Dairy Flat School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 271
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 1220 Dairy Flat Highway, Dairy Flat, Auckland
- Territorial authority
- Rodney Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-4159071
- office@dairyflat.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
All students must wear a school uniform shirt teamed with shorts/skort or trousers, these do not have to be school logo issue but must be black in colour and not sports nylon.
- Required
- Where to buy the uniform
- https://www.positiveimage.co.nz/collections/schoolwear
New Uniform: New school uniforms are available to purchase from Positive Image Silverdale. Click [HERE](https://www.positiveimage.co.nz/collections/schoolwear)
- https://www.positiveimage.co.nz/collections/schoolwear
- Getting there
- Bayes Coachlines school buses, with a School Bus Schedule for Stillwater & Postman Road / Spur Road
Bayes Coachlines – Policies & Procedures[Behavioural expectations for students](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wORoJrytCyp_xoEiNG1wvv09V1EDK1fH/view?usp=drive_link) Please complete and return form to the school office.[Bus Register Application Form](https://drive.google.com/file/d/10wN1ouZ-Fz_0Wv5lkrAByoOkYyHGwcXV/view?usp=sharing) Please complete and return form to the school office.[Bus Transport Code of Conduct Form](https://drive.google.com/file/d/10bZTKsfvGA97gnB21DCZFt9_SuvzcCbJ/view?usp=sharing) School Bus Schedule[Stillwater & Postman Road / Spur Road]
- Bayes Coachlines school buses, with a School Bus Schedule for Stillwater & Postman Road / Spur Road
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.
- International students
- Accepted, as stated
Short & Long Term applications for 2026 and 2027 are now being accepted. Dairy Flat School welcomes international students.
- Accepted, as stated
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
- Cricket
5th March – Cricket
- Athletics
19th March- Athletics
- Football
21st May – Football
- Rippa Rugby
11th June- Rippa Rugby
- Hockey
30th July – Hockey
- Cross Country
27th August – Cross Country
- Softball
22nd October – Softball
- TAG
TBC – TAG
- Basketball
Basketball/Miniball are now running on a two term sign up and commitment.
- Miniball
Basketball/Miniball are now running on a two term sign up and commitment.
- netball
No netball on 30th May – King’s Birthday Weekend
- Cricket
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 212
- Māori
- 28
- Pacific
- 14
- Asian
- 43
- MELAA
- 12
- Other
- 2
- International
- 2
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 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 35 |
| Year 02 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 54 |
| Year 03 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 42 |
| Year 04 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 59 |
| Year 05 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 49 |
| Year 06 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 61 |
| Year 07 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| Total | 29 | 15 | 57 | 14 | 7 | 246 | 0 | 311 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 33 |
| Age 06 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 51 |
| Age 07 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 45 |
| Age 08 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 60 |
| Age 09 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 46 |
| Age 10 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 61 |
| Age 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| Total | 29 | 15 | 57 | 14 | 7 | 246 | 0 | 311 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Dairy Flat 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%
| Dairy Flat 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%
| Dairy Flat 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)
- 425
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural other
- Date opened
- 25 January 1878
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
- 17 April 2024
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (17 April 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 17 April 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 271 — 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.
October 2018
278
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 6 December 2018
August 2015
264
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 5 November 2015
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 17 April 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 9 months of the Education Review Office and Dairy Flat 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
Dairy Flat School is north of Auckland and caters for learners from Years 1 to 6. The school’s values of being respectful, responsible, resilient, considerate, honest and fair support the vision and the holistic growth and wellbeing of students and staff.
Dairy Flat School ’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
learning/ akoranga - to foster the success of every child
wellbeing/ hauora - to ensure the safety and enhance the wellness of our school community
collaboration/ mahi tahi - to collaborate, prioritise learner-focussed relationships and build positive community connections
infrastructure/ hanganga - to ensure that all our students and staff thrive in an effective learning environment.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Dairy Flat School ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the school’s literacy programme is meeting the needs of students and raising achievement for all learners.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:
raise student achievement for all learners to meet the Board, community and staff expectations
ensure that professional development is focused on raising literacy student achievement specifically those learners who are at risk of not achieving.
The school expects to see:
learners who are engaged and achieving successful outcomes by being able to talk about their progress, achievement and next learning steps
teachers who are confidently using deliberate acts of teaching to improve literacy outcomes
the board funding resources to support professional development.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to evaluate how effectively the literacy programme is meeting the needs of students and raising achievement for all learners.
the school is committed to improving outcomes for all learners focusing on literacy
staff that are open to new learning and development
strong connections with the Kahui Ako and the wider community networks support learner success.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
increasing literacy resources to support new strategies for the delivery of reading and writing
developing school wide curriculum expectations to inform assessment and robust moderation processes
developing student agency so learners can talk about where they are achieving, progressing and their next steps to improve.
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
17 April 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).