Last updated October 2026
Wesley College is a state-integrated, co-educational secondary school for Years 7 to 13 at State Highway 22, Pukekohe. It had 326 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. The college describes itself as Christian in practice and Methodist in ethos, through its relationship with the Methodist Church of New Zealand, and its website covers sport, culture, the arts, a gifted and talented guideline, safeguarding and international students.
At a glance
- Principal
- Brian Evans
- Address
- State Highway 22, Pukekohe
- Phone
- 09 237 0224
Home zone
No home zone: any student can apply to enrol. If more students apply than there are places, the school decides how places are offered.
NCEA results
School leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with all New Zealand school leavers.
This school New Zealand
School leavers are students who left school that year, whatever year level they left from.
Who goes here
Share of the 326 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
9 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the college is a School Evaluation Report from March 2025. ERO found leaders were making good progress on students’ emotional and physical safety, with changes to leadership roles across the school and hostel and a full-time safeguarding officer, and students described the school as more settled and inclusive.
Most students make good progress, a large majority gain NCEA at Levels 1, 2 and 3 and most leave with at least Level 2, though fewer than half gain University Entrance.
Attendance and chronic absence are improving, but fewer than half of students attend regularly, and lifting this remains a priority. ERO’s next steps are to embed the child safety improvement plan, review leadership roles across the school and hostel, check how well programmes are working and for whom, and reflect students’ language, culture and identity more fully.
ERO also recommended that the Ministry of Education keep supporting the college to sustain its progress on student safety and wellbeing.
Read the ERO reports for Wesley College
Enrolling
Families apply using the college’s Application for Admission form, found on its prospective students pages, and return it with the information requested.
The admission page also explains the Ministry of Education boarding allowance, a Trust Board grant that can help with costs in cases of hardship, and the bus service for day students from Papakura.
Schools nearby
In Paerata
Wesley College is in Paerata. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Paerata guide →Questions parents ask
Is Wesley College zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 7 to 13.
How many students go there?
326 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
No. It is in the donation scheme, so it only asks for donations for school camps.
What is its Equity Index?
509. The Ministry of Education’s Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, from 344 (fewest) to 569 (most). It is used to share out funding, not as a measure of quality.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 80.9% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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Sources and data notes 1
- School facts: School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 26 Oct 2026 (CC BY 4.0). NCEA results, roll history and stand-downs: Education Counts, school leavers 2023 to 2025, stand-downs 2025, rolls 2021 to 2025 (CC BY 4.0).