Palmerston North Intermediate
Intermediate · State
- Year levels
- 7–8
- Total roll
- 749
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 56 Linton Street, Palmerston North
- Territorial authority
- Palmerston North City
- Phone
- 06-3580548
- office@pnins.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.pnins.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Palmerston North · schools in Manawatū-Whanganui
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
All students are required to be in correct school uniform during class and at school assemblies.
- Required
- Getting there
- Three school bus routes from the start of Term 1, 2026: D080217 Aokautere / Turitea to Palmerston North Intermediate (shared with Awatapu College), D080228 Tokomaru to Palmerston North Intermediate (shared with Palmerston North Girls’ High School), and D080236 Ashhurst to Palmerston North Intermediate School, a temporary transitional bus service (shared with Palmerston North Girls’ High School)
As a result of the MOE review, PNINS will be served by the following school bus routes from the start of Term 1, 2026: - D080217 – Aokautere / Turitea to Palmerston North Intermediate – Shared with Awatapu College [(Map Link)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dtrFGzc1lLfgqMjKPqC9hsb90IDqzDND/view?usp=drive_link) - D080228 – Tokomaru to Palmerston North Intermediate - Shared with Palmerston North Girls' High School [(Map Link)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wPr257hZQ4Pk-xEMcByh2xnOCl9Y28PP/view?usp=drive_link) - D080236 – Ashhurst to Palmerston North Intermediate School (temporary transitional bus service)
- Three school bus routes from the start of Term 1, 2026: D080217 Aokautere / Turitea to Palmerston North Intermediate (shared with Awatapu College), D080228 Tokomaru to Palmerston North Intermediate (shared with Palmerston North Girls’ High School), and D080236 Ashhurst to Palmerston North Intermediate School, a temporary transitional bus service (shared with Palmerston North Girls’ High School)
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
- Accepted, as stated
If you are successful in your application, you will be offered a conditional place at Palmerston North Intermediate Normal.
- Accepted, as stated
What is on offer beyond the classroom?
The sports, arts, clubs and groups this school names on its own website. Not a complete list of what any school offers, and not a count — a school that names more here has written more down, which is not the same as doing more.
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.
- On offer
- Swimming (Term 1)
- Swimming (Term 1)
- Cross Country (Term 3)
- Cross Country (Term 3)
- Athletics (Term 4)
- Athletics (Term 4)
- Netball
- Hockey
- Basketball
- Table Tennis
- Canoe Polo
- Super Sport Cricket
- Super Sport Tennis
- Weetbix Tryathlon
- Inter school Ripper Rugby
- Super Sport Volleyball
- Super Sport Badminton
- Super Sport Chess
- Super Sport Futsal
- Super Sport Football
- Supersport Sevens
- Super Sport Ki o Rahi
- Super Sport Softball
- Super Sport Touch
- AIMS Games
AIMS Games - Week 8
- 2026 production ‘Alice in Wonderland’
PNINS proudly presents the 2026 production ‘Alice in Wonderland’.
- Orchestra
- Orchestra
- Choir
- Choir
- Dance
- Dance
- Drama
- Drama
- Kapa Haka
- Kapa Haka
- Pasifika
- Pasifika
- Swimming (Term 1)
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 482
- Māori
- 99
- Pacific
- 46
- Asian
- 206
- MELAA
- 37
- Other
- 11
- International
- 3
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 07 | 60 | 28 | 97 | 22 | 12 | 238 | 0 | 370 |
| Year 08 | 68 | 26 | 92 | 16 | 12 | 223 | 1 | 343 |
| Total | 128 | 54 | 189 | 38 | 24 | 461 | 1 | 713 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Age 11 | 51 | 25 | 84 | 17 | 11 | 205 | 0 | 322 |
| Age 12 | 67 | 24 | 87 | 16 | 11 | 225 | 0 | 334 |
| Age 13 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 55 |
| Age 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 128 | 54 | 189 | 38 | 24 | 461 | 1 | 713 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
25.7%
| Palmerston North Intermediate | 25.7% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 45.5% |
| Intermediate | 43.3% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 16.2% |
|---|---|
| Male | 34.6% |
| Māori | 35.6% |
| Pacific | 24.4% |
| Asian | 24.1% |
| Other | 23.7% |
| European/Pākehā | 23.8% |
| Total | 25.7% |
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
3.6%
| Palmerston North Intermediate | 3.6% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 6.2% |
| Intermediate | 4.9% |
| State | 4.5% |
| New Zealand | 4.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 7.5% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 6.2% |
| Pacific | 29.1% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 0% |
| Total | 3.6% |
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%
| Palmerston North Intermediate | 0% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 2.8% |
| Intermediate | 1.9% |
| 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)
- 426
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Large urban area
- Date opened
- 4 February 1941
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
- 5
- Last reviewed
- 25 September 2024
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (25 September 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 25 September 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 749 — 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
705
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 12 February 2018
September 2014
687
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 6 November 2014
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 September 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 10 months of the Education Review Office and Palmerston North Intermediate 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
Palmerston North Intermediate School span>is located in central Palmerston North and provides education for students in years 7 and 8.
Palmerston North Intermediate ’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
to encourage effective partnership between the school and its community
to have high levels of literacy and numeracy achievement
to provide effective and future focused curriculum programmes delivered by high quality educators
to recognise and cater for student’s cultural and special learning needs
to provide and promote student participation in a wide range of sporting and cultural opportunities
to provide for the social and emotional needs of staff and students.
A copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan can be requested from Palmerston North Intermediate.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the extent that evidence-based teaching and learning practices increase learners’ confidence, progress and achievement.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is that it supports the school’s ongoing aspiration for high levels of student achievement. It also helps the school focus on developing great teaching practices that engage learners and supports their confidence, progress and achievement.
The school expects to see the consistent application of a localised, evidence-based, school-wide approach to teaching and learning that reliably supports effective learning and teaching.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support it in its goal to evaluate the continued strengthening of evidence-based teaching and learning practices that increase learners’ confidence, progress and achievement:
a positive, inclusive school culture and culturally responsive practices that support and affirm student’s backgrounds
effective leadership that supports professional development to support practice and a commitment from teachers and leaders to engage in professional learning
an ongoing school-wide focus of developing great teachers and improving learner outcomes
cohesive school-wide processes and practices that support effective teaching and learning.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
further strengthening evidence-based teaching and learning practices that increase learners’ confidence, progress and achievement
the refinement of a localised school-wide approach to teaching and learning that reliably supports positive student outcomes
improved outcomes for indicator and target students within literacy and numeracy with a focus on acceleration in standardised testing.
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 September 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 5 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).