Oteha Valley School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 510
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- Medallion Drive, Oteha, Auckland
- Territorial authority
- Upper Harbour Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-4770033
- enquiries@oteha.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.oteha.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
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 86
- Māori
- 21
- Pacific
- 15
- Asian
- 394
- MELAA
- 26
- Other
- 20
- 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 | 3 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 80 |
| Year 02 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 63 |
| Year 03 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 77 |
| Year 04 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 81 |
| Year 05 | 7 | 4 | 86 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 111 |
| Year 06 | 4 | 3 | 79 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 101 |
| Year 07 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Total | 22 | 13 | 419 | 33 | 12 | 92 | 0 | 534 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 76 |
| Age 06 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 64 |
| Age 07 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 70 |
| Age 08 | 2 | 2 | 67 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 85 |
| Age 09 | 8 | 2 | 86 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 108 |
| Age 10 | 4 | 5 | 82 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 107 |
| Age 11 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Total | 22 | 13 | 419 | 33 | 12 | 92 | 0 | 534 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
4.8%
| Oteha Valley School | 4.8% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 9.6% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 6.2% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 0% |
| Total | 4.8% |
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%
| Oteha Valley 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%
| Oteha Valley 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)
- 357
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 26 January 2004
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
- 25 July 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (25 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 25 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 510 — 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.
23 March 2017
457
ERO did not state when this was counted; the date shown is the report’s own date. Education Review Office, report of 23 March 2017
June 2012
332
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 8 August 2012
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 25 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 12 months of the Education Review Office and Oteha Valley 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
Oteha Valley School is in Albany, Auckland. The school provides education for students in Years 1 to 6.
Oteha Valley School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
Cultural Connections and Capabilities: Promote and develop the concept of whanaungatanga throughout the school to encourage and enable parents and caregivers to feel a real sense of belonging to our school.
Hauora /Wellbeing: Increase teachers’ confidence in planning and implementing regular physical activity lessons to improve skills and wellbeing of all children.
Powerful Learning: Develop knowledge and understanding of teachers in the ‘Understand, Know, and Do’ framework of the revised NZ Curriculum in the three areas of Aotearoa NZ Histories, Mathematics and Statistics and increase teachers’ knowledge and confidence in collaborative practice across different curriculum areas.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Oteha Valley School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well collaborative practices are enhancing equitable outcomes for all students and promoting excellence.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
to prepare students for the future, they need to be able to confidently collaborate, co-operate and relate well to others
collaboration and collaborative teaching practices will support teachers to meet the diverse social, emotional and academic needs of all students
to build effective and authentic relationships with all parents and whānau so they are engaged in, and understand the school’s local curriculum, and ensure this reflects the richness of the school community.
The school expects to see:
highly collaborative learning environments in which students actively lead their own learning and have a voice about why, what and how they learn with others
high quality co-teaching models where staff and leaders are reflective, innovative and inspiring
a culturally responsive learning environment which embraces and includes the cultural identity of the school’s diverse community.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how well collaborative practices are promoting and enhancing excellent and equitable outcomes for all learners:
strong and effective leadership across the school, where decisions are based on research to provide best outcomes for all students
a focus on strengthening professional capability and collective capacity to continually improve and innovate
a welcoming and inclusive school environment and culture that promotes student engagement and ongoing collaboration and communication with the parent community.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
ensuring authentic student voice and choice in their learning
ongoing review and evaluation of collaborative practice which is evidence-based
enabling and encouraging the diverse parent community to improve the level of their participation and engagement in students’ 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
25 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 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).