Wakatipu High School New School Project

Welcome to the Facebook page that will be your ‘go-to’ resource for everything you need to know about the brand-new Wakatipu High School in Frankton.

The first sod was turned on the site at Remarkables Park in Queenstown in March 2016, but planning started much earlier.

Our new facility is part of a Public Private Partnership (PPP) project. Wakatipu High School is part of the 2nd PPP bundle of schools (PPP2), covering the construction and maintenance of four new schools across New Zealand (including one in Auckland and two in Christchurch). Under PPP, the Future Schools consortium will build and operate our school facilities and grounds over a 25-year concession period.

The new school is designed and being built in accordance with the principles of an Innovative Learning Environment (ILE), encompassing Flexible Learning Spaces as an integral part of learning.

As the new school build progresses towards opening in 2018, this page will be updated with the latest news, updates, images and videos, with plenty of background information to be shared over time.

We encourage parents, educators, students, the local Frankton community and wider Queenstown-Lakes community to like the page, follow and share.