Elmgrove School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 300
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 74 Argyle Street, Mosgiel
- Territorial authority
- Dunedin City
- Phone
- 03-4896252
- office@elmgrove.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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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.
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2 February - Thursday 2 April
Term 1 Monday 2 February - Thursday 2 April
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 2, 2026: Monday 20 April - Friday 3 July
Term 2 Monday 20 April - Friday 3 July
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 3, 2026: Monday 20 July - Friday 25 September
Term 3 Monday 20 July - Friday 25 September
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 4, 2026: Monday 12 October - Tuesday 15 December
Term 4 Monday 12 October - Tuesday 15 December
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2 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
- 237
- Māori
- 38
- Pacific
- 7
- Asian
- 26
- MELAA
- 10
- 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 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 49 |
| Year 02 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 41 |
| Year 03 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 49 |
| Year 04 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 50 |
| Year 05 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 51 |
| Year 06 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 53 |
| Year 07 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| Total | 48 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 222 | 0 | 308 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 45 |
| Age 06 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 44 |
| Age 07 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 49 |
| Age 08 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 51 |
| Age 09 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 49 |
| Age 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 55 |
| Age 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| Total | 48 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 222 | 0 | 308 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
53.3%
| Elmgrove School | 53.3% |
|---|---|
| Otago Region | 36.8% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 100.9% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 332.5% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 53.2% |
| Total | 53.3% |
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%
| Elmgrove 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%
| Elmgrove 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)
- 460
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Medium urban area
- Date opened
- 31 January 1953
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
- 4
- Last reviewed
- 30 March 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (30 March 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 30 March 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 300 — 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.
July 2018
313
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 30 August 2018
June 2014
262
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 1 August 2014
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 30 March 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 seven months of the Education Review Office and Elmgrove 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
Elmgrove School is a Years 1 to 6 contributing school in Mosgiel. The school’s vision for its learners is that they will be resilient, caring and engaged and that they will learn skills and attitudes that enable them to participate positively within their community. A new member of the leadership team was appointed and began in 2020.
Elmgrove School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
provide strong foundational learning for all students with a particular focus on students’ early years of schooling
ensure learner wellbeing is investigated and prioritised, so learners are happy and engaged in all aspects of their schooling.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Elmgrove School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate educationally significant partnerships between the school and its community with a particular focus on collaboration between whānau , hapū and iwi .
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
leaders are responding to information gathered as part of wider community consultation to strengthen community and whānau engagement with the reporting of student progress and achievement
leaders and teachers want to strengthen educationally significant connections and practices to support all learners in their cultural identities
the school has established a ‘ Māori Tanga ’ focus group of teachers to lead the school in its enactment of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
teachers are being supported to strengthen culturally responsive practices in relation to Te Ao Māori
The school expects to see
teachers with greater confidence to support learners in te ao Māori
strong effective partnerships between the school, iwi and whānau
students feeling that their language, culture and identity are reflected and valued in the school
greater awareness and engagement with students’ learning and achievement by whānau .
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to strengthen educationally significant partnerships between itself and its community with a particular focus on collaboration between whānau, hapū and iwi .
Leaders and teachers are consistently using systematic comprehensive evaluative approaches to know how their programmes and practices are impacting on student learning and achievement.
The board prioritises resourcing to improve student outcomes.
Staff work in collaborative ways to extend teaching practice and learner outcomes.
The responsiveness of its curriculum which is resourced to meet the changing needs of its learners.
Teachers use very effective teaching practices and systems to support students in their learning, progress and achievement.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
enhancing the responsiveness of the localised curriculum ; providing rich, deep, authentic learning which responds to students' culture , language and identity
educational partnerships with whānau to build shared understandings and engagement with their children’s learning and achievement.
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.
Kathy Lye Acting Director Review and Improvement (Southern) Southern Region | Te Tai Tini
30 March 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 4 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).