Massey High School
state secondary (year 9-15) school in Auckland, New Zealand
Massey High School is a co-educational state secondary school in West Auckland, New Zealand established in 1969. The school is located on the western edge of the city, thus obtaining students from both suburban and rural backgrounds. In 2017 it was rated decile 4.
History
Established in 1969, the school was initially based at Henderson High School until the buildings on the current site at Don Buck Road were completed in 1970. Initially the school had a rural makeup but as the city of Auckland spread to the west and north the school experienced significant roll growth and an increase in suburban students. In order to accommodate this, the school used prefabricated classrooms.
The school was built to the Nelson Two-Storey standard plan, like most New Zealand secondary schools built in the 1960s. The Nelson Two-Storey is characterised by its two-storey H-shaped classroom blocks, with stairwells at each end of the block and a large ground floor toilet and cloak area on one side. Massey High School has three Nelson Two-Storey blocks.
In 2003 the school began a campus development programme to bring facilities up to date, opening the Bruce Candy Science Centre, a three-story complex with labs for physics, biology, chemistry, electronics and horticulture.
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