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Liger Leadership Academy

Unit 10 34 Grant Road, Frankton · Otago & Southland

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Total roll 48
Founded 2021
90

Composite score

Strong

A+

Top 5% in NZ

Rank #65 of scored NZ schools

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Private school Co-educational Composite (Years 1-13) Very small (48 students)

In summary

Liger Leadership Academy is a composite private school located in Frankton, Queenstown. An ERO special review in July 2022 found the school meets registration criteria with suitable premises, staffing, and equipment, and maintains regularly reviewed policies for student safety. No composite score is available.

Best suited for

Students all year levels (Year 1-13) in Frankton looking for an independent setting with a strong recent ERO trajectory.

Is Liger Leadership Academy a good school?

Liger Leadership Academy scores 90/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 5% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

Strengths from the latest ERO report

  • Meets all criteria for registration as a private school
  • Regularly reviewed policies and procedures for student safety
  • Suitable premises, staffing, and equipment for curriculum delivery

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

ERO review not in our dataset

We don't yet have a parsed ERO composite for Liger Leadership Academy, so the ERO axis below uses the national-average ERO score (75/100) as a placeholder. The composite shown above incorporates that estimate. When we ingest a real ERO review for this school, the score will refresh and may move materially in either direction.

If you've spotted a recent ERO report we've missed, let us know — every flagged report gets re-ingested on the next refresh.

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%
no discipline data
no discipline data · 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.
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Trajectory
8%
+75.9% roll over 3yr (2022→2025) · top quartile of band (n=77) · why?
5-year change in total roll. −20% → 0 score, 0% → 50, +20% → 100. Source: Education Counts roll history. Year: 2025. Peer comparison: top quartile of band (n=77).
100
ERO review
5%
75/100 — national average (no ERO review in our dataset) · bottom 10% of band (n=96) · why?
Synthetic placeholder. We don't yet have an ERO composite for this school in our dataset, so this axis uses the national-average ERO score (75/100) as a placeholder. The composite incorporates this estimate. When a real review is ingested it will replace the placeholder and the score may move materially. Peer comparison: bottom 10% of band (n=96).
75
est

Latest ERO review

2022-07-15 · Dr Lesley Patterson, Southern Region - Te Tai Tini

ERO report
  • The school has premises that are suitable
  • The school usually provides tuition for 9 or more students who are of or over the age of 5 years but are under the age of 16 years
  • The school has staffing that is suitable to the age range and level of its students, the curriculum taught at the school, and the size of the school
  • The school has equipment that is suitable for the curriculum being delivered or to be delivered at the school
  • The school has a curriculum for teaching, learning, and assessment and makes details of the curriculum and its programme for delivery available for parents
"A safe place is one in which risks to student safety are regularly assessed and evaluated with a view to eliminating, or at least reducing, harm."
— ERO, 2022-07-15 (safety)

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 09
    12
  • Year 10
    9
  • Year 11
    16
  • Year 12
    14

Roll by ethnicity

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

Education Counts
  • European/Pākehā
    85.4%
  • Other / MELAA
    16.7%
  • Asian
    10.4%
  • Māori
    8.3%
  • Pacific
    2.1%

Location

Unit 10 34 Grant Road, Frankton. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Liger Leadership Academy a good school?

Liger Leadership Academy scores 90/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 5% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2022-07 review identified 6 key findings. The school has premises that are suitable

How do I enrol my child at Liger Leadership Academy?

Contact the school directly on 03-4090686, or visit www.ligeracademy.org.nz. For state schools, check your home address against the school's enrolment zone — some schools are in-zone-only.

What are the fees?

Liger Leadership Academy is a private school. Tuition fees are set by the school — contact them directly for current rates.

What is the roll size?

Liger Leadership Academy has 48 students.

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Liger Leadership Academy in 2022-07, signed by Dr Lesley Patterson.

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

15 Jul 2022

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