Barrytown School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 37
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 21 Cargill Road, Barrytown
- Territorial authority
- Grey District
- Phone
- 03-7311824
- barrytown.school@xtra.co.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in West Coast
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
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 28
- Māori
- 13
- Pacific
- 0
- Asian
- 0
- 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Year 02 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Year 03 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Year 04 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| Year 05 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Year 06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Year 07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Year 08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 43 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Age 06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Age 07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Age 08 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Age 09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Age 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Age 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 43 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Barrytown School | 0% |
|---|---|
| West Coast Region | 76.2% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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%
| Barrytown School | 0% |
|---|---|
| West Coast Region | 4.5% |
| Full Primary | 3.9% |
| State | 4.5% |
| New Zealand | 4.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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%
| Barrytown School | 0% |
|---|---|
| West Coast Region | 2% |
| Full Primary | 1.7% |
| State | 1.9% |
| New Zealand | 1.8% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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)
- 470
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural other
- Date opened
- 25 January 1910
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
- 3
- Last reviewed
- 14 April 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (14 April 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 14 April 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 37 — 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.
March 2019
20
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 21 June 2019
This is one count taken for one report. It says what the roll was on that day, and nothing about how the roll has moved.
What ERO wrote in its latest report
This is ERO’s report of 14 April 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 six months of the Education Review Office and Barrytown 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
Barrytown School is a small rural school, located in the heart of the Barrytown Community on the South Island’s West Coast. The school caters for students in Years 1-8 in a co-educational environment.
Barrytown School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
ensuring every ākonga can access all areas of the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC), resulting in the increased engagement and achievement for all
developing a localised curriculum that is engaging, agentic, authentic and integrates our cultural narrative
that Barrytown will be the school of choice for the local community due to its location and unique features.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Barrytown School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate:
how effectively do the core values reflect the voice of iwi, the community, whānau, ākonga and kaiako intertwined with the guiding principles of Enviroschools
the development and implementation of the localised curriculum.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is that it is timely to revisit and review the schools’ values in line with the development of a local curriculum.
The school expects to see increased student agency, engagement and belonging being able to self-assess and learn more about themselves as lifelong learners.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to develop a localised and student-centred curriculum.
strong leadership that has high expectations for sustainable and improvement focussed systems, process and practice school
well-considered and targeted research and professional development is modelled by the principal, this drives ongoing improvement in teaching and learning
positive relationships with school and wider community through active consultation and engagement informs school direction.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise: how will this shift practice? Raise outcomes?
in consultation with Ngāti Wae Wae , share with whānau and the wider community
implementation of the localised context throughout teaching and learning to increase student engagement and their sense of belonging
ensuring there is consistency across the school in the planning expectations and curriculum delivery ensuring there is equity for all
evaluation of attendance rates to better understand the current engagement levels of students,
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.
Kathy Lye Director Review and Improvement Services (Southern) Southern Region | Te Tai Tini
14 April 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 3 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).