Bombay School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 372
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 35 Paparata Road, Bombay
- Territorial authority
- Franklin Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-2361012
- admin@bombay.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.bombay.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.
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
- Calf Club
Calf Club is a long-standing Bombay School tradition and an important part of our school community.
- Floral Day
Floral Day Students create floral displays in class on the Friday before Calf Club Day.
- Calf Club
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 287
- Māori
- 68
- Pacific
- 30
- Asian
- 51
- MELAA
- 18
- 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 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 58 |
| Year 02 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 53 |
| Year 03 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 49 |
| Year 04 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 46 |
| Year 05 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 52 |
| Year 06 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 59 |
| Year 07 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 43 |
| Year 08 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 26 |
| Total | 68 | 28 | 50 | 25 | 2 | 293 | 0 | 386 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 55 |
| Age 06 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 53 |
| Age 07 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 47 |
| Age 08 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 51 |
| Age 09 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 52 |
| Age 10 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 57 |
| Age 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 37 |
| Age 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 24 |
| Age 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Total | 68 | 28 | 50 | 25 | 2 | 293 | 0 | 386 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Bombay 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%
| Bombay 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%
| Bombay 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)
- 407
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural settlement
- Date opened
- 25 January 1872
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
- 1 December 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (1 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 1 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.
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 372 — 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.
June 2019
348
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 22 August 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 1 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 three months of the Education Review Office and Bombay 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
Bombay School is located in the Bombay Hills in a semi-rural location near Pukekohe , south of Auckland. The school provides education for students in Years 1 to 8. The school continues to be an active member of the local Kaahui Ako .
Bombay School ’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to build:
Whakamana – empower akonga to maximise their potential with a focus on learner agency
Hauora – provide a meaningful and authentic local curriculum that fosters creativity, balance and wellbeing
Whanaungatanga – honour relationships: past, present and those to come, so that akonga can confidently forge ahead.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Bombay School ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the effectiveness of deliberate actions to raise achievement for all akonga with a particular focus on writing and mathematics for identified groups of learners. An ongoing priority for the school is further strengthening knowledge and capability in evaluation.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
the school’s commitment to strengthening achievement outcomes for all students
the importance of continuing to develop students’ ownership and empowerment in their learning
the focus on increasing collective capability in evaluation for continuous improvement.
The school expects to see specific actions implemented to improve progress and increase equitable outcomes for students in writing and mathematics.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to further develop evaluation knowledge and skills for enhancing student outcomes:
leadership of learning that enables effective conditions for learners to succeed
teaching and learning programmes that enable high levels of engagement and achievement
cohesive leadership and stewardship that prioritise actions to support continuous improvement and equitable opportunities to learn.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
further strengthening a strategic approach to teaching and learning for consistency and sustainable practice
implementing deliberate actions to support progress and equitable outcomes for all students in writing and mathematics
increasing evaluation capability to enable collective direction and enhance continuous improvement.
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
1 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
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).