Pukeatua School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 96
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 2110 Arapuni Road, Pukeatua
- Territorial authority
- Waipa District
- Phone
- 07-8724862
- office@pukeatuaschool.co.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
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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: Monday 2 February - Thursday 2 April
Monday 2 February - Thursday 2 April
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 2, 2026: Monday 20 April - Friday 3 July
Monday 20 April - Friday 3 July
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 3, 2026: Monday 20 July - Friday 25 Sep
Monday 20 July - Friday 25 Sep
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 4, 2026: Monday 12 October - Tuesday 15 Dec
Monday 12 October - Tuesday 15 Dec
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2 February - Thursday 2 April
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 74
- Māori
- 14
- Pacific
- 4
- Asian
- 13
- MELAA
- 1
- Other
- 0
- 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Year 02 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| Year 03 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| Year 04 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Year 05 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| Year 06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Year 07 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| Year 08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 74 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Age 06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 07 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| Age 08 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| Age 09 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| Age 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Age 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| Age 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Age 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 74 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Pukeatua School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 53.9% |
| 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%
| Pukeatua School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 6.6% |
| 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%
| Pukeatua School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 2.4% |
| 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)
- 464
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural other
- Date opened
- 5 February 1911
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
- 21 July 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (21 July 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 same report — the board assurance report of 21 July 2023 — 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:
renewal of police vets for non-teaching staff every three years. [s 104 Education and Training Act 2020].
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 96 — 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.
March 2017
59
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 8 June 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 21 July 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 six months of the Education Review Office and Pukeatua 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
Pukeatua School is centrally located between Te Awamutu and Putāruru . It is a full primary school providing education for learners in Years 1 to 8. A new principal was appointed in Term 4 2021.
Pukeatua School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
to further develop and incorporate tikanga and te Reo Māori through a localised curriculum to support inclusive and equitable outcomes
to further build teacher capacity through focused professional learning and development for effective teaching and learning across the school.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Pukeatua School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the effectiveness of the writing programme with the aim of raising achievement for all learners and boys in particular.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
the school has noticed that achievement in writing, for boys in particular, needs improvement
the current programme, although meeting some needs, is not necessarily developing the higher-level skills such as creative and critical thinking
there is a need to develop shared understanding about the teaching of writing across the school.
The school expects to see:
improved and more equitable outcomes in writing for all
a school-wide approach to the teaching of writing
a localised curriculum to support the development of writing.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate the effectiveness of the writing programme with the aim of raising achievement:
the concurrent development of the localised curriculum to support the development of writing
the delivery of the structured literacy programme that supports reading and spelling
teachers who are committed to raising the achievement outcomes of every learner
significant resourcing both in school and in the community to support initiatives to improve learning outcomes.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
continuing to build a shared understanding of effective teaching and learning across the school
building internal evaluation knowledge and capability to plan for and action the process, to know what is working and what is not, for informed decision making
engaging with professional learning in writing to improve consistency of teacher practice.
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
21 July 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).