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Welcome to St Heliers School
St Heliers is a school that strives for excellence. Our aim is to guide and nurture each student to reach their potential in all areas of school life. Integral to achieving this aim is having a close partnership between home and school.
Being a full primary (Years 1 to 8) we are in a unique position to see the development of the students from young bright-eyed 5 year olds to young adolescents. From the earliest stages of their schooling, students are encouraged to be independent, responsible learners.
Older students are expected to look out for younger students. At the start of the year senior classes are buddied up with a junior class to support the children in various aspects of their schooling. This also helps to create the family atmosphere we want at St Heliers.
Sean Valvoi
Principal
ERO Report
From the ERO report 2017:
"The inclusive culture of the school supports all children well to reach their potential." |
"St Heliers School is highly effective in achieving equitable outcomes for children."
"Teachers provide high-quality learning opportunities for children."
School Board
The School Board is elected every three years and has a governance role ensuring compliance with Ministry of Education requirements.
In its governance role, the Board acknowledges community issues and responds where appropriate.
We hereby declare the following candidates duly elected in 2022:
Selena Armstrong
Grant Gillingham
Kathy Harding
Laura Pateman
Janine Wiles Cosgrove
Staff representative:
Lizanne Franklin (no election required)
We hereby declare Lizanne Franklin duly elected.
Meetings
Please contact the school office for the time & date of the next board meeting.
The Current School Board
The St Heliers School BoardSean Valvoi - Principal, Grant Gillingham, Kathy Harding, Laura Pateman and Janine Wiles-Cosgrove and one vacant position. |
St Heliers School Strategic Plan 2024-2025
This can be found here
Annual Accounts
- 2022 Annual Accounts can be found here
- 2021 Annual Accounts can be found here
- 2020 Annual Accounts can be found here
- 2019 Annual Accounts can be found here
- 2018 Annual Accounts can be found here
- 2017 Annual Accounts can be found here
St Heliers School Statement of Variance:
The report can be found here
St Heliers School History
The school has a special place in the history of the District since it was the first public school to be established in the Tamaki area.
In 1877 a small private denominational school run by the Presbyterian Church on what is now the corner of Line and West Tamaki Roads provided the only educational facility in the St Heliers District. The nearest public schools available for children in the Tamaki District were Panmure and Mt Hobson (Remuera).
St Heliers residents petitioned the Education Board in 1877 asking that a Public School be established. The Education Board accepted the proposal and authorised the opening of the school on 12 February 1877 in a building in which a private school had been conducted. The first public school built in the District, the new 'Tamaki West' school opened at the beginning of June 1879. It was erected beside St Thomas' Church on a two-acre paddock fronting Kohimarama Road.
For thirty years the one-roomed school remained there. During the 1908-1909 Christmas holiday period the school was moved on wheels by a traction engine to the corner of St Heliers Bay Road and Maskell Street. The school was then named St Heliers School. It remained the only state school in the Tamaki area until the opening of Glendowie School in 1952.
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