{"id":447243,"date":"2026-05-27T05:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T05:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/447243\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T05:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T05:31:09","slug":"st-cuthberts-allegations-ministry-says-all-hostels-must-meet-its-minimum-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/447243\/","title":{"rendered":"St Cuthbert\u2019s allegations: Ministry says all hostels must meet its minimum standards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parents and the wider school community were informed by email shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n

St Cuthbert\u2019s College Board chairwoman Leigh Melville yesterday told the Herald the investigation is focused on allegations of inappropriate conduct, \u201cincluding concerns about conversations and interactions with students that may have crossed the boundaries expected between students and staff\u201d. <\/p>\n

\"CharlotteCharlotte Avery is principal at St Cuthbert’s College, where teachers were informed of the allegations against a former staff member on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe safety and wellbeing of all our students is paramount, and we are treating this matter very seriously,\u201d Melville told the Herald yesterday. <\/p>\n

She said that as soon as the college became aware of the concerns, \u201cimmediate action\u201d was taken and the staff member no longer worked for St Cuthbert\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdditional pastoral support is being provided to students and the boarding team while this process is underway.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs this matter involves students and an active investigation, it would be inappropriate to comment further. The privacy and wellbeing of students remain the college\u2019s priority.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"StSt Cuthbert\u2019s College Board chairwoman Leigh Melville says “immediate action” was taken after allegations of inappropriate conduct by a former staff member.<\/p>\n

In New Zealand, all school hostels \u2013 whether they are attached to state, state-integrated or private schools \u2013 must be licensed and comply with minimum safety and welfare standards. <\/p>\n

The Ministry of Education issues licences and is responsible for renewing them every three years. <\/p>\n

The Education Review Office carries out periodic reviews to check students are accommodated in \u201ca safe emotional and physical environment\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"StSt Cuthbert’s College is a prestigious private girls’ day and boarding school based in Epsom. <\/p>\n

St Cuthbert\u2019s College is an elite private girls\u2019 day and boarding school established in 1915 that consistently ranks among the top schools in New Zealand<\/a> for academic results.<\/p>\n

Families pay $31,544 annually for senior students to attend the school<\/a> and an extra $21,608 for boarders. <\/p>\n

Carolyne Meng-Yee<\/a> is an Auckland-based award-winning investigative journalist. She worked for the Herald on Sunday from 2007-2011 and rejoined the Herald in 2016 after working as an award-winning current affairs producer at TVNZ\u2019s 60 Minutes, 20\/20 and Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parents and the wider school community were informed by email shortly afterwards. St Cuthbert\u2019s College Board chairwoman Leigh…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,5263,26676,27299,665,51,34705,12784,34749,227360,84,2740,67091,10053,16133,302,17551,9862,1329,47365,29484,28874,9097,111,43,139,69,140781,6302,3048,312,4062,11420,1516,11422,21694,9631,1297],"class_list":["post-447243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-all","tag-allegations","tag-arent","tag-around","tag-auckland","tag-boarding","tag-college","tag-conduct","tag-cuthberts","tag-education","tag-former","tag-hostels","tag-house","tag-inappropriate","tag-its","tag-licensing","tag-meet","tag-member","tag-met","tag-minimum","tag-ministry","tag-must","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-oversees","tag-safety","tag-said","tag-says","tag-school","tag-st","tag-staff","tag-standards","tag-step","tag-student","tag-wellbeing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}