Hutt Valley High School

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State

Year levels: 9–13
Total roll: 1,989
Enrolment zone: Yes
Gender: Co-Educational

Every one of the 250 schools in Wellington Region with a published location. Hutt Valley High School is the marked one. Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0

Where is it, and how do I get in touch?

Address: 84-114 Woburn Road, Lower Hutt
Territorial authority: Lower Hutt City
Phone: 04-5664584
Email: office@hvhs.school.nz
Website: http://www.hvhs.school.nz
Directions: Get directions

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Can my child go here?

This school has an enrolment scheme, so a place is not open to every address. How enrolment zones work

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Zone boundaries shown here are approximate. Ministry of Education data warns these boundaries do not have high spatial precision and can place neighbouring addresses on different sides of a line. This is not a confirmation of enrolment eligibility — always confirm directly with the school. Zone geometry also does not reflect enrolment priority rules (siblings, special character categories, ballots) — it shows the mapped boundary only.

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What would the day look like?

The practical things this school states on its own website — the hours, the uniform, the term dates, and how children get there. These are the school’s own words, not the Ministry’s record and not ERO’s.

Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.

Uniform: RequiredHutt Valley High School is a uniform school. Every student is expected to wear the correct full school uniform.
Term dates: Term 1, 2026: Year 9 students start Friday 30 January 2026, Years 10-13 start Monday 2 February 2026, last day Thursday 2 April 2026- Friday 30 January 2026 – First Day for Year 9 Students (9:00am start time) - Monday 2 February 2026 – First Day for Students in Years 10-13 (9:00am start time) - Friday 6 February 2026 – Te Rā o Waitangi | Waitangi Day (public holiday, school closed) - Thursday 2 April 2026 – Last Day of Term 1
Term 2, 2026: Monday 20 April 2026 – Friday 3 July 2026- Monday 20 April 2026 – First Day of Term 2 - Monday 27 April 2026 – ANZAC Day (public holiday, school closed) - Friday 29 May 2026 – Teacher Only Day (no classes for students) - Monday 1 June 2026 – King’s Birthday (public holiday, school closed) - Friday 3 July 2026 – Last Day of Term 2
Term 3, 2026: Monday 20 July 2026 – Friday 25 September 2026- Monday 20 July 2026 – First Day of Term 3 - Saturday 8 August 2026 – 100th Open Day Event for School Centenary - Friday 25 September 2026 – Last Day of Term 3
Term 4, 2026: Monday 12 October 2026 – Friday 11 December 2026- Monday 12 October 2026 – First Day of Term 4 - Monday 26 October 2026 – Labour Day (public holiday, school closed) - Wednesday 4 November 2026 – Teacher Only Day (no classes for students) - Friday 11 December 2026 – Last Day of Term 4
Term 1, 2027: Year 9 students start Thursday 28 January 2027, final day Friday 9 April 2027- Thursday, 28 January 2027 – First Day for Year 9 Students (9:00am start time) - Monday 8 February 2027 – Te Rā o Waitangi | Waitangi Day Observed (public holiday, school closed) - Friday 26 March 2027 – Good Friday (public holiday, school closed) - Monday 29 March 2027 – Easter Monday (public holiday, school closed) - Friday 9 April 2027 – Final Day of Term 1
Term 2, 2027: Tuesday 27 April 2027 – Friday 2 July 2027- Tuesday 27 April 2027 – First Day of Term 2 - Friday 4 June 2027 – Teacher Only Day – Ministry of Education Curriculum Day 1 (no classes for students) - Monday 7 June 2027 – King’s Birthday (public holiday, school closed) - Friday 25 June 2027 – Matariki (public holiday, school closed) - Friday 2 July 2027 – Last Day of Term 2
Term 3, 2027: Monday 19 July 2027 – Friday 24 September 2027- Monday 19 July 2027 – First Day of Term 3 - Friday 24 September 2027 – Last Day of Term 3
Term 4, 2027: Monday 11 October 2027 – Monday 13 December 2027- Monday 11 October 2027 – First Day of Term 4 - Monday 25 October 2027 – Labour Day (public holiday, school closed) - Thursday 18 November 2027 – Teacher Only Day – Ministry of Education Curriculum Day 2 (no classes for students) - Monday 13 December 2027 – Last Day of Term 4

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What does the school say about itself?

