Balmoral School (Auckland)
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 769
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 19 Brixton Road, Mount Eden, Auckland
- Territorial authority
- Albert-Eden Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-6387960
- office@balmoral.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
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Can my child go here?
This school has an enrolment scheme, so a place is not open to every address. How enrolment zones work
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Zone boundaries shown here are approximate. Ministry of Education data warns these boundaries do not have high spatial precision and can place neighbouring addresses on different sides of a line. This is not a confirmation of enrolment eligibility — always confirm directly with the school. Zone geometry also does not reflect enrolment priority rules (siblings, special character categories, ballots) — it shows the mapped boundary only.
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Source: Ministry of Education, CC BY 3.0 NZ
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.
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2 February - Thursday 2nd April
Term One: Monday 2 February - Thursday 2nd April
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 2, 2026: Monday 20 April - Friday 3 July
Term Two: Monday 20 April - Friday 3 July
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 3, 2026: Monday 20 July - Friday 25 September
Term Three: Monday 20 July - Friday 25 September
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 4, 2026: Monday 12 October - Tuesday 15 December
Term Four: Monday 12 October - Tuesday 15 December
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 1, 2025: Monday 3 February – Friday 11 April
Term One: Monday 3 February – Friday 11 April
Year stated as2025 Term Dates
- Term 2, 2025: Monday 28 April – Friday 27 June
Term Two: Monday 28 April – Friday 27 June
Year stated as2025 Term Dates
- Term 3, 2025: Monday 14 July – Friday 19 September
Term Three: Monday 14 July – Friday 19 September
Year stated as2025 Term Dates
- Term 4, 2025: Monday 6 October – Wednesday 17 December
Term Four: Monday 6 October – Wednesday 17 December
Year stated as2025 Term Dates
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2 February - Thursday 2nd April
What does the school say about itself?
Quoted, not summarised. Every school describes itself well, so this is here to be read as the school’s own case rather than as a finding — and a school that states nothing simply has no row.
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.
- International students
- Accepted, as stated
Our school welcomes enrolments from International Students.
- Accepted, as stated
What is on offer beyond the classroom?
The sports, arts, clubs and groups this school names on its own website. Not a complete list of what any school offers, and not a count — a school that names more here has written more down, which is not the same as doing more.
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.
- On offer
- Running club
Running club starts in week 5 of Term 1 each year.
- Running club
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 367
- Māori
- 30
- Pacific
- 40
- Asian
- 388
- MELAA
- 39
- Other
- 5
- International
- 6
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 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 58 |
| Year 02 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 68 |
| Year 03 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 72 |
| Year 04 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 83 |
| Year 05 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 77 |
| Year 06 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 68 |
| Year 07 | 9 | 8 | 86 | 4 | 1 | 86 | 2 | 172 |
| Year 08 | 7 | 12 | 96 | 6 | 4 | 74 | 2 | 178 |
| Total | 27 | 47 | 364 | 29 | 11 | 411 | 5 | 776 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 54 |
| Age 06 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 68 |
| Age 07 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 68 |
| Age 08 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 89 |
| Age 09 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 74 |
| Age 10 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 71 |
| Age 11 | 8 | 8 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 67 | 2 | 134 |
| Age 12 | 8 | 11 | 99 | 7 | 2 | 86 | 1 | 188 |
| Age 13 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 30 |
| Total | 27 | 47 | 364 | 29 | 11 | 411 | 5 | 776 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
7.6%
| Balmoral School (Auckland) | 7.6% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 9.9% |
|---|---|
| Male | 5.7% |
| Māori | 37% |
| Pacific | 97.2% |
| Asian | 3.5% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 2.9% |
| Total | 7.6% |
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%
| Balmoral School (Auckland) | 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%
| Balmoral School (Auckland) | 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)
- 366
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 1926
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
- 5
- Last reviewed
- 11 December 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (11 December 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 11 December 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.
What this report states about the school
As stated in ERO’s report of 11 December 2023 — not necessarily the position now. Each line quotes the sentence it came from.
- Also provides
- Central Auckland Specialist School onsite
This school has Central Auckland Specialist School onsite
- Central Auckland Specialist School onsite
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 769 — 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.
November 2018
926
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 20 December 2018
November 2013
824
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 14 February 2014
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 11 December 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 five months of the Education Review Office and Balmoral School (Auckland) 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
Balmoral School is a large urban school in Central Auckland. It has a primary and an intermediate campus. After a complete redevelopment, in 2022, there was a move to flexible teaching and learning spaces.
The school is led by its vision, to value diversity and to develop curious, confident and connected learners .
Balmoral School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
to provide high quality learning opportunities for success which recognises achievement in all its forms and keeps learners at the centre.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Balmoral School (Auckland) ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the literacy programme caters for the diverse needs of all learners.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:
support all learners to make progress and achieve success by equipping them with effective literacy skills
provide staff with opportunities to continue developing their teaching practice
ensure processes and systems are robust and support equitable outcomes for all learners.
The school expects to see:
teachers who consistently adjust their practice and respond to the needs of all learners
literacy skills embedded in the school’s local curriculum
all learners making progress and experience success over time
equitable outcomes for all learners.
Strengths
To evaluate how effectively the literacy programme caters for the diverse needs of all learners, the school can draw from the following strengths :
a senior leadership team focussed on the needs of all learners
a strong sense of belonging for learners, staff and the school community
a highly valued and well-established local curriculum where promoting critical thinking with learners is fostered
strong partnerships with professional networks that support the school’s direction.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
targeted professional learning and development for all teachers
monitoring the effectiveness of classroom teaching practice on outcomes for all learners
reviewing the local curriculum to ensure that literacy skills are embedded
an audit of oral language resources to ensure that these meet the needs of all learners.
Shelley Booysen Director of Schools
11 December 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
This school has Central Auckland Specialist School onsite.
Read the full report on ero.govt.nz →
All 5 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).