# Mairehau High School **Type:** Secondary (Year 9-15) (State) **Gender:** Co-Educational **Address:** Hills Road, Christchurch **Region:** Canterbury, Chatham Islands **Total roll:** 410 **Equity Index (EQI):** 510 **Founded:** 1961 **Website:** > ⚠️ **Active MoE intervention** — a limited statutory manager has been appointed (2008-02-29). Source: ## Latest ERO review (2024-10-03) **Author:** Shelley Booysen, ERO **Source:** ### Key findings - Board has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements across all key areas as of May 2024 - Three areas of non-compliance identified: missing policy on reducing student distress and minimising physical restraint; incomplete police vetting of children's workers; employment of uncertified teachers beyond permitted timeframe - Board policy and procedure framework needed further development and had not been regularly reviewed at time of assessment - Board has since taken steps to address identified areas of non-compliance and strengthen policy framework ### Verbatim quotes from ERO > _"As of May 2024, the Mairehau High School Board has attested to the following regulatory and legislative requirements"_ — ERO, 2024-10-03 (governance) > _"policy is needed on reducing student distress and minimising use of physical restraint that has reference to the 2023 rules and guidelines and to make this available to the school community"_ — ERO, 2024-10-03 (safety) > _"ensuring every children's worker is police vetted on appointment and every three years"_ — ERO, 2024-10-03 (governance) ## Tags `state_school` · `coeducational` · `secondary_school` · `eqi_above_average_need` · `international_students_accepted` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director` ## Machine-readable siblings - JSON: - ERO history (markdown): --- Methodology: · Every claim above links to its source document.