Nelson College

Nelson/Marlborough/West Coast

Nelson College is a Secondary (Year 9-15) school situated on Waimea Road, Nelson/Marlborough/West Coast.

With a roll size of around 888 students. Richard Dykes is the principal .

They provide support for international students to enrol at Nelson College. If you're looking for a New Zealand Education you can visit their website or phone them Phone: +64 XXXXX click (The current time in New Zealand is 6:24 PM).

Physical Address:

Waimea Road
Nelson

Phone: 035 XXXXX click

Email: nelson.school.nz click

Postal Address:

Private Bag 16
Nelson Mail Centre
Nelson 7042

Upcoming Events at Nelson College

Event Date Details
Wednesday 4/02/2026 - Thursday 5/02/2026 Normal School Day - All Students
Thursday 5/02/2026 PLD (Teaching Staff)
Friday 6/02/2026 College & Prep Closed - No Students
Monday 9/02/2026 House Junior Touch
1.15pm Domett vs Boarders
1.45pm Monro vs Kahurangi
Monday 9/02/2026 House Assembly
Monday 9/02/2026 Senior Deans Meeting
Monday 9/02/2026 Faculty Leaders Meeting
Monday 9/02/2026 - Friday 13/02/2026 Year 9 Overnight Camps
Monday 9/02/2026 Prep Y8 Museum Trip
SW/ZB
Monday 9/02/2026 House Assembly Robinson
Monday 9/02/2026 House Senior Touch
1.15pm Domett vs Boarders
1.45pm Monro vs Kahurangi
Tuesday 10/02/2026 13VOC Big Day Out
Tuesday 10/02/2026 Historian from UK
This will be a small event that we will advertise amongst the wider school community, about an Old Boy who was at College in 1934 and was a RAF Pilot in WWII (Jim Hayter).

A historian from the UK has done a research project on him, and is coming out to NZ in February 2026, and would like to offer this to our school.
Tuesday 10/02/2026 Faculty Meeting
Tuesday 10/02/2026 Prep Y7 Meet the Teachers
MS/BL/NT
Tuesday 10/02/2026 House Senior Touch
1.15pm Chaytor vs WG1
1.45pm Robinson vs WG2
Tuesday 10/02/2026 House Junior Touch
1.15pm Chaytor vs WG1
1.45pm Robinson vs WG2
Tuesday 10/02/2026 House Senior and Junior Touch
1.15pm Junior WG5 vs WG7
1.45pm Senior WG6 vs WG8
Wednesday 11/02/2026 Assembly Student Led
Wednesday 11/02/2026 Prep Y7 Museum Trip
MS/BL
Thursday 12/02/2026 SLT Workshop
Thursday 12/02/2026 - Sunday 15/02/2026 Cricket Willow/Timaru/St Thomas
Thursday 12/02/2026 PLD (Full Staff)
Thursday 12/02/2026 Prep Y8 Meet the Teachers
SW/ZB/NT
Friday 13/02/2026 - Sunday 15/02/2026 Inspire Modern Dance Summer Smash
Friday 13/02/2026 Ārahi
Friday 13/02/2026 Prep Rabbit Island Trip
All Prep and Staff
Monday 16/02/2026 House SENIOR Dodgeball
1.15pm Domett vs Robinson
1.45pm Boarders vs Chaytor
Monday 16/02/2026 - Friday 20/02/2026 Year 9 Overnight Camps
Monday 16/02/2026 - Tuesday 17/02/2026 Ārahi
Monday 16/02/2026 Senior Deans Meeting
Tuesday 17/02/2026 House SENIOR Dodgeball
1.15pm Monro vs WG1
1.45pm Kahurangi vs WG2
Wednesday 18/02/2026 TSS Tennis
Wednesday 18/02/2026 Assembly
Wednesday 18/02/2026 Junior Testng
Wednesday 18/02/2026 House SENIOR Dodgeball
WG3 vs WG4
Thursday 19/02/2026 School Photos - Photolife
Staff, Classes, Portraits (Y10, 11, 13 & Prep
Thursday 19/02/2026 PLD (Full Staff)
Friday 20/02/2026 - Saturday 21/02/2026 SISS Mainland Volleyball
Friday 20/02/2026 Ārahi
Saturday 21/02/2026 Heart Kids Day Out Variety Show
Saturday 21/02/2026 LSAR Training
Fiona Davies
Sunday 22/02/2026 Boarders Beach Day
Monday 23/02/2026 UC Liaison Visit
Monday 23/02/2026 - Thursday 26/02/2026 Year 9 Overnight Camps
Monday 23/02/2026 House Assembly
Monday 23/02/2026 Deans Meeting
Monday 23/02/2026 Faculty Leaders Meeting
Monday 23/02/2026 House Assembly Robinson
Monday 23/02/2026 Senior Deans Meeting
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Nelson College Curriculum

