Forest View High School
Baird Road, Tokoroa · Waikato
Composite score
Developing
Below median
Rank #1,943 of scored NZ schools
Active MoE intervention — limited statutory manager
A limited statutory manager has been appointed to Forest View High School as of 2024-07-18. NZ Gazette notice
In summary
Forest View High School appointed a new principal in 2019 and has undertaken significant changes to its senior leadership team. The school is focused on student-centred decision making, quality education for life after secondary schooling, and embedding culture and languages into learning. Strengths include well-established connections with whānau and community groups, inclusion of student and staff voice in school planning, and a deliberately diverse leadership team responsive to stakeholder feedback. The school is currently working with ERO to evaluate the effectiveness of recent changes on student achievement and engagement. The school is subject to active limited statutory manager intervention from the Ministry of Education.
Best suited for
Students aged 13-18 in Tokoroa looking for a state-funded setting.
Is Forest View High School a good school?
Forest View High School is currently under MoE intervention — a limited statutory manager has been appointed. The school's day-to-day teaching continues; the intervention addresses governance or operational concerns identified by the Ministry. Read the NZ Gazette notice for details.
Strengths from the latest ERO report
- Well-established connections with whānau and wider community groups that support collaborative planning
- Students and staff voice are included in all aspects of school review and planning
- The leadership team is deliberately diverse and responsive to staff, students and parent voice
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.
L1 74% · L2 58% · UE 34% · near band median (n=142) · why? ▼ hide
Uni 9% · Te Pūkenga 10% · Industry 9% · top 10% of band (n=123) · why? ▼ hide
58% to Y13 · below band median (n=166) · why? ▼ hide
standdowns 40.5/1k · suspensions 13.5/1k · exclusions 2.8/1k · below band median (n=539) · why? ▼ hide
+29.3% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · top quartile of band (n=524) · why? ▼ hide
64/100 from ERO review 2018-10 · bottom quartile of band (n=544) · why? ▼ hide
⚠ 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): 64/100.
Latest ERO review
2023-05-29 · Shelley Booysen, ERO
- New Principal appointed in 2019 with significant changes to senior leadership team composition
- Strategic priorities focus on student-centred decision making, quality education for life after secondary schooling, and embedding culture and languages into learning
- School is working with ERO to evaluate effectiveness of recent changes on student achievement and engagement, including special programmes Arataki and Akoranga
- School expects to develop a structured internal review process that can be applied across all aspects of the school for continued long-term improvement
"The leadership team is deliberately diverse and responsive to staff, students and parent voice."
Composite score across reviews
2 ERO reviews on file, 2015–2018. Click a point to read that review.
Trajectory across review cycles
Year-over-year change per dimension based on consecutive ERO reviews.
Forest View High School shifted from offering an 'extensive range of educationally powerful connections' (2015) to developing a more explicitly responsive and individualized curriculum model (2018). The 2018 report emphasizes modified curriculum with 'individualised pathways and learning programmes' tailored to student needs, whereas the 2015 report focused on external partnerships and connections to enhance opportunities.
2015-11 → 2018-10 diff source
Between 2015 and 2018, Forest View High School made significant progress on Māori achievement equity, with "disparity between Māori and Pākehā students reducing at NCEA Level 2 and 3." However, new equity concerns emerged: Year 9 students arrive "at significantly lower levels in reading and writing compared to national expectations," and a persistent gender gap widened, with "girls significantly outperforming boys at NCEA Level 2, 3 and University Entrance."
2015-11 → 2018-10 diff source
Māori achievement improved significantly between 2015 and 2018. The 2015 report identified a critical need to 'significantly raise the priority on improving levels of achievement student to that of their peers,' while the 2018 report confirmed that 'the significant disparity between Māori and Pākehā achievement has reduced, with Māori now achieving comparably or above their Pākehā peers at NCEA Level 2 and Level 3.'
2015-11 → 2018-10 diff source
Forest View High School's overall achievement score declined from 65 to 60 between 2015 and 2018. While Māori achievement improved significantly with reduced disparity at NCEA Levels 2 and 3, the school continues to face challenges with equitable outcomes, including Year 9 students arriving at significantly lower levels in literacy and persistent gender gaps favoring girls.
2015-11 → 2018-10 diff source
Both reports describe strong wellbeing and positive learning environments at Forest View High School, with no meaningful decline. The 2015 report emphasizes a 'Safe, well-resourced school environment' and 'Strong sense of belonging, inclusion and pride,' while the 2018 report similarly highlights 'An inclusive and positive environment' with 'calm and settled learning environments.' The wellbeing dimension remained consistently strong across both reporting periods.
2015-11 → 2018-10 diff source
NCEA achievement
School leavers with NCEA at each level. National average is ~85% (Level 1).
NCEA Level 1 · 2024
74.0%
57 of 77 leavers
-4.8pt vs prior year
NCEA Level 2 · 2024
58.4%
45 of 77 leavers
-4.0pt vs prior year
University Entrance · 2024
33.8%
26 of 77 leavers
-2.7pt 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.
58.4%
2024 cohort · 77 students
-5.1pt 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.
Stand-downs · 2024
40.5
29 this year · NZ avg ~37
Suspensions · 2024
13.5
12 this year · NZ avg ~5
Exclusions · 2024
2.8
2 this year · NZ avg ~1.5
Vocational Pathway Awards
School leavers achieving Vocational Pathway Awards by industry sector (2024).
- Service Industries 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.
Total Crown funding · 2022
$4.94M
Per-student funding · 2022
$12,048
2018
$3.3M
2019
$3.6M
2020
$4.2M
2021
$5.6M
2022
$4.9M
Roll by year level
July 2025 roll return.
- Year 09 79
- Year 10 81
- Year 11 104
- Year 12 84
- Year 13+ 76
Roll by ethnicity
Share of total roll. Students who identify with multiple ethnicities are counted once.
- Māori 57.6%
- European/Pākehā 56.1%
- Pacific 20.0%
- Asian 10.0%
- Other / MELAA 0.7%
Location
Baird Road, Tokoroa. Nearby schools marked in grey.
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Frequently asked
Is Forest View High School a good school?
Forest View High School is currently under MoE intervention — a limited statutory manager has been appointed. The school's day-to-day teaching continues; the intervention addresses governance or operational concerns identified by the Ministry. Read the NZ Gazette notice for details.
What does the latest ERO review say?
ERO's 2023-05 review identified 4 key findings. New Principal appointed in 2019 with significant changes to senior leadership team composition
How do I enrol my child at Forest View High School?
Contact the school directly on 07-8865219, email admin@fvhs.school.nz, or visit www.fvhs.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?
Forest View High School is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.
What is the roll size?
Forest View High School has 410 students, with an EQI of 517 (higher socio-economic need).
When was the school last reviewed by ERO?
The Education Review Office last reviewed Forest View High School in 2023-05, 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.
Sourced from
- ero.govt.nz
- gazette.govt.nz
- schoolsdata.co.nz
- crimestats.co.nz