Kaimai School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 58
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- Main Road, Kaimai, Tauranga
- Territorial authority
- Western Bay of Plenty District
- Phone
- 07-5430999
- admin@kaimai.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.kaimai.school.nz/
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Bay of Plenty
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.
- School day starts
- 8:40 am
The school day is from 8:40 am – 2:40 pm
- 8:40 am
- School day ends
- 2:40 pm
The school day is from 8:40 am – 2:40 pm
- 2:40 pm
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: Tuesday 3 February - Thursday 2 April
Tuesday 3 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 - Tuesday 15 Dec
Monday 12 October - Tuesday 15 Dec
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 1, 2026: Tuesday 3 February - Thursday 2 April
- Getting there
- School bus runs to Kaimai School; morning stops include Penmoral Lane 7.45am, 230 Soldiers Road 7.47am, State Highway 29 7.55am and Old Kaimai Road 8.05am, arriving Kaimai School 8.22am
| Penmoral Lane | 7.45am | 2.55pm | | 230 Soldiers Road | 7.47am | 2.57pm | | 12 Soldiers Road | 7.50am | 3.00pm | | State Highway 29 | 7.55am | 3.10pm | | Valley View Road | 8.00am | 2.55pm | | Old Kaimai Road | 8.05am | 3.05pm | | Kaimai School | 8.22am | 3.36pm |
- School bus runs to Kaimai School; morning stops include Penmoral Lane 7.45am, 230 Soldiers Road 7.47am, State Highway 29 7.55am and Old Kaimai Road 8.05am, arriving Kaimai School 8.22am
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 44
- Māori
- 23
- Pacific
- 2
- Asian
- 4
- 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 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Year 02 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| Year 03 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| Year 04 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Year 05 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Year 06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Year 07 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Year 08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 22 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 64 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Age 06 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| Age 07 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| Age 08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Age 09 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Age 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Age 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Age 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 22 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 64 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
84.7%
| Kaimai School | 84.7% |
|---|---|
| Bay of Plenty Region | 37.4% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 52% |
|---|---|
| Male | 123.6% |
| Māori | 173.7% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 34% |
| Total | 84.7% |
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
43.2%
| Kaimai School | 43.2% |
|---|---|
| Bay of Plenty Region | 3.8% |
| Full Primary | 3.9% |
| State | 4.5% |
| New Zealand | 4.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 88.9% |
| Māori | 136.6% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 0% |
| Total | 43.2% |
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
43.8%
| Kaimai School | 43.8% |
|---|---|
| Bay of Plenty Region | 1.4% |
| Full Primary | 1.7% |
| State | 1.9% |
| New Zealand | 1.8% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 91.8% |
| Māori | 134.4% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 0% |
| Total | 43.8% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison exclusion data (2024)
About the school
- Equity Index (EQI)
- 482
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural other
- Date opened
- 9 February 1913
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
- 26 July 2022
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (26 July 2022)
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 26 July 2022 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.
What ERO wrote in its latest report
This is ERO’s report of 26 July 2022 — “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 10 months of the Education Review Office and Kaimai 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
Kaimai School is an established rural country school catering for students in Years 1 to 8. The school is located approximately 20 kilometers from central Tauranga . An acting principal has been appointed for Term 2 2022.
Kaimai School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
for teachers to empower students to become self-regulating active learners
following the progressions in literacy and mathematics, students can identify their own goals and achieve these.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Kaimai School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate:
the impact of assessment for learning and high expectations for teaching on learner outcomes.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
to strengthen teaching practice that is consistent and evident across the school, through sharing and using best practices and creating and upholding shared beliefs.
The school expects to see:
learners’ potential identified, progress and achievement closely monitored and responded to through multiple, equitable opportunities to improve academically
teachers leading highly effective learning, catering for different ways of learnings.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to strengthen the impact on student outcomes of assessment for learning and high expectations for teaching:
clearly aligned professional learning development
specific and detailed professional growth cycles that support teachers’ knowledge and development
information gathering and analysis to track learners’ progress and achievement.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
using student achievement information collected through a range of assessments, and observations of teaching as part of the growth cycle, staff and the SLT will be able to identify what is going well and why for learners
establishing honest and collaborative, annual internal evaluation to clearly identify areas that are going well and those for improvement.
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 Acting Director Review and Improvement Services (Central) Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
26 July 2022
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).