# Wairoa College

**Type:** Secondary (Year 7-15) (State)  
**Gender:** Co-Educational  
**Address:** 16 Lucknow Street, Wairoa  
**Region:** Hawke's Bay, Tairāwhiti  
**Total roll:** 355  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 533  
**Founded:** 1954  
**Website:** <http://www.wairoacollege.school.nz>  

> ⚠️ **Active MoE intervention** — a limited statutory manager has been appointed (2024-12-18). Source: <https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2024-go6566>

## Latest ERO review (2022-11-22)

**Author:** Phil Cowie, Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui  
**Composite score:** 79/100  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/214/wairoa-college#report-25991>

### Key findings
- Leadership drives strategic direction through professional learning focused on pedagogical shifts in practices, in local curriculum, Mātauranga Māori, literacy and numeracy
- Collaborative approach to developing cross-curriculum programmes in Years 7 to 10 that is data driven and focused on promoting student agency
- Robust systems and processes in place to identify, monitor and support target students for equity and excellence in ākonga outcomes
- School serves Wairoa District as Years 7 to 13 secondary school with 88% of ākonga identifying as Māori and offers bilingual education in Years 7 to 9

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"leadership drives strategic direction through professional learning focused on pedagogical shifts in practices, in local curriculum, Mātauranga Māori, literacy and numeracy"_ — ERO, 2022-11-22 (leadership)

> _"collaborative approach to developing cross-curriculum programmes in Years 7 to 10 that is data driven and focused on promoting student agency"_ — ERO, 2022-11-22 (curriculum)

> _"robust systems and processes in place to identify, monitor and support target students for equity and excellence in ākonga outcomes"_ — ERO, 2022-11-22 (equity)

## Tags

`state_school` · `coeducational` · `secondary_school` · `eqi_high_need` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director`

## Machine-readable siblings

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

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