Kaukapakapa School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 250
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 977 Kaipara Coast Highway, Kaukapakapa
- Territorial authority
- Rodney Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-4205477
- admin@kaukapakapa.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
Not stated on the school’s website.
- Getting there
- The school area extends from Barr Road in the north to several kilometres south of the Kaukapakapa village. In the west, it borders the Kaipara Harbour and in the east, the Makarau Valley. A free bus service feeds from these areas to our school.
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 207
- Māori
- 54
- Pacific
- 9
- Asian
- 10
- MELAA
- 7
- Other
- 0
- 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 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 27 |
| Year 02 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 37 |
| Year 03 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 35 |
| Year 04 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 38 |
| Year 05 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 28 |
| Year 06 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 45 |
| Year 07 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 28 |
| Year 08 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 31 |
| Total | 69 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 215 | 0 | 269 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 25 |
| Age 06 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 39 |
| Age 07 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 31 |
| Age 08 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 37 |
| Age 09 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 31 |
| Age 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 43 |
| Age 11 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 31 |
| Age 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 28 |
| Age 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 69 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 215 | 0 | 269 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
33.5%
| Kaukapakapa School | 33.5% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 64.2% |
| Māori | 46.2% |
| Pacific | 123.2% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 19.7% |
| 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%
| Kaukapakapa School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 3% |
| Full Primary | 3.9% |
| 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%
| Kaukapakapa School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 1.4% |
| Full Primary | 1.7% |
| 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)
- 449
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural settlement
- Date opened
- 31 December 1872
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
- 8 April 2024
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (8 April 2024)
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 8 April 2024 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 250 — 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 2018
292
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 18 January 2019
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 8 April 2024 — “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 6 months of the Education Review Office and Kaukapakapa 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
Kaukapakapa School is on the Kaipara Coast Highway and caters for students from Years 1 to 8. The school sits on Ngāti Whātua whenua and continues to have many intergenerational connections with families within the Kaipara area.
The core values of Respect - Whakaute , Kindness - Atawhai , Effort - Whakapau kaha , Excellence - Tutuki , and Honesty – Tūturu are encouraged within the school’s culture.
Kaukapakapa School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
further develop and implement systems and structures in place for the support and tracking of learners with additional considerations
fidelity of practice across literacy and numeracy teaching and learning programmes will be evident across the school
a relevant, engaging, and balanced local curriculum with learner agency and flexibility, utilising the school’s learning model.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Kaukapakapa School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well a structured literacy approach improves the engagement, progress, and achievement of all learners.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
the school has a goal to improve literacy learning outcomes for all students
the school has recently implemented new approaches to teaching literacy and wants to know the impact on learning outcomes
school leaders are looking for ways to strengthen literacy teaching across all areas of the curriculum.
The school expects to see a coherent, consistent and highly effective literacy curriculum that supports excellent and equitable writing outcomes for students.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how well a structured literacy approach improves the engagement, progress, and achievement of all learners:
leaders and teachers collaboratively enact the school vision and refine planning with a focus on equity for all students
partnerships with school stakeholders are focused on strengthening school performance, and equitable and excellent outcomes for all students
an inclusive and positive learning environment that promotes diversity, respect and empathy
positive school values are embedded and celebrated throughout the school.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
professional development for all staff to continue to build collective capability for the effective teaching of literacy
professional learning groups that focus on literacy targets and clear expectations for literacy teaching
the use of literacy progressions to support learner assessment capability.
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
8 April 2024
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).