James Cook High School
BoundFor analysis · from ERO reports and public data
Our read on James Cook High School
School Improving But Significant Challenges Remain
ERO's 2025 report finds James Cook High School is beginning to make progress under new leadership, with some positive foundations being built. However, the school faces serious and ongoing concerns around student attendance, achievement levels, and teaching quality that have prompted ERO to recommend a Ministry of Education intervention to bring in specialist support.
Source: ERO, 12 September 2025 · How we write these · What ERO ratings mean
Location & enrolment zone
Where the school sits and who it accepts
James Cook High School
Dr Pickering Avenue, Manurewa, Auckland
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How enrolment at James Cook High School works
Ministry of Education enrolment-scheme status, and what it means for an application.
James Cook 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 James Cook High School
- Does James Cook 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 James Cook High School teach?
- James Cook High School teaches Year 9–13.
- What is James Cook High School's Equity Index?
- The listed EQI is 529. EQI reflects socioeconomic barriers used for funding; it is not a school-quality score.
- How large is the school?
- The latest listed roll is 1,697 students.
- When was the latest listed ERO review?
- The latest review date in the public data is September 2025.
The basics
Ministry of Education records
- Teaching language
- Some students taught in te reo Māori or a Pacific language
- Opened
- 1968
- Principal
- Tina Filipo
- Urban/rural setting
- Major urban area
- Donation requests
- Not RequestedDonations not requested (except school camps)
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Schools near James Cook High School
Other schools close by, nearest first.
- Taonga Education CentreClendon · Teen Parent1.6 km
- Manurewa High SchoolManurewa · Secondary2.7 km
- Te Wharekura o ManurewaManurewa · Secondary2.7 km
- Alfriston CollegeManurewa · Secondary3.6 km
- Rosehill CollegeSecondary6.4 km
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- Tangaroa College Teen Parent UnitOtara South · Teen Parent6.9 km