Last updated October 2026
Pompallier Catholic College is a state-integrated, co-educational secondary school for Years 7 to 13 at State Highway 14, Maunu, Whangarei. It opened in 1971 and had 646 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. Its site describes a Catholic special character with religious studies as part of learning, separate course programmes for Years 7 and 8 and for Years 9 to 13, and careers and subject-choice guidance for senior students. It also runs an equestrian enrichment programme at a riding centre near the college, education outside the classroom, and a limited number of places for international students.
At a glance
- Principal
- Hayden Kingdon
- Address
- State Highway 14, Maunu, Whangarei
- Phone
- 09 438 3950
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 646 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
15 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.
Suspensions: fewer than 5 cases in 2025, so no rate is shown.
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 school is a Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from March 2024. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well teaching lifts students’ progress and achievement, while also supporting their wellbeing, language, culture and identity and their connection to the school’s special character and local history.
ERO pointed to a long-held commitment to academic success for every student, specialist staff for students with additional needs, teachers who use achievement data to plan their programmes, a collaborative staff with high expectations, and ongoing professional learning.
Next, the school plans to build teachers’ skill in culturally responsive teaching so that all ākonga can succeed, and to help all staff teach literacy and numeracy well to improve the quality of students’ learning.
Read the ERO reports for Pompallier Catholic College
Enrolling
As a state-integrated Catholic school, Pompallier gives preference to families with a connection to the Catholic faith, and preference applications need a certificate from the local parish. A limited number of non-preference places are also available.
Families applying for these accept that their child will attend a school of special character and take part in its programme, and attendance dues set by the Proprietor apply and are compulsory.
Applications are made in the year before the student starts and are accepted only with all documents included. The school publishes its enrolment closing date and interview times on its enrolment page each year, and late applicants may be placed on a waiting list.
Schools nearby
In Maunu
Pompallier Catholic College is in Maunu. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Maunu guide →Questions parents ask
Is Pompallier Catholic 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?
646 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?
424. 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, 92.8% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 22 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). Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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