Two Otago primary schools were wrongly listed yesterday as requiring Ministry of Education intervention for questionable operations in 2009.
Our report named St Peter Chanel School in Green Island and Rosebank School in Balclutha.
But interventions did not take place at these schools last year.
Ministry of Education spokesman Matt Radley said the schools shared the same name as schools in the North Island and it was the latter which were the subject of ministry intervention.
The error is regretted.
Rosebank School principal Chris Morris said it was an unfortunate case of mistaken identity.
He said the board of trustees had an excellent relationship with the ministry and both it and the school were disappointed.
St Peter Chanel board of trustees chairman Andy Redfearn said his school was "a fantastic little school with a highly professional principal and staff, and a hard-working board, of which we are all very proud".
"Just before Christmas, we were reviewed by the Education Review Office and received an absolutely glowing report from them, which adds to the equally positive report received from the Catholic Education Office earlier in the year."
Mr Radley said there were four interventions in Otago in 2009.
"A commissioner was appointed at Otepopo School on March 13 to assist with board organisation and management.
"The board of trustees at Otago Boys High School provided information under a statutory request in July in relation to the cost of its hostel redevelopment.
"A limited statutory manager was appointed at Kaikorai Valley College on August 7 to work with the board of trustees to re-establish good financial management systems.
"And a specialist adviser was appointed at Waikouaiti School on December 11 to offer support to ensure the relationship between the board of trustees and the principal reflects good governance practice."
Waikouaiti board of trustees chairwoman Lyane Jones said she could not comment on the situation because any information about the school needed to be discussed by the board as a whole.
The four Otago schools were on a list of 47 at-risk schools nationwide in which the ministry intervened last year - more than four times as many as in 2007.
The Otago statistics followed the trend, with three interventions in 2008 and one in 2007.
Under the Education Act 1989, the ministry can intervene in the management of a school when it believes there is risk to the operation of the school, or the welfare or educational performance of the pupils.
Many factors can lead to intervention, from problems with the board of trustees to fund mismanagement or pupil trouble.
Although all cases go through the same process, each is an individual operation.
Every case is reviewed at least annually and adjusted according to its success.
