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Hillview Christian School

150 Wilsons Road, St Martins · Canterbury

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Total roll 567
EQI 418
Founded 1977
82

Composite score

Strong

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Top 25% in NZ

Rank #284 of scored NZ schools

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In summary

Hillview Christian School's most recent ERO review (March 2024) identified a Christian environment that empowers learners and a caring school culture with strong relational trust. The review found that leaders aim to deepen teachers' understanding of how their strategies impact learner progress, and see scope for students to better understand their own learning progress. No composite score is currently available for this school.

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Students all year levels (Year 1-13) in St Martins looking for a state-funded setting with a strong recent ERO trajectory.

Is Hillview Christian School a good school?

Hillview Christian School scores 82/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 25% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

Strengths from the latest ERO report

  • A Christian environment which empowers learners through delivering a curriculum which prioritises service, leadership, respect, gratitude, equity provision and support
  • A caring and compassionate school culture which identifies gifts and talents, where positive relationships underpin all interactions, providing for a strong sense of belonging for all in the school community
  • Strong relational trust that exists between leaders, teachers, staff and members of the school community that enriches opportunities for students to be successful as learners

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%
no NCEA data
no NCEA data · why?
Mean of latest NCEA Level 1 + Level 2 + UE achievement percentage from Education Counts.
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Outcomes
25%
no destinations data
no destinations data · 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.
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Retention
15%
no retention data
no retention data · why?
Percentage of the Y9 cohort still enrolled in Y13 (all students). Source: Education Counts retention table.
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Wellbeing
12%
standdowns 0.0/1k · suspensions 0.0/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · top 10% of band (n=536) · 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: top 10% of band (n=536).
100
Trajectory
8%
+3.8% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · above band median (n=534) · why?
5-year change in total roll. −20% → 0 score, 0% → 50, +20% → 100. Source: Education Counts roll history. Year: 2025. Peer comparison: above band median (n=534).
55
ERO review
5%
81/100 from ERO review 2019-10 · near band median (n=539) · 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: 2019. Peer comparison: near band median (n=539).
81

⚠ 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): 81/100.

Latest ERO review

2024-03-06 · Shelley Booysen, ERO

ERO report
  • Leaders want teachers to have greater knowledge of the impact of their teaching strategies on learner progress
  • There is scope for learners to know more about their own progress in aspects of their learning
  • Leaders want to foster a way of thinking and collective responsibility in relation to learner progress across the whole school
  • The school expects common language around progress to be understood and used throughout the school
  • Strong relational trust exists between leaders, teachers, staff and members of the school community
"leaders want teachers to have greater knowledge of the impact of their teaching strategies on learner progress"
— ERO, 2024-03-06 (leadership)

Audited financials

Year ended 2024 · Audit opinion: unmodified

Annual report

Total revenue

$5.28M

Surplus / (deficit)

$98k

Net assets / equity

$1.37M

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

0.0

· NZ avg ~37

Suspensions · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~5

Exclusions · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~1.5

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

$3.90M

Per-student funding · 2022

$6,881

2018

$3.6M

2019

$3.4M

2020

$3.8M

2021

$3.8M

2022

$3.9M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 01
    53
  • Year 02
    50
  • Year 03
    56
  • Year 04
    55
  • Year 05
    56
  • Year 06
    53
  • Year 07
    66
  • Year 08
    58
  • Year 09
    50
  • Year 10
    50

Roll by ethnicity

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

Education Counts
  • European/Pākehā
    75.5%
  • Māori
    15.3%
  • Asian
    13.6%
  • Pacific
    13.1%
  • Other / MELAA
    10.1%

Location

150 Wilsons Road, St Martins. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Hillview Christian School a good school?

Hillview Christian School scores 82/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 25% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2024-03 review identified 5 key findings. Leaders want teachers to have greater knowledge of the impact of their teaching strategies on learner progress

How do I enrol my child at Hillview Christian School?

Contact the school directly on 03-3326923, email office@hillview.school.nz, or visit www.hillview.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?

Hillview Christian School is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Hillview Christian School has 567 students, with an EQI of 418 (lower socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Hillview Christian School in 2024-03, signed by Shelley Booysen. 3 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 2024

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