Ngunguru School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 233
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- Te Maika Road, Ngunguru
- Territorial authority
- Whangarei District
- Phone
- 09-4343805
- office@ngunguru.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Whangārei · schools in Northland
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 184
- Māori
- 67
- Pacific
- 9
- Asian
- 17
- MELAA
- 4
- Other
- 10
- 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 17 |
| Year 02 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 20 |
| Year 03 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 34 |
| Year 04 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 26 |
| Year 05 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 46 |
| Year 06 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 25 |
| Year 07 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 23 |
| Year 08 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 29 |
| Total | 52 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 182 | 0 | 220 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| Age 06 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 20 |
| Age 07 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 33 |
| Age 08 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 28 |
| Age 09 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 41 |
| Age 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 31 |
| Age 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 19 |
| Age 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 31 |
| Age 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 52 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 182 | 0 | 220 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
55.1%
| Ngunguru School | 55.1% |
|---|---|
| Northland Region | 52% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 91.1% |
| Māori | 94.1% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 198.4% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 47.5% |
| Total | 55.1% |
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%
| Ngunguru School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Northland Region | 6.5% |
| 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%
| Ngunguru School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Northland Region | 2.7% |
| 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)
- 427
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Small urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 1870
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
- 19 February 2024
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (19 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 19 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 233 — 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 2017
268
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 7 September 2017
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 19 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 twelve months of the Education Review Office and Ngunguru 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
Ngunguru School is located on the Tūtūkākā Coast in Te Tai Tokerau and provides education for ākonga in Years 0 to 8. A new principal was appointed in Term 2 2023. The school’s vision is “Our school is our waka and learning is our journey”.
Ngunguru School ’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
Hiranga : excellence
Ahurei : celebrating each child
Mahi tahi tātou : working together.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Ngunguru School ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well schoolwide data assessment practices are informing teaching, learning and planning for continuous improvement.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:
ensure progress and achievement outcomes are equitable and sustained for all ākonga
support continuous improvement and a culture of high expectations and excellence
further develop schoolwide processes that support teacher capability to use data to inform teaching and learning.
The school expects to see:
confident, connected ākonga achieving to their highest potential
teachers using appropriate assessment consistently well to inform individual learning requirements
consistently relevant, challenging and meaningful teaching and learning.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how well schoolwide data assessment practices are informing teaching, learning and planning for continuous improvement:
leadership is focussed on strengthening and refining conditions, structures, systems and processes to support ākonga progress and achievement
teachers and leaders are building professional capability and collective capacity for ongoing improvement and innovation to enhance learner outcomes
the Board engages with achievement information that supports ongoing improvement for all ākonga .
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
targeted professional learning to build teacher capability in the use of data to inform teaching and learning
embedding consistent assessment practices to improve the quality of data and analysis.
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
19 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 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).