New Westminster School District SD40
New Westminster, British Columbia · Public · English
FSA results
Students at or above expectations in the Foundation Skills Assessment, 2025-2026. The British Columbia average is 73.4%.
Good for British Columbia: SD40 places 7 of 42 districts with published results, on the mean of the assessments it sat (72.3%).
2,107 assessments written. Counts the ministry masks for privacy are left out rather than counted as zero. Source: BC Data Catalogue
Student success
How New Westminster students are doing, in the Ministry of Education's report on the district
Literacy, on track or extending
Foundation Skills Assessment in grades 4 and 7 and the Grade 10 and 12 literacy assessments, 2024-25, BC resident students; about 500 students a grade
Numeracy, on track or extending
Foundation Skills Assessment in grades 4 and 7 and the Grade 10 numeracy assessment, 2024-25, BC resident students
Staying in school and graduating
Grade 11 to 12 transition and the six-year completion rate, 2024-25
Taking part
Share of students who wrote the assessment, 2024-25
Click any figure to open its chart with every year.
What the report says
The figures as charts, every year labelled, and the report's findings, in one PDF.
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What the report says
The figures as charts, every year labelled, and the report's findings, in one PDF. Show Hide
Figures and findings read from New Westminster School District's 2025 School District Report for SD040, Student Success BC (PDF) , published 2026-01.
The report's own pages
The results pages as the district published them. Open a page to read it at full size.
School buses and catchment areas
Queensborough Bus Program, newwestschools.ca ↗- Queensborough bus
- $30 a month, School Cash Online; waivable for hardship
- Register
- Every year, by SchoolMessenger notice; replacement pass $10
- Catchments
- Placement by catchment where space allows; lottery if oversubscribed
- Out of catchment
- 2026-27 transfers closed except siblings
- Students with disabilities
- Through the school, AP 341
Board of Education and district staff
Trustees
Seven seats elected at large for 2022 to 2026, one currently vacant; the next election is October 17, 2026.
- csluis@sd40.bc.caCheryl SluisBoard Chair
- dconnelly@sd40.bc.caDanielle ConnellyVice-Chair
- mandres@sd40.bc.caMarc AndresTrustee
- kcarlsen@sd40.bc.caKathleen CarlsenTrustee
- mrussell@sd40.bc.caMaya RussellTrustee
- eslinn@sd40.bc.caElliott SlinnTrustee
As listed on Board Members, newwestschools.ca
Board office
811 Ontario Street, New Westminster, 604-517-6240.
- Mark DavidsonSuperintendent · 604-517-6240
- glawlor@sd40.bc.caGeraldine LawlorAssociate Superintendent · 604-517-6160
- bketcham@sd40.bc.caBettina KetchamSecretary-Treasurer · 604-517-6312
- agrey@sd40.bc.caAmy GreyAssistant Secretary-Treasurer · 604-517-6157
- jrichter@sd40.bc.caJenny RichterDirector of Instruction, Leadership and Learning · 604-517-1824
- rjones@sd40.bc.caRhonda JonesDirector of Instruction, Learning Services · 604-517-6369
- ssingh@sd40.bc.caSandra SinghDirector of Instruction, Learning and Innovation · 604-517-6178
- sjohal@sd40.bc.caSanj JohalDistrict Principal, Indigenous Education and Equity
- mschellenberg@sd40.bc.caMiriam SchellenbergDistrict Principal, Inclusive Education · 604-517-1823
- rweston@sd40.bc.caRobert WestonExecutive Director of Human Resources · 604-517-6346
- mbrito@sd40.bc.caMatt BritoDirector of Facilities and Operations · 604-517-6207
- mlayzell@sd40.bc.caMark LayzellManager, Operations and Transportation · 604-517-6322
- mvlee@sd40.bc.caMike LeeCommunications Manager · 778-789-7172
As listed on Administration Team, newwestschools.ca
Schools
18 total| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Connaught Heights Elementary | 179 |
| Ecole Glenbrook Middle School | 673 |
| Ecole Qayqayt Elementary | 728 |
| F W Howay Elementary | 141 |
| Fraser River Middle | 726 |
| Herbert Spencer Elementary | 451 |
| Lord Kelvin Elementary | 650 |
| Lord Tweedsmuir Elementary | 423 |
| New Westminster Secondary | 2,450 |
| Queen Elizabeth Elementary | 526 |
| Queensborough Middle School | 405 |
| Skwo:wech | 460 |
| Home Learners Program Provincial Online Learning School | 91 |
| New Westminster Continuing Education Continuing Education School | 1,300 |
| New Westminster Online Schools Provincial Online Learning School | 330 |
| Power Alternate Secondary School Alternate Programs School | 54 |
| Royal City Alternate Program Alternate Programs School | 13 |
| Sigma Alternate Programs School | 47 |
Enrolment 2025-2026. Source: BC Data Catalogue