Hillmorton High School
BoundFor analysis · from ERO reports and public data
Our read on Hillmorton High School
A Caring School With Real Progress Still Needed
Hillmorton High School has made meaningful improvements since its 2022 ERO review, particularly in supporting students with additional needs and strengthening culturally responsive teaching. However, ERO has identified significant ongoing challenges around student attendance, equity in achievement outcomes, and consistent behaviour management that the school must now address as priorities.
Source: ERO, 14 October 2025 · How we write these · What ERO ratings mean
Location & enrolment zone
Where the school sits and who it accepts
Hillmorton High School
Tankerville Road, Hoon Hay, Christchurch
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How enrolment at Hillmorton High School works
Ministry of Education enrolment-scheme status, and what it means for an application.
Hillmorton High School has an enrolment scheme, so it has a home zone. A child who lives inside that zone is entitled to enrol. Check your street address against the boundary using the zone checker above — confirm the result with the school before relying on it.
Families outside the zone can apply only when the school offers out-of-zone places for the intake they need. When applications exceed the places available, the school works through the priority groups in this order, with a supervised random ballot inside an oversubscribed group:
- Students accepted for an approved special programme, where the school runs one
- Siblings of current students
- Siblings of former students
- Children of former students
- Children of school-board employees or board members
- All other applicants
Priority is not a guarantee: if a group has more applicants than places, that group goes to a ballot and the groups below it receive nothing in that round. Read our guide to out-of-zone enrolment and ballots for the application steps, evidence and deadlines.
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What families ask about Hillmorton High School
- Does Hillmorton High School have an enrolment zone?
- Yes. An enrolment scheme is listed and the available zone map is shown below. Check your exact address before relying on eligibility.
- What year levels does Hillmorton High School teach?
- Hillmorton High School teaches Year 7–13.
- What is Hillmorton High School's Equity Index?
- The listed EQI is 467. EQI reflects socioeconomic barriers used for funding; it is not a school-quality score.
- How large is the school?
- The latest listed roll is 1,374 students.
- When was the latest listed ERO review?
- The latest review date in the public data is October 2025.
The basics
Ministry of Education records
- Teaching language
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Opened
- 1961
- Principal
- Sam Ainsworth
- Urban/rural setting
- Major urban area
- Donation requests
- Not RequestedDonations not requested (except school camps)
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Other schools close by, nearest first.
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