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Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School

2 Franklyne Road, Otara · Auckland — South

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Total roll 618
EQI 525
Founded 1966
44

Composite score

Developing

C

Below median

Rank #2,086 of scored NZ schools

In summary

Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School's board has attested to meeting all regulatory and legislative requirements as of March 2024. The board confirmed administration and curriculum requirements have been met. No composite score is currently available.

Best suited for

Students aged 13-18 in Otara looking for a state-funded setting.

Is Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School a good school?

Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School scores 44/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Below median 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
Academic
35%
L1 64% · L2 48% · UE 30% · 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).
50
Outcomes
25%
Uni 10% · Te Pūkenga 2% · Industry 1% · above band median (n=123) · 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=123).
12
Retention
15%
54% to Y13 · bottom quartile 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: bottom quartile of band (n=166).
54
Wellbeing
12%
standdowns 51.8/1k · suspensions 0.0/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · near band median (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: near band median (n=539).
48
Trajectory
8%
+13.7% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · above 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: above band median (n=524).
67
ERO review
5%
84/100 from ERO review 2017-05 · 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).
84

⚠ 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): 84/100.

Latest ERO review

2024-05-24 · Shelley Booysen, ERO

ERO report
  • Board has attested to meeting all regulatory and legislative requirements as of March 2024
  • Board Administration requirements met
  • Curriculum requirements met
  • Management of Health, Safety and Welfare requirements met
  • Personnel Management and Finance requirements met
"As of March 2024, the Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School Board has attested to the following regulatory and legislative requirements"
— ERO, 2024-05-24 (governance)

Composite score across reviews

2 ERO reviews on file, 2015–2017. Click a point to read that review.

latest 84
0 25 50 75 100 20152017 2015-06-24 · 49/100 2017-05-29 · 84/100

Audited financials

Year ended 2023 · Audit opinion: unmodified

Annual report

Total revenue

$16.70M

Surplus / (deficit)

+$184k

Net assets / equity

$3.05M

3 years of audited data on file · View full history (Pro)

NCEA achievement

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

Education Counts

NCEA Level 1 · 2024

63.5%

40 of 63 leavers

-15.0pt vs prior year

NCEA Level 2 · 2024

47.6%

30 of 63 leavers

-19.7pt vs prior year

University Entrance · 2024

30.2%

19 of 63 leavers

-5.3pt 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

54.0%

2024 cohort · 63 students

-23.6pt 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

51.8

52 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 5
  • 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

$6.32M

Per-student funding · 2022

$10,229

2018

$5.3M

2019

$5.5M

2020

$7.2M

2021

$8.1M

2022

$6.3M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 09
    151
  • Year 10
    138
  • Year 11
    159
  • Year 12
    93
  • Year 13+
    89

Roll by ethnicity

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

Education Counts
  • Pacific
    89.3%
  • Māori
    16.3%
  • European/Pākehā
    3.1%
  • Asian
    2.3%
  • Other / MELAA
    0.5%

Location

2 Franklyne Road, Otara. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School a good school?

Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School scores 44/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Below median nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2024-05 review identified 6 key findings. Board has attested to meeting all regulatory and legislative requirements as of March 2024

How do I enrol my child at Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School?

Contact the school directly on 09-2745782 Ext 405, email office.seniorschool@sehc.school.nz, or visit www.sehc.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?

Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School has 618 students, with an EQI of 525 (higher socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School in 2024-05, signed by Shelley Booysen. 4 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

24 May 2024

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