Feilding High School


Feilding High School is a co-ed Secondary School in Feilding, New Zealand. It is the only secondary school in the town of Feilding.

History

The school was originally named the Feilding Technical High School and subsequently became known as the Feilding Agricultural High School. The school's foundation stone was laid on 7 February 1921 by the then Minister for Education the Honourable James Parr. In 2000 the school had its name changed to FAHS Feilding High School.
In 2015 Feilding High School was rated as having at Decile 5 socio-economic rating. In 2018 Nathan Stewart was appointed as principal of the school.

Principals

The school has had nine principals since 1921:
PeriodPrincipal
1921–1946L. J. Wild
1947–1960K. E. McKinnion
1961–1967W. L. McLean
1968–1974H. Prosser
1975–1990B. H. Kerr
1990–1996B. L. Jackson
1997–2015R. S. Menzies
2016–2018M. O'Grady
2018–presentN. Stewart

Logo

Feilding High School's logo was gifted by Sir Peter Buck in 1922. It also features on the crest of Manawatu District Council.

Enrolment

As of, Feilding High School has a roll of students, of which identify as Māori.
As of, the school has an Equity Index of, placing it amongst schools whose students have socioeconomic barriers to achievement.

Notable alumni

  • Bob Bell, former National Party MP
  • Mihingarangi Forbes, television journalist
  • Ted Thomas, Former judge of the Court of Appeal

    Rugby players

  • Nelson Ball: All Black, Wanganui and Wellington representative
  • Amy Cokayne: England Women's Rugby, and Harlequins Women
  • Mitchell Crosswell: Māori All Blacks, Chiefs, Manawatu, Taranaki and East Coast representative
  • Nick Crosswell: Māori All Blacks, Chiefs, Highlanders, Hurricanes, Manawatu and Dragons RFC representative
  • Jack Finlay: All Black and Manawatu representative
  • Stu Freebairn: All Black and Manawatu representative
  • Kevin Eveleigh: All Black and Manawatu representative – Captain Ranfurly Sheild.
  • Perry Harris: All Black and Manawatu representative
  • Sarah Goss: Black Fern, NZ Women's Sevens, Manawatu Cyclones XV and 7s representative
  • Vilimoni Koroi: New Zealand national rugby sevens team, New Zealand national under-20 rugby union team, Highlanders and Otago representative
  • Semisi Masirewa: Western Force, Sunwolves, Waikato and Manawatu representative
  • Aaron Smith: All Black, Highlanders and Manawatu Turbos representative
  • Codie Taylor: All Black, Maori All Black, Crusaders and Canterbury representative
  • Tiny White: All Black and Poverty Bay representative
  • Adam Whitelock: Crusaders and Canterbury representative
  • George Whitelock: All Black, Crusaders and Canterbury representative
  • Luke Whitelock: All Black, Crusaders and Canterbury representative
  • Sam Whitelock: All Black, Crusaders, and Canterbury representative