Ahuroa School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 51
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 1349 Ahuroa Road, Ahuroa
- Territorial authority
- Rodney Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-4225898
- office@ahuroa.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
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What would the day look like?
The practical things this school states on its own website — the hours, the uniform, the term dates, and how children get there. These are the school’s own words, not the Ministry’s record and not ERO’s.
Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.
- Getting there
- MA15 AM - AHUROA to AHUROA SCHOOL timing points (with stops along the way) 1 - West Coast Road heading West 2 - Corner SH16 and West Coast Road 7:45am 3 - Komokoriki Hill Road 7:52am 4 - Ahuroa Valley Road 8:10am 5 - Ahuroa School 8:15am
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 35
- Māori
- 21
- Pacific
- 1
- Asian
- 1
- MELAA
- 0
- Other
- 0
- International
- 0
Roll by year level and age
Shown as context, not ranked, not compared to any average. As at 30 June 2026, from the same annual return as the roll count above.
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 01 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Year 02 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| Year 03 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Year 04 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Year 05 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Year 06 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| Total | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 53 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 06 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 07 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Age 08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| Age 09 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Age 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| Total | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 53 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Ahuroa School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 0% |
| Total | 0% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison stand-down rates data (2024)
Age-standardised suspension rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Ahuroa School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 3% |
| Full Primary | 3.9% |
| State | 4.5% |
| New Zealand | 4.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 0% |
| Total | 0% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison suspension rates data (2024)
Age-standardised exclusion rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Ahuroa School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 1.4% |
| Full Primary | 1.7% |
| State | 1.9% |
| New Zealand | 1.8% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 0% |
| Total | 0% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison exclusion data (2024)
About the school
- Equity Index (EQI)
- 455
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural other
- Date opened
- 25 January 1888
The Equity Index is used by the Ministry to allocate equity funding. It describes the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, not how good the school is. How the Equity Index works
What did ERO find?
The Education Review Office reviews every school and publishes what it finds in full. We quote ERO’s report here, section by section, in ERO’s own words and order, and link to it. We do not summarise a report, pick a line out of one, or turn one into a score. How ERO reviews schools
- Reports ERO holds
- 4
- Last reviewed
- 28 November 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (21 November 2023)
A board assurance statement is the board’s own account of whether it took all reasonable steps to meet its legal obligations, on the date shown. It is not ERO’s finding. ERO reports separately, in the same report, on any non-compliance it identified during that process.
The board assurance report of 21 November 2023 carries no actions-for-compliance section — the section ERO uses when it names non-compliance it identified. That is what this report contains; it is not ERO saying it found none. Other reports ERO holds for this school may say something different.
The roll ERO recorded, and when
ERO writes a roll into each report it publishes: a count taken for that report, on the day shown, by the review team that was there. The Ministry of Education’s current roll for this school is 51 — the figure at the top of this page, and the one to use for how big the school is now. These are a different measurement by a different body, so they will rarely agree, and a difference between them is not a change in the school.
October 2017
61
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 23 January 2018
October 2015
78
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 12 February 2016
We draw no line between these. Each was counted for its own report, years apart, by a different review team, and a roll moves between reviews for reasons none of these figures record — so the difference between any two of them measures nothing.
What ERO wrote in its latest report
This is ERO’s report of 28 November 2023 — “Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report” — section by section, under ERO’s own headings, in ERO’s own order. Nothing is summarised, shortened or reordered.
Background
This Profile Report was written within 10 months of the Education Review Office and Ahuroa School working in Te Ara Huarau , an improvement evaluation approach used in most English Medium State and State Integrated Schools. For more information about Te Ara Huarau see ERO’s website. www.ero.govt.nz
Context
Ahuroa School is a small rural school situated in the Makarau area southwest of Warkworth, Auckland. It caters for local children in years 1 to year 8. A new principal was appointed in 2022. The school vision: E Tiputahi Ana Tatou , together we grow, underpins the work of the school.
Ahuroa School ’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
Enabling each student to achieve their full potential by providing learning programmes that allow for the development of the whole child.
Providing a safe supportive and enjoyable environment.
Developing meaningful and effective relationships with our community.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic plans on Ahuroa School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively teaching staff use formative practice to improve outcomes for all learners.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is for teachers:
to use consistent approaches to teaching and learning across the school
to strengthen their inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning
and students to have greater ownership of their learning.
The school expects to see:
students who can speak confidently about their learning, achievement and know their next learning steps
teachers who know their students and are providing targeted learning programmes for all students
a school board who will monitor, scrutinise achievement reports and respond appropriately to improve positive outcomes for all learners.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how effectively teachers use formative practice to improve outcomes for all learners:
the highly supportive school and local community
staff committed to raising learning outcomes for all students
engaged students who enjoy school life.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
governance training for the new school board
professional learning that strengthens formative practice for teachers
opportunities for staff to grow their leadership capabilities and capacity
establishing with staff what the common practice model, professional standards for teaching and the New Zealand Curriculum look like at Ahuroa school.
ERO’s role will be to support the school in its evaluation for improvement cycle to improve outcomes for all learners. ERO will support the school in reporting their progress to the community. The next public report on ERO’s website will be a Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report and is due within three years.
Shelley Booysen Director of Schools
21 November 2023
About the School
The Education Counts website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement. educationcounts.govt.nz/home
Read the full report on ero.govt.nz →
All 4 reports ERO holds for this school
ERO reviews a school every few years — around four years between reviews is the usual cycle — so an older date here reflects where a school sits in that cycle, not how it is doing.
Source: Education Review Office, CC BY 4.0.
Roll date: 30 June 2026 (2026).