# Stratford High School

**Type:** Secondary (Year 9-15) (State)  
**Gender:** Co-Educational  
**Address:** Swansea Road, Stratford  
**Region:** Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū  
**Total roll:** 609  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 500  
**Founded:** 1897  
**Website:** <http://www.stratfordhigh.school.nz>  

> ⚠️ **Active MoE intervention** — a limited statutory manager has been appointed (2009-06-09). Source: <https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2009-go4827>

## Latest ERO review (2022-11-25)

**Author:** Phil Cowie, Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui  
**Composite score:** 72/100  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/179/stratford-high-school#report-26088>

### Key findings
- School leadership is relatively new with the principal and deputy principal appointed in 2020
- Recent community consultation has informed the future direction of the school
- School values can support a consistent approach to responding to diverse needs
- Systems and processes identify and are increasingly responding to the needs of all learners
- The school has a teen parenting unit, special education needs unit onsite, and an alternative education unit offsite

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"School leadership is relatively new with the principal and deputy principal appointed in 2020."_ — ERO, 2022-11-25 (leadership)

> _"redesigning and implementing a new junior curriculum to better meet the needs of all learners"_ — ERO, 2022-11-25 (curriculum)

> _"further building the capacity in the school to better respond to the diverse needs of all learners, particularly Māori"_ — ERO, 2022-11-25 (equity)

## Tags

`state_school` · `coeducational` · `secondary_school` · `eqi_above_average_need` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director`

## Machine-readable siblings

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

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