# Papanui High School

**Type:** Secondary (Year 9-15) (State)  
**Gender:** Co-Educational  
**Address:** 30 Langdons Road, Papanui, Christchurch  
**Region:** Canterbury, Chatham Islands  
**Total roll:** 1,469  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 461  
**Founded:** 1936  
**Website:** <http://www.papanui.school.nz/>  

## Latest ERO review (2023-05-05)

**Author:** Shelley Booysen, ERO  
**Composite score:** 82/100  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/316/papanui-high-school#report-27494>

### Key findings
- School has identified that overall, boys achieve and engage less well than girls
- A target group of Year 9 and 10 students is at significant risk of not achieving NCEA
- School demonstrates effective gathering, analysis and use of learning and engagement information to inform curriculum programmes
- Systematic distributed leadership supports strategic priorities for improvement across curriculum design, wellbeing, and cultural responsiveness

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"the school has identified that overall, its boys achieve and engage less well that its girls"_ — ERO, 2023-05-05 (equity)

> _"a target group of Year 9 and 10 students is at significant risk of not achieving NCEA"_ — ERO, 2023-05-05 (equity)

> _"effective gathering, analysis and use of learning and engagement information that informs meaningful curriculum programmes for learner pathways"_ — ERO, 2023-05-05 (curriculum)

## International student programme

- **Annual tuition:** NZ$19,000
- **SIEBA member:** yes
- **Source:** <https://www.papanui.school.nz/international>

## Tags

`accepts_international_students` · `sieba_member` · `consistent_excellence` · `state_school` · `coeducational` · `secondary_school` · `roll_1000_to_2000` · `international_students_accepted` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director`

## Machine-readable siblings

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

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