attended and teaching there. Other names include the Wellington College of Education. This campus was the home of Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education briefly with some controversy until 2016 when the Faculty moved to the Kelburn campus. Construction of a retirement village on the site is underway in 2020 with the company Ryman purchasing the site in 2017. Secondary school Samuel Marsden Collegiate School is a composite private Anglican girls' school on Karori Road in Marsden Village. It offers classes from new entrants to Year 13. In 2014 it had a roll of 502. Public primary schools Karori Normal School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of as of . It was founded in 1857 and is the second-largest full primary school in New Zealand. It has an artificial turf, two playgrounds, 35 classrooms in approximately four buildings, a concrete field, and a grass field. The author Katherine Mansfield attended the school from 1895 to 1898 and there is a memorial to her at the school on a concrete field called the Katherine Mansfield field, located in front of a tree she wrote about in one of her stories. Karori West Normal School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of . Christian schools Samuel Marsden Collegiate School Karori is an Anglican girls' school for Year 1 to 13 students, founded in 1878. It has a roll of as of . St Teresa's School is a co-educational state-integrated Catholic school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of as of . Preschools There are a number of preschool education providers in Karori, including: Karori Playcentre Marsden Preschool Karori Kindercare Donald Street Preschool Karori Kids Preschool Karori Childcare Centre Karori Plunket Creche St Mary's Early Childhood Education Centre Sunshine Kindergarten Kiwi Kids Preschool References Suburbs of Wellington City