# Carmel College

**Type:** Secondary (Year 7-15) (State : Integrated)  
**Gender:** Girls School  
**Address:** 108 Shakespeare Road, Milford, Auckland  
**Region:** Tāmaki Herenga Tāngata  
**Total roll:** 1,066  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 382  
**Founded:** 1957  
**Website:** <http://www.carmel.school.nz/>  

> ⚠️ **Active MoE intervention** — a limited statutory manager has been appointed (2018-07-23). Source: <https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2018-go3461>

## Latest ERO review (2019-11-25)

**Author:** Steve Tanner, Northern Region  
**Composite score:** 83/100  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/35/carmel-college#report-20811>

### Key findings
- Students achieve excellent educational outcomes with consistently high levels of academic achievement in NCEA for all groups including Māori and Pacific learners
- Leadership collaboratively develops and enacts the school's vision, values and priorities for equity and excellence
- The school is very effective in responding to students who need accelerated progress with individual tracking and monitoring
- The newly elected board is in a learning phase and trustees continue to build sustainable governance practices
- Senior leaders, teachers and whānau Māori are exploring ways to further develop bicultural capabilities within the school

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"Leadership in the school collaboratively develops and enacts the school's vision, values and priorities for equity and excellence."_ — ERO, 2019-11-25 (leadership)

> _"Students achieve excellent educational outcomes. The school's achievement information shows consistently high levels of academic achievement in National Certificates of Educational Achievement (NCEA) for all groups of students, including Māori and Pacific learners."_ — ERO, 2019-11-25 (achievement)

> _"Over time, Māori student data show parity of achievement, and Pacific student data show increasing parity."_ — ERO, 2019-11-25 (maori)

## Audited financials (year ended 2024)

- **Total revenue:** $14.72M
- **Surplus/(deficit):** −$77,551
- **Net assets/equity:** $2.72M
- **Audit opinion:** unmodified
- **Source:** <https://www.carmel.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Carmel-College-Annual-Report-2024.pdf>

## International student programme

- **Annual tuition:** NZ$22,500
- **Year groups accepted:** Year 7-13
- **SIEBA member:** yes
- **Source:** <https://www.carmel.school.nz/enrolment/international-costs/>

## Tags

`accepts_international_students` · `sieba_member` · `consistent_excellence` · `deficit_consecutive_2y` · `deficit_latest_year` · `audit_unmodified_multi_year` · `state_integrated` · `single_sex_girls` · `secondary_school` · `roll_1000_to_2000` · `eqi_low_need` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director`

## Machine-readable siblings

- JSON: <https://schoolsnearme.co.nz/api/school/carmel-college/facts.json>
- ERO history (markdown): <https://schoolsnearme.co.nz/api/school/carmel-college/ero-history.md>

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