Facilities

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The college is set in 9 hectares of grounds, encompassing rugby and football fields, as well as netball and basketball courts and cricket practice nets. With the completion of a $20 million property development, the school has been redeveloped into a modern learning environment.

Facilities at Upper Hutt College include:

  • Creative Arts Centre, incorporating a Music room and practice suites, a Media Studies room with high end computers; two Art teaching rooms and a senior Design room; a Drama room and a fully equipped Dance studio, complete with a sprung floor.
  • Student cafeteria and a barista shop
  • Modern Administration Block, housing 8 state-of-the-art classrooms, a Deans Centre, student and visitor reception areas, administration offices and staffroom
  • Sports Centre incorporating 2 gyms and a weights room
  • Astroturf courts for all weather sports and hard courts for netball, basketball and volleyball
  • Library with a comprehensive range of books and student access to computers and the internet
  • Refurbished Science classrooms including specialist Science laboratories
  • 5 specialist computer classrooms supplemented by computer pods, classroom computers and sets of chromebooks
  • Specialist technology rooms for Wood, Metal, Food and Textiles Technology
  • Awhina Resource Unit for students with special learning needs