# Sacred Heart School (Petone)

**Type:** Full Primary (State : Integrated)  
**Gender:** Co-Educational  
**Address:** 33 Britannia Street, Petone, Lower Hutt  
**Region:** Wellington  
**Total roll:** 163  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 415  
**Founded:** 1904  
**Website:** <http://www.sacredheartpetone.school.nz>  

## Latest ERO review (2023-10-13)

**Author:** Shelley Booysen, ERO  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/2984/sacred-heart-school-petone#report-29037>

### Key findings
- Active support from whānau has built strong relational trust between students, teachers and whānau that contributes to each learner's confidence, sense of belonging and sustained achievement
- A committed board, focused on learner achievement and wellbeing, that prioritises the resourcing of tamariki and kaiako learning
- The school will prioritise developing and embedding a refreshed, responsive localised curriculum framework
- Further strengthening the school's place-based learning and culturally responsive approach is a key priority

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"active support from whānau has built strong relational trust between students, teachers and whānau that contributes to each learner's confidence, sense of belonging and sustained achievement"_ — ERO, 2023-10-13 (equity)

> _"a committed board, focused on learner achievement and wellbeing, that prioritises the resourcing of tamariki and kaiako learning"_ — ERO, 2023-10-13 (leadership)

> _"developing and embedding a refreshed, responsive localised curriculum framework"_ — ERO, 2023-10-13 (curriculum)

## Audited financials (year ended 2024)

- **Total revenue:** $1.77M
- **Surplus/(deficit):** −$27,153
- **Net assets/equity:** $0.10M
- **Audit opinion:** unmodified
- **Source:** <https://sacredheartpetone.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2025/05/Annual-Report-2024_compressed.pdf>

## Tags

`deficit_consecutive_2y` · `deficit_latest_year` · `audit_unmodified_multi_year` · `revenue_growth_15pct` · `related_party_disclosure` · `state_integrated` · `state_integrated_catholic` · `coeducational` · `full_primary_1_8` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director`

## Machine-readable siblings

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

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