Otahuhu School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 550
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 41 Station Road, Otahuhu, Auckland
- Territorial authority
- Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-2590109
- office@otahuhuprimary.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 uniform is compulsory and can be purchased from [The Warehouse, Sylvia Park](https://www.thewarehouse.co.nz/stores/sylviapark.html) located at Sylvia Park Shopping Centre 286 Mount Wellington Highway, Mount Wellington, Auckland.
- Required
- Where to buy the uniform
- https://www.thewarehouse.co.nz/stores/sylviapark.html
The uniform is compulsory and can be purchased from [The Warehouse, Sylvia Park](https://www.thewarehouse.co.nz/stores/sylviapark.html) located at Sylvia Park Shopping Centre 286 Mount Wellington Highway, Mount Wellington, Auckland.
- https://www.thewarehouse.co.nz/stores/sylviapark.html
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2nd February - First Day for Students – Thursday 2nd April
| Term 1 | Friday 30th January - Meet the Teachers Monday 2nd February - First Day for Students | Thursday 2nd April
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 2, 2026: Monday 20th April – Friday 3rd July
| Term 2 | Monday 20th April | Friday 3rd July
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 3, 2026: Monday 20th July – Friday 25th September
| Term 3 | Monday 20th July | Friday 25th September
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 4, 2026: Monday 12th October – Friday 11th December
| Term 4 | Monday 12th October | Friday 11th December
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2nd February - First Day for Students – Thursday 2nd April
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 34
- Māori
- 91
- Pacific
- 373
- Asian
- 128
- MELAA
- 20
- Other
- 4
- 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 | 13 | 67 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 90 |
| Year 02 | 17 | 66 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 94 |
| Year 03 | 11 | 60 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 87 |
| Year 04 | 16 | 67 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 97 |
| Year 05 | 17 | 77 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 110 |
| Year 06 | 17 | 50 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 102 |
| Year 07 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 91 | 390 | 156 | 12 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 586 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 13 | 68 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 92 |
| Age 06 | 18 | 65 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 93 |
| Age 07 | 10 | 60 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 86 |
| Age 08 | 16 | 67 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 97 |
| Age 09 | 17 | 77 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 110 |
| Age 10 | 17 | 51 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 103 |
| Age 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 91 | 390 | 156 | 12 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 586 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Otahuhu 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%
| Otahuhu 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%
| Otahuhu 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)
- 490
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- Some students taught in a Pacific language
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 16 November 1858
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
- 12 December 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (12 December 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 12 December 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 550 — 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
503
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 20 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 12 December 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 six months of the Education Review Office and Otahuhu 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
Otahuhu School has over 165 years of history catering for years 1 to 6 students in Otahuhu , South Auckland. The school motto is ‘ He wahi tutaki mo nga tamariki o te ao — A meeting place for the children of the world’. Bilingual education is offered across all levels for Māori students in Te Whānau Tūtakitanga , Samoan students in Tafa o Ata and Tongan students in Lalanga Mo’ui . Otahuhu School is part of the Ōtāhuhu Kāhui Ako .
Otahuhu School ’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
grow teacher capacity
enhance use of digital technologies and fluency
strengthening relationships with school and local community
a safe and secure learning environment that supports the health and wellbeing of students and staff.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Otahuhu School ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how a responsive local curriculum promotes increased engagement, progress and achievement for all learners.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
inquiry and learner agency form the basis of the matau framework for the local curriculum
a strategic priority is to strengthen teacher capacity through a consistent and connected approach to teaching and learning throughout the school.
The school expects to see teachers using coherent and responsive practices to support independent and confident learners to achieve at or above expected levels.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how a responsive local curriculum promotes increased engagement, progress and achievement for all learners.
l earners who show commitment to learning and in the school’s HEART values
commitment at all levels of the school and community to quality and responsive bilingual education for Samoan , Tongan and Māori students
collaborative leadership based on relational trust which is open to positive change in the school
experienced and long-serving teachers and staff who are committed to the school and community.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
supporting teachers, learners and whānau to set consistently high expectations for teaching and learning
further develop and embed the matau framework (inquiry model) to capture learner voice and provide genuine opportunities for learners to have agency in their learning
continue to develop a responsive localised curriculum which reflects the aspirations of the community
leaders and teachers monitor and evaluate the success of Māori and Pacific achievement plans using culturally appropriate evaluation tools
New Zealand School Trustees Association professional development for newly appointed board members to strengthen their role.
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
12 December 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).