Residential specialist school rolls
Joe Clarke made this Official Information request to Ministry of Education
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From: Joe Clarke
Dear Ministry of Education,
Please advise the most recent roll figures held for each of:
Salisbury School (Nelson)
Halswell Residential Christchurch (Christchurch)
Westbridge School (Auckland)
and the date that the information (in each case) applies to.
Yours faithfully,
Joe Clarke
From: Enquiries National
Ministry of Education
Kia ora Joe
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From: Enquiries National
Ministry of Education
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Tēnā koe Joe
OIA: 1349702 – Residential school roll figures
Thank you for your email of 17 June 2025 to the Ministry of Education (the
Ministry) requesting the following information:
Please advise the most recent roll figures held for each of:
Salisbury School (Nelson)
Halswell Residential Christchurch (Christchurch) Westbridge School
(Auckland) and the date that the information (in each case) applies to.
Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act).
We are able to provide roll figures taken on 1 March 2025. These roll
figures for the schools requested are:
o Salisbury School – 13
o Halswell Residential College – 8
o Westbridge Residential School – 9
Please note that these figures may not match the figures published on the
Ministry’s Education Counts website. The published figures are gathered on
1 July of each year and published retrospectively on the following
webpages.
o [1]Salisbury School (Nelson)
o [2]Halswell Residential Christchurch (Christchurch)
o [3]Westbridge School (Auckland)
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From: Joe Clarke
Dear Enquiries National,
Thank you for your reply. I would have expected that you would have the July grading roll figures by now. Can you please give me those as well.
Many thanks,
Joe Clarke
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