Pinehill School (Browns Bay)
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 388
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- Cnr Hugh Green Drive & Spencer Road, Pinehill, Auckland
- Territorial authority
- Upper Harbour Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-4780301
- info@pinehill.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
All Pinehill children are required to wear the official school uniform.
- Required
- Where to buy the uniform
- https://janbells.co.nz/collections/pinehill-school
Click [here](https://janbells.co.nz/collections/pinehill-school) to visit Janbells website for online orders, or visit their store at 4 Antares Pl, Rosedale.
- https://janbells.co.nz/collections/pinehill-school
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: full school day begins Monday 9 February (Meet the Teacher Day Thursday 5 February)
Term 1: Monday 9 February – Full school day begins
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 2, 2026: Monday 20 April - Friday 3 July
Term 2: Monday 20 April – Friday 3 July
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 3, 2026: Monday 20 July - Friday 25 September
Term 3: Monday 20 July – Friday 25 September
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 4, 2026: Monday 12 October - Friday 18 December
Term 4: Monday 12 October – Friday 18 December
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 1, 2026: full school day begins Monday 9 February (Meet the Teacher Day Thursday 5 February)
- Getting there
- Walking School Bus "Pinehill Ducks", departing 8.10am from 88 Killybegs Drive, Pinehill, every morning
Pinehill Ducks – Morning (Everyday) Afternoon (Currently unavailable) Departs 8.10am leaves from 88 Killybegs Drive, Pinehill
- Walking School Bus "Pinehill Ducks", departing 8.10am from 88 Killybegs Drive, Pinehill, every morning
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
At Pinehill School we welcome enrolments from international students for a minimum of 10 weeks (one term) or longer.
- Accepted, as stated
- Voluntary donation
- $220 per student, 2026
For 2026, the donation is $220 per student.
- $220 per student, 2026
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 48
- Māori
- 9
- Pacific
- 5
- Asian
- 319
- MELAA
- 17
- Other
- 3
- International
- 2
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 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 53 |
| Year 02 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 60 |
| Year 03 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 44 |
| Year 04 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 64 |
| Year 05 | 4 | 1 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 94 |
| Year 06 | 1 | 4 | 96 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 110 |
| Year 07 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| Total | 12 | 9 | 379 | 24 | 5 | 54 | 1 | 447 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 |
| Age 06 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 58 |
| Age 07 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 50 |
| Age 08 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 65 |
| Age 09 | 4 | 1 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 93 |
| Age 10 | 1 | 4 | 98 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 112 |
| Age 11 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Total | 12 | 9 | 379 | 24 | 5 | 54 | 1 | 447 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
37.4%
| Pinehill School (Browns Bay) | 37.4% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 80.7% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 33.7% |
| Other | 60.2% |
| European/Pākehā | 36.8% |
| Total | 37.4% |
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%
| Pinehill School (Browns Bay) | 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%
| Pinehill School (Browns Bay) | 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)
- 359
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 27 January 1997
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
- 28 March 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (28 March 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 28 March 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 388 — 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.
August 2016
452
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 30 September 2016
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 28 March 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 Pinehill 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
Pinehill School is located in Brown’s Bay, Auckland. It provides education for students in years 1 to 6.
In the last few years there have been some changes to school leadership . A new principal and a new senior leader have joined the school’s leadership team.
Pinehill School has recently celebrated 25 years of service to the community.
Pinehill School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
Ako / Learning : A future focus in teaching and learning
Hauora / Wellbeing : Having an inclusive culture of care and equity
Whakawhanaungatanga / Partnership : Build partnerships and community.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Pinehill School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well schoolwide teaching pedagogies in writing promote student engagement and improve achievement to ensure equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
focusing on extending all students to make accelerated progress and achievement in writing
ensuring all students engage in purposeful writing
consistently building schoolwide teaching strategies and assessment practices
reviewing the school literacy curriculum to align to professional development for teachers in writing.
The school expects to see a strengthened school literacy curriculum that aligns systems and processes, consistent schoolwide teaching pedagogies and assessment practices, and engages and extends all learners to enable equitable and excellent outcomes.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support it in its goal to evaluate how well schoolwide teaching pedagogies in writing promote student engagement and improve achievement to ensure equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners:
students participate and learn in caring, collaborative, inclusive communities
a highly collaborative leadership team promotes and participates in appropriate professional learning
a staff culture that is committed to learner engagement and accelerating achievement
community collaboration and partnerships that extend and enrich opportunities for students to become confident and connected in their identity, language and culture.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
the collation, analysis and interpretation of schoolwide baseline information data to inform appropriate next steps for students through effective teaching practices
strengthening inquiry processes so teachers collaboratively work towards sharing best practice to meet the needs of all learners.
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.
Filivaifale Jason Swann Director Review and Improvement Services (Northern) Northern Region | Te Tai Raki
28 March 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).