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Murihiku Young Parents' Learning Centre

Isabella Street, Invercargill · Otago & Southland

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Total roll 0
EQI 569
Founded 2010
68

Composite score

Established

B

Above median

Rank #1,214 of scored NZ schools

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State school Co-educational EQI 569 (high need)

In summary

Murihiku Young Parents' Learning Centre is a teen parent unit in Invercargill that achieved a composite score of 85 in its 2017 ERO review. All 2016 graduates attained NCEA Level 3, with some achieving university entrance, and students attending for more than 12 months made good to very good progress toward qualifications. The school's strengths include well-tracked individual student progress with strong NCEA outcomes, effective governance and management, and teachers' close knowledge of students' academic progress and wellbeing.

Best suited for

Students in Invercargill looking for a state-funded setting with an established ERO profile.

Is Murihiku Young Parents' Learning Centre a good school?

Murihiku Young Parents' Learning Centre scores 68/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Above median nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

Strengths from the latest ERO report

  • Individual student academic progress is very well tracked with strong NCEA achievement outcomes
  • Effective governance, leadership and management processes contribute to positive conditions for teaching and learning
  • Teachers know students very well and closely monitor progress and wellbeing

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 50% · L2 50% · UE 40% · below band median (n=142) · why?
Mean of latest NCEA Level 1 + Level 2 + UE achievement percentage from Education Counts. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: below band median (n=142).
48
Outcomes
25%
no positive destinations reported
no positive destinations reported · 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.
—
Retention
15%
100% to Y13 · top 10% of band (n=166) · why?
Percentage of the Y9 cohort still enrolled in Y13 (all students). Source: Education Counts retention table. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: top 10% of band (n=166).
100
Wellbeing
12%
standdowns 0.0/1k · suspensions 0.0/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · top 10% of band (n=539) · 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=539).
100
Trajectory
8%
-11.1% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · below band median (n=524) · why?
5-year change in total roll. −20% → 0 score, 0% → 50, +20% → 100. Source: Education Counts roll history. Year: 2025. Peer comparison: below band median (n=524).
36
ERO review
5%
85/100 from ERO review 2017-06 · top 10% of band (n=544) · 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: top 10% of band (n=544).
85

⚠ 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): 85/100.

Latest ERO review

2017-06-29 · Dr Lesley Patterson, ERO

ERO report
  • All 2016 graduates left with NCEA Level 3, with some achieving university entrance
  • Students who attend for more than 12 months make good to very good progress toward NCEA qualifications
  • Curriculum very effectively responds to students' strengths, needs, interests and aspirations through flexible individual learning programmes
  • Bicultural and Māori perspectives are well-integrated in centre practices and programmes
  • Processes and practices very effectively support student engagement, with positive reciprocal relationships between teachers and students
"Effective governance, leadership and management processes contribute to positive conditions for teaching and learning."
— ERO, 2017-06-29 (leadership)

Composite score across reviews

2 ERO reviews on file, 2013–2017. Click a point to read that review.

latest 85
0 25 50 75 100 20132017 2013-11-21 · 82/100 2017-06-29 · 85/100

NCEA achievement

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

Education Counts

NCEA Level 1 · 2024

50.0%

5 of 10 leavers

-21.4pt vs prior year

NCEA Level 2 · 2024

50.0%

5 of 10 leavers

-7.1pt vs prior year

University Entrance · 2024

40.0%

4 of 10 leavers

+40.0pt 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

100.0%

2024 cohort · 10 students

0.0pt 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

0.0

· NZ avg ~37

Suspensions · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~5

Exclusions · 2024

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· 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

$0.46M

Per-student funding · 2022

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2018

$0.2M

2019

$0.2M

2020

$0.3M

2021

$0.2M

2022

$0.5M

Location

Isabella Street, Invercargill. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Murihiku Young Parents' Learning Centre a good school?

Murihiku Young Parents' Learning Centre scores 68/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Above median nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2017-06 review identified 6 key findings. All 2016 graduates left with NCEA Level 3, with some achieving university entrance

How do I enrol my child at Murihiku Young Parents' Learning Centre?

Contact the school directly on 03-2179659, email office@myplc.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?

Murihiku Young Parents' Learning Centre is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Murihiku Young Parents' Learning Centre has 0 students, with an EQI of 569 (higher socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Murihiku Young Parents' Learning Centre in 2017-06, signed by Dr Lesley Patterson. 2 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

29 Jun 2017

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