Mauku School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 154
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 389 Union Road, Mauku
- Territorial authority
- Franklin Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-2363654
- admin@mauku.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.mauku.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.
- School day starts
- 8.45am
8.45am School begins
- 8.45am
- School day ends
- 2.45pm
2.45pm School day ends
- 2.45pm
- Office hours
- 8.30am - 3.30pm daily
The office is open from 8.30am - 3.30pm daily.
- 8.30am - 3.30pm daily
- Uniform
- Required
ALL students are required to wear our school uniform
- Required
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: Wed 4 Feb - Thursday 2 April
Term 1: Wed 4 Feb - Thursday 2 April
Year stated as2026 TERM DATES
- Term 2, 2026: Monday 20 April - Fri 3 July
Term 2: Monday 20 April - Fri 3 July
Year stated as2026 TERM DATES
- Term 3, 2026: Monday 20 July - Fri 25 Sept
Term 3: Monday 20 July - Fri 25 Sept
Year stated as2026 TERM DATES
- Term 4, 2026: Monday 12 October - (tbc)
Term 4: Monday 12 October - (tbc)
Year stated as2026 TERM DATES
- Term 1, 2026: Wed 4 Feb - Thursday 2 April
- Getting there
- A daily bus between Pukekohe and Mauku School: morning bus F7 picks up at Seddon Street (by Blair Avenue) at 7.35, corner of Kayes Road and Beatty Road at 7.40 am, 12 Montgomery Ave at 7.42am and 98 Victoria Street at 7.43 am; the afternoon bus F1 leaves school at 2.50 pm
There is a bus that travels from Pukekohe to Mauku school and back daily. The morning bus is called F7 - it picks up at Seddon Street (by Blair Avenue) at 7.35, the corner of Kayes Road and Beatty Road at 7.40 am, 12 Montgomery Ave at 7.42am and 98 Victoria Street at 7.43 am. The afternoon bus follows the reverse route home and is called F1. It leaves school at 2.50 pm.
- A daily bus between Pukekohe and Mauku School: morning bus F7 picks up at Seddon Street (by Blair Avenue) at 7.35, corner of Kayes Road and Beatty Road at 7.40 am, 12 Montgomery Ave at 7.42am and 98 Victoria Street at 7.43 am; the afternoon bus F1 leaves school at 2.50 pm
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
Mauku School accepts international students in Years 1–6.
- Accepted, as stated
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 108
- Māori
- 49
- Pacific
- 22
- Asian
- 20
- MELAA
- 6
- Other
- 4
- 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 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 22 |
| Year 02 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 27 |
| Year 03 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 23 |
| Year 04 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 37 |
| Year 05 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 26 |
| Year 06 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| Year 07 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 49 | 21 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 113 | 0 | 158 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| Age 06 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 28 |
| Age 07 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 24 |
| Age 08 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 37 |
| Age 09 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 26 |
| Age 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| Age 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 49 | 21 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 113 | 0 | 158 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
96.5%
| Mauku School | 96.5% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 210.5% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 128.3% |
| Total | 96.5% |
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
36.2%
| Mauku School | 36.2% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 3% |
| Contributing | 3.5% |
| State | 4.5% |
| New Zealand | 4.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 80.2% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 47.9% |
| Total | 36.2% |
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
34.6%
| Mauku School | 34.6% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 1.4% |
| Contributing | 1.5% |
| State | 1.9% |
| New Zealand | 1.8% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 77.1% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 46% |
| Total | 34.6% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison exclusion data (2024)
About the school
- Equity Index (EQI)
- 475
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural other
- Date opened
- 14 October 1883
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
- 20 July 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (20 July 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 20 July 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 154 — 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 2018
144
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 17 December 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 20 July 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 7 months of the Education Review Office and Mauku 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
Mauku School is a semi-rural school close to Pukekohe and Waiuku , providing education for students in Years 1 to 6. The school promotes the ‘ Mauku Way: caring, contributing and conquering’.
Mauku School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
to be a sustainable learning community
to grow teacher capability
to embrace inclusiveness and diversity.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Mauku School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively internal evaluation systems and processes are improving student outcomes.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:
formalise internal evaluation process to better determine where to focus next steps to improve student outcomes
provide more consistency in practice and internal evaluation over time.
The school expects to see a formalised cycle of internal evaluation using a range of data that informs decisions about further building teacher practice.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to use internal evaluation systems to improve student outcomes:
Well-established relationships with community and whānau .
Collaborative partnerships with community agencies to support student progress and achievement.
The ‘ Mauku Way’ is embedded in the school culture.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
reviewing and modifying current internal evaluation systems and processes to create a ‘ Mauku Way’ internal evaluation framework
implementing the internal evaluation framework to review aspects of the strategic plan moving forward.
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
20 July 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).