Murrays Bay School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 718
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 18 Clematis Avenue, Murrays Bay, Auckland
- Territorial authority
- Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-4786239 Ext 202
- ilse@murraysbay.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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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
Murrays Bay Primary School only accepts international student enrolments for a minimum duration of 10 weeks (one term) or longer.
- Accepted, as stated
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 254
- Māori
- 24
- Pacific
- 5
- Asian
- 440
- MELAA
- 16
- Other
- 3
- International
- 20
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 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 73 |
| Year 02 | 7 | 1 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 85 |
| Year 03 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 102 |
| Year 04 | 3 | 2 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 4 | 127 |
| Year 05 | 9 | 0 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 7 | 151 |
| Year 06 | 7 | 2 | 95 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 7 | 162 |
| Year 07 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 46 |
| Total | 39 | 5 | 427 | 16 | 4 | 264 | 25 | 746 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 68 |
| Age 06 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 80 |
| Age 07 | 5 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 107 |
| Age 08 | 3 | 2 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 129 |
| Age 09 | 10 | 0 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 7 | 148 |
| Age 10 | 6 | 2 | 98 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 8 | 165 |
| Age 11 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 49 |
| Total | 39 | 5 | 427 | 16 | 4 | 264 | 25 | 746 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
24.7%
| Murrays Bay School | 24.7% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 50.5% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 27.3% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 24.1% |
| Total | 24.7% |
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%
| Murrays Bay 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%
| Murrays Bay 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)
- 357
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 3 February 1957
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
- 5
- Last reviewed
- 17 August 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (17 August 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 17 August 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 718 — 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 2016
708
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 19 December 2016
October 2013
662
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 20 December 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 17 August 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 12 months of the Education Review Office and Murrays Bay 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
Murrays Bay School is a state school located in Murrays Bay, Auckland, catering for students from Year 1 to Year 6. The school is committed to growing its four learning priorities to develop confident, curious, connected and creative learners.
Murrays Bay School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:
build the capacity of students to own and be responsible for their learning.
develop culturally appropriate and responsive contexts for teaching and learning that includes whanau engagement and recognition and celebration of learner’s identity culture and language.
promote the wellbeing of all learners and staff.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Murrays Bay School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the school’s localised curriculum provides authentic, culturally responsive learning opportunities and outcomes to grow confident, curious, connected and creative ākonga /learners.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to determine to what extent focusing on a curriculum that develops creativity and identity, as key learning priorities is to:
meet the learning strengths and needs of all ākonga
be culturally responsive to all groups of students and their whānau
enhance the quality of teaching throughout the school
support ākonga to experience success in who they are
provide further equitable and excellent outcomes for all students.
The school expects to see:
all students developing and utilising their creative capabilities to produce creative works
a culturally responsive, localised curriculum supported by whanau and community, that supports developing ākonga agency, engagement and success
the quality of teaching enhanced through prioritising creativity, ākonga identity and wellbeing
effective teaching and leadership practices, supported by quality professional learning opportunities
rich, authentic learning programmes, consistently implemented throughout the school focussed on developing students’ creative capabilities.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to provide authentic, culturally responsive learning opportunities and outcomes to grow confident, curious, connected and creative ākonga :
a collaborative school community, who together are focused on developing a new vision for the school, based on harnessing ākonga creative capabilities
successful ākonga wellbeing
family support of ākonga and the school
the commitment of the senior leaders to a philosophy of ‘continuous improvement’
well-resourced and supported teaching and leading practices and processes.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
modifying professional development from the analysis of mid-point evaluation data
continuing to undertake in-depth data analysis of priority and targeted learners to ensure equity in developing creative capacity
reshaping the school’s vision to incorporate the four learning priorities that will develop confident, curious, connected and creative learner
aligning teacher expectations, relationships, the curriculum, school vision and values to a school where creativity flourishes inside and outside the classroom.
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
17 August 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 5 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).