East Taieri School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 313
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 11 Cemetery Road, East Taieri, Mosgiel
- Territorial authority
- Dunedin City
- Phone
- 03-489 6737
- etaieri@east-taieri.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
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 291
- Māori
- 41
- Pacific
- 9
- Asian
- 17
- MELAA
- 1
- Other
- 1
- 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 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 48 |
| Year 02 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 43 |
| Year 03 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 56 |
| Year 04 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 43 |
| Year 05 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 53 |
| Year 06 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 45 |
| Year 07 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 14 |
| Total | 38 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 292 | 0 | 302 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 47 |
| Age 06 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 43 |
| Age 07 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 54 |
| Age 08 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 44 |
| Age 09 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 55 |
| Age 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 46 |
| Age 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 13 |
| Total | 38 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 292 | 0 | 302 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
42.1%
| East Taieri School | 42.1% |
|---|---|
| Otago Region | 36.8% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 85.7% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 42.9% |
| Total | 42.1% |
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%
| East Taieri School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Otago Region | 4.6% |
| 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%
| East Taieri School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Otago Region | 2% |
| 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)
- 401
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Medium urban area
- Date opened
- 16 November 1858
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
- 13 September 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (13 September 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 13 September 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 313 — 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 2018
306
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 2 August 2018
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 13 September 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 6 months of the Education Review Office and East Taieri 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
East Taieri School is a primary school for children in Years 1-6, located in East Taieri . The school’s vision for learners is that they will be: empowered to create a pathway to personal success; inspired to be creative, learn collaboratively, problem-solve and communicate effectively; and that they will care for themselves, others and the environment.
The school’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
enhancing student hauora |wellbeing
continued development of a responsive, localised curriculum
collaborative teaching that fosters the school’s learner qualities of being resilient and a thinker, self-manager, communicator and collaborator
raising student achievement in literacy, particularly in writing for boys and oral language for junior students
developing a balanced mathematical programme that fosters problem-solving skills and mathematical dispositions and raises student achievement
strengthening te reo , tikanga and mātauranga Māori across the school.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on East Taieri School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the school’s recently reviewed curriculum and collaborative teaching practices are supporting all students to develop the school’s learner qualities and to make progress and achieve success in learning.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
school information shows that over time a lower proportion of boys have achieved at the school’s expected curriculum levels in literacy than girls
the school wants to know the impact of recent changes to the teaching of literacy and numeracy on student learning outcomes.
The school expects to see:
an increasing proportion of boys achieve at expected curriculum levels in literacy
students, in general, continue to make appropriate progress and achieve at expected levels in literacy and numeracy
students having sufficient and meaningful opportunities to participate in tikanga Māori , learn about mātauranga Māori and make progress in te reo Māori learning
students developing the school’s learner qualities and demonstrating these in the way they manage their learning.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to improve student achievement through responsive curriculum and quality teaching:
effective school leadership that ensures effective curriculum planning and implementation
leaders and teachers have purposefully built their capability to implement culturally responsive curriculum and teaching
existing curriculum and teaching practice that responds well to the diverse interests, needs and abilities of students
leaders and teachers who are improvement focused and use internal evaluation well to know about the effectiveness of teaching and learning.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
ongoing curriculum development guided by the New Zealand Curriculum refresh and the school’s vision for learners
professional development support for teachers to implement curriculum change, embed new assessment practice and continue to build culturally responsive practice
engagement with parents and whānau to ensure they are well informed about the school’s curriculum, teaching and learning practices, assessment of students’ learning and how they can support learning at home
internal evaluation clearly focused on monitoring the impact of curriculum and teaching practice on student learning outcomes.
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
13 September 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).