Onepoto School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 151
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 31 Fraser Avenue, Northcote, Auckland
- Territorial authority
- Kaipātiki Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-4807469
- office@onepoto.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.onepoto.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.
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
- Not accepted, as stated
We are not signatories to the Code for International Students. We will be applying for this in the near future.
- Not accepted, as stated
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 24
- Māori
- 62
- Pacific
- 70
- Asian
- 20
- MELAA
- 16
- 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 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| Year 02 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Year 03 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| Year 04 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 |
| Year 05 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Year 06 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Year 07 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 65 | 70 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 138 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| Age 06 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| Age 07 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 |
| Age 08 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 |
| Age 09 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 10 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Age 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 65 | 70 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 138 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Onepoto School | 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%
| Onepoto 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%
| Onepoto 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)
- 512
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 1961
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
- 30 April 2024
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (30 April 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 30 April 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 151 — 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.
September 2019
65
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 18 December 2019
March 2017
82
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 21 April 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 30 April 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 6 months of the Education Review Office and Onepoto 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
Onepoto School is in Northcote, Auckland and provides education for ākonga in Years 1 to 6. The school has recently been rebuilt. The school roll of mostly Māori and Pacific students is growing.
Onepoto School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
strengthen school partnerships with whānau to improve outcomes for ākonga
consistently monitor progress and evaluate performance to inform future decisions
enhance the health and wellbeing of students through culturally responsive practice.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Onepoto School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the school is accelerating learner progress and achievement for all ākonga .
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:
raise the achievement of ākonga through evidence-based practices and high quality teaching of literacy and mathematics
use student achievement data to deliberately inform classroom planning and teaching and learning
build student agency to enable ākonga to become life-long learners
The school expects to see:
ākonga attending school regularly and actively engaged in their learning
ākonga knowing and sharing their learning progress and achievement with their whānau
effective use of achievement information and evaluation that informs high quality teaching and learning and positively impacts on learner success.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how effectively it is accelerating the achievement of all ākonga :
the board continues to scrutinise its own and the school’s performance to inform planning, resourcing and meeting its statutory responsibilities
leaders and staff who are refining and strengthening school conditions, actions and practices that promote learner wellbeing
good quality teaching and learning that enhances learners self-esteem, engagement and participation.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
all ākonga attending school regularly in order to lift student achievement
strengthening student agency so they are able to talk about learning, progress and achievement
strengthening learning partnerships with whānau , parents and community
a cycle of evaluation that continues to monitor teaching practice and student learning.
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
30 April 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).