Last updated October 2026
Hastings Boys’ High School is a state, boys’ secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at 800 South Karamu Road, Hastings. It opened in 1904 and had 741 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. Its site describes a dual pathway, with Cambridge IGCSE offered in Year 11 alongside NCEA, trades partnership programmes with the Eastern Institute of Technology, and full programmes in te reo Māori, whakairo (carving) and Te Ao Haka, with the kapa haka group Ngā Raukura Huia.
Sports include rugby, rowing, waka ama, hockey, cricket and canoe polo, and international students can sit IELTS, NCEA or Cambridge exams and stay with homestay families.
At a glance
- Principal
- Mason Summerfield
- Address
- 800 South Karamu Road, Hastings
- Phone
- 06 873 0365
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 741 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
11 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 school is a School Evaluation Report from April 2026. ERO found the school has made some progress since its previous review, with a more strategic, collaborative approach to improvement that has strengthened school culture.
A large majority of students arrive in Year 9 well below expected curriculum levels and make significant progress, so that by the time they finish Year 10 a large majority reach expected levels in literacy, with a small majority doing so in numeracy.
In Year 11, most students sit NCEA but less than half gain Level 1 because they have not yet met the literacy and numeracy requirements, while almost all of the smaller group taking IGCSE pass.
A large majority in Years 12 and 13 gain NCEA Levels 2 and 3, less than half gain University Entrance, and results are not yet equitable across groups. Students describe a strong sense of belonging and wellbeing, classrooms are settled and respectful, and transitions into and out of the school are well planned.
ERO also found that less than half of students attend school regularly, below the Government’s target, although attendance is improving. Its priorities for the school are to strengthen evidence-based teaching that responds to each student so all make progress and outcomes become fairer, build a shared understanding of internal evaluation, and lift regular attendance, with leaders and the board reviewing attendance and achievement data every six months.
Read the ERO reports for Hastings Boys’ High School
Enrolling
The school has no home zone, so any boy can apply, and families can start the enrolment process at any time through the school’s enrolment page.
International students follow a separate enrolment process, set out in the international section of the school’s site.
Schools nearby
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Read our Raureka guide →Questions parents ask
Is Hastings Boys' High School zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 9 to 13.
How many students go there?
741 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?
502. 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.
Is it a single-sex school?
Yes. It takes boys only.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 68.3% 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, 23 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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