Last updated October 2026
St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College is a state-integrated, co-educational secondary school for Years 7 to 13 at 485 Burtt Road, Drury. It opened in 2024 and had 608 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. The college describes itself as a Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition, where the day and each lesson open with prayer, the community gathers for College Masses and every student has the chance to go on a retreat each year. Its website also covers sport, ākonga electives, a house system, a bus service and an enrolment process for international students.
At a glance
- Principal
- Catherine Bamber-O'Malley
- Address
- 485 Burtt Road, Drury
- Phone
- 09 215 6113
Home zone
No home zone: any student can apply to enrol. If more students apply than there are places, the school decides how places are offered.
Who goes here
Share of the 608 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
2 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
Suspensions: fewer than 5 cases in 2025, so no rate is shown.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
Enrolling
As a state-integrated Catholic school, the college offers preference of enrolment, and its admissions page carries the preference forms and diocesan guidance for families applying under the preference criteria. Attendance dues apply, and families bring a completed attendance dues form to the enrolment interview.
Families apply through the college’s online enrolment form and then attend an interview with documents such as a birth certificate, the latest school report and proof of address. When year levels are full, applications go on a waiting list.
Schools nearby
In Runciman
St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College is in Runciman. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Runciman guide →Questions parents ask
Is St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 7 to 13.
How many students go there?
608 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
It may. It is not in the donation scheme, so it can ask families for donations.
What is its Equity Index?
419. The Ministry of Education’s Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, from 344 (fewest) to 569 (most). It is used to share out funding, not as a measure of quality.
Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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Sources and data notes 1
- School facts: School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 26 Oct 2026 (CC BY 4.0). NCEA results, roll history and stand-downs: Education Counts, school leavers 2023 to 2025, stand-downs 2025, rolls 2021 to 2025 (CC BY 4.0).