Under the terms of the Agreement:

• The School is governed by the Wesley College Board of Trustees and operates like any New Zealand State School;
• The Proprietor's [Trust Board] hostel was not integrated and remains a private boarding establishment;
• Wesley College has a Special Character, based on a relationship with the Methodist Church of New Zealand – Te Haahi Weteriana o Aotearoa; and the special character includes religious observances.

 In general terms, the Special Character says

• We are Christian
• We are Methodist
• We are Accepted
• We are called to be and to do ...
• We belong

To read in more detail download a copy of the Methodist Ethos here

Download a copy of the Historical Development of the Special Character here

Attendance at Chapel services and Religious Education [Life and Faith] classes are a condition of enrolment at the School and residence in the Hostel.

The College provides education from Year 9 to Year 13 [Form 3 to Form 7] and is coeducational from Year 11 to Year 13 [Form 5 to Form 7].

Enrolments are taken for both boarding and day students.

Historic Information

Download a copy of reflections of the history of Wesley College here