Grants Braes School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 203
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 137 Belford Street, Waverley, Dunedin
- Territorial authority
- Dunedin City
- Phone
- 03-454 4717
- office@grantsbraes.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
Our school has a mandatory navy and red school uniform and this can be purchased from NZ Uniforms.
- Required
- Where to buy the uniform
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2 February - Thursday 2 April
Term 1 - Monday 2 February - Thursday 2 April
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 2, 2026: Monday 20 April – Friday 3 July
Term 2 - Monday 20 April – Friday 3 July
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 3, 2026: Monday 20 July – Friday 25 September
Term 3 - Monday 20 July – Friday 25 September
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 4, 2026: Monday 12 October – Tuesday 15 December
Term 4 - Monday 12 October – Tuesday 15 December
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2 February - Thursday 2 April
- How to enrol
- https://enrolments.linc-ed.com/apply/NZ/3742
Online Enrolment Link - [HERE](https://enrolments.linc-ed.com/apply/NZ/3742)
- https://enrolments.linc-ed.com/apply/NZ/3742
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
- Our Vision
- Kia tūhura, kia kite, kia mahi katahi - To explore, discover and learn together.
- Our Motto
- E kumanu ana, E ako ana, E āhei ana, E mahi kātahi ana! - We Care, We Learn, We Can, We Are!
- Our Whakatauki
- Mahia te mahio tō ake kākau - Do things from the heart
- International students
- Accepted, as stated
We welcome and enrol International Students at Grant's Braes School.
- 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
- Futsal (indoor football)
- Futsal (indoor football), touch and teeball (Terms 1 and 4)
- touch
- Futsal (indoor football), touch and teeball (Terms 1 and 4)
- teeball
- Futsal (indoor football), touch and teeball (Terms 1 and 4)
- Netball
- Netball, kiwi hoops and hockey (Terms 2 and 3)
- kiwi hoops
- Netball, kiwi hoops and hockey (Terms 2 and 3)
- hockey
- Netball, kiwi hoops and hockey (Terms 2 and 3)
- Ariki Cup cross country run
- Ariki Cup cross country run
- South Zone athletic sports
- South Zone athletic sports
- Futsal (indoor football)
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 155
- Māori
- 26
- Pacific
- 6
- Asian
- 44
- MELAA
- 7
- Other
- 1
- 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 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 36 |
| Year 02 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 26 |
| Year 03 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 31 |
| Year 04 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 33 |
| Year 05 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 42 |
| Year 06 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 33 |
| Year 07 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 27 | 7 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 160 | 1 | 206 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 36 |
| Age 06 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 26 |
| Age 07 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 31 |
| Age 08 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 33 |
| Age 09 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 40 |
| Age 10 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 35 |
| Age 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 27 | 7 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 160 | 1 | 206 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
33.5%
| Grants Braes School | 33.5% |
|---|---|
| Otago Region | 36.8% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 64.3% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 43.8% |
| Total | 33.5% |
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%
| Grants Braes 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%
| Grants Braes 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)
- 395
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 31 January 1950
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
- 30 July 2026
- Latest report
- School Report July 2026
- Report type
- Review report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (14 April 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 14 April 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 203 — 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.
November 2019
275
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 28 January 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
ERO published this report as a PDF attachment rather than as text on its page, so there is nothing here for us to quote from it. The report itself is at the link below.
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).