Sacred Heart College is a state-integrated single-sex girls' Catholic secondary school in Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
It was established in 1912 by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions and was the first secondary school to be opened in the Hutt Valley. It was originally sited in high street on the property known as Margaret street. In 1957 the school was shifted to the existing site on Laings Road. In May 1980 it became the first Catholic secondary school to be integrated under the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975. The school has six house groups: Lisieux (Pink), Avila (Red), Aubert (Green), Lourdes (Light Blue), Barbier (Dark Blue) and Siena (Yellow).
Due to having earthquake prone buildings the school strengthened its largest building in early 2017 and demolished its tallest in December 2017.
Enrolment As a state-integrated school, the proprietors of Sacred Heart College charge compulsory attendance dues to cover capital costs. For the 2025 school year, the attendance dues payable is $1,147 per year per student.
As of , Sacred Heart College has a roll of students, of which (%) identify as Māori.
As of , the school has an Equity Index of , placing it amongst schools whose students have socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 6 and 7 under the former socio-economic decile system).
Notable alumnae
Teresa Bergman, dux 2004, singer-songwriter-guitarist Geraldine Brophy (born 1961) television, film and stage actress, theatre director and playwright Stephanie Dowrick, writer and spiritual teacher Catherine Chidgey, novelist Xingxing Wang, operatic soprano
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