Plimmerton School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 395
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 11 School Road, Plimmerton, Porirua
- Territorial authority
- Porirua City
- Phone
- 04-2338677
- office@plimmerton.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.
- Getting there
- Metlink school bus #465, dropping children at the School Road turning bay just outside the school gate and picking up from the same place at approximately 3 pm
The bus drops children at the School Road turning bay just outside our school gate in the morning and picks them up from the same place at approximately 3 pm each afternoon. A teacher is on duty in the afternoon to assist students boarding the bus. Students catching the afternoon bus need to leave class promptly at the 2.55 pm bell and make their way to the bus bay. The Metlink school bus is #465.
- Metlink school bus #465, dropping children at the School Road turning bay just outside the school gate and picking up from the same place at approximately 3 pm
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
- $200.00 for 1 child, $350.00 for 2 children, $400.00 for 3 or more children, per whānau for the year 2026
Whānau contributions for 2026 are as follows: | Number of Children at School | Total Contribution Per Whānau | | 1 child | $200.00 | | 2 children | $350.00 | | 3 or more children | $400.00 |
- $200.00 for 1 child, $350.00 for 2 children, $400.00 for 3 or more children, per whānau for the year 2026
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 339
- Māori
- 74
- Pacific
- 33
- Asian
- 49
- MELAA
- 15
- Other
- 1
- 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 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 40 |
| Year 02 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 44 |
| Year 03 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 50 |
| Year 04 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 53 |
| Year 05 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 46 |
| Year 06 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 54 |
| Year 07 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 59 |
| Year 08 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 40 |
| Total | 71 | 28 | 47 | 20 | 2 | 333 | 0 | 386 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 39 |
| Age 06 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 44 |
| Age 07 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 50 |
| Age 08 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 56 |
| Age 09 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 44 |
| Age 10 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 51 |
| Age 11 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 53 |
| Age 12 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 43 |
| Age 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 71 | 28 | 47 | 20 | 2 | 333 | 0 | 386 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
10.6%
| Plimmerton School | 10.6% |
|---|---|
| Wellington Region | 24.7% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 19.1% |
| Māori | 42.1% |
| Pacific | 38.9% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 156.9% |
| European/Pākehā | 0% |
| Total | 10.6% |
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%
| Plimmerton School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Wellington Region | 2.6% |
| 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%
| Plimmerton School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Wellington Region | 0.9% |
| 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)
- 396
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Large urban area
- Date opened
- 19 September 1904
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
- 15 February 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (15 February 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 15 February 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 395 — 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
506
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 6 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 15 February 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 21 months of the Education Review Office and Plimmerton 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
Plimmerton School, located in the Porirua region, provides education for learners from 0 to 8.
Plimmerton School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
we connect - Whanaungatanga
we learn – Ako
we belong - Turangawaewae
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Plimmerton School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively are interventions and programmes accelerating the literacy achievement of all students, with particular focus on priority learners.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
that although most learners are achieving well in literacy, leaders and teachers have identified the need to accelerate the achievement of some groups of learners
that this will support leadership to align systems and processes, strengthen curriculum delivery, data literacy and teacher practice, and lift the literacy achievement of all learners.
The school expects to see that this evaluation will further support the board, leadership and staff in decision-making that informs strategic direction, focus and embedding of high-quality evaluation schoolwide for continuous improvement in literacy outcomes for learners.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate how effectively literacy interventions and programmes are accelerating the achievement of all students, with particular focus on priority learners:
leaders and teachers are open to learning and motivated to improve student achievement in literacy
the board and the community are highly engaged, supportive and sharply focussed on student learning in literacy.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
utilising baseline data gathered during 2022 from teacher, student and whānau voice, from observations and data analysis to guide our next steps in the teaching and learning of literacy
continuing to actively participate and apply new learning provided by literacy leaders and experts in order to strengthen teacher practice and accelerate learning in literacy
the aligning of systems and processes to promote consistency of expectations and practice in literacy across the school.
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.
Kathy Lye Director Review and Improvement Services (Southern) Southern Region | Te Tai Tini
15 February 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).