Below are some of the subjects that Nelson College offers to their students for 2026/2027.

Year 9 Visual and Performing Arts (9ADM)
Level 1 Art Design (11ADE)
Level 1 Art Photography (11APH)
Level 1 Art Painting (11APA)
Level 2 Art Design (12ADE)
Level 2 Art Painting (12APA)
Level 2 Art Photography (12APH)
Level 3 Art Design (13ADE)
Level 3 Art Painting (13APA)
Level 3 Art Photography (13APH)
Year 9 Languages (9LANG)
Year 10 Athlete Development Program - Rugby (10SPR)
Year 9 English (9ENG)
Year 10 English (10ENG)
Level 1 English Multimedia (11ELM)
Level 1 English Literature (11ELT)
Level 1 English Communication Literacy (11ELC)
Level 2 English Literature (12ELT)
Level 2 English Communication Literacy (12ELC)
Level 2 English Language (12ELG)
Year 9 Science (9SCI)
Year 10 Science (10SCI)
Level 1 Science Extension (11SCX)
Level 1 Practical Science (11SCP)
Level 1 Commerce (11COM)
Level 2 Accounting (12ACC)
Level 2 Business (12BUS)
Level 2 Economics (12ECO)
Level 3 Accounting (13ACC)
Level 3 Business (13BUS)
Level 3 Economics (13ECO)
Level 2 Biology (12BIO)
Level 2 Chemistry (12CHE)
Level 2 Physics (12PHY)
Level 2 Earth and Space Science (12SCE)
Level 3 Biology (13BIO)
Level 3 Chemistry (13CHE)
Level 3 Physics (13PHY)
Level 3 Earth and Space Science (13SCE)
Year 10 Art Design and Photography (10ADP)
Year 10 Art Painting (10APA)
Year 10 Technical Arts - Stage (10TAS)
Year 10 Music (10MUS)
Level 1 Computer Digital Technologies (11CDT)
Level 1 Computer Studies (11CST)
Level 2 Computer Digital Technologies (12CDT)
Level 2 Computer Studies (12CST)
Level 3 Computer Digital Technologies (13CDT)
Level 3 Computer Studies (13CST)
Year 10 Japanese - half year (10JPN1)
Year 10 Japanese - full year (10JPN)
Level 1 Japanese (11JPN)
Level 1 Te Reo Māori - Te Ao Haka (11TRM)
Level 2 Japanese (12JPN)
Level 2 Te Reo Māori (12TRM)
Level 3 English Language (13ELG)
Level 3 English Literature (13ELT)
Level 3 Te Reo Māori (13TRM)
Year 10 Te Reo Māori - half year (10TRM1)
Year 10 Te Reo Māori - full year (10TRM2)
Level 3 Japanese (13JPN)
Mathematics for Numeracy (11MAN)
Level 1 Science (11SCI)
Level 2 Trade Building - One option course (14TB)
Level 3 Trade Building - Two option course 8 hrs (13TB1)
Year 10 Computer Digital Technologies (10CDT)
Year 10 Design Technology - Metal (10DTM)
Year 10 Design Technology - Wood (10DTW)
Year 10 Food Studies (10FTC)
Year 10 Graphics - half year (10GRA)
Level 1 Furniture and Timber Trades (11FTT)
Level 1 Design and CAD Technology (11DCT)
Level 1 Food and Hospitality (11FHP)
Level 1 Graphics (11GRA)
Level 1 Mechanical Engineering (11MEG)
Level 2 Automotive Engineering (12AEG)
Level 2 Design and CAD Technology (12DCT)
Level 2 Food and Hospitality (12FHP)
Level 2 Furniture and Timber Trades (12FTT)
Level 2 Graphics (12GRA)
Level 2 Industrial Engineering (12IEG)
Level 2 Trade Building - Two option course 8 hrs (12TB1)
