# Marlborough Boys' College

**Type:** Secondary (Year 9-15) (State)  
**Gender:** Boys School  
**Address:** 5 Stephenson Street, Blenheim  
**Region:** Nelson, Marlborough & West Coast  
**Total roll:** 982  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 456  
**Founded:** 1900  
**Website:** <http://www.marlboroughboys.school.nz>  

> ⚠️ **Active MoE intervention** — a limited statutory manager has been appointed (2009-03-27). Source: <https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2009-go2756>

## Latest ERO review (2024-02-23)

**Author:** Shelley Booysen, ERO  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/288/marlborough-boys-college#report-29975>

### Key findings
- Strengthened links with iwi and mātauranga have informed the school's strategic direction through consultation with Ngā Kawatau me ngā Tūmanakotanga o Te Tauihu and Haerenga
- The graduate profile was developed in consultation with ākonga, whānau, staff, community, and iwi
- Vertical whānau classes have grown positive, tuakana-teina learning relationships promoting a culture of ākonga becoming the best they can be
- Kaiako have unpacked the porowhita to establish where they are already delivered in learning programmes and identify further opportunities
- Systems of tracking student progress and achievement are used to identify ākonga needing accelerated progress

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"Strengthened links with iwi and mātauranga (through work on Ngā Kawatau me ngā Tūmanakotanga o Te Tauihu and Haerenga with all kura within Te Tauihu | Top of the South) and community consultation, have informed the school's strategic direction."_ — ERO, 2024-02-23 (curriculum)

> _"The recent implementation of vertical whānau classes has grown positive, tuakana-teina learning relationships with kaiako | teachers and peers which are promoting the culture of ākonga becoming the best that they can be."_ — ERO, 2024-02-23 (wellbeing)

> _"The graduate profile was developed in consultation with ākonga, whānau, staff, community, and iwi."_ — ERO, 2024-02-23 (maori)

## Tags

`state_school` · `single_sex_boys` · `secondary_school` · `international_students_accepted` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director`

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