Lake Rotoiti School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 17
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- State Highway 63, Nelson
- Territorial authority
- Tasman District
- Phone
- 03-5211830
- office@lakerotoiti.school.nz
- Website
- http://lakerotoiti.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Tasman
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.
- Getting there
- Two school buses: one partially down the Wairau Valley and back up to the Howard, the other down Korere-Tophouse Rd to the Kikawa Power Station
Lake Rotoiti School runs two buses on their bus route. One partially down the Wairau Valley and back up to the Howard, and the other down Korere-Tophouse Rd to the Kikawa Power Station.
- Two school buses: one partially down the Wairau Valley and back up to the Howard, the other down Korere-Tophouse Rd to the Kikawa Power Station
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 16
- Māori
- 1
- Pacific
- 0
- Asian
- 1
- MELAA
- 0
- 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Year 02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Year 03 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Year 04 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Year 05 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Year 06 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Year 07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Year 08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 26 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Age 06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Age 07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Age 08 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Age 09 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Age 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Age 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Age 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Age 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 26 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Lake Rotoiti School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Tasman Region | 33% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| Other | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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%
| Lake Rotoiti School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Tasman Region | 3.2% |
| Full Primary | 3.9% |
| State | 4.5% |
| New Zealand | 4.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| Other | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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%
| Lake Rotoiti School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Tasman Region | 2.1% |
| Full Primary | 1.7% |
| State | 1.9% |
| New Zealand | 1.8% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| Other | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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)
- 430
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural settlement
- Date opened
- 30 April 1949
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
- 15 May 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (15 May 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 15 May 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 17 — 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.
August 2017
30
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 9 November 2017
October 2012
32
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 5 February 2013
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 15 May 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 26 months of the Education Review Office and Lake Rotoiti 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
Lake Rotoiti is a small rural school located outside of Nelson catering for students in Years 0-8. Learning is focused around using the local environment and resources including parent community to extend and enhance learning experiences.
Lake Rotoiti School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
improving outcomes for all ākonga , particularly those with additional learning needs and those working towards curriculum expectations
ensure the local curriculum meets the needs of all ākonga
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Lake Rotoiti School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate a responsive and coherent mathematics curriculum from Years 0-8.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
improving basic facts knowledge to enhance overall mathematics skill and confidence
to implement a mathematics curriculum that responds to the learning needs of students through targeted teaching in strand and number to ultimately increase student achievement.
The school expects to see
a coherent mathematics curriculum across Years 0-8 that responds to student need, informed by ākonga and whanau voice
student’s confidence and achievement in mathematics improved.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate a responsive and coherent mathematics curriculum from Years 0-8:
leadership that draws upon research-based evidence to inform practice
a supportive board of trustees focused on improving learner outcomes.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
embedding a balanced mathematics programme across the school to support improving outcomes for student achievement
providing materials and resources to support the mathematics learning programme.
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
15 May 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).