Quoted, not summarised. Every school describes itself well, so this is here to be read as the school’s own case rather than as a finding — and a school that states nothing simply has no row.

International students: Accepted, as statedIn 2026, we are welcoming 128 international students to our school from Germany, France, Italy, Brazil, Japan, China, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Argentina.
Voluntary donation: $600 for one student, 2026The 2026 donations for one student attending HVHS total $600.

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What is on offer beyond the classroom?

The sports, arts, clubs and groups this school names on its own website. Not a complete list of what any school offers, and not a count — a school that names more here has written more down, which is not the same as doing more.

On offer: Book Club (Years 9-10)
Writing ClubStudents may also be interested in joining the Writing Club (see details on this page).
Chinese Chess Club
Mahjong ClubAlso running at the same time and in the same room is the Mahjong Club.
Chess ClubThe Chess Club meets every Wednesday at lunchtime in M3.
Circus Skills Group
Coding & Animating Club
Cosplay Club
Cycling Group
Darts Club
Debating (for the HVHS Team)
Drawing Club
Duke of Edinburgh Awards
Dungeons and Dragons / D&D Group
English Help Room
rock climbingThe following sports may be available in 2026 depending on student interest, and staff and/or parent support and availability of coaching: rock climbing, rowing, sailing, skateboarding and snow sports.
rowingThe following sports may be available in 2026 depending on student interest, and staff and/or parent support and availability of coaching: rock climbing, rowing, sailing, skateboarding and snow sports.
sailingThe following sports may be available in 2026 depending on student interest, and staff and/or parent support and availability of coaching: rock climbing, rowing, sailing, skateboarding and snow sports.
skateboardingThe following sports may be available in 2026 depending on student interest, and staff and/or parent support and availability of coaching: rock climbing, rowing, sailing, skateboarding and snow sports.
snow sportsThe following sports may be available in 2026 depending on student interest, and staff and/or parent support and availability of coaching: rock climbing, rowing, sailing, skateboarding and snow sports.

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Who goes here?

Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.

European: 1,321
Māori: 303
Pacific: 130
Asian: 545
MELAA: 89
Other: 59
International: 32

Roll by year level and age

Shown as context, not ranked, not compared to any average. As at 30 June 2026, from the same annual return as the roll count above.

By year level
	Māori	Pacific	Asian	MELAA	Other	European/ Pākehā	International students	Total
Year 09	57	28	88	18	11	244	3	357
Year 10	78	33	105	18	7	308	3	436
Year 11	71	32	85	11	10	274	17	399
Year 12	50	29	106	23	10	284	15	416
Year 13+	45	30	85	9	9	225	8	329
Total	301	152	469	79	47	1335	46	1937

By age
	Māori	Pacific	Asian	MELAA	Other	European/ Pākehā	International students	Total
Age 12	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	3
Age 13	53	25	71	13	10	203	1	295
Age 14	71	29	98	18	6	297	4	421
Age 15	71	36	87	12	12	280	5	393
Age 16	47	28	101	19	8	265	24	398
Age 17	47	29	75	14	8	239	9	336
Age 18	10	5	33	2	3	41	3	79
Age 19+	1	0	3	1	0	8	0	12
Total	301	152	469	79	47	1335	46	1937

Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0

Academic results

Percentage with NCEA level 1 or above — 2025

88.4%

Hutt Valley High School	88.4%
Wellington Region	90.8%
Secondary (Year 9-15)	88%
State: Not integrated	83.6%
New Zealand	85.2%

Trend and demographic breakdown

Female	90.3%
Male	86.6%
Māori	75%
Pacific	87.5%
Asian	91.2%
MELAA	78.6%
Other	88.9%
European/Pākehā	88.4%
Total	88.4%

Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison NCEA level 1 data (2023-2025)

Percentage with NCEA level 2 or above — 2025

80.6%

Hutt Valley High School	80.6%
Wellington Region	85.3%
Secondary (Year 9-15)	81%
State: Not integrated	75.4%
New Zealand	77.8%

Trend and demographic breakdown

Female	84.9%
Male	76.6%
Māori	59.4%
Pacific	72.5%
Asian	84.6%
MELAA	64.3%
Other	88.9%
European/Pākehā	82.2%
Total	80.6%

Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison NCEA level 2 data (2023-2025)

