Dunedin Rudolf Steiner School
Full Primary · State : Integrated
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 76
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 1 Fern Road, Maia, Dunedin
- Territorial authority
- Dunedin City
- Phone
- 03-4712163
- office@dunedinsteiner.nz
- Website
- http://www.dunedinsteiner.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Dunedin · schools in Otago
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
- http://www.dunedinsteiner.nz/contact.html
[contact us](http://www.dunedinsteiner.nz/contact.html)if you are interested in enrolling your child in the kindergarten or primary school
- http://www.dunedinsteiner.nz/contact.html
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
- Mission Statement
- “Our school will enable each pupil to become a free, responsible and caring individual with purpose and direction in life, with an awareness of the environment, an individual who, as a citizen of the world, can contribute to the future”.
- International students
- Accepted, as stated
The Dunedin Steiner School welcomes international students to the school community.
- Accepted, as stated
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 70
- Māori
- 5
- Pacific
- 4
- Asian
- 10
- MELAA
- 5
- Other
- 4
- International
- 1
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 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 17 |
| Year 02 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| Year 03 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| Year 04 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 13 |
| Year 05 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Year 06 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Year 07 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| Year 08 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 10 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 75 | 3 | 85 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 06 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 15 |
| Age 07 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 13 |
| Age 08 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| Age 09 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 14 |
| Age 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Age 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| Age 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| Age 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 10 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 75 | 3 | 85 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
40.9%
| Dunedin Rudolf Steiner School | 40.9% |
|---|---|
| Otago Region | 36.8% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State : Integrated | 16.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 97.6% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 43.2% |
| Total | 40.9% |
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%
| Dunedin Rudolf Steiner School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Otago Region | 4.6% |
| Full Primary | 3.9% |
| State : Integrated | 1.6% |
| 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%
| Dunedin Rudolf Steiner School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Otago Region | 2% |
| Full Primary | 1.7% |
| State : Integrated | 0.5% |
| 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)
- 418
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 1986
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
- 14 March 2024
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (14 March 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 14 March 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 76 — 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.
December 2019
70
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 30 March 2020
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 14 March 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 six months of the Education Review Office and Dunedin Rudolf Steiner 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
Dunedin Rudolf Steiner School is located in Maia on the Otago Harbour and provides education for learners up to 13 years old. It is a special character school whose vision is to be a vibrant community with children who know themselves as kaitiaki .
Dunedin Rudolf Steiner School ’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
excellence for all children
nurture the mana of Te Tiriti
foster a healthy community and environment.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Dunedin Rudolf Steiner School ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the impact of enhancing the curriculum across the school with te ao, te reo, tikanga and mātauranga Māori to support each child’s learning and growth as a whole person.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is that:
to implement the schools’ curriculum, where learning another language is central to experiencing and appreciating other perspectives
the importance of preparing its children so that they can fully participate in life and learning in a bicultural Aotearoa New Zealand
The school expects to see:
staff understandings are enhanced in order to provide learners with rich experiences and understandings of Aotearoa’s bicultural heritage and partnership
the curriculum as well as the grounds continue to be developed to reflect the values, the geography and historic bicultural setting of the school, interwoven with the school’s special character
connections with local iwi are fostered
improved student learning, progress and growth.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate the impact of a school-wide te ao Māori curriculum on enhancing each child’s learning and growth as a whole person:
the school’s commitment to strengthen its connections with mana whenua of the local area and to develop an across-school programme in te reo Māori and tikanga Māori
the experiential nature of the Steiner curriculum supports children to appreciate diverse perspectives presented in ao Māori
staff know all children across the school and contribute to each child’s learning
high levels of confidence and support from the school community and Board.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
the nurturing of te reo Māori, tikanga Māori and Aotearoa histories across the school
developing progress indicators, embedded in the school’s special character, that communicate learning milestones as children develop increased te reo Māori proficiency as they move through the school
using the progress indicators to evaluate children’s learning, progress and growth.
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
14 March 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 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).