# Mount Hutt College

**Type:** Secondary (Year 7-15) (State)  
**Gender:** Co-Educational  
**Address:** 44 Main Street, Methven  
**Region:** Canterbury, Chatham Islands  
**Total roll:** 544  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 438  
**Founded:** 1858  
**Website:** <http://mounthuttcollege.co.nz>  

> ⚠️ **Active MoE intervention** — a limited statutory manager has been appointed (2016-12-22). Source: <https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2016-go7220>

## Latest ERO review (2023-09-22)

**Author:** Shelley Booysen, ERO  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/348/mount-hutt-college#report-28918>

### Key findings
- Board has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements across six key areas: Board Administration, Curriculum, Management of Health/Safety/Welfare, Personnel Management, Finance, and Assets
- One area of non-compliance was identified: Board needed to regularly obtain and consider information from New Zealand Police vets for all persons employed or engaged as paid children's workers
- The board has since addressed the identified area of non-compliance

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"As of March 2023, the Mount Hutt College Board has attested to the following regulatory and legislative requirements"_ — ERO, 2023-09-22 (governance)

> _"The board has since addressed the area of non-compliance identified"_ — ERO, 2023-09-22 (governance)

> _"The next School Board assurance that it is meeting regulatory and legislative requirements will be reported, along with the Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report, within three years"_ — ERO, 2023-09-22 (governance)

## Tags

`state_school` · `coeducational` · `secondary_school` · `international_students_accepted` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director`

## Machine-readable siblings

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

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