Secondary (Year 9-15) · State : Integrated

John Paul II High School

Q: Is John Paul II High School a good school?

John Paul II High School scores 60/100 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.

Q: What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2024-01 review identified 4 key findings. Board has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements across all key areas: Board Administration, Curriculum, Management of Health/Safety/Welfare, Personnel Management, Finance, and Assets

Q: How do I enrol my child at John Paul II High School?

Contact the school directly on 03-7684166, email principal@johnpaul.ac.nz, or visit www.johnpaul.ac.nz. For state schools, check your home address against the school's enrolment zone — some schools are in-zone-only.

Q: What are the fees?

John Paul II High School is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

Q: What is the roll size?

John Paul II High School has 174 students, with an EQI of 452 (mid-range socio-economic context).

Q: When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed John Paul II High School in 2024-01, signed by Shelley Booysen. 5 ERO reports are on file in our archive.

10 Alexander Street, Greymouth · Nelson, Marlborough & West Coast

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Total roll 174

EQI 452

Founded 1979

Composite score

Established

Below median

Rank #1,596 of scored NZ schools

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State-integrated school Co-educational Secondary school (Secondary (Year 9-15))

In summary

The school's January 2024 board assurance review found the board has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements across all key areas. One non-compliance issue was identified regarding identity document checks under the Children's Act 2014, which the board has since addressed. No active Ministry of Education intervention is in place.

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

Is John Paul II High School a good school?

John Paul II High School scores 60/100 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.

Strengths from the latest ERO report

Board has attested compliance across all six regulatory and legislative requirement areas

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 88% · L2 71% · UE 38% · below band median (n=84) · why?

Mean of latest NCEA Level 1 + Level 2 + UE achievement percentage from Education Counts. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: below band median (n=84).

Outcomes

25%

Uni 11% · Te Pūkenga 3% · Industry 10% · below band median (n=81) · 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=81).

Retention

15%

74% to Y13 · below band median (n=86) · why?

Percentage of the Y9 cohort still enrolled in Y13 (all students). Source: Education Counts retention table. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: below band median (n=86).

Wellbeing

12%

standdowns 17.6/1k · suspensions 0.0/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · near band median (n=404) · 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: near band median (n=404).

Trajectory

-2.8% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · near band median (n=403) · 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=403).

ERO review

81/100 from ERO review 2017-10 · above band median (n=406) · 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: 2017. Peer comparison: above band median (n=406).

⚠ 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

2024-01-22 · Shelley Booysen, ERO

ERO report

Board has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements across all key areas: Board Administration, Curriculum, Management of Health/Safety/Welfare, Personnel Management, Finance, and Assets
One area of non-compliance identified: the school needs to check a primary identity document and a secondary identity document for safety checking of workforce (Children's Act 2014)
The board has since addressed the area of non-compliance identified
Next School Board assurance to be reported within three years, along with Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report

"As of August 2023, the John Paul II High School Board has attested to the following regulatory and legislative requirements"
— ERO, 2024-01-22 (governance)

Composite score across reviews

2 ERO reviews on file, 2014–2017. Click a point to read that review.

latest 81

NCEA achievement

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

Education Counts

NCEA Level 1 · 2024

88.2%

30 of 34 leavers

-11.8pt vs prior year

NCEA Level 2 · 2024

70.6%

24 of 34 leavers

-23.8pt vs prior year

University Entrance · 2024

38.2%

13 of 34 leavers

-17.4pt 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

73.5%

2024 cohort · 34 students

-18.2pt 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

17.6

5 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 1
Creative 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.

Education Counts

Total Crown funding · 2022

$2.81M

Per-student funding · 2022

$16,128

2018

$2.3M

2019

$2.3M

2020

$2.7M

2021

$2.8M

2022

$2.8M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts

Year 09

41
Year 10

43
Year 11

40
Year 12

34
Year 13+

15

Roll by ethnicity

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

Education Counts

European/Pākehā

77.6%
Māori

20.7%
Asian

10.9%
Other / MELAA

4.0%
Pacific

3.4%

Location

10 Alexander Street, Greymouth. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is John Paul II High School a good school?

What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2024-01 review identified 4 key findings. Board has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements across all key areas: Board Administration, Curriculum, Management of Health/Safety/Welfare, Personnel Management, Finance, and Assets

How do I enrol my child at John Paul II High School?

Contact the school directly on 03-7684166, email principal@johnpaul.ac.nz, or visit www.johnpaul.ac.nz. For state schools, check your home address against the school's enrolment zone — some schools are in-zone-only.

What are the fees?

John Paul II High School is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

John Paul II High School has 174 students, with an EQI of 452 (mid-range socio-economic context).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed John Paul II High School in 2024-01, signed by Shelley Booysen. 5 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

22 Jan 2024

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