Hillsborough School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 353
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- Belfast Street, Hillsborough, Auckland
- Territorial authority
- Puketāpapa Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-625-7307
- principal@hillsborough.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.hps.school.nz/
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Auckland
Can my child go here?
This school has an enrolment scheme, so a place is not open to every address. How enrolment zones work
Loading zone map…
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.
Check if your address is in zone →
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
Uniform must be the Hillsborough Primary school uniform.
- Required
- Where to buy the uniform
- https://www.schooluniformcentre.co.nz
A full selection of uniform items are available from the School Uniform Centre, 169 Manukau Road, Epsom or order online at [www.schooluniformcentre.co.nz](https://www.schooluniformcentre.co.nz).
- https://www.schooluniformcentre.co.nz
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2 February – Thursday 2 April
Monday 2 February - Thursday 2 April
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 2, 2026: Monday 20 April – Friday 3 July
Monday 20 April - Friday 3 July
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 3, 2026: Monday 20 July – Friday 25 Sep
Monday 20 July - Friday 25 Sep
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 4, 2026: Monday 12 October – Friday 11 Dec
Monday 12 October - Friday 11 Dec
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2 February – Thursday 2 April
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.
- Voluntary donation
- $210 per student per year, 2026
The Hillsborough Board has set the school donation for this year at $210 per student.
- $210 per student per year, 2026
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 100
- Māori
- 28
- Pacific
- 43
- Asian
- 210
- MELAA
- 19
- 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 | 7 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 53 |
| Year 02 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 66 |
| Year 03 | 3 | 10 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 65 |
| Year 04 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 44 |
| Year 05 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 58 |
| Year 06 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 55 |
| Year 07 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| Total | 25 | 45 | 221 | 17 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 357 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 48 |
| Age 06 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 66 |
| Age 07 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 64 |
| Age 08 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 48 |
| Age 09 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 62 |
| Age 10 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 54 |
| Age 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| Total | 25 | 45 | 221 | 17 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 357 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Hillsborough School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
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 stand-down rates data (2024)
Age-standardised suspension rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Hillsborough School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 3% |
| 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%
| Hillsborough School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 1.4% |
| 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)
- 370
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 31 January 1951
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
- 1 June 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (1 June 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 1 June 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 353 — 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.
September 2017
408
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 24 November 2017
June 2014
388
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 28 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 1 June 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 15 months of the Education Review Office and Hillsborough 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
Hillsborough Primary School provides education for learners from Years 0 to 6. The school’s vision is to grow learners and develop citizens. This is underpinned by the school values of learning to learn, effective learning relationships for learning, learning partnerships and opportunities for learning.
Hillsborough Primary School belongs to the Puketāpapa Community of Learning | Kāhui Ako .
Hillsborough Primary School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
to grow engaged and empowered learners who strive for personal excellence and achieve success through learning how to learn
to have reflective and evaluative teaching practice as a means to enhance teacher capability and improve learning outcomes for all ākonga .
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Hillsborough School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well Hillsborough School develops and delivers an holistic, authentic student focused local curriculum.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:
fully embed visible learning practices across the school
consult and collaborate with all stakeholders to develop an authentic local curriculum.
The school expects to see:
ensuring visible learning practices are refined and embedded across the school
consistent practice to promote improved student agency and excellence in teaching and learning
an awareness and promotion of culturally responsive practice so that equitable outcomes are provided for all ākonga .
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support it in its goal to develop and deliver an holistic, authentic student focused local curriculum.
positive learning environments that are focussed on the school values and promote learner agency
a responsive school culture that celebrates diversity and contributes to a sense of belonging for all ākonga
ongoing review of strategic goals and direction to monitor the effectiveness of the impact on learning
analysis of data using class profiles to support responsive planning and ongoing evaluation of actions, to raise ākonga achievement.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
continuing to make learning visible and promoting student agency as a schoolwide focus
review and develop our local curriculum with a culturally responsive approach.
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
1 June 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).