnsonville, in response to the growing numbers of baby boom children and the rapid development of the northern suburbs of Khandallah, Johnsonville and Newlands.
Onslow is one of only two secondary schools in Wellington not to have a uniform (the other being the central-city Wellington High School, to which it is often compared, and the origin of its current principal Dr. Stuart Martin).
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