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From: Joe Clarke <[4][FOI #31328 email]>

Sent: Tuesday, 17 June 2025 3:07 pm

To: Enquiries National <[5][email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - Residential specialist school
rolls

 

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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

 

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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)

 

  

Nāku noa, nā,

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Tena koe Mr Clarke,

 

Thank you for your follow-up email of 15 June 2025 to the Ministry of
Education (the Ministry) relating to your request under the under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).

 

You requested the July grading roll figures. We are unable to provide the
data roll figures as they are currently being prepared for release in
October 2025. The data needs to be finalised and verified prior to being
published. As the information will soon be available are refusing your
request under section 18(d) of the Act.

 

Thank you again for your email. You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to
review my decision on your request, in accordance with section 28 of the
Act. You can do this by writing to [1][email address] or to
Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.

  

Nāku noa, nā,

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