Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School
BoundFor analysis · from ERO reports and public data
Our read on Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School
School Needs Significant Improvement – Ministry Intervention Recommended
ERO's May 2026 report found Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School has made only limited progress on key improvement goals set in 2024. Academic achievement has declined over three years, attendance remains a serious concern, and ERO has recommended the Ministry of Education consider specialist intervention under the Education and Training Act 2020. A new principal and leadership team began in Term 1 2026 and are working to turn things around, but the school is at an early stage of improvement.
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Location & enrolment zone
Where the school sits and who it accepts
Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School
2 Franklyne Road, Otara, Auckland
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How enrolment at Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School works
Ministry of Education enrolment-scheme status, and what it means for an application.
Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior 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 Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School
- Does Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior 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 Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School teach?
- Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School teaches Year 9–13.
- What is Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School's Equity Index?
- The listed EQI is 525. EQI reflects socioeconomic barriers used for funding; it is not a school-quality score.
- How large is the school?
- The latest listed roll is 618 students.
- When was the latest listed ERO review?
- The latest review date in the public data is May 2026.
The basics
Ministry of Education records
- Teaching language
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Opened
- 1966
- Principal
- Christine Pili
- Urban/rural setting
- Major urban area
- Donation requests
- Not RequestedDonations not requested (except school camps)
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