Halcombe Primary School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 193
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 30 Monteith Street, Halcombe, Feilding
- Territorial authority
- Manawatu District
- Phone
- 06-3288845
- office@halcombe.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Manawatū-Whanganui
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.
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2 February to Thursday 2 April
2026 School Year Term 1: Monday 2 February to Thursday 2 April
- Term 2, 2026: Monday 20 April to Friday 3 July
Term 2: Monday 20 April to Friday 3 July
Year stated as2026 School Year
- Term 3, 2026: Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September
Term 3: Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September
Year stated as2026 School Year
- Term 4, 2026: Monday 12 October to Friday 11 December
Term 4: Monday 12 October to Friday 11 December
Year stated as2026 School Year
- Term 1, 2027: Starts between Thursday 28 January and Wednesday 3 February and ends Friday 9 April (start date to be confirmed)
Term 1: Starts between Thursday 28 January and Wednesday 3 February and ends Friday 9 April (start date to be confirmed)
Year stated as2027 School Year
- Term 2, 2027: Tuesday 27 April to Friday 2 July
Term 2: Tuesday 27 April to Friday 2 July
Year stated as2027 School Year
- Term 3, 2027: Monday 19 July to Friday 24 September
Term 3: Monday 19 July to Friday 24 September
Year stated as2027 School Year
- Term 4, 2027: Monday 11 October to no later than Friday 17 December (end date to be confirmed)
Term 4: Monday 11 October to no later than Friday 17 December (end date to be confirmed)
Year stated as2027 School Year
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2 February to Thursday 2 April
- Getting there
- School bus service used daily; to catch the afternoon bus children line up outside Rooms 6, 7 and 8 in designated bus lines, supervised by the Bus Controller
Many of our pupils use the school bus service each day. Managing school buses is a major task, and we need the co-operation of families to ensure that our students travel safely and buses are on schedule. To catch the afternoon bus, children line up outside Rooms 6, 7 and 8 in designated bus lines. The Bus Controller is on duty to supervise. Senior students act as bus monitors.
- School bus service used daily; to catch the afternoon bus children line up outside Rooms 6, 7 and 8 in designated bus lines, supervised by the Bus Controller
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 170
- Māori
- 21
- Pacific
- 2
- Asian
- 5
- MELAA
- 4
- 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| Year 02 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 19 |
| Year 03 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 28 |
| Year 04 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 23 |
| Year 05 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 27 |
| Year 06 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 20 |
| Year 07 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 33 |
| Year 08 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 28 |
| Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 169 | 0 | 193 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| Age 06 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 18 |
| Age 07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 29 |
| Age 08 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 22 |
| Age 09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 27 |
| Age 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 21 |
| Age 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 31 |
| Age 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 23 |
| Age 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 169 | 0 | 193 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Halcombe Primary School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 45.5% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| Asian | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 0% |
| Total | 0% |
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%
| Halcombe Primary School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 6.2% |
| Full Primary | 3.9% |
| State | 4.5% |
| New Zealand | 4.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| Asian | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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%
| Halcombe Primary School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 2.8% |
| Full Primary | 1.7% |
| State | 1.9% |
| New Zealand | 1.8% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| Asian | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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)
- 427
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural settlement
- Date opened
- 25 January 1877
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
- 10 February 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (10 February 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 10 February 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 193 — 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.
May 2018
183
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 29 June 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 10 February 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 8 months of the Education Review Office and Halcombe Primary 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
Halcombe School is a semi-rural primary school located in the township of Halcombe, approximately 13 km from Feilding, providing education for students in Years 1-8. The school is proud of its supportive relationships with whānau , community and Te Tikanga hapū that are focused on positive outcomes for all learners. The school values and promotes high expectations for all learners to achieve their academic, physical and social potential.
Halcombe Primary School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:
enable all students to reach their potential in reading, writing and mathematics
provide a broad, future-focused curriculum
build community through attending to hauora.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Halcombe Primary School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the school’s curriculum reflects and enhances local history, and local tikanga and mātauranga Māori.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
to ensure every learner has a strong sense of identity, culture and belonging
to strengthen understanding and connections with whānau , local history and mātauranga Māori
the opportunity it provides to enhance high expectations for culturally responsive teaching and learning practices.
The school expects to see all learners achieving their potential supported by a future-focused curriculum that empowers a strong sense of identity, culture and belonging.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal for all learners to achieve their potential supported by a strong sense of identity, culture, hauora and belonging.
Collaborative staff who are focused on maintaining positive and supportive learning relationships.
Consistent teaching practices throughout the school, including a focus on extension and learning support programmes.
A committed board of trustees focused on enhancing school performance and learner outcomes.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise outcomes of equity and excellence for all learners through:
continued professional learning focused on establishing and implementing a local integrated curriculum that is enriched by, and inclusive of, local history, tikanga and mātauranga Māori
continuing to use current theory and research such as recent literacy reviews to support and enhance the school’s high expectations for teaching and learning
continuing to strengthen partnerships with whānau, community and all hapū, iwi in the school rohe.
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.
Phil Cowie Director Review and Improvement Services (Central) Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
10 February 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).