Beachlands School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 617
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 18 Bell Road, Beachlands, Auckland
- Territorial authority
- Franklin Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-5366757
- info@beachlands.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.
- How to enrol
- https://etap.co.nz/OnlineEnrolment/EnrolmentForm/?access=1224:0
All out of zone enrolments please complete the online enrolment here [Online Enrolment Form](https://etap.co.nz/OnlineEnrolment/EnrolmentForm/?access=1224:0)
- https://etap.co.nz/OnlineEnrolment/EnrolmentForm/?access=1224:0
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.
- In their words
- Each of our waka is the kaitiaki/guardian of one of our schools F.E.R.N values.
- Tainui - Friendship Takahoa
- Te Arawa - Encouragement Manawa
- Tokomaru - Respect Whakaute
- Tākitimu - Nurture Atawhai
- Our F.E.R.N values guide all that we do at Beachlands School.
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 535
- Māori
- 67
- Pacific
- 26
- Asian
- 67
- MELAA
- 55
- Other
- 1
- 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 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 51 |
| Year 02 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 62 |
| Year 03 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 73 | 0 | 85 |
| Year 04 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 75 | 0 | 90 |
| Year 05 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 102 |
| Year 06 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 69 | 0 | 82 |
| Year 07 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 68 | 0 | 85 |
| Year 08 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 71 |
| Total | 75 | 34 | 62 | 60 | 7 | 536 | 0 | 628 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 47 |
| Age 06 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 60 |
| Age 07 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 75 | 0 | 87 |
| Age 08 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 90 |
| Age 09 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 82 | 0 | 93 |
| Age 10 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 72 | 0 | 86 |
| Age 11 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 73 |
| Age 12 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 73 |
| Age 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 19 |
| Total | 75 | 34 | 62 | 60 | 7 | 536 | 0 | 628 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
24%
| Beachlands School | 24% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 9.9% |
|---|---|
| Male | 37.5% |
| Māori | 17.4% |
| Pacific | 38.6% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 24.5% |
| European/Pākehā | 24.8% |
| Total | 24% |
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%
| Beachlands 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%
| Beachlands 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)
- 395
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Small urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 1934
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
- 5 May 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (5 May 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 5 May 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 617 — 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.
April 2016
545
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 9 June 2016
June 2011
517
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 22 August 2011
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 5 May 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 16 months of the Education Review Office and Beachlands 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
Beachlands School is a full primary school catering for students in Years 1 to 8, located east of Auckland on the Pohutukawa coast. The school serves a rapidly expanding community. The school’s vision states every day we strive to provide effective learning opportunities that ensure our people have the skills needed to succeed within the ever-changing world, with the school’s motto, everyday learning and growing together, me mātua ra.
Beachlands School is a green - gold enviro school. This means the school is committed to creating a healthy, peaceful, sustainable world through learning and taking action together .
Beachlands School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
providing opportunities and resources for learning and growing together
enhancing the Beachlands School experience for all
strengthening connections within and beyond the school.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Beachlands School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively collaborative practices are lifting progress and achievement for all learners.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:
build teaching pedagogy and practice that provides opportunities for equitable and excellent outcomes
support staff to work in collaborative ways to ensure all students make progress with their learning goals in a timely manner
embed and sustain schoolwide collaborative practice so that students transition seamlessly from new entrants to Year 8
further develop student agency so that students are enabled to self-manage and are supported to influence their own learning.
The school expects to see:
increased opportunities for teachers to share experiences, successes, challenges and model teaching practice to expand pedagogical knowledge and teach in new ways
teaching designed around student strengths and needs and using the collective knowledge of teachers to embed best practice
students learning in collaborative, innovative and teacher guided ways
students hav ing choice, voice and ownership of their learning across years 1 to 8.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to lift progress and achievement through collaborative practices:
leadership that demonstrates ongoing commitment to achieving the school’s strategic direction
provision of professional learning development and coaching programmes that effectively builds teacher capability
assessment systems effectively identify, monitor and report student’s progress and achievement
staff dedicated and committed to living the Beachlands School FERN values in their everyday practice and respond well to the diverse needs of learners.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
further embedding and sustaining formative assessment practices
learning coaching models that see students coaching students particularly in Years 5 to 8
continuing to strengthen learning focused relationships with whānau
strengthening connections within and beyond our 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
5 May 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 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).