About Us

About St Bernard’s College

St Bernard’s College is an integrated Catholic Year 7 to 13 school for boys. The college is located in the centre of Lower Hutt, 20 minutes from Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city. It serves the Catholic community across the Hutt Valley and Wainuiomata area. The maximum roll is 660 pupils.This is a good size, allowing the College to provide a full and varied range of subjects and activities, yet remaining small enough to ensure a caring, safe and personalised environment.

Our School Vision is to be an inspiring Catholic Learning Community which nurtures the growth of our sons.

Welcome to St Bernard’s College!

Our Goal is to empower our learners to achieve their full potential in the Way of the Gospel.

The College is based on Catholic, Gospel values which sees the sanctity and dignity of the individual person as paramount.  This way focusses on empowering others and removing barriers that might prevent them from becoming the best person that they can be.  Our teaching and learning environment is student centered; supportive, celebrates diversity and always seeks to focus on the growth and wellbeing of the individual.

Our Goal is to grow a strong learning culture that inspires success in all of our students in partnership with whanau and community.

Empowerment of our students means providing learning pathways and engaging learning opportunities that allow students to fulfil their potential and become caring, informed and successful citizens.   As a College we seek involvement of students and families.  We strive to provide a teaching and learning environment that is modern and therefore enhances innovation and quality.  We want to be known as a learning institution that others look to as a model of best practice.