Mangere College
BoundFor analysis · from ERO reports and public data
Our read on Mangere College
Significant Challenges Require Urgent Attention and Support
ERO's 2025 review of Mangere College found that outcomes for learners require improvement, with low NCEA achievement, poor attendance, and teaching practices still developing. The situation is serious enough that ERO has recommended the Ministry of Education consider formal intervention under the Education and Training Act 2020. The school has a new leadership team in place that is beginning to take steps toward improvement, but meaningful change is still in early stages.
Source: ERO, 16 October 2025 · How we write these · What ERO ratings mean
Location & enrolment zone
Where the school sits and who it accepts
Mangere College
23 Bader Drive, Māngere, Auckland
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How enrolment at Mangere College works
Ministry of Education enrolment-scheme status, and what it means for an application.
Mangere College 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 Mangere College
- Does Mangere College 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 Mangere College teach?
- Mangere College teaches Year 9–13.
- What is Mangere College's Equity Index?
- The listed EQI is 521. EQI reflects socioeconomic barriers used for funding; it is not a school-quality score.
- How large is the school?
- The latest listed roll is 738 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
- Some students taught in a Pacific language
- Opened
- 1971
- Principal
- Geraint Tuiletoa Tagaloa
- Urban/rural setting
- Major urban area
- Donation requests
- Not RequestedDonations not requested (except school camps)
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Schools near Mangere College
Other schools close by, nearest first.
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- Zayed College for GirlsMangere · Secondary2.1 km
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- Onehunga High SchoolOnehunga · Secondary4.8 km