Percentage with NCEA level 3 or above — 2025

61.5%

Hutt Valley High School	61.5%
Wellington Region	68.6%
Secondary (Year 9-15)	61.8%
State: Not integrated	55.2%
New Zealand	59%

Trend and demographic breakdown

Female	69.4%
Male	54.2%
Māori	40.6%
Pacific	45%
Asian	67%
MELAA	42.9%
Other	55.6%
European/Pākehā	63.3%
Total	61.5%

Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison NCEA level 3 data (2023-2025)

Percentage with VP Award — 2025

7.8%

Hutt Valley High School	7.8%
Wellington Region	12.5%
Secondary (Year 9-15)	15.2%
State: Not integrated	14.4%
New Zealand	14.1%

Trend and demographic breakdown

Female	11.3%
Male	4.5%
Māori	6.3%
Pacific	2.5%
Asian	1.1%
MELAA	7.1%
Other	22.2%
European/Pākehā	10.2%
Total	7.8%

Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison Vocational Pathway data (2023-2025)

Retention

Percentage staying until at least 17th birthday — 2025

88.4%

Hutt Valley High School	88.4%
Wellington Region	88.7%
Secondary (Year 9-15)	83.5%
State: Not integrated	81.4%
New Zealand	83%

Trend and demographic breakdown

Female	91.4%
Male	85.6%
Māori	75%
Pacific	90%
Asian	94.5%
MELAA	78.6%
Other	88.9%
European/Pākehā	87.3%
Total	88.4%

Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison trend data (2023-2025)

— 2024

not reported

Pacific	not reported
Female	not reported
Male	not reported
Māori	not reported
Asian	not reported
MELAA	not reported
Other	not reported
European/Pākehā	not reported
Total	not reported

Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)

— 2023

not reported

Female	not reported
Male	not reported
Māori	not reported
Pacific	not reported
Asian	not reported
MELAA	not reported
Other	not reported
European/Pākehā	not reported
Total	not reported

Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education two years after leaving school (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)

— 2024

not reported

Female	not reported
Male	not reported
Māori	not reported
Pacific	not reported
Asian	not reported
MELAA	not reported
Other	not reported
European/Pākehā	not reported
Total	not reported

Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)

— 2023

not reported

Female	not reported
Male	not reported
Māori	not reported
Pacific	not reported
Asian	not reported
MELAA	not reported
Other	not reported
European/Pākehā	not reported
Total	not reported

Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education two years after leaving school (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)

Student engagement

Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024

17%

Hutt Valley High School	17%
Wellington Region	24.7%
Secondary (Year 9-15)	35.8%
State	40.2%
New Zealand	37.1%

Trend and demographic breakdown

Female	17.6%
Male	16.7%
Māori	62.3%
Pacific	22.8%
Asian	13.1%
Other	5.4%
European/Pākehā	17.8%
Total	17%

Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison stand-down rates data (2024)

Age-standardised suspension rate per 1,000 students — 2024

1.1%

Hutt Valley High School	1.1%
Wellington Region	2.6%
Secondary (Year 9-15)	4%
State	4.5%
New Zealand	4.1%

Trend and demographic breakdown

Female	1.7%
Male	0.5%
Māori	3.2%
Pacific	0%
Asian	1.2%
Other	0%
European/Pākehā	0.4%
Total	1.1%

Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison suspension rates data (2024)

Age-standardised exclusion rate per 1,000 students — 2024

0.7%

Hutt Valley High School	0.7%
Wellington Region	0.9%
Secondary (Year 9-15)	1.7%
State	1.9%
New Zealand	1.8%

Trend and demographic breakdown

Female	1.4%
Male	0%
Māori	1.9%
Pacific	0%
Asian	0%
Other	0%
European/Pākehā	0.5%
Total	0.7%

Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison exclusion data (2024)

About the school

Equity Index (EQI): 421
Boarding: No
Language of instruction: All students taught in English/other setting
Urban / rural: Major urban area
Date opened: 31 January 1926

The Equity Index is used by the Ministry to allocate equity funding. It describes the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, not how good the school is. How the Equity Index works

What did ERO find?

