Key facts
- School number553
- School typeSecondary · Years 7–10
- AuthorityState
- GenderCo-Educational
- BoardingNo
- Language of instructionEnglish medium / other settings
- Established30 December 2008
About Mission Heights Junior College
Mission Heights Junior College is a New Zealand secondary school operating under the vision statement Kia Mana Ake – Growing Greatness. Its learning management system is called Mission Heights Online.
The school is structured around four whānau groups, described as schools within a school, which form the basis of its pastoral and community organisation.
The school uses an Innovative Learning Environment model, in which students and teachers work collaboratively. Personalised learning is a stated feature of the curriculum approach.
Enrolment
Enrolment scheme on recordMission Heights Junior College has an enrolment scheme (a home zone) on record. Living inside it guarantees a place; living outside it does not, though out-of-zone applications may still be considered.
School donations
The Ministry of Education profile states that: "Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp".
With an Equity Index of 407, Mission Heights Junior College is below the 432 threshold newly required to opt into the donations scheme, though a school already receiving this funding from an earlier year may continue to do so. Outside the scheme, a school can still ask families for donations, but cannot compel or enforce payment.
Check directly with the school for current charges, contributions or other costs. Learn more on the donations scheme or fees and charges at school, both on education.govt.nz.
Equity Index
The Ministry publishes this figure as a bare number — KuraData shows it against the directory-wide average, so you can see where Mission Heights Junior College actually sits, not just the number on its own.
The Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers students face, on average, and is used to inform government funding and support. It is not a measure of school quality or academic performance.
Higher values indicate a higher level of estimated socio-economic barriers; lower values indicate fewer. Learn how the Equity Index is calculated →
Student ethnicity
The Ministry publishes this as a raw table — here it's visualised directly against Mission Heights Junior College's own roll, so the shape of it is clear at a glance.
- European — 84 students (9%)
- Asian — 736 students (78.9%)
- Pacific — 149 students (16%)
- Māori — 47 students (5%)
- MELAA — 43 students (4.6%)
- Other — 37 students (4%)
- International — 10 students (1.1%)
Percentages may sum to more than 100% because students can identify with more than one ethnic group.
Location
- Street addressJeffs Road
- SuburbFlat Bush
- CityAuckland
- Local authorityHowick Local Board Area
Official contact details
- ContactIan Morrison
- Phone+64 9 277 7881
- Emailadmin@mhjc.school.nz
- Websitewww.mhjc.school.nz
Nearby schools
Schools physically closest to Mission Heights Junior College, regardless of year level.
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Mission Heights Primary School Contributing · Years 1–6 · 173 m
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Ormiston Senior College Secondary · Years 11–15 · 1.2 km
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Te Uho O Te Nikau Primary School Contributing · Years 1–6 · 1.4 km
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Sancta Maria College Secondary · Years 7–15 · 2.4 km
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Botany Downs Secondary College Secondary · Years 9–15 · 3.6 km
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Student Support and Pastoral Care
Mission Heights Junior College organises its pastoral care around four Whānau groups — self-contained learning communities, each of approximately 200 students and 12 staff, led by two senior leaders. Students are assigned to a Whānau on entry and generally remain in that community throughout their time at the school.
- Whānau groups — four groups named Coast (Takutai), Forest (Ngahere), Water (Wai), and Mountains (Maunga). Each operates as a physically independent community responsible for collaborative teaching, close monitoring and tracking of individual students, and participation in school activities and events.
- Whānau Deans — each Whānau has a designated Dean (Ms. Adora Lindsay for Coast/Takutai, Mr. Ezra Bartlett for Forest/Ngahere, Mr. Roger Whatman for Water/Wai, and Mr. Douglas Choong for Mountains/Maunga).
- Dedicated Administrative Assistants — each Whānau has an Administrative Assistant whose primary focus is the tracking and follow-up of daily attendance within that Whānau.
- Attendance management — unexplained absences are followed up first by telephone contact with parents or guardians, with an email notification issued if direct contact cannot be made.
Frequently asked
These aren't generic answers — each one is built directly from Mission Heights Junior College's own official Ministry of Education data already shown on this page, so what you read here always matches the figures above.
Sources & methodology
Every fact on this page traces back to one of the rows below — official Ministry of Education data, or Mission Heights Junior College's own published information, reviewed before publication. Nothing here is inferred or estimated beyond what its source actually states.
| Data | Source | Data period | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| School characteristics | Ministry of Education | — | 15 October 2026 |
| Student roll | Ministry of Education / Education Counts | September 2026 | 15 October 2026 |
| Equity Index | Education Counts | — | 15 October 2026 |
| Address & coordinates | Ministry of Education | — | 15 October 2026 |
| Contact details | NZ Schools Directory | Current | 15 October 2026 |
| School information (AI-curated, human-reviewed) | Mission Heights Junior College's official website | Current | 27 September 2026 |