# Fairhall School **Type:** Full Primary (State) **Gender:** Co-Educational **Address:** New Renwick Road, Fairhall, Blenheim **Region:** Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast **Total roll:** 209 **Equity Index (EQI):** 391 **Founded:** 1877 **Website:** ## Latest ERO review (2019-09-26) **Author:** Dr Lesley Patterson, Southern Region **Composite score:** 81/100 **Source:** ### Key findings - The school is promoting equitable and excellent outcomes for all students, with most students achieving at or above expectations in writing and mathematics, and almost all in reading - The school has effectively addressed boys' achievement disparity in writing, with minimal difference across gender groups by 2018 - The school is effectively responding to students whose learning needs accelerating, with many Māori and targeted students making accelerated progress - Sound moderation practice and use of nationally-referenced tools support dependable achievement judgements and inform board decisions - Documented curriculum requires further review and development to better reflect current practices and ensure clearer focus on local context and bicultural nature of Aotearoa New Zealand ### Verbatim quotes from ERO > _"School achievement information since 2016 indicates that most students, including Māori, achieve at or above the school's curriculum expectations in writing and mathematics. Almost all students achieve at or above expectations in reading."_ — ERO, 2019-09-26 (achievement) > _"The school is effectively responding to those students whose learning and achievement needs accelerating. Information for 2018 shows that many students, including Māori and the school's targeted students, made accelerated progress and are now on track to achieve at expected levels."_ — ERO, 2019-09-26 (equity) > _"The principal has a well-considered, highly reflective and improvement-focused leadership approach. Positive collegial relationships are evident across staff, children and whānau."_ — ERO, 2019-09-26 (leadership) ## Audited financials (year ended 2024) - **Total revenue:** $1.97M - **Surplus/(deficit):** −$4,979 - **Net assets/equity:** $0.19M - **Audit opinion:** unmodified - **Source:** ## Tags `consistent_excellence` · `deficit_consecutive_2y` · `deficit_latest_year` · `audit_unmodified_multi_year` · `revenue_growth_15pct` · `holidays_act_disclosure_open` · `state_school` · `coeducational` · `full_primary_1_8` · `eqi_low_need` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director` ## Machine-readable siblings - JSON: - ERO history (markdown): --- Methodology: · Every claim above links to its source document.