Matua School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 521
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 145 Levers Road, Matua, Tauranga
- Territorial authority
- Tauranga City
- Phone
- 07-5769027
- office@matua.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.matua.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Tauranga · schools in Bay of Plenty
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.
- Uniform
Not stated on the school’s website.
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
Matua School is able to offer placements for a number of International Students preferably to a maximum of one per class.
- Accepted, as stated
- Voluntary donation
- $130 per year, 2024
the Matua School Board ask parents to contribute $130 per year for each child to ensure that our tamariki have equitable access to resources, activities and learning opportunities.
- $130 per year, 2024
What is on offer beyond the classroom?
The sports, arts, clubs and groups this school names on its own website. Not a complete list of what any school offers, and not a count — a school that names more here has written more down, which is not the same as doing more.
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.
- On offer
- Rest Home Reading
- Junior Gymnastics
- Senior Gymnastics
- Jump Jam
- Marimba
- Recorder Karate
- Kapa Haka
- Choir
- Interclass Sports
- Lego Club
- Guitar
Guitar, Ukulele, Keyboards & Vocal Lessons
- Ukulele
Guitar, Ukulele, Keyboards & Vocal Lessons
- Keyboards
Guitar, Ukulele, Keyboards & Vocal Lessons
- Vocal Lessons
Guitar, Ukulele, Keyboards & Vocal Lessons
- Drum Lessons
- Basketball – Y1/2
- Basketball – Y3/4
- Basketball – Y5/6
- Hockey – Y2
- Hockey – Y3/4
- Hockey – Y5/6
- Netball – Y1/2
- Netball – Y3/4
- Netball – Y5
- Netball – Y6
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 447
- Māori
- 54
- Pacific
- 21
- Asian
- 59
- MELAA
- 18
- Other
- 1
- International
- 16
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 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 4 | 75 |
| Year 02 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 53 |
| Year 03 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 2 | 86 |
| Year 04 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 79 |
| Year 05 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 5 | 95 |
| Year 06 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 4 | 102 |
| Year 07 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 24 |
| Total | 68 | 19 | 47 | 19 | 0 | 442 | 16 | 514 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 71 |
| Age 06 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 54 |
| Age 07 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 73 | 2 | 84 |
| Age 08 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 82 |
| Age 09 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 5 | 94 |
| Age 10 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 3 | 102 |
| Age 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 27 |
| Total | 68 | 19 | 47 | 19 | 0 | 442 | 16 | 514 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
10.3%
| Matua School | 10.3% |
|---|---|
| Bay of Plenty Region | 37.4% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 18.5% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 12% |
| Total | 10.3% |
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%
| Matua School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Bay of Plenty Region | 3.8% |
| 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%
| Matua School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Bay of Plenty 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)
- 401
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 11 November 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
- 6 April 2023
- Latest report
- Profile Report April 2023
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (6 April 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 6 April 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 521 — 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.
June 2018
487
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 16 August 2018
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 6 April 2023 — “Profile Report April 2023” — 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 nine months of the Education Review Office and Matua 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
Matua School is located on the Ōtūmōetai Peninsula in Tauranga and caters for students from Years 1 to 6.
Matua School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:
continue to grow and sustain the hauora of staff and students
refine and embed a local curriculum that reflects the bicultural intent of Te Tiriti o Waitangi through growing and normalising tikanga and te reo Māori in daily school life
strengthen student agency and ownership of their learning.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Matua School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how improved student hauora , including agency and culturally responsive teaching practices , increase student achievement and progress in mathematics.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
the increasing impact of educational change and social impact on the lives of staff and students
to enhance the school’s bi-cultural experiences and opportunities for all students, ensuring Māori learners enjoy and achieve educational success as Māori
internal evaluation of mathematics highlighted the need to strengthen the consistency of pedagogy throughout the school.
The school expects to see:
students developing effective strategies for maintaining personal hauora , and increased resilience
a local curriculum that is reflective of the intent of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
an established, coherent and consistent approach to the teaching of mathematics, with a focus on student agency.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to improve student outcomes in mathematics:
professional relationships and effective teaching that focus on the learning and wellbeing of each student
commitment to ongoing professional learning and personal growth in mathematics and tikanga and te reo Māori
leadership focused on equity and excellence and continuous school improvement.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
implementation of strategic actions and the refinement of the local curriculum in partnership with whānau and iwi
the growth and prioritisation of schoolwide systems to support the hauora of staff and students
the provision of professional learning to strengthen a coherent schoolwide approach to mathematics, with a focus on empowering students to take ownership of their learning.
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.
Phil Cowie Director Review and Improvement Services (Central) Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
6 April 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).