Rangitoto Summit Diploma

Growing well-rounded, successful students in the junior school

Rangitoto College is committed to fostering academic and personal excellence by guiding students toward meaningful growth and contribution. Our key outcomes include:

Embedding school values to create a pathway that nurtures excellence and empowers students to make a positive difference in the world.
Focusing on academic achievement and improvement in junior years across all subject areas to build a strong foundation for future success.
Encouraging involvement in leadership and co-curricular activities to help students develop personal skills, confidence, and pride.
Promoting service and community engagement, both within and beyond the school, to cultivate a community-minded perspective.
Supporting the behaviour curriculum to ensure student conduct aligns with school values, fostering a learning environment that enables success.

Supporting and challenging our junior students

The Rangitoto Summit Diploma recognises students across six key areas of achievement:

Academic Achievement Gaining Excellence grades in tests, assessments, and exams. For students in Year 11 and above, Merit (M) or Excellence (E) grades recorded on school reports contribute toward this criterion.
Academic Progress Demonstrating improvement in academic performance through sustained growth and effort.
Extra-Curricular Involvement Participating in clubs, activities, or sports beyond the classroom.
Service and Leadership Contributing to the school and wider community through service or leadership roles.
Attendance Maintaining high attendance rates to support consistent learning.
Behaviour Demonstrating behaviour that supports academic engagement and success.

See the infographic below for a visual summary of the Rangitoto Summit Diploma.

Feb 2026 Rangitoto College - Junior Diploma

Co-Curricular Points System

The diploma points system is designed to recognise every student’s contribution to life at Rangitoto College. To ensure equity, and reward students effectively, co-curricular points are now standardised across Sports, Performing Arts, Culture, Clubs, and Service. Students earn points for participation and contribution, accumulating toward three key milestones of their White, Red and Blue Diplomas

⚪ White Award: 25 Points

🔴 Red Award: 50 Points

🔵 Blue Award: 75 Points

Progress will be updated termly upon the completion of service, sports season, performing arts event or club.

There are many pathways in which a student can achieve points, and these are listed under the specific Sports, Performing Arts, Culture, Clubs or Service webpages.

Student Co-Curricular Points Examples

Points	Co- curricular examples
5	One-off non-sport competition, one-off school based service, senior tutoring, or one-off performance.
10	Academic competition (with training), out-of-school service, 1-day sport event, or service group single activity.
15	Two term assistant coaching or umpiring.
20	Participation in a social sports team, meeting specific club criteria, or commitment to a cultural competition. Additional 20 points for involvement in a premier sports team due to time commitment.
25	One term sport commitment (with training).
30	Two term commitment to head coaching or umpiring of a sport. Two term commitment to a performing arts activity.
40	Two term sport (with training), Kapa Haka, full-year performing arts activity, or Tech Crew.
50	Tū Rangatira Service (30 hours), Full-scale musical production, or Tech Crew Leaders/Coordinators.