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Campion College

Campion Road, Gisborne · Hawke's Bay & Gisborne

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Total roll 475
EQI 437
Founded 1960
65

Composite score

Established

B

Below median

Rank #1,364 of scored NZ schools

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State-integrated school Co-educational Secondary school (Secondary (Year 7-15))

In summary

Campion College's Board of Trustees has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements in board administration, curriculum, and health, safety and welfare management, as confirmed in a 2023 board assurance review. No composite score data is currently available for this school.

Best suited for

Students aged 13-18 in Gisborne looking for a state-funded setting with an established ERO profile.

Is Campion College a good school?

Campion College scores 65/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Below median nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

Summary derived from ERO reports + audited financials + MoE records. Every claim links to its source — see data transparency at the bottom of this page.

Score breakdown

6 axes, each scored 0–100 on a national absolute scale. As at 2025.

How this is computed
Academic
35%
L1 86% · L2 82% · UE 47% · bottom quartile of band (n=81) · why?
Mean of latest NCEA Level 1 + Level 2 + UE achievement percentage from Education Counts. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: bottom quartile of band (n=81).
77
Outcomes
25%
Uni 20% · Te Pūkenga 10% · Industry 10% · below band median (n=77) · why?
Share of leavers going to a New Zealand university + Te Pūkenga + Industry Training (capped at 100%). Counts are normalised when EC publishes raw cohort sizes instead of percentages. Source: Education Counts post-school destinations. Year: 2025. Peer comparison: below band median (n=77).
40
Retention
15%
79% to Y13 · bottom quartile of band (n=84) · why?
Percentage of the Y9 cohort still enrolled in Y13 (all students). Source: Education Counts retention table. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: bottom quartile of band (n=84).
79
Wellbeing
12%
standdowns 35.7/1k · suspensions 0.0/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · below band median (n=518) · why?
Composite of stand-downs, suspensions, and exclusions per 1,000 students (lower is better). Formula: standdowns/1k + 2× suspensions/1k + 5× exclusions/1k. Small primary schools with no rows score top of band ("no incidents reported"). Source: Education Counts student engagement. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: below band median (n=518).
64
Trajectory
8%
-0.2% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · near band median (n=515) · why?
5-year change in total roll. −20% → 0 score, 0% → 50, +20% → 100. Source: Education Counts roll history. Year: 2025. Peer comparison: near band median (n=515).
50
ERO review
5%
83/100 from ERO review 2023-06 · above band median (n=520) · why?
Composite score from the most recent Education Review Office report (Haiku-extracted 0–100 from the published review text). For primary schools this is the heaviest axis (40%) because NCEA-style outcomes data isn't applicable. Source: ERO via Wayback archive. Year: 2023. Peer comparison: above band median (n=520).
83

⚠ Insufficient EQI-band peers (n<10) to compute per-axis percentile context. The score above is absolute; treat it as a single-school read rather than a peer comparison.

Real ERO composite (from the latest review): 83/100.

Latest ERO review

2023-06-16 · Shelley Booysen, ERO

ERO report
  • Board of Trustees has attested to meeting Board Administration regulatory and legislative requirements
  • Board of Trustees has attested to meeting Curriculum regulatory and legislative requirements
  • Board of Trustees has attested to meeting Management of Health, Safety and Welfare requirements
  • Board of Trustees has attested to meeting Personnel Management requirements
  • Board of Trustees has attested to meeting Finance requirements
"As of May 2022, the Campion College Board of Trustees has attested to the following regulatory and legislative requirements"
— ERO, 2023-06-16 (governance)

Composite score across reviews

3 ERO reviews on file, 2012–2023. Click a point to read that review.

latest 83
0 25 50 75 100 201220172023 2012-11-26 · 79/100 2017-07-07 · 85/100 2023-06-16 · 83/100

Audited financials

Year ended 2023 · Audit opinion: unmodified

Annual report

Total revenue

$6.89M

Surplus / (deficit)

$201k

Net assets / equity

$0.86M

3 years of audited data on file · View full history (Pro)

NCEA achievement

School leavers with NCEA at each level. National average is ~85% (Level 1).

Education Counts

NCEA Level 1 · 2024

86.4%

57 of 66 leavers

-4.8pt vs prior year

NCEA Level 2 · 2024

81.8%

54 of 66 leavers

-0.7pt vs prior year

University Entrance · 2024

47.0%

31 of 66 leavers

-3.9pt vs prior year

Data: Ministry of Education / Education Counts, CC-BY-4.0

Stay-on rate

Percentage of students who stay at school until at least their 17th birthday — the standard NZ proxy for Year-9-to-Year-13 retention.

Education Counts

78.8%

2024 cohort · 66 students

-7.2pt vs 2023

Discipline (age-standardised, per 1,000 students)

Stand-down = sent home temporarily. Suspension = formal investigation. Exclusion = removed from school. National averages shown for comparison.

Education Counts

Stand-downs · 2024

35.7

28 this year · NZ avg ~37

Suspensions · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~5

Exclusions · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~1.5

Vocational Pathway Awards

School leavers achieving Vocational Pathway Awards by industry sector (2024).

Education Counts
  • Service Industries 4
  • Construction and Infrastructure 1

Government funding

Crown funding only (school operations + teacher salaries + property). Excludes locally-raised funds, international fees and trading income — those are in the audited financial report above.

Education Counts

Total Crown funding · 2022

$5.20M

Per-student funding · 2022

$10,949

2018

$4.5M

2019

$4.5M

2020

$5.4M

2021

$5.0M

2022

$5.2M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 07
    76
  • Year 08
    74
  • Year 09
    69
  • Year 10
    77
  • Year 11
    77
  • Year 12
    44
  • Year 13+
    53

Roll by ethnicity

Share of total roll. Students who identify with multiple ethnicities are counted once.

Education Counts
  • European/Pākehā
    67.6%
  • Māori
    29.7%
  • Asian
    16.2%
  • Pacific
    5.5%
  • Other / MELAA
    4.6%

Location

Campion Road, Gisborne. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Campion College a good school?

Campion College scores 65/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Below median nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2023-06 review identified 6 key findings. Board of Trustees has attested to meeting Board Administration regulatory and legislative requirements

How do I enrol my child at Campion College?

Contact the school directly on 06-8679309, email office@campioncollege.school.nz, or visit www.campioncollege.school.nz. For state schools, check your home address against the school's enrolment zone — some schools are in-zone-only.

What are the fees?

Campion College is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Campion College has 475 students, with an EQI of 437 (mid-range socio-economic context).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Campion College in 2023-06, signed by Shelley Booysen. 4 ERO reports are on file in our archive.

Data transparency

Every fact on this page links to its source. We never publish a claim without provenance — read our methodology for the full rules.

Last updated

31 Dec 2023

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