Principal's Message

Kia Ora, Salve, Talofa Lava and a warm welcome to St Joseph’s Grey Lynn. We are the oldest Catholic school in central Auckland, and we are extremely proud of our past, and excited for our future.

St Joe’s is an educational institution that has served its Grey Lynn community since 1884. We instil the values learnt from our founder, St Mary Mackillop as well as the academic success we have become known for on Great North Road. We recognise every child as a learner who wants to discover their full potential.

The decision to send your child to St Joe’s is a choice about the future success of that learner either at one of our top Catholic high schools in the inner city or on to a top university. Academic, sporting, cultural and musical success is acknowledged and celebrated in our school and our wider community.

As the principal I believe that every student deserves to have the opportunity to follow the path of our old-boys and girls who have gone on to attend Ivy league universities in the U.S. and both Oxford and Cambridge in the U.K.

I believe strongly in a school that creates a safe learning environment which nurtures and celebrates student success as we follow in the tradition of our Josephite founders, especially the example of our very own saint: St Mary of the Cross.

St Joseph's Catholic School, Grey Lynn