Maromaku School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 20
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- Maromaku School Road, Kawakawa
- Territorial authority
- Far North District
- Phone
- 09-4334818
- office@maromaku.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Northland
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
- 9:00am
School starts | 9:00am
- 9:00am
- School day ends
- 2:30pm
School finishes | 2:30pm
- 2:30pm
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 9 Feb - Thu 2 April
Monday 9 Feb - Thu 2 April
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 2, 2026: Mon 20 April - Friday 3 July
Mon 20 April - Friday 3 July
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 3, 2026: Monday 20 July - Friday 25 Sept
Monday 20 July - Friday 25 Sept
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 4, 2026: Monday 12 Oct - Friday 18 Dec
Monday 12 Oct - Friday 18 Dec
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 9 Feb - Thu 2 April
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.
- In their words
- From the moment our tamariki walk through the gate, we want them to see themselves reflected in our spaces and feel that they truly belong. Here, every child is valued, every culture is celebrated, and everyone has a seat at the table.
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 13
- Māori
- 14
- Pacific
- 5
- Asian
- 0
- MELAA
- 0
- Other
- 2
- 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Year 02 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Year 03 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Year 04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Year 05 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Year 06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Year 07 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 27 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Age 06 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Age 07 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Age 08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Age 09 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Age 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Age 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Age 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 27 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Maromaku School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Northland Region | 52% |
| 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 | 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%
| Maromaku School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Northland Region | 6.5% |
| 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 | 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%
| Maromaku School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Northland Region | 2.7% |
| 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 | 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)
- 485
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural other
- Date opened
- 27 January 2005
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
- 27 October 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (27 October 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 27 October 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 20 — 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 2015
52
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 24 December 2015
December 2012
58
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 20 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 27 October 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 24 months of the Education Review Office and Maromaku 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
Maromaku school is a small rural school catering for students in Years 1 to 8 in the Maromaku Valley, near Kawakawa in Northland. A new principal was appointed in 2022.
Maromaku School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
‘Little school with a big heart’ – learners are at the centre
being inclusive
quality teaching and learning programmes and sound foundation skills in literacy and numeracy.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Maromaku School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the school’s practices are lifting writing progress and achievement of all students.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
responding to the identified needs of students
analysis of achievement data identifies the need for focused teaching of writing
equitable and excellent outcomes for all students.
The school expects to see:
teachers implementing skills and strategies from professional development in writing into their learning programmes
improved writing outcomes for all students
students displaying positive attitudes to writing
students engaging in writing and becoming enthusiastic writers.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to lift progress and achievement for all students in writing.
well-supported community country school with long proud history and traditions
the school has been well resourced and maintained by the community over many years
leaders and teachers are committed to ongoing learning to improve learning outcomes for all students.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
continuing to respond to the strengths, interests, and needs of all students
embedding and sustaining teaching practice and professional learning programmes.
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
27 October 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).