# Waimate High School

**Type:** Secondary (Year 7-15) (State)  
**Gender:** Co-Educational  
**Address:** Paul Street, Waimate  
**Region:** Canterbury, Chatham Islands  
**Total roll:** 276  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 481  
**Founded:** 1929  
**Website:** <https://www.waimatehigh.school.nz>  

## Latest ERO review (2023-06-29)

**Author:** Shelley Booysen, ERO  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/362/waimate-high-school#report-28143>

### Key findings
- The school is a signatory to the Education (Pastoral Care of International Students) Code of Practice 2016
- The school has attested that it complies with all aspects of the Code
- No international students were enrolled at the time of the ERO review

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"The school is a signatory to the Education (Pastoral Care of International Students) Code of Practice 2016 established under section 534 of the Education and Training Act 2020."_ — ERO, 2023-06-29 (governance)

> _"The school has attested that it complies with all aspects of the Code."_ — ERO, 2023-06-29 (governance)

> _"No international students were enrolled at the time of the ERO review."_ — ERO, 2023-06-29 (safety)

## Audited financials (year ended 2024)

- **Total revenue:** $6.18M
- **Surplus/(deficit):** +$155,814
- **Net assets/equity:** $1.64M
- **Audit opinion:** unmodified
- **Source:** <https://www.waimatehigh.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Annual-Report-2025-1.pdf>

## International student programme

- **SIEBA member:** yes
- **Source:** <https://sieba.nz/members/member-schools>

## Tags

`accepts_international_students` · `sieba_member` · `surplus_latest_year` · `audit_unmodified_multi_year` · `holidays_act_disclosure_open` · `state_school` · `coeducational` · `secondary_school` · `eqi_above_average_need` · `international_students_accepted` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director`

## Machine-readable siblings

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

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