Port Ahuriri School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 242
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 15 Lever Street, Ahuriri, Napier
- Territorial authority
- Napier City
- Phone
- 06-8357988
- admin@portahuriri.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Napier · schools in Hawke’s Bay
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.
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: 28 January - 01 April
Term One 28 January - 01 April
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 2, 2026: 20 April - 3 July
Term Two 20 April - 3 July
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 3, 2026: 20 July - 25 September
Term Three 20 July - 25 September
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 4, 2026: 12 October - 10 December
Term Four 12 October - 10 December
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 1, 2027: 1st February to 9th April
Term One: 1st February to 9th April
Year stated asTerm Dates 2027
- Term 2, 2027: 27th April to 2nd July
Term Two: 27th April to 2nd July
Year stated asTerm Dates 2027
- Term 3, 2027: 19th July to 24 September
Term Three: 19th July to 24 September
Year stated asTerm Dates 2027
- Term 4, 2027: 11 October to 16 December
Term Four: 11 October to 16 December
Year stated asTerm Dates 2027
- Term 1, 2026: 28 January - 01 April
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
We accept enrolments for International Students from Year 1 to Year 6.
- Accepted, as stated
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 185
- Māori
- 58
- Pacific
- 10
- Asian
- 34
- MELAA
- 7
- Other
- 1
- International
- 1
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 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 33 |
| Year 02 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 35 |
| Year 03 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 43 |
| Year 04 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 41 |
| Year 05 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 34 |
| Year 06 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 36 |
| Year 07 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 60 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 183 | 2 | 225 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 28 |
| Age 06 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 39 |
| Age 07 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 36 |
| Age 08 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 42 |
| Age 09 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 37 |
| Age 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 38 |
| Age 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 60 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 183 | 2 | 225 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
18.9%
| Port Ahuriri School | 18.9% |
|---|---|
| Hawke's Bay Region | 33.6% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 38.8% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 22.3% |
| Total | 18.9% |
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%
| Port Ahuriri School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Hawke's Bay Region | 6.2% |
| 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%
| Port Ahuriri School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Hawke's Bay Region | 3% |
| 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)
- 425
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Large urban area
- Date opened
- 29 November 1866
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
- 18 March 2024
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (18 March 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 same report — the board assurance report of 18 March 2024 — also sets out actions for compliance: the non-compliance ERO identified during that process. This is that section of the report in full, in ERO’s words.
ERO has identified the following area of non-compliance during the board assurance process:
Safety checking of workforce: evidence of risk assessment. (Children’s Act 2014)
The board has since addressed the area of non-compliance identified.
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 242 — 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.
April 2019
265
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 28 May 2019
February 2015
250
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 2 April 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 18 March 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 six months of the Education Review Office and Port Ahuriri 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
Port Ahuriri School is in the port area of Napier city. The school provides education for learners from Years 1-6. A special feature of the school is a Montessori classroom. The school’s vision is for ‘Empowered learners in an inclusive, stimulating environment’.
Port Ahuriri School ’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
student ownership of their learning
empowered and inspired staff
safe and inspirational learning spaces
positive relationships through whānau involvement.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Port Ahuriri School ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively school programmes and targeted practices enable accelerated learning in literacy and mathematics. The school will inquire to identify those programmes and practices that are effective.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is :
recognition that school and teacher practices directly impact on learner progress and achievement
a commitment to ensuring equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners and accelerated progress for those who require this
the opportunity evaluation provides to further respond to school data and target teaching practices that result in accelerated progress for learners.
The school expects to see:
an increase in accelerated progress for learners in literacy and mathematics
identification of targeted practices that enable accelerated progress for targeted students.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how effectively school programmes and targeted practices enable accelerated learning in literacy and mathematics:
an inclusive, caring environment for students that enables a sense of belonging and high levels of engagement
collaborative leadership and staff, committed to growing their collective capacity in using evaluation for improvement
robust tracking and monitoring systems to measure student progress and achievement
access to targeted professional learning to support this goal.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
developing a shared understanding of accelerated learning and the conditions that support this
continuing to use internal evaluation at all levels to further support responsive planning and on-going inquiry into actions that accelerate learning
sharing of evaluation practice and on-going outcomes for learners
continuing the on-going monitoring of target students.
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
18 March 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).