Macandrew Bay School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 128
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 488 Portobello Road, Macandrew Bay, Dunedin
- Territorial authority
- Dunedin City
- Phone
- 03-4761004
- admin@macandrewbay.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
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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.
- How to enrol
- http://macandrewbay.school.nz/enrolment/enrolment-form/
Please complete the [online enrolment form](http://macandrewbay.school.nz/enrolment/enrolment-form/).
- http://macandrewbay.school.nz/enrolment/enrolment-form/
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.
- International students
- Accepted, as stated
Macandrew Bay School has a limited number of spaces for International (Fee Paying) Students each year.
- Accepted, as stated
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 112
- Māori
- 26
- Pacific
- 1
- Asian
- 12
- MELAA
- 5
- 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 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 23 |
| Year 02 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| Year 03 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 19 |
| Year 04 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 23 |
| Year 05 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 21 |
| Year 06 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 27 |
| Year 07 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 21 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 131 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 24 |
| Age 06 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| Age 07 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 21 |
| Age 08 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 22 |
| Age 09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 22 |
| Age 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 26 |
| Age 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 21 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 131 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Macandrew Bay School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Otago Region | 36.8% |
| 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%
| Macandrew Bay School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Otago Region | 4.6% |
| 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%
| Macandrew Bay School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Otago Region | 2% |
| 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)
- 387
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 1859
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 September 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (1 September 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 September 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 128 — 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 2019
169
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 10 October 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 1 September 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 six months of the Education Review Office and Macandrew Bay 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
Macandrew Bay School is located on the Otago Harbour near Dunedin and provides education for learners from Years 1 to 6 . The school’s mission statement is, ‘simply the best for our children’.
Macandrew Bay School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:
provide learners with a broad curriculum that is engaging, motivating, fosters creativity, balance, wellbeing and a lifelong passion for learning
ensure all learners experience learning success and are supported to achieve their personal best, particularly with foundation skills including language, literacy and numeracy
provide a safe, stimulating learning environment that fosters a sense of belonging, connection to the school and peninsula community and that celebrates cultural diversity
develop a strong learning community, where everyone works well together, actively participating and contributing to the life of the school.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Macandrew Bay School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the impact of a localised writing curriculum on the progress of all learners and in particular target learners.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
writing achievement information has indicated that the school needs to develop ways to gather and respond to data in order to ensure the progress and acceleration of its target learners
a goal to extend teachers’ evaluation practices and understanding to ensure consistency across the school that it is fair and equitable for all learners
to sustain a focus on strengthening home-school partnerships for increased participation and contribution by whānau and parents for the benefit of learners.
The school expects to see:
the development of a writing programme that enables all learners to access a broad curriculum through strong foundational literacy skills and knowledge
moderation practices further developing teacher practice in making assessment judgements
the effectiveness of a localised writing curriculum in supporting all students to progress and achieve in their learning.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate the impact of a localised writing curriculum on the progress of all learners and in particular target learners:
a community-school partnership that supports learning and wellbeing
a robust approach to structured literacy teaching that is applied in a consistent way schoolwide
regular use of achievement information by school leaders to prioritise next steps
t he collaborative way in which staff work together to support learners and their whānau .
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
strengthening teaching, learning and assessment practices in writing to improve achievement levels for all learners
developing a framework of expectations and success indicators for progress in writing to better reflect on and inform next teaching and learning steps
designing a sustainable model for ongoing support for identified groups of learners not yet making expected progress.
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 September 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).