St Oran’s College: Zone, NCEA Results & School Facts

Last updated November 2026

St Oran’s College is a state-integrated, girls’ secondary school for Years 7 to 13 at 550 High Street, Boulcott, Lower Hutt. It opened in 1959 and had 502 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.

Its home zone includes 97 suburbs in full and parts of 2 more, among them Colonial Knob, Wainuiomata Coast, Waiwhetū, Sorrento Bay, Māhina Bay and Rānui; the zone map below shows the full boundary.

The school’s site describes a Presbyterian girls’ college with chapel services led by its chaplain, religious education through Connect for Years 7 and 8 and Exploring Faith for Years 9 to 13, and the values of Open Hand, Open Heart and Open Mind. Students can take music and speech and drama lessons, sport and the Duke of Edinburgh Award.

At a glance

TypeSecondaryYears 7 to 13

Roll5021 Sep 2026

AuthorityState-integratedSpecial character

StudentsGirlsGirls only

Home zoneYesSince 2006

Equity Index380Scale 344 to 569

Opened1959Boarding: no

TeachingEnglishAll classes

DonationsNot in the donation scheme: the school may ask families for donations.

Principal

Amanda Gibbs

Address

550 High Street, Boulcott, Lower Hutt

Phone

04 939 1260

Visit the school website

Home zone

Explore the map

Suburbs in the zone: all of Fairfield, Naenae, Aotea, Boulcott, Waiwhetū, Elsdon near Wellington, Melling, Hutt Central, Harbour View near Wellington, Moera, Alicetown, Avalon, Kelson, Mount Victoria, Kingston, Wadestown Wellington, Vogeltown Wellington, Melrose Wellington, Strathmore Park Wellington, Ngaio Wellington, Takapu Valley, Newlands Wellington, Churton Park Wellington, Johnsonville Wellington, Mount Cook Wellington, Aro Valley Wellington, Gracefield near Wellington, Normandale, Woodridge, Paparangi, Karori Wellington, Mornington Wellington, Glenside Wellington, Thorndon Wellington, Rānui, Taitā, Tirohanga near Wellington, Newtown, Waitangirua near Wellington, Cannons Creek near Wellington, Kelburn, Northland, Crofton Downs Wellington, Tawa Wellington, Grenada Village Wellington, Grenada North, Waterloo, Berhampore, Belmont, Epuni near Wellington, Maungaraki near Wellington, Kenepuru, Highbury, Wilton, Southgate Wellington, Woburn, Broadmeadows Wellington, Takapūwāhia near Wellington, Kaiwharawhara Wellington, Wainuiomata, Khandallah Wellington, Korokoro near Wellington, Māhina Bay, Lowry Bay, Horokiwi Wellington, Miramar Wellington, Porirua City Centre near Wellington, Days Bay, Ngauranga, Ohariu Wellington, Wainuiomata Coast, Kilbirnie Wellington, Brooklyn Wellington, York Bay, Sunshine Bay, Mākara Wellington, Wellington Central, Hataitai Wellington, Colonial Knob near Wellington, Pipitea, Eastbourne, Ōwhiro Bay, Rongotai Wellington, Seatoun Wellington, Island Bay Wellington, Mākara Beach, Point Howard, Te Aro, Petone, Maupuia Wellington, Sorrento Bay, Karaka Bays Wellington, Lyall Bay, Houghton Bay, Seaview, Breaker Bay Wellington and Roseneath.

Parts of Oriental Bay and Moa Point Wellington: check your street.

Zone boundaries are set by the school’s enrolment scheme and can change. Confirm your address with the school before you rely on it.

NCEA results

School leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with all New Zealand school leavers.

202595.8% NZ 77.8%

202493% NZ 76.9%

202398.4% NZ 75.8%

This school New Zealand

Level 3 or above90.3%2025 · NZ 59%

School leavers are students who left school that year, whatever year level they left from.

Who goes here

Share of the 502 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

European77%

Asian21%

Māori11%

Pacific4%

MELAA3%

Other2%

Roll at 1 July, 2021 to 2025491 in 2021 → 507 in 2025

MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.

What ERO found

The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from September 2023, written while the school was changing leadership and consulting on its strategic goals. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well leadership and an inclusive, culturally responsive curriculum and teaching help every student see herself as a capable learner and succeed.

ERO pointed to leaders who had planned ahead for curriculum and qualification changes, well-established systems for staff professional learning tied to school priorities, growing consultation with Māori whānau and students, and internal evaluation that draws on student and parent views.

Next, the school plans to keep its planning for the new curriculum coordinated, coach curriculum leaders to manage change and support good teaching, give teachers targeted professional learning on new curriculum requirements, keep families consulted and informed about the curriculum, and check closely how the changes affect students.

Read the ERO reports for St Oran’s College

Enrolling

St Oran’s College is state-integrated, so it gives preference to families with a connection to its special character, such as long-standing involvement in a church or faith community, and a limited number of non-preference places are offered only after all preference applicants can be placed. Its site describes a reasonably convenient area covering Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt and Porirua, with priority inside that area for sisters of current or former students and other set groups, and then by the date of the original application.

The main entry point is Year 7, and places at other year levels open only when a student leaves. Families join a pre-enrolment waiting list, are sent an application pack in Year 6, and preference applicants may be invited to an interview. The school sets out its application steps and timeline on its How to Enrol page.

• How to enrol
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