Rathkeale College

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Rathkeale College is a state-integrated Anglican boys secondary school on the outskirts of Masterton, New Zealand.HistoryRathkeale College was established in 1963 to complete the family of schools managed by the St Matthew's Schools Trust Board, which already had a girls school in St Matthews Collegiate School and a preparatory school in Hadlow School. The foundation Headmaster was E.J. Norman, a housemaster from Christ's College in Christchurch, while the deputy headmaster was Bruce Hamilton, also of Christ's. The school was established in the homestead of Rathkeale farm, previously owned by the Maunsell family. The Rathkeale homestead is now known as School House. The school was officially opened in 1963 by Governor General Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson. The school was officially called St. Matthew's Collegiate School for Boys, but has always been known as Rathkeale College, after the farm on which it was situated. The farm's name comes from Rathkeale in County Limerick, Ireland, where the Maunsell family was originally from.CurrentGovernanceRathkeale is currently owned by the Trinity Schools Trust, managed by the Trinity Schools Trust Board, chaired by John Greenwood, while the school is governed by a Board of Trustees chaired by Andrew Pottinger.