Bucklands Beach Primary School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 395
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 107 Clovelly Road, Bucklands Beach, Auckland
- Territorial authority
- Howick Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-5346543
- office@bbps.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.bbps.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.
- Uniform
- Required
Children must wear the correct school uniform to and from school.
- Required
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: Tuesday, 3 February - Thursday, 2 April
Term 1 First Day for students: Tuesday, 3 February 2026 Last day for students: Thursday, 2 April 2026.
- Term 2, 2026: Monday, 20 April - Friday, 3 July
Term 2 First Day for students: Monday, 20 April 2026. Last day for students: Friday, 3 July 2026.
- Term 3, 2026: Monday, 20 July - Friday, 25 September
Term 3 First Day for students: Monday, 20 July 2026. Last day for students: Friday, 25 September 2026.
- Term 4, 2026: Monday, 12 October - Monday, 14 December
Term 4 First Day for students: Monday, 12 October 2026. Last day for students: Monday, 14 December 2026.
- Term 1, 2026: Tuesday, 3 February - Thursday, 2 April
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 125
- Māori
- 18
- Pacific
- 13
- Asian
- 273
- MELAA
- 24
- Other
- 3
- International
- 3
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 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 54 |
| Year 02 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 49 |
| Year 03 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 75 |
| Year 04 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 61 |
| Year 05 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 74 |
| Year 06 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 79 |
| Year 07 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Total | 21 | 12 | 275 | 23 | 3 | 116 | 2 | 401 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 52 |
| Age 06 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 48 |
| Age 07 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 65 |
| Age 08 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 66 |
| Age 09 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 69 |
| Age 10 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 85 |
| Age 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| Total | 21 | 12 | 275 | 23 | 3 | 116 | 2 | 401 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Bucklands Beach Primary School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Contributing | 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%
| Bucklands Beach Primary School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 3% |
| Contributing | 3.5% |
| 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%
| Bucklands Beach Primary School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 1.4% |
| Contributing | 1.5% |
| 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)
- 356
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 31 January 1955
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
- 8 May 2024
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (8 May 2024)
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 8 May 2024 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 395 — 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.
August 2018
446
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 17 September 2018
July 2013
444
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 18 September 2013
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 8 May 2024 — “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 8 months of the Education Review Office and Bucklands Beach 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
Located in East Auckland, Bucklands Beach Primary is a culturally diverse school catering for students in Years 1 to 6. The school’s peninsula location and local environment is reflected in the local curriculum including the school ethos of caring for the environment.
Bucklands Beach Primary School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
meeting the needs of diverse learners
fostering positive hauora
providing rich multicultural experiences reflecting diverse learners, prioritising Te Tiriti o Waitangi .
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Bucklands Beach Primary School ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the school provide a range of learning opportunities to promote equitable and excellent outcomes to meet the needs of diverse learners.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is the school want to:
continue to provide innovative and effective strategies to meet the needs of all learners
deliver the best learning opportunities that reflects the increasing diversity of the school community.
The school expects to see:
consistency of engaging teaching practices specific to diverse learners
teachers implementing best practice and deliberate acts of teaching across the curriculum to meet the needs of diverse learners
learners being well supported to be able to discuss and talk about their learning and progress.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to provide a range of learning opportunities to meet the needs of diverse learners:
leaders and teachers are innovative and use research to build professional knowledge
leaders and teachers embrace new learning and implement successful approaches from professional learning
effective assessment systems and analysis are used to identify, monitor and report the progress and achievement of all learners
the school engages with the local community, environment and experts to enhance learning opportunities.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise continuing to:
provide relevant professional learning opportunities to build leaders’ and teachers’ capability to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse community
build effective learning partnerships with all parents and provide opportunities for parents to engage in the local curriculum and further support their child’s acquisition of the English language.
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
8 May 2024
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).