The Education Review Office reviews every school and publishes what it finds in full. We quote ERO’s report here, section by section, in ERO’s own words and order, and link to it. We do not summarise a report, pick a line out of one, or turn one into a score. How ERO reviews schools

Reports ERO holds: 5
Last reviewed: 27 February 2023
Latest report: Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
Report type: Profile report
Board assurance: The board attested to all areas (27 February 2023)

A board assurance statement is the board’s own account of whether it took all reasonable steps to meet its legal obligations, on the date shown. It is not ERO’s finding. ERO reports separately, in the same report, on any non-compliance it identified during that process.

The board assurance report of 27 February 2023 carries no actions-for-compliance section — the section ERO uses when it names non-compliance it identified. That is what this report contains; it is not ERO saying it found none. Other reports ERO holds for this school may say something different.

The roll ERO recorded, and when

ERO writes a roll into each report it publishes: a count taken for that report, on the day shown, by the review team that was there. The Ministry of Education’s current roll for this school is 1989 — the figure at the top of this page, and the one to use for how big the school is now. These are a different measurement by a different body, so they will rarely agree, and a difference between them is not a change in the school.

June 2018
1720
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 14 August 2018
June 2015
1614
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 28 July 2015

We draw no line between these. Each was counted for its own report, years apart, by a different review team, and a roll moves between reviews for reasons none of these figures record — so the difference between any two of them measures nothing.

What ERO wrote in its latest report

This is ERO’s report of 27 February 2023 — “Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report” — section by section, under ERO’s own headings, in ERO’s own order. Nothing is summarised, shortened or reordered.

Background
This Profile Report was written within six months of the Education Review Office and Hutt Valley High School working in Te Ara Huarau , an improvement evaluation approach used in most English Medium State and State Integrated Schools. For more information about Te Ara Huarau see ERO’s website. www.ero.govt.nzis
Context
Hutt Valley High School - Te Kura Tuarua o Te Awakairangi is a co-educational state secondary school in the Hutt Valley providing an education for learners from Year 9 to Year 13.
Hutt Valley High School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
Purposeful and engaging learning - provide learning where all students are engaged, making progress and achieving with a specific focus on our Māori ākonga .
Inspiring curriculum leadership - support teachers to provide quality teaching and learning.
Identity, inclusion and belonging - foster a climate of safety, care and connectedness for all through the Hutt Valley High School values. Commit to the growth, dignity, inclusion and mana of all, guided by the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi .
Positive partnerships - develop strong, sustainable and reciprocal partnerships with whānau and the community to improve participation.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Hutt Valley High School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate what data and evidence can contribute to the school’s understanding of how an inclusive learning environment teachers improve student outcomes.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is that through a visible learning lens, teachers and students will produce an inclusive learning environment as teachers respond to feedback, observations, professional discussions and Professional Learning and Development (PLD) for improved student outcomes. This will occur because teachers will:
Know all of their students
Plan for success for all of their students
Make learning visible for all students
Create and have high standards for all students.
The school expects to see increasing numbers of Māori ākonga able to access tertiary level courses and pathways when they leave school, a higher level of involvement in te reo Māori and tikanga Māori , kapa haka , performing and creative arts, and student leadership roles.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to embed visible learning practices in classrooms:
a structured and progressive Professional Learning Plan that is informed by culturally responsive teaching and learning practices
positive relationships leading to calm and purposeful learning in classrooms
a culture of continuous student-centered and staff review and evaluation that informs outcomes and next steps
identification, planning and flexible learning models responsive to the needs of learners, including those who benefit from additional support.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
PLD for all staff led by Senior Leadership Team and Heads of Learning Areas in which visible learning practices are shared and evaluated.
developing a shared understanding of how teachers can self-evaluate and engage in dialogue to learn what is working and what isn’t working for their students
evaluating the impact of this work on groups of learners by tracking progress and incorporating the views of teachers, students, and parent/ whanau groups.
ERO’s role will be to support the school in its evaluation for improvement cycle to improve outcomes for all learners. ERO will support the school in reporting their progress to the community. The next public report on ERO’s website will be a Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report and is due within three years.
Kathy Lye Director Review and Improvement Services (Southern) Southern Region | Te Tai Tini
27 February 2023
About the School
The Education Counts website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement. educationcounts.govt.nz/home

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All 5 reports ERO holds for this school

ERO reviews a school every few years — around four years between reviews is the usual cycle — so an older date here reflects where a school sits in that cycle, not how it is doing.

Source: Education Review Office, CC BY 4.0.

Roll date: 30 June 2026 (2026).