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Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt)

65 Laings Road, Lower Hutt · Wellington

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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))

In summary

Sacred Heart College is a secondary school in Lower Hutt with a roll of 820 students. An ERO review in June 2022 examined the school's compliance with the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021. The school is a signatory to the Code and attested compliance with all aspects; no international students were enrolled at the time of review.

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 (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%
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%
75/100 — national average (no ERO review in our dataset) · below band median (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 (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: below band median (n=520).
75
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
  • Social and Community Services 2
  • Service Industries 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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