Netherton School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 132
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 7 School Road, Netherton, Paeroa
- Territorial authority
- Hauraki District
- Phone
- 07-8623847
- principal@netherton.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.
- Uniform
- Required
The school uniform consists of: Maroon polo shirt with school logo ($27 from school) Maroon fleece with school logo ($38 from school)
- Required
- Getting there
- School bus, free to children who start as New Entrants or who live within the Netherton Zone and are eligible; private taxi buses also available for children coming from town and around the district
The school bus is free to children who start Netherton School as New Entrants, or to children living within the Netherton Zone and who are eligible. Private taxi buses are also available for children coming from town and around the district.
- School bus, free to children who start as New Entrants or who live within the Netherton Zone and are eligible; private taxi buses also available for children coming from town and around the district
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
- Swimming
- Cross Country
- Athletics
- Touch Rugby
- Netball
- Hockey
- Student - led lunchtime games and activities
- Rippa Rugby
- Traditional Maori games
- Golf tasters
- Tennis tasters
- Cricket tasters
- Jump Jam
- Weetbix TRYathlon
- Tough Guy and Gal Challenge
- Otago Maths Competition
- Netherton Interschool Maths Challenge
- EPro8 Challenge
- Chess Tournament
- Beach Education
- Enviro Projects
- Calf Club
- Music Lessons
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 112
- Māori
- 23
- Pacific
- 2
- Asian
- 5
- MELAA
- 2
- Other
- 0
- 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 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 17 |
| Year 02 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 17 |
| Year 03 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Year 04 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| Year 05 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 24 |
| Year 06 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 17 |
| Year 07 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 20 |
| Year 08 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 18 |
| Total | 26 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 140 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Age 06 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| Age 07 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Age 08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| Age 09 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 21 |
| Age 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 22 |
| Age 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| Age 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| Age 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 26 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 140 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
10.9%
| Netherton School | 10.9% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 53.9% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 24.1% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 13.1% |
| Total | 10.9% |
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%
| Netherton School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 6.6% |
| 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%
| Netherton School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 2.4% |
| 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)
- 465
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural other
- Date opened
- 20 October 1890
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
- 7 February 2024
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (7 February 2024)
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 7 February 2024 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 132 — 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.
October 2019
148
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 11 December 2019
November 2016
135
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 16 February 2017
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 7 February 2024 — “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 nine months of the Education Review Office and Netherton 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
Netherton School, located in the Hauraki District near the town of Paeroa , provides education for students in Years 0 – 8. The school values, Resilience, Excellence, Self-awareness, Persistence, Empathy, Courage and Thinking, support students to ‘Take Pride’ and underpin the vision of ‘growing and empowering our future’.
Netherton School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:
promote the wellbeing of all our students and staff across the school
strengthen whānau and community partnerships
build the capacity of our students to own and be responsible for their own learning
grow teacher capability as part of their professional development.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Netherton School ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the extent to which a localised curriculum is aligned with whānau aspirations and is supporting students to engage and succeed.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is the need to:
continue to pursue an environment in which Māori leaners can thrive
explore the impact of improvements on targeted students over time
ensure that the ongoing development of the curriculum reflects community aspiration.
The school expects to see students engaging and succeeding as a result of:
a varied and engaging localised curriculum that: is centred on the values co-constructed with the school community is linked to the whenua , prioritises te ao Māori and promotes student confidence in their language, culture and identity applies a trauma-informed understanding of wellbeing to support resilience, optimism and engagement
whānau being supported to engage with, understand and shape the ongoing development of the localised curriculum.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to ensure all students engage and succeed:
leadership that maintains a culture of professional knowledge building, drives continuous improvement and fosters innovation
consistently effective teaching practices that are regularly adapted to pursue equity and excellence
a culture of inclusion underpinned by a commitment to meeting learners’ individual social, emotional and learning needs.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
continuing to develop and enact a curriculum that aligns with the school values, prioritises te ao Māori and reflects the context of the school
applying understandings from trauma-informed professional learning in the development of a framework for consistent, schoolwide practices in wellbeing
developing systems and practices for deliberate and regular partnership with whānau .
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
7 February 2024
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).