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Secondary (Year 9-15) · State : Integrated ·Girls School

Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt)

65 Laings Road, Lower Hutt · Wellington

Total roll 820
EQI 444
Founded 1912
79

Composite score

Established

B+

Top 25% in NZ

Rank #434 of scored NZ schools

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Top 25% in NCEA Level 1 Top 25% in NCEA Level 2
Accepts international students (SIEBA member) SIEBA member State-integrated school State-integrated Catholic Girls-only school Secondary school (Secondary (Year 9-15))

Best suited for

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

Is Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt) a good school?

Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt) scores 79/100 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.

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 Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt), so the ERO axis below uses the national-average ERO score (76/100) 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%
L1 97% · L2 92% · UE 74% · top quartile of band (n=81) · why?
Mean of latest NCEA Level 1 + Level 2 + UE achievement percentage from Education Counts. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: top quartile of band (n=81).
90
Outcomes
25%
Uni 38% · Te Pūkenga 15% · Industry 4% · above band median (n=77) · 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: above band median (n=77).
57
Retention
15%
93% to Y13 · top quartile of band (n=84) · why?
Percentage of the Y9 cohort still enrolled in Y13 (all students). Source: Education Counts retention table. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: top quartile of band (n=84).
93
Wellbeing
12%
standdowns 6.5/1k · suspensions 0.0/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · above band median (n=518) · 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: above band median (n=518).
94
Trajectory
8%
+4.2% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · above band median (n=515) · 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=515).
55
ERO review
5%
76/100 — national average (no ERO review in our dataset) · bottom quartile of band (n=520) · 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 (76/100) 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 quartile of band (n=520).
76
est

⚠ 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.

Latest ERO review

2022-06-23 · Dr Lesley Patterson, Southern Region | Te Tai Tini

ERO report
  • The school is a signatory to the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021
  • The school has attested that it complies with all aspects of the Code
  • No international students were enrolled at the time of the review
"The school has attested that it complies with all aspects of the Code."
— ERO, 2022-06-23 (governance)

NCEA achievement

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

Education Counts

NCEA Level 1 · 2024

97.0%

129 of 133 leavers

-0.1pt vs prior year

NCEA Level 2 · 2024

91.7%

122 of 133 leavers

-3.2pt vs prior year

University Entrance · 2024

74.4%

99 of 133 leavers

+3.1pt 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

93.2%

2024 cohort · 133 students

-2.4pt 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

6.5

9 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
  • Creative Industries 3
  • Service Industries 2
  • Social and Community Services 2

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

$7.15M

Per-student funding · 2022

$8,722

2018

$6.0M

2019

$6.4M

2020

$6.9M

2021

$7.1M

2022

$7.2M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 09
    180
  • Year 10
    179
  • Year 11
    179
  • Year 12
    159
  • Year 13+
    130

Roll by ethnicity

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

Education Counts
  • European/Pākehā
    62.6%
  • Pacific
    32.0%
  • Māori
    23.9%
  • Asian
    19.4%
  • Other / MELAA
    4.9%
  • International
    0.1%

International students

SIEBA member · Day school only

ESOL support

partial

Years accepted

Year 9 to Year 13

Location

65 Laings Road, Lower Hutt. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt) a good school?

Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt) scores 79/100 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 2022-06 review identified 3 key findings. The school is a signatory to the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021

How do I enrol my child at Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt)?

Contact the school directly on 04-5661089, email college@sacredheartcollege.school.nz, or visit www.sacredheartcollege.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?

Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt) is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt) has 820 students, with an EQI of 444 (mid-range socio-economic context). It is a girls school-only school.

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt) in 2022-06, signed by Dr Lesley Patterson. 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

23 Jun 2022

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