Northcote School (Auckland)
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 406
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 2 Lake Road, Northcote, Auckland
- Territorial authority
- Kaipātiki Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-4807376
- admin@northcoteprimary.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.
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.
- Voluntary donation
- $350 per pupil, 2026
This year (2026) the donation requested is $350 per pupil. This would be for 2 children, reducing to $175 for the 3rd and subsequent children.
- $350 per pupil, 2026
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 290
- Māori
- 36
- Pacific
- 18
- Asian
- 94
- MELAA
- 11
- 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 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 53 |
| Year 02 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 67 |
| Year 03 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 73 |
| Year 04 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 72 |
| Year 05 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 73 |
| Year 06 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 73 |
| Year 07 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| Total | 32 | 19 | 96 | 11 | 1 | 295 | 0 | 425 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 53 |
| Age 06 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 68 |
| Age 07 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 72 |
| Age 08 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 73 |
| Age 09 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 72 |
| Age 10 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 73 |
| Age 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| Total | 32 | 19 | 96 | 11 | 1 | 295 | 0 | 425 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Northcote School (Auckland) | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
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 stand-down rates data (2024)
Age-standardised suspension rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Northcote School (Auckland) | 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%
| Northcote School (Auckland) | 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)
- 367
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 1918
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
- 17 July 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (17 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 17 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 406 — 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 2017
485
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 31 January 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 17 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 6 months of the Education Review Office and Northcote School (Auckland) 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
Northcote School (Auckland) is situated in Northcote. It provides education for ākonga Year 0 to Year 6.
Northcote School’s vision, Together| Ngātahi , Aspire| Manawanui , Succeed| Tutukitanga is supported by the school’s values of Respect for self, others and the environment.
In recent years, there has been considerable redevelopment of the school site, including the refurbishment and upgrade of all teaching and learning spaces.
Northcote School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for ākonga are:
engage all children in a creative and responsive curriculum underpinned by evidence-based teaching and learning practices to raise ākonga achievement
strengthen our sense of community by improving the ways in which we communicate, engage and collaborate to ensure happy staff, ākonga and wider school community
provide safe, attractive, functional learning spaces & grounds that promote our commitment to aspiring and succeeding together.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Northcote School (Auckland) website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well schoolwide collaborative teaching and learning practices enable equity and excellent outcomes for all ākonga .
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is that teachers continue to:
strengthen collaborative teaching strategies and practices to further promote greater equity and excellence learning outcomes for all ākong collaboratively use relevant, challenging and meaningful learning activities
engage with professional development and school processes that improve teaching including collaboration and moderation with a focus on equity and excellence for all ākonga .
The school expects to see the use of schoolwide effective collaborative teaching strategies and practices applied in adaptive ways that promote equitable and excellent learning outcomes for all ākonga .
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate how well collaborative schoolwide teaching and learning practices enable equity and excellent outcomes for all ākonga :
ākonga experience a school learning climate that is positive and culturally responsive to promoting equity and excellence learning outcomes
professional staff relationships are focused on the learning and wellbeing of each ākonga
school leadership continues to strengthen teachers' professional capability and collective capacity to improve ākonga outcomes as well as ongoing improvement and innovation
close monitoring, regular evaluation and reporting against targets underpin ākonga improvement.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
embedding processes and systems that improve teaching including collaboration and moderation that promote school wide consistency in teaching and learning practices
continuing to access professional development that promotes the use of collaborative teaching and learning practices with a focus on equity and excellence learning outcomes for all ākonga .
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 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).