Marlborough School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 412
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- Wykeham Place, Glenfield, Auckland
- Territorial authority
- Kaipātiki Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-4810365
- office@marlboroughprimary.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
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 106
- Māori
- 19
- Pacific
- 15
- Asian
- 285
- MELAA
- 15
- Other
- 4
- International
- 1
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 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 58 |
| Year 02 | 6 | 4 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 76 |
| Year 03 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 67 |
| Year 04 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 60 |
| Year 05 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 70 |
| Year 06 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 73 |
| Year 07 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| Year 08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 24 | 15 | 290 | 17 | 3 | 118 | 0 | 421 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 58 |
| Age 06 | 6 | 4 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 76 |
| Age 07 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 67 |
| Age 08 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 61 |
| Age 09 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 69 |
| Age 10 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 74 |
| Age 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| Age 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 24 | 15 | 290 | 17 | 3 | 118 | 0 | 421 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
11.8%
| Marlborough School | 11.8% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 22.7% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 39.3% |
| Total | 11.8% |
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%
| Marlborough 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%
| Marlborough 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)
- 379
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 31 January 1966
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
- 2 November 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (2 November 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 2 November 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 412 — 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.
March 2018
309
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 17 May 2018
February 2015
271
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 17 April 2015
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 2 November 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 8 months of the Education Review Office and Marlborough 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
Marlborough School is in Glenfield, Auckland and provides education for students in Years 1 to 6. The school’s vision is ‘to provide all Marlborough students with challenging learning opportunities that are developmentally appropriate and meaningful’ and ‘to encourage our students towards independence and lifelong learning’. The motto is ‘ Te Ako i te Ora - Learning through Living’. A new principal was appointed in 2022.
Marlborough School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
Student Achievement: to increase student engagement and build essential skills to raise student achievement
Pedagogy: to create a working environment that facilitates a climate of professional development and new learning
Learning Environment: to develop learning environments that are safe and supportive of student learning and are enhanced by technology
Community Connections: to enhance the relationships between school, home and the community.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Marlborough School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the impact of sustainable culturally responsive practices on ākonga wellbeing, engagement and achievement.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
to effectively implement Te Tiriti o Waitangi
the school is working with the Māori Achievement Collaborative to embed culturally responsive practices across the school
to promote a sense of belonging and connection to the school for all ākonga
to ensure progress and achievement outcomes are consistently equitable and excellent for all ākonga .
The school expects to see:
a learning climate which is consistently positive and culturally responsive and promotes ākonga engagement
ākonga experience a rich local curriculum, which continually improves and responds to their cultures, languages and identities
ākonga demonstrate agency in their learning to achieve equity and excellence in their achievement outcomes.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate the impact of sustainable culturally responsive practices on ākonga wellbeing, engagement and achievement:
a robust local curriculum which includes te ao Māori, te reo Māori me ōna tikanga and mātauranga Māori
a collaborative leadership model focussed on prioritising and planning for continuous improvement
a commitment to strengthening professional capability and capacity to continually improve and innovate.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
ongoing professional learning to support sustainable culturally responsive practices
strengthening the local curriculum and further embedding ākonga wellbeing initiatives
systematic and coherent evaluation, inquiry and knowledge building for improvement and innovation.
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
2 November 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).