Last updated October 2026
Flaxmere College is a state, co-educational secondary school for Years 7 to 13 at Henderson Road, Flaxmere, Hastings. It opened in 1978 and had 362 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. Its site describes a teen parent unit, Te Tipu Whenua ō Pā Harakeke, with an early childhood centre attached so young parents can study with their children nearby, and a Services Academy for Year 12 and 13 students that runs a structured, military-style programme with courses alongside the New Zealand Defence Force.
Activities include kapa haka, Pasifika and Filipino culture groups, free music tuition and bands, and sport from waka ama and ki o rahi to basketball, netball and rugby.
At a glance
- Principal
- Cherie Heeney
- Address
- Henderson Road, Flaxmere, Hastings
- Phone
- 06 879 9833
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 362 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
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 April 2023. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well the Flaxmere Way, the school’s culturally responsive and relational approach to teaching, is lifting outcomes fairly for students.
The school chose this focus because achievement and equity need lifting and attendance, engagement and retention remain priorities. ERO pointed to leaders who keep planning for improvement and fair outcomes, growing staff capability in te ao Māori and te reo Māori, the Flaxmere Way underpinning teaching, and sound systems for tracking attendance, engagement, retention and achievement.
From here the school plans to grow leadership across its staff to embed the Flaxmere Way in a local curriculum, work with whānau, hapū and iwi so their aspirations shape that curriculum, and focus professional learning on students with diverse learning needs.
ERO’s report also notes that the school is home to a teen parent unit, a satellite class of Kowhai Special School and a Services Academy.
Read the ERO reports for Flaxmere College
Enrolling
The school has no home zone, so any student can apply. Its enrolment page has an enrolment form to download and invites families to visit the school.
Young parents interested in the teen parent unit can contact the unit to find out more or arrange a visit, and Year 12 and 13 students who want to join the Services Academy apply through the school office and have an interview.
Schools nearby
In Flaxmere
Flaxmere College is in Flaxmere. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Flaxmere guide →Questions parents ask
Is Flaxmere 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?
362 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?
558. 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, 53% 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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