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Our Lady of Victories

106 Main South Road, Sockburn · Canterbury

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Total roll 270
EQI 376
Founded 1956
85

Composite score

Strong

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Top 10% in NZ

Rank #194 of scored NZ schools

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State-integrated school Co-educational Full Primary (Years 1-8) EQI 376 (low need)

In summary

Our Lady of Victories, a full primary school in Sockburn, Christchurch, works towards equitable outcomes with most students achieving at or above reading expectations, though the school faces ongoing disparities in writing achievement for boys and declining achievement for Māori students in writing and mathematics. The school has implemented effective schoolwide processes, uses learning information to monitor individual student progress, and aligns charter goals with classroom programmes. Over half of students in accelerated programmes made accelerated progress in 2018-2019.

Best suited for

Students aged 5-11 in Sockburn looking for a state-funded setting with a strong recent ERO trajectory.

Is Our Lady of Victories a good school?

Our Lady of Victories scores 85/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 10% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

Strengths from the latest ERO report

  • Implementing effective schoolwide processes that provide school-wide consistency and coherency
  • Effective use of learning information to know about the learning and progress of individual students
  • Aligning charter goals and targets to other school plans including classroom programmes

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
Wellbeing
35%
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
25%
+19.7% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · top quartile of band (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: top quartile of band (n=534).
75
ERO review
40%
79/100 from ERO review 2019-11 · 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).
79

⚠ 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): 79/100.

Latest ERO review

2019-11-27 · Dr Lesley Patterson, Te Tai Tini - Southern Region

ERO report
  • The school is working towards achieving equitable and excellent outcomes for all its students with most students achieving at or above reading expectations
  • The school has had variable success at accelerating learning, with ongoing disparity for boys in writing and decreasing Māori student achievement in writing and mathematics
  • Over half of students in accelerated literacy and mathematics programmes in 2018 and 2019 made accelerated progress
  • Students learn in a caring, supportive and inclusive school where Mercy values are highly evident and different cultures are valued and integrated
  • Leaders have put in place effective schoolwide systems providing clarity of expectations, alignment of data use, and useful appraisal processes
"Māori student achievement levels have continued to decrease in writing and mathematics."
— ERO, 2019-11-27 (achievement)

Composite score across reviews

2 ERO reviews on file, 2016–2019. Click a point to read that review.

latest 79
0 25 50 75 100 20162019 2016-08-02 · 79/100 2019-11-27 · 79/100

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

$1.69M

Per-student funding · 2022

$6,269

2018

$1.2M

2019

$1.3M

2020

$1.5M

2021

$1.6M

2022

$1.7M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 01
    36
  • Year 02
    33
  • Year 03
    21
  • Year 04
    34
  • Year 05
    39
  • Year 06
    30
  • Year 07
    30
  • Year 08
    32

Roll by ethnicity

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

Education Counts
  • Asian
    71.9%
  • European/Pākehā
    26.3%
  • Pacific
    4.8%
  • Other / MELAA
    4.1%
  • Māori
    3.7%

Location

106 Main South Road, Sockburn. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Our Lady of Victories a good school?

Our Lady of Victories scores 85/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 10% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2019-11 review identified 5 key findings. The school is working towards achieving equitable and excellent outcomes for all its students with most students achieving at or above reading expectations

How do I enrol my child at Our Lady of Victories?

Contact the school directly on 03-3487790, email admin@olv.school.nz, or visit www.olv.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?

Our Lady of Victories is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Our Lady of Victories has 270 students, with an EQI of 376 (lower socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Our Lady of Victories in 2019-11, 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

27 Nov 2019

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