How to Enrol

Welcome to parents, caregivers and whānau wishing to enrol their students at Hutt Valley High School. 

Hutt Valley High School is limited in the number of places it is able to offer students at each level. As a consequence, we operate an enrolment scheme. All students who live in-zone who apply are accepted regardless of the roll size. In-zone applications can be submitted at any time. Please note, out-of-zone enrolments for 2024 are now closed and we are no longer accepting any applications.

Applications for enrolments for 2025 have now opened. Please find the online enrolment form below and key enrolments deadlines.

2024 In-Zone Enrolments

All students who live in-zone who apply are accepted regardless of the roll size. In-zone applications can be submitted at any time. Please note, out-of-zone enrolments for 2024 have now closed.

2025 In-Zone Enrolments

Enrolments for 2025 are open for in-zone applications. Please complete the online application form by clicking on the button below. For enrolment questions, please contact Enrolment Coordinator, Lesley Mackay at lesley.mackay@hvhs.school.nz

2025 Out-of-Zone Applications

2025 Out-of-Zone Application Dates – Years 10-13 (Now Open)

Out-of-zone applications for 2025 for Years 10-13 are open. Please find the online enrolment form below and key enrolments deadlines.

  • Monday 13 May 2024 – Applications open for students in Years 10-13 in 2025
  • Monday 14 October 2024 – Closing date for applications
  • Friday 18 October 2024 – Ballot held for placements in Years 10-13 in 2025
  • Wednesday 23 October 2024 – Parents notified of the outcome of the ballot
  • Wednesday 6 November 2024 – Last date for acceptance of places offered via the ballot for out-of-zone applications for Years 10-13 in 2025

2025 Out-of-Zone Application Dates – Year 9 (Now Closed)

Applications for out-of-zone enrolments for 2025 for Year 9 closed on Wednesday 24 July 2024. The ballot for Year 9 is held on Monday 29 July 2024. Parents and caregivers will be notified of the outcome of the ballot on Thursday 1 August 2024.  The last date for acceptance of places offered via the ballot for out-of-zone applications for Year 9 in 2025 is Thursday 15 August 2024.

Ballots for Out-Of-Zone Student Places

The order of priority in which applicants who live outside a school’s home zone are to be offered places at Hutt Valley High School is as follows:

  1. first priority must be given to any applicant who is accepted for enrolment in a special programme run by the school (not applicable as Hutt Valley High School does not have a special programme);
  2. second priority must be given to any applicant who is the sibling of a current student of the school;
  3. third priority must be given to any applicant who is the sibling of a former student of the school;
  4. fourth priority must be given to any applicant who is a child of a former student of the school;
  5. fifth priority must be given to any applicant who is a child of an employee of the Board of the school;
  6. sixth priority must be given to all other applicants.

If the number of out-of-zone applicants exceeds the places available, students will be selected by ballot (except in the case of Tautoko – Supported Learning Centre).

Applications for out-of-zone enrolments for 2024 have now closed and the ballot has been held. Applications for out-of-zone enrolments for 2025 for Year 9 have now closed. Applications for out-of-zone enrolments for 2025 for Years 10-13 are open, please note the application deadlines in the section above.

2024 Open Evening

Hutt Valley High School’s annual Opening Evening took place on Wednesday 15 May 2024.

Local intermediate schools organise tours of Hutt Valley High School during the school day for their Year 8 students in term 4 of each year.


Hutt Valley High School Enrolment Zone

Hutt Valley High School's Enrolment Zones, Enrolment Zone Map and Suburbs

Hutt Valley High School Home Zone

Northern Boundary: That area south of a line drawn through the following points and including the streets mentioned starting at the point where, on the Belmont Hill, Normandale Road ends then south to Tirohanga Road, along Tirohanga Road and including Kekeno Street to the southern junction of Tirohanga Road and Matuhi Street, then in an easterly direction to the Hutt River to a point opposite the Boulcott Golf Course, proceeding down the Hutt River to a point opposite Melling Road, then along Melling Road (including all odd house numbers on High Street lower than 529 and all even house numbers on High Street lower than 508), Brunswick Street, Kings Crescent (including all odd house numbers from 115 down and all even house numbers lower than and including 122), Epuni Street (including all odd house numbers on Witako Street lower than and including 47 and all even house numbers on Witako Street lower than and including 44), Oxford Terrace (including all house numbers up to and including 79), Waterloo Road (including all house numbers on Cambridge Terrace 1-100), Waiwhetu Road (including all odd house numbers lower than 173a and all even house numbers lower than 224), Rossiter Avenue to the southern end of Wyndrum Avenue (including all odd house numbers from 71 up and all even house numbers higher than and including 62), all houses on Riverside Drive lower than 295 are included. The boundary continues to the east to the boundary between the Eastern and Wainuiomata Wards of the Hutt City, then following the ward boundary south-west until it meets with the Harbour Ward boundary and continuing along that boundary until it meets the Wellington harbour.

Western and Southern Boundary: Horokiwi Road (including van der Velden Way) and the northern edge of the Wellington Harbour.

N.B. Any street whose only exit or exits is onto a street named in the zone as defined above shall be deemed part of the Hutt Valley High School zone.


Read the 2025 Prospectus

The 2025 Prospectus provides helpful information on Hutt Valley High School for parents/caregivers who are interested in enrolling in 2025. To read the 2025 Prospectus click here

Hutt Valley High School Prospectus for 2025

The 2025 Prospectus includes:

  • Welcome from Principal, Denise Johnson
  • Information on the enrolment process
  • Key enrolment dates for students applying to study in 2025
  • Subject options
  • Testimonials from our Head Students and current Year 9 students
  • Information on how we support student’s learning and achievement
  • Co-curricular activities including music, sports, clubs and cultural opportunities
  • Taumata (Houses) of HVHS.

To read the 2025 Prospectus click here


International Student Enrolments

How to enrol:

  • Complete the International Student’s enrolment form: hvhs.enrol.school.nz.
  • Give it to your agent to send to the school.
  • If the application is accepted, an offer letter will be sent to your agent.
  • This offer can only be confirmed when fees are paid.