Level 3 Automotive Engineering - Two option course 8hrs (13AEG1)
Level 3 Design and CAD Technology (13DCT)
Level 3 Food and Hospitality (13FHP)
Level 3 Graphics (13GRA)
Level 3 Industrial Engineering (13IEG)
Year 9 Mathematics (9MAT)
Year 10 Mathematics (10MAT)
Level 1 Mathematics with Algebra (11MAA)
Level 2 Mathematics with Algebra (12MAA)
Level 2 Mathematics with Statistics (12MAS)
Level 3 Mathematics (13MAT)
Level 3 Mathematics with Calculus (13MAC)
Level 3 Mathematics with Statistics (13MAS)
Junior ESOL (10ESOL)
ESOL Junior Immersion (IMMJ)
Year 11 ESOL (11ESOL)
Year 12 ESOL (12ESOL)
Year 13 ESOL (13ESOL)
Year 9 Social Studies (9SST)
Year 10 Social Studies (10SST)
Level 1 Geography (11GEO)
Level 1 History (11HIS)
Level 2 Geography (12GEO)
Level 2 History (12HIS)
Level 2 Media Studies (12MED)
Level 2 Tourism (12TOU)
Level 3 Geography (13GEO)
Level 3 History (13HIS)
Level 3 Media Studies (13MED)
Level 3 Tourism (13TOU)
Year 10 Accounting / Business (10ABU)
Gateway Programme (13GATE)
Year 10 Physical Education (10PED)
Level 3 Drama (13DRA)
Level 3 Music (13MUS)
Level 1 Drama (11DRA)
Level 1 Music (11MUS)
Level 2 Drama (12DRA)
Level 3 Te Ao Haka (13TAH)
Level 2 Music (12MUS)
Level 2 Vocational Pathways & Education (12VOC)
Level 1 Vocational Pathways & Education (11VOC)
Level 3 Vocational Pathways & Education (13VOC)
Level 3 Health (13HLS)
Level 3 Outdoor Education (13OED)
Level 3 Physical Education (13PED)
Level 3 Sports Extension Programme - Rugby (13SPR)
Level 1 Health (11HLS)
Level 1 Outdoor Education (11OED)
Level 1 Physical Education (11PED)
Level 2 Health (12HLS)
Level 2 Outdoor Education (12OED)
Level 2 Physical Education (12PED)
Level 2 Sports Extension Programme - Rugby (12SPR)
Level 2 Te Ao Haka (12TAH)
Year 9 Skills Through Technology (9TEC)
Level 3 Furniture and Timber Trades (13FTT)
Year 9 Physical Education (9PED)
Year 10 Health (10HLS)
Year 9 Health (9HLS)
Senior ESOL Immersion (IMMS)
Trades Academy Programme (TOTSTA) (TOTS)
Level 3 Automotive Engineering - one option course (13AEG)
Māori Immersion Programme (9RUM)
Level 1 Mathematics with Statistics (11MAS)
Year 10 Geography / History (10HGE)
Level 2 Mathematics (12MAT)
Year 10 Sport Athlete Development Program (10SPA)

Schools surrounding Nelson College.

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Nelson College
Nelson College (Prep.Dept.)
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Victory Primary School
Nelson Intermediate
Nelson College For Girls Prep School
Nelson College For Girls
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Nelson Central School
Maitai School
Auckland Point School
Nelson Teen Parent Unit
Tahunanui School
Enner Glynn School
Nayland College
Broadgreen Intermediate
Nelson Christian Academy
Nayland Primary School
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