| Wellesley College | |
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| Address | |
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| Coordinates | 41°16′41″S 174°54′23″E / 41.2781°S 174.9065°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, Boys, full primary (Years 1–8)[1] |
| Motto | Amat Victoria Curam[1] (Victory Through Care) |
| Established | Croydon's first term at Day's Bay began Wed. 11 February 1914[2] |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 4149 |
| Principal | Michael Bain[3] |
| School roll | 350[1] |
| Website | wellesley.school.nz |
Wellesley College is a boys-only independent primary school founded in 1914 as Croydon in Days Bay, Eastbourne, New Zealand. It was a boarding school which also took day pupils.
The Croydon name continues in Wellesley's Croydon House but the school's name was changed to Wellesley when Croydon and Wellesley were amalgamated in 1940. Wellesley or Banks Commercial College had been in central Wellington on The Terrace.
Wellesley became a day school about 1972.
- ^ a b c d Prospectus. Retrieved 14 May 2014
- ^ Croydon Preparatory School Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 35, 11 February 1914,
- ^ "Principal's Message". Wellesley College. Retrieved 19 June 2021.