Parnell School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 520
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 48 St Stephens Avenue, Parnell, Auckland
- Territorial authority
- Waitematā Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-3793008
- office@parnell.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.parnell.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Auckland
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.
- How to enrol
- https://etap.co.nz/OnlineEnrolment/EnrolmentForm/?access=1436:1
Please complete our online [enrolment application form](https://etap.co.nz/OnlineEnrolment/EnrolmentForm/?access=1436:1).
- https://etap.co.nz/OnlineEnrolment/EnrolmentForm/?access=1436:1
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
- $480 per child per year
School donations $480 per child per year
- $480 per child per year
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
- BRAIN PLAY
- CHESS POWER
- JAZZ, CONTEMPORY, ACROBATIC & HIP HOP
- EASTERN SUBURBS FOOTBALL
- YEE GA MARTIAL ARTS WITH RYAN YEE
- ELIETTE’S MUSIC ACADEMY
- YOUNG GUNS SKATE SCHOOL
- PLAYBALL
- Y7-8 Netball Zone Day
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 199
- Māori
- 24
- Pacific
- 16
- Asian
- 289
- MELAA
- 42
- Other
- 19
- International
- 5
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 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 47 |
| Year 02 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 65 |
| Year 03 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 66 |
| Year 04 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 65 |
| Year 05 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 66 |
| Year 06 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 69 |
| Year 07 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 60 |
| Year 08 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 54 |
| Total | 21 | 19 | 271 | 37 | 17 | 200 | 6 | 492 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 42 |
| Age 06 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 66 |
| Age 07 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 67 |
| Age 08 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 67 |
| Age 09 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 62 |
| Age 10 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 70 |
| Age 11 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 61 |
| Age 12 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 47 |
| Age 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Total | 21 | 19 | 271 | 37 | 17 | 200 | 6 | 492 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Parnell School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Full Primary | 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%
| Parnell School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 3% |
| Full Primary | 3.9% |
| 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%
| Parnell School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 1.4% |
| Full Primary | 1.7% |
| 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)
- 382
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 1873
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
- 31 May 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (31 May 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 31 May 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 520 — 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 2017
527
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 31 October 2017
June 2015
456
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 31 July 2015
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 31 May 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 8 months of the Education Review Office and Parnell 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
Parnell School is in Parnell, Central Auckland. The school caters for students in Years 1 to 8. The school values underpin support for ākonga /learner success across the curriculum. Students are encouraged to live their values, ‘ Kaitiakitanga , Innovation, and Truth’, every day.
Parnell School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
develop a community of care, protection of people and place, where all people demonstrate kaitiakitanga in their thoughts, words, and actions
ensure an innovative learning environment where staff and ākonga engage in inspiring learning that helps them innovate as they solve problems of learning and practice
create a truthful environment, where all participants engage in authentic, genuine interactions that support growth and development.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Parnell School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how consistently the school’s local curriculum, supported by effective teaching and whānau connection, is responsive to meeting and achieving equitable and excellent outcomes for all ākonga .
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
ākonga experience a curriculum that enables them to be successful in who they are
ākonga have developed good agency in their learning and have greater ownership and responsibility for what they learn
the challenging ākonga -centric curriculum, driven by kaiako /teachers’ understanding of their learners
staff and the community share a commitment to high expectations for all ākonga
giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi through a Te Ao Māori lens.
The school expects to see consistently across teaching and learning outcomes:
equity and excellence for all learners
ākonga success developed through kaiako high expectations and strong interpersonal relationships
recognition of culture, language, and identity in the school’s curriculum
ākonga making accelerated progress in numeracy and literacy through targeted teaching and learning programmes
effect being given to Te Tiriti o Waitangi .
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support their goal for equitable and excellent outcomes for all ākonga :
ākonga have a strong sense of belonging to the school
curriculum is authentically responsive, targeted to ākonga needs and interests
staff have a collective efficacy fully focused on ākonga achievement
the leadership team collectively focus on providing quality practices and processes that enable excellent and equitable learning outcomes for all
the Board are committed to ensuring the school is well resourced to meet the aspirations of whānau and the community.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
focusing on each child being connected to a curriculum where their identity, culture and language are reflected
further engagement with whānau to hear and make transparent their aspirations for their tamariki /children through a responsive, inquiry-based local curriculum
implementation of the NZ histories curriculum with a focus on building tikanga Māori connections to include developing across school expertise in te re Māori .
Shelley Booysen Director of Schools
31 May 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 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).