About Viscount School

Viscount School first opened its doors in 1969

Did you know the School was named after the main passenger aircraft operating at Mangere Airport at the time – the Vickers Viscount.

In 2019 we celebrated our 50th Jubilee. Viscount School is a full Primary School Y1-Y8. The School’s learning programmes reflect our rich cultures and diverse community, as well as the aspirations of our parents/whānau, for student success.

The School motto “BEST” is an acronym 

• Better 
• Every 
• Single 
• Time 

Through collective efforts, we aim to provide students with the  best teachers, the best resources and the best learning environment to ensure they achieve the best achievement results.

Many of our former students have excelled academically, socially and in sports, both locally and nationally.  We aim for all students to be a successful, confident, life long learners.

Our students get opportunities to experience a wide range of activities to become confident learners.

In addition to a wide variety of learning opportunities in the classroom, we have strong programmes in:

• literacy and mathematics
• music and art programmes
• cultural groups
• multi-lingual language learning
• PE and sports
• Y7/8 electives

Celebrating diversity

At our School, approximately 85% of our students, are of Pacific heritage.  Approximately 15% of our students identify as Māori or Asian with a remainder from other cultural groups. Over 80% of our students speak a language other than English as their first language.  

At Viscount School we welcome and value the rich diversity of languages, cultures and identities of our families and students. We seek to work in partnership with our parents and whānau so together we can develop an understanding of how our children’s identities are culturally located as well as how they are shaped by experiences in their communities and build on that to develop connections with our learners and shape learning through academic programmes based in English as well as promoting the use of heritage languages and expressing their culture in authentic contexts so they experience success and take pride in who they are.

The unique position of Māori culture is an important and vital part of our School. We are committed to Kaupapa whanaungatanga (kinship through relationships) and the promotion of te reo Māori. 

We believe all our students can succeed!