It has a roll of 319 as of November 2015, the school crest features the Cape Egmont Lighthouse, open book and the torch of the spirit, and Mt Taranaki the motto "Ut prosim patriae" which translates to "that I may be worthy of my country".

The Committee of Management, Staff and pupils set about the task with enthusiasm and many and varied were drawings presented.

In the left section of the badge appears Cape Egmont Lighthouse which is symbolic of the coastal part of the province which the School serves.

A boy or girl who leaves the school should carry away something more than knowledge and developed skills, he or she should have become a better person through contact with the finest that literature, art, music and religion can offer.

In recent years it has won the New Zealand and Australian secondary school competition for the Sir Edmund Hillary Challenge.