Sacred Heart College (Napier)
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Sacred Heart College (Napier) in brief
Sacred Heart College (Napier) is a medium state integrated girls' secondary school (Year 9–13) in Bluff Hill, Napier, with 336 students on the roll. Its Equity Index of 446 sits in the middle of the national range, so its students come from a broad cross-section of backgrounds. EQI reflects funding need, not school quality. As a state-integrated school it enrols by preference for its special character rather than by home zone. It opened in 1867.
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Where the school sits and who it accepts
Sacred Heart College (Napier)
12 Convent Road, Bluff Hill, Napier
This state-integrated school enrols by preference criteria, so zone rules don't apply in the same way. The map shows the school location — check the school's own enrolment scheme.
Sacred Heart College (Napier) is a state-integrated school. Places go first to applicants with a preference connection to the school's special character (for example, a faith connection), so the usual in-zone and ballot rules don't apply in the same way. Where a geographic priority exists, it works within those preference criteria. Check the school's own enrolment scheme before relying on a zone result.
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How enrolment at Sacred Heart College (Napier) works
- Sacred Heart College (Napier) is a state-integrated school with no enrolment scheme listed. That does not make it open enrolment: admission turns first on its special-character preference criteria — a religious or philosophical connection the school sets out — rather than on where you live.
- Year levels: Year 9–13
- Roll size: Medium school
- School website: sacredheartnapier.school.nz
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What families ask about Sacred Heart College (Napier)
- Does Sacred Heart College (Napier) have an enrolment zone?
- Sacred Heart College (Napier) is a state-integrated school, so places go first to applicants who meet its special-character preference criteria. Any geographic priority applies within those criteria, so an address alone doesn't decide it — check the school's own enrolment scheme.
- What year levels does Sacred Heart College (Napier) teach?
- Sacred Heart College (Napier) teaches Year 9–13.
- What is Sacred Heart College (Napier)'s Equity Index?
- The listed EQI is 446. EQI reflects socioeconomic barriers used for funding; it is not a school-quality score.
- How large is the school?
- The latest listed roll is 336 students.
- When was the latest listed ERO review?
- No recent ERO review date is available in the current public data.
The basics
Ministry of Education records
- Teaching language
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Opened
- 1867
- Principal
- Maria Neville-Foster
- Donation requests
- Not RequestedDonations not requested (except school camps)
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