Wellington Hills Christian College
BoundFor analysis · from ERO reports and public data
Our read on Wellington Hills Christian College
Early-Stage Improvement Journey With Strong Leadership
This is a Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report — an early checkpoint rather than a full review — published within 18 months of ERO beginning work with Miramar Christian School. The report identifies strong leadership and collaborative staff culture as key strengths, while the school and ERO are actively working together to improve literacy teaching and align the local curriculum with the refreshed New Zealand Curriculum. A fuller evaluation report is expected within three years.
Source: ERO, 29 March 2023 · How we write these · What ERO ratings mean
Location & enrolment zone
Where the school sits and who it accepts
Wellington Hills Christian College
19-21 Broderick Road, Johnsonville, Wellington
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.
Wellington Hills Christian College 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 Wellington Hills Christian College works
Ministry of Education enrolment-scheme status, and what it means for an application.
No enrolment scheme is listed for Wellington Hills Christian College, so it is open enrolment: a family can apply from any address, and there is no home zone and no out-of-zone ballot. Whether a place exists still turns on capacity at the year level you need — ask the school which intakes it is taking applications for and by when.
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Quick answers
What families ask about Wellington Hills Christian College
- Does Wellington Hills Christian College have an enrolment zone?
- Wellington Hills Christian College 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 Wellington Hills Christian College teach?
- Wellington Hills Christian College teaches Year 1–13.
- What is Wellington Hills Christian College's Equity Index?
- The listed EQI is 414. EQI reflects socioeconomic barriers used for funding; it is not a school-quality score.
- How large is the school?
- The latest listed roll is 124 students.
- When was the latest listed ERO review?
- The latest review date in the public data is March 2023.
The basics
Ministry of Education records
- Teaching language
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Opened
- 1979
- Principal
- Timothy Kuipers
- Urban/rural setting
- Major urban area
- Donation requests
- Not RequestedDonations not requested (except school camps)
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