Last updated October 2026
Trinity Catholic College is a state-integrated, co-educational secondary school for Years 7 to 13 at 340 Rattray Street, City Rise, Dunedin. It opened in 1989 and had 868 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes 68 suburbs, among them Broad Bay, Ravensbourne, Brockville, Caversham, Musselburgh and Halfway Bush; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes a Catholic special character drawn from its founding religious orders, with daily prayer and a religious education programme, and a Te Tīmataka programme for Years 7 to 9 that teaches core subjects through themed, integrated blocks with a whānau teacher who stays with each student for three years. It lists a learning support team and an alternative SPEC pathway for a small number of students, music, theatre, dance, debating and kapa haka, summer and winter sports, and an international programme with homestays.
At a glance
- Principal
- Kate Nicholson
- Address
- 340 Rattray Street, City Rise, Dunedin
- Phone
- 03 477 3408
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Belleknowes Dunedin, Green Island Dunedin, Wakari, Mornington Dunedin, Shiel Hill, Woodhaugh Dunedin, Roslyn Dunedin, Brockville, Halfway Bush, Balaclava, Burnside Dunedin, Saddle Hill, Fairfield, Waverley, North East Valley Dunedin, Pine Hill Dunedin, Leith Valley, Kenmure Dunedin, Caversham, The Glen, Normanby, Bradford, Lookout Point, Glenleith, Allanton Dunedin, Kensington, Larnachs Castle, Momona, East Taieri Dunedin, Dalmore, Sawyers Bay Dunedin, Opoho, Māori Hill, Concord, Saint Kilda, Kaikorai, Outram, Tainui, Liberton Dunedin, Abbotsford, Mosgiel Dunedin, North Dunedin, Musselburgh, Maia, Ravensbourne, Andersons Bay Dunedin, South Dunedin, Ōtākou, Ocean View Dunedin, Brighton, St Leonards, Macandrew Bay, Careys Bay Dunedin, Vauxhall, Portobello Dunedin, Broad Bay, Dunedin City Centre, Waldronville Dunedin, Waitati Dunedin, Karitane Dunedin, The Cove, Blackhead, Ocean Grove, Waikouaiti, Middlemarch, Roseneath Dunedin, Saint Clair and Port Chalmers.
Zone boundaries are set by the school’s enrolment scheme and can change. Confirm your address with the school before you rely on it.
NCEA results
School leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with all New Zealand school leavers.
This school New Zealand
School leavers are students who left school that year, whatever year level they left from.
Who goes here
Share of the 868 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
27 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
Suspensions: fewer than 5 cases in 2025, so no rate is shown.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a School Evaluation Report from September 2024. ERO reported gains against the goals set at its previous review, including a refreshed curriculum that builds student independence, teachers confidently bringing mātauranga Māori into learning, and regular tracking of literacy and mathematics progress in Years 7 to 10.
Most Year 7 to 10 students achieve at or above expected curriculum levels in literacy and mathematics, and a large majority of students, including Māori, gain NCEA at all levels, with merit and excellence endorsements holding up and University Entrance results improving.
Most students attend regularly, though attendance is not yet at the Ministry of Education’s national target. ERO also noted clear improvement goals set by leaders, booster groups for students who need extra help, and a curriculum that draws on climate change, sustainability and the school’s Catholic character.
The agreed next steps are to keep developing the curriculum, with mātauranga Māori built into learning areas and more focus on literacy and mathematics, to keep lifting achievement in national qualifications, to use student, teacher and whānau feedback alongside cohort tracking to check which initiatives work, to make wider use of assessment for learning, and to improve regular attendance.
Read the ERO reports for Trinity Catholic College
Enrolling
As a state-integrated Catholic school, it gives preference of enrolment to students with a link to the Catholic Church through baptism or parish membership, confirmed by a preference certificate from the family’s parish priest, and attendance dues apply under the Diocese of Dunedin’s agreement. Its home zone takes in the whole Dunedin area, but living there does not on its own give a right to a place: the school enrols by preference, and its enrolment page welcomes enrolments from across the wider Dunedin area.
Students without preference can apply for a limited number of open places, which still need a certificate completed by a parish priest and tend to fill quickly. Applicants have an interview with the principal after the closing date, and the school publishes its enrolment scheme, forms, closing date and attendance dues charges on its enrolment page each year.
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In Dunedin City Centre
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Questions parents ask
Is Trinity Catholic College zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Belleknowes Dunedin, Green Island Dunedin, Wakari, Mornington Dunedin, Shiel Hill, Woodhaugh Dunedin, Roslyn Dunedin, Brockville, Halfway Bush, Balaclava, Burnside Dunedin, Saddle Hill, Fairfield, Waverley, North East Valley Dunedin, Pine Hill Dunedin, Leith Valley, Kenmure Dunedin, Caversham, The Glen, Normanby, Bradford, Lookout Point, Glenleith, Allanton Dunedin, Kensington, Larnachs Castle, Momona, East Taieri Dunedin, Dalmore, Sawyers Bay Dunedin, Opoho, Māori Hill, Concord, Saint Kilda, Kaikorai, Outram, Tainui, Liberton Dunedin, Abbotsford, Mosgiel Dunedin, North Dunedin, Musselburgh, Maia, Ravensbourne, Andersons Bay Dunedin, South Dunedin, Ōtākou, Ocean View Dunedin, Brighton, St Leonards, Macandrew Bay, Careys Bay Dunedin, Vauxhall, Portobello Dunedin, Broad Bay, Dunedin City Centre, Waldronville Dunedin, Waitati Dunedin, Karitane Dunedin, The Cove, Blackhead, Ocean Grove, Waikouaiti, Middlemarch, Roseneath Dunedin, Saint Clair and Port Chalmers.
What years does it teach?
Years 7 to 13.
How many students go there?
868 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
It may. It is not in the donation scheme, so it can ask families for donations.
What is its Equity Index?
431. The Ministry of Education’s Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, from 344 (fewest) to 569 (most). It is used to share out funding, not as a measure of quality.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 87.9% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 25 Oct 2026 (CC BY 4.0). Home zone: Ministry of Education enrolment zones (CC BY 4.0). NCEA results, roll history and stand-downs: Education Counts, school leavers 2023 to 2025, stand-downs 2025, rolls 2021 to 2025 (CC BY 4.0). Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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