Martinborough School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 245
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- Dublin Street, Martinborough
- Territorial authority
- South Wairarapa District
- Phone
- 06-3069602
- office@martinborough.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Wellington Region
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
- Required
Our school uniform is purchased directly from the school
- Required
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2nd Feb - Friday 2nd April
Term 1, 2026 Monday 2nd Feb - Friday 2nd April
- Term 2, 2026: Monday 20th April - Friday 3rd July
Term 2, 2026 Monday 20th April - Friday 3rd July
- Term 3, 2026: Monday 20th July - Friday 25th September
Term 3, 2026 Monday 20th July - Friday 25th September
- Term 4, 2026: Monday 12th October - Friday 11th December (this is a half day)
Term 4, 2026 Monday 12th October - Friday 11th December (this is a half day)
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2nd Feb - Friday 2nd April
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 174
- Māori
- 67
- Pacific
- 12
- Asian
- 18
- MELAA
- 4
- Other
- 1
- 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 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 33 |
| Year 02 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| Year 03 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 27 |
| Year 04 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 27 |
| Year 05 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 34 |
| Year 06 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 28 |
| Year 07 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 30 |
| Year 08 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 37 |
| Total | 75 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 167 | 0 | 241 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
| Age 06 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 22 |
| Age 07 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 30 |
| Age 08 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 28 |
| Age 09 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 32 |
| Age 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 30 |
| Age 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 28 |
| Age 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 34 |
| Age 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 75 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 167 | 0 | 241 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Martinborough School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Wellington Region | 24.7% |
| Full Primary | 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%
| Martinborough School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Wellington Region | 2.6% |
| 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%
| Martinborough School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Wellington Region | 0.9% |
| 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)
- 433
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Small urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 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
- 12 December 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (12 December 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 12 December 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 245 — 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.
May 2019
271
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 4 September 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 12 December 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 18 months of the Education Review Office and Martinborough 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
Martinborough School, located in Martinborough, provides education for learners from years 1 to 8.
Martinborough School ’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
Achieving: learners show evidence of growth – academically, socially culturally and physically.
Challenged: learners can state set goals, know next steps, evaluate progress in effort and outcome.
Engaged: learning maps show the links and connections for learners.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Martinborough School ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively structured literacy is being implemented, embedded and sustained so that learners are equipped with effective skills, knowledge and strategies for sustained progress and achievement.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
the board, leaders and teachers want to evaluate the effectiveness of the school’s structured literacy programme that has been in place for two years
this will guide the board, leaders and teachers in their future strategic decision-making as they work together to embed and sustain structured literacy.
The school expects to see a responsive evaluation of structured literacy that will support and inform the school’s strategic direction, further strengthen teacher professional practice and sustain ākonga improvement in literacy.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to know the impact of structured literacy on ākonga outcomes:
staff, whānau and ākonga are reflective learners; open to change and to improving achievement in literacy
a board, focused on learner achievement and wellbeing, that prioritises the resourcing of ākonga and kaiako learning.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise the development of a strategic framework that will guide and inform the evaluation of the structured literacy programme. This will include:
the development of responsive and useful assessment expectations that measure ākonga achievement over time in structured literacy
the further strengthening of teacher capability and decision making through distributed leadership
continuing to build culturally responsive pedagogical practices, supported by local kaumatua , that promote learning success.
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
12 December 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 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).