Big Rock Primary School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 100
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 2 Bath Street, Brighton
- Territorial authority
- Dunedin City
- Phone
- 03-4811781
- office@bigrock.school.nz
- Website
- not reported
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Dunedin · schools in Otago
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 87
- Māori
- 25
- Pacific
- 8
- Asian
- 3
- 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Year 02 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| Year 03 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| Year 04 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 23 |
| Year 05 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| Year 06 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| Year 07 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Year 08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| Total | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 0 | 102 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Age 06 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| Age 07 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| Age 08 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 21 |
| Age 09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| Age 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| Age 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Age 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Age 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 0 | 102 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Big Rock Primary School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Otago Region | 36.8% |
| 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%
| Big Rock Primary School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Otago Region | 4.6% |
| 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%
| Big Rock Primary School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Otago Region | 2% |
| 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)
- 433
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Small urban area
- Date opened
- 10 July 2008
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
- 25 May 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (25 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 25 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 100 — 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.
July 2019
107
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 26 September 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 25 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 12 months of the Education Review Office and Big Rock Primary 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
Big Rock is a full primary situated in the seaside township of Brighton just south of Dunedin. The school provides education for Year 1-8 students.
Big Rock Primary School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to develop and implement:
a high quality localised integrated curriculum that provides for investigation, explanation and presentation
programmes across the school to build and strengthen physical and emotional resilience.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Big Rock Primary School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the effectiveness of the school’s physical and emotional resilience programmes and how they improve outcomes in the school’s integrated curriculum, particularly in literacy and mathematics.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is the:
holistic achievement information identified the need to develop and build physical and emotional resilience throughout the curriculum
integrated curriculum programmes needing to foster excellence and engagement across the school .
The school expects to see:
board and staff investing in the programmes identified as making a positive difference for learners
the collection and analysing of data to measure the effectiveness of programmes on engagement and excellence across the school
children recognising and sharing with others their experiences and achievements
children being aware of and being able to utilise different learning strategies.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to develop physical and emotional resilience:
a collaborative staff who share responsibility and take leadership opportunities
a strong localised curriculum that is reflective of the school community
a positive l earning environment with established respectful relationships, that encourages and promotes learner engagement
a board that utilises resourcing appropriately to support learning, particularly in areas identified as priorities.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
a culture of evaluation to identify areas of strength and for further development
the continued review and development of the school’s localised curriculum
the development of children’s resilience and independence in learning .
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 School
25 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 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).