Ficino School
Full Primary · Private : Fully Registered
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 144
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 27 Esplanade Road, Mount Eden, Auckland
- Territorial authority
- Albert-Eden Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-6233385
- office@ficino.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.ficino.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
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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 2nd February – Thursday 2nd April
Term 1: Monday 2nd February – Thursday 2nd April
Year stated asTERM DATES – 2026
- Term 2, 2026: Monday 20th April – Friday 3rd July
Term 2: Monday 20th April – Friday 3rd July
Year stated asTERM DATES – 2026
- Term 3, 2026: Monday 27th July – Friday 25th September
Term 3: Monday 27th July – Friday 25th September
Year stated asTERM DATES – 2026
- Term 4, 2026: Monday 12th October – Wednesday 9th December (Prizegiving)
Term 4: Monday 12th October – Wednesday 9th December (Prizegiving)
Year stated asTERM DATES – 2026
- Term 1, 2027: Tuesday 2nd February – Friday 9th April
Term 1: Tuesday 2nd February – Friday 9th April
Year stated asTERM DATES – 2027
- Term 2, 2027: Tuesday 27th April – Friday 2nd July
Term 2: Tuesday 27th April – Friday 2nd July
Year stated asTERM DATES – 2027
- Term 3, 2027: Monday 26th July – Friday 25th September
Term 3: Monday 26th July – Friday 25th September
Year stated asTERM DATES – 2027
- Term 4, 2027: Monday 11th October – Wednesday 10th December (Prizegiving)
Term 4: Monday 11th October – Wednesday 10th December (Prizegiving)
Year stated asTERM DATES – 2027
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2nd February – Thursday 2nd April
- Getting there
- School bus transport is not available; some parents carpool together
School bus transport is not available, but some parents do carpool together.
- School bus transport is not available; some parents carpool together
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
- Ficino School exists to provide a philosophically inspired education that promotes excellence and strength of character.
- International students
- Not accepted, as stated
We DO NOT enrol international students.
- Not 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
- Recorder ensemble
Some continue to play this instrument either in private tuition or as part of a Recorder ensemble.
- an auditioned choir
The junior and senior choirs have since been replaced by an auditioned choir and an all-comers choir.
- an all-comers choir
The junior and senior choirs have since been replaced by an auditioned choir and an all-comers choir.
- productions
Children will likely take part in three or four productions in their time at Ficino School.
- Hockey
Hockey and netball teams train after school and play on the weekend in our winter terms
- netball teams
Hockey and netball teams train after school and play on the weekend in our winter terms
- early morning running club
an early morning running club operates once a week during term time
- Individual music lessons are available in a range of instruments including piano, violin, cello, trumpet, flute and guitar.
- speech and drama
After school clubs in speech and drama and French are offered
- French
After school clubs in speech and drama and French are offered
- Chess club
the Chess club is a popular lunch time club that typically runs in Term 3
- Recorder ensemble
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 43
- Māori
- 1
- Pacific
- 2
- Asian
- 106
- MELAA
- 3
- 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 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Year 02 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| Year 03 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| Year 04 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| Year 05 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| Year 06 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| Year 07 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| Year 08 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 143 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| Age 06 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| Age 07 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| Age 08 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 22 |
| Age 09 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| Age 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Age 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| Age 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| Age 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 143 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
About the school
- Equity Index (EQI)
- not applicable
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 28 January 1997
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
- 29 September 2022
- Latest report
- Ficino School September 2022
- Report type
- not reported
- Board assurance
- not reported
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 144 — 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.
March 2018
116
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 11 June 2018
August 2013
126
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 18 October 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.
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).