# Ellesmere College **Type:** Secondary (Year 7-15) (State) **Gender:** Co-Educational **Address:** Leeston Dunsandel Road, Leeston **Region:** Canterbury, Chatham Islands **Total roll:** 514 **Equity Index (EQI):** 462 **Founded:** 1858 **Website:** ## Latest ERO review (2024-07-17) **Author:** Shelley Booysen, ERO **Composite score:** 51/100 **Source:** ### Key findings - Most students achieve NCEA at Level 2 and 3; girls achieve at higher rates than boys in Levels 2 and 3 - Less than half of Year 9 and 10 students are working within expected curriculum level for reading, writing and mathematics - Recognised disparity for boys and Māori students across Years 7 to 11 requires improvement - Leaders are beginning to use data to review effectiveness of teaching and learning; distributed leadership approach now in place - Improvement required to structure of learning programmes across Years 7 to 11 to better prepare students for NCEA ### Verbatim quotes from ERO > _"Most students achieve the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) at Level 2 and 3; girls achieve NCEA at a higher rate than boys in Levels 2 and 3."_ — ERO, 2024-07-17 (achievement) > _"less than half of Year 9 and 10 students are working within the expected curriculum level for reading, writing and mathematics."_ — ERO, 2024-07-17 (achievement) > _"Improvements are needed to address the recognised disparity for boys and Māori students across Years 7 to 11."_ — ERO, 2024-07-17 (equity) ## Audited financials (year ended 2018) - **Total revenue:** $6.25M - **Surplus/(deficit):** +$2,865 - **Net assets/equity:** $0.78M - **Audit opinion:** unmodified - **Source:** ## International student programme - **SIEBA member:** yes - **Source:** ## Tags `accepts_international_students` · `sieba_member` · `surplus_latest_year` · `holidays_act_disclosure_open` · `state_school` · `coeducational` · `secondary_school` · `international_students_accepted` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director` ## Machine-readable siblings - JSON: - ERO history (markdown): --- Methodology: · Every claim above links to its source document.