A purpose‑built scholarship room in the library provides candidates with a dedicated space to work individually or alongside like‑minded peers. Students intending to study abroad are well supported with advice and guidance on entry requirements, scholarship applications, SATs, and interviews. Each year, Rangitoto College students gain acceptance into prestigious universities across the Asia‑Pacific region and further afield, including Ivy League colleges in the United States and top universities in the United Kingdom.

We provide an extensive framework that inspires students to embrace the very best opportunities the future has to offer, preparing them to become active shapers of the world rather than passive consumers.

Our core junior programme includes English, Mathematics, Science, Junior Social Science, Digital Technology, one of four Languages (Māori, Japanese, Mandarin, or Spanish), Health, Music, and Physical Education. In addition, students choose three further options from a diverse range that includes Visual Art, Dance, Drama, Business and Economics, Electronics, Textile Technology and Food Technology, Design and Visual Communication, Materials Technology, and Performance Music.

In Year 10, students begin to explore specialised subjects that reflect their individual interests and strengths. In the senior years, the College offers the widest possible combination of study choices, with more than seventy subjects available at Year 12 and an unparalleled twenty‑six Scholarship subjects at Year 13. With such breadth — from Art History and Business Studies to Classics, Electronics, and Sociology — every student’s interests are catered for.

All students are challenged to pursue their diverse ambitions and achieve their personal best. To support this, extensive data is collected from contributing schools and supplemented by further testing, enabling us to track and respond to the academic well‑being of each student.

Through effective teaching practice, we aim to strengthen the literacy of all students, enhancing their ability to use and understand the language forms essential for successful communication in society. To support their learning, students are required to bring a computer device.

Rangitoto College is proud to celebrate an incredible achievement — our students have earned 324 NZQA Scholarships, including 32 at Outstanding level. This is the highest number of scholarships ever attained by a New Zealand school. Congratulations to all our 2024 Scholarship recipients on this remarkable success.

Our 2024 NCEA Dux, Leanne Kim, achieved an extraordinary 10 scholarships, with 7 at Outstanding level, earning one of only 12 Premier Awards nationwide. Alongside this, two Year 10 students gained 2 scholarships, 23 Year 11 students achieved 32 scholarships, and 67 Year 12 students earned 111 scholarships.

We are also delighted to recognise the 9 Outstanding Scholarship Award winners:

• Year 13: Hedy Yang, Olesya Korchagina, Joey Wong, John Cai, Layla Clarke
• Year 12: Taein Jung, Joshua Lo, Leo Wang
• Year 11: Joshua Wang

This milestone marks the fifth time Rangitoto College has led New Zealand in scholarship passes, with successes across 27 subjects in 2024. Across the 29 subjects entered, our students attained 8% of all scholarships nationwide — a testament to their talent, perseverance, and the support of our dedicated staff.

These accomplishments were celebrated at our annual Scholarship Evening, where students, teachers, and whānau came together to acknowledge the hard work and commitment behind these results.

New Zealand Scholarship represents the pinnacle of senior academic achievement, with only 3% of Year 13 students nationwide awarded scholarships. At Rangitoto College, we encourage all students intending to pursue tertiary study to enter Scholarship, not only to prepare for university but to excel in it.