# Westland High School

**Type:** Secondary (Year 7-15) (State)  
**Gender:** Co-Educational  
**Address:** 140 Hampden Street, Hokitika  
**Region:** Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast  
**Total roll:** 380  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 475  
**Founded:** 1876  
**Website:** <http://www.westlandhigh.school.nz>  

> ⚠️ **Active MoE intervention** — a limited statutory manager has been appointed (2025-10-03). Source: <https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2025-go5607>

## Latest ERO review (2024-12-05)

**Author:** Shelley Booysen, ERO  
**Composite score:** 54/100  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/305/westland-high-school#report-32024>

### Key findings
- Outcomes for learners are becoming more equitable, supported by learning and wellbeing initiatives focused on students reaching their potential
- The majority of learners achieve at each level of NCEA; the school is beginning to address disparity in Māori learner achievement
- Leadership approaches are establishing improvements to school conditions that promote learner success
- The school is initiating steps to increase its engagement with its community, increase learner wellbeing and strengthen governance practices
- Just over a third of learners attend regularly; school attendance levels are approaching but not yet at the Ministry of Education's national target

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"The majority of learners achieve at each level of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA); the school is beginning to address disparity in Māori learner achievement."_ — ERO, 2024-12-05 (achievement)

> _"Leadership approaches are establishing improvements to school conditions that promote learner success."_ — ERO, 2024-12-05 (leadership)

> _"In consultation with local iwi and the school community, leadership is developing a bilingual policy and procedure to guide school operation, build bilingual capability and develop a learner-focused, bicultural curriculum to improve engagement."_ — ERO, 2024-12-05 (maori)

## International student programme

- **SIEBA member:** yes
- **Source:** <https://www.westlandhigh.school.nz/news/2025-international-students/>

## Tags

`accepts_international_students` · `sieba_member` · `declining_leadership_concern` · `state_school` · `coeducational` · `secondary_school` · `international_students_accepted` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director`

## Machine-readable siblings

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

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