Red Beach School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 466
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 20 Albert Hall Drive, Red Beach
- Territorial authority
- Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-4268915
- info@redbeach.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.
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 9th February - Thursday 2nd April
Term 1 | | | | Monday 9th February | Thursday 2nd April
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 2, 2026: Monday 20th April - Friday 3rd July
Term 2 | | | | Monday 20th April | Friday 3rd July
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 3, 2026: Monday 20th July - Friday 25th September
Term 3 | | | | Monday 20th July | Friday 25th September
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 4, 2026: Monday 12th October - Friday 18th December
Term 4 | | | | Monday 12th October | Friday 18th December
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 1, 2027: Wednesday 3rd February - Thursday 9th April
Term 1 | | | | Wednesday 3rd February | Thursday 9th April
Year stated as2027 Term Dates
- Term 2, 2027: Monday 27th April - Friday 2nd July
Term 2 | | | | Monday 27th April | Friday 2nd July
Year stated as2027 Term Dates
- Term 3, 2027: Monday 19th July - Friday 24th September
Term 3 | | | | Monday 19th July | Friday 24th September
Year stated as2027 Term Dates
- Term 4, 2027: Monday 11th October - Friday 17th December
Term 4 | | | | Monday 11th October | Friday 17th December
Year stated as2027 Term Dates
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 9th February - Thursday 2nd 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.
- In their words
- The statement 'Ko te kura Onewhero he kokōna he whakamana i nga akonga kua pākari ki te poipoi i te hua-roa/Red Beach School is a community empowering lifelong learners to achieve and make a difference' and the pictorial representation below, form the school vision.
- International students
- Accepted, as stated
Our school caters for international learners from Year 2 (6 year olds) to Year 6 (11 year olds) for a minimum study period of 4 weeks.
- Accepted, as stated
- Voluntary donation
- $190.00 per year for the eldest or only child, $140.00 for each sibling, 2026
We therefore ask parents to make an annual donation, which the Board of Trustees tries to keep to a minimum, but without which, would be impossible to function. Any payments through the year of instalments, would also be appreciated. | 2026 Donation | 2026 Activities | | | WHOLE SCHOOL | | Eldest or Only Child $190.00 - just $4.75 p/week Siblings (each) $140.00
- $190.00 per year for the eldest or only child, $140.00 for each sibling, 2026
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 375
- Māori
- 68
- Pacific
- 35
- Asian
- 79
- MELAA
- 13
- Other
- 3
- International
- 4
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 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 76 |
| Year 02 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 86 |
| Year 03 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 75 |
| Year 04 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 66 |
| Year 05 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 73 |
| Year 06 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 69 |
| Year 07 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 16 |
| Total | 65 | 41 | 59 | 18 | 3 | 389 | 3 | 461 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 61 |
| Age 06 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 88 |
| Age 07 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 68 | 1 | 80 |
| Age 08 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 66 |
| Age 09 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 76 |
| Age 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 69 |
| Age 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 19 |
| Age 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 65 | 41 | 59 | 18 | 3 | 389 | 3 | 461 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
61.1%
| Red Beach School | 61.1% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 116.3% |
| Māori | 200.7% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 45.3% |
| Other | 75% |
| European/Pākehā | 37.9% |
| Total | 61.1% |
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%
| Red Beach School | 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%
| Red Beach School | 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)
- 409
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Large urban area
- Date opened
- 30 January 1989
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
- 7 February 2024
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (7 February 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 board assurance report of 7 February 2024 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 466 — 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.
July 2019
579
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 29 October 2019
March 2016
565
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 1 June 2016
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 7 February 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 6 months of the Education Review Office and Red Beach 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
Red Beach School, on Auckland’s Hibiscus Coast, caters for children in Years 1 to 6. Motuora unit provides specialist programmes for students with high additional learning needs.
The school’s vision is ' Ko te kura Onewhero he kokōna he whakamana i nga akonga kua pākari ki te poipoi i te hua-roa . Red Beach School is a community empowering lifelong learners to achieve and make a difference’.
Red Beach School s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
participate - Whai Wahi . For learners to be striving to be resilient, self-regulating lifelong learners, who are actively involved and contribute positively to their community and environment
collaborate - Mahi Tahi . For learners to be striving to be effective communicators who relate well to others, and are connected to their world
celebrate - Whakanui. For learners to be celebrating who they are, their learning, their community, and their world.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Red Beach School ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the school curriculum supports students to have greater agency and ownership over their own learning.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
embracing new curriculum changes that will continue to empower students to lead their own learning
reviewing the curriculum will ensure that students are enabled to be at the centre of their learning.
The school expects to see:
students demonstrating the skills and attributes that enable them to make decisions about their learning
classroom environments where teachers are empowering students to make decisions about their learning
parents and whānau partnering with staff and students to embrace student agency.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to develop a curriculum where the students have greater agency and ownership over their own learning:
collaborative, strategic leadership that is highly focused on continuous improvement
a school culture that embraces the school vision and student empowerment
high levels of professional capabilities and collective capacity.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
professional development that supports teachers to design and deliver student led learning opportunities
ongoing review that ensures that students continue to be at the centre of their learning
further developing a shared understanding of student-led learning with parents, whānau and the wider community.
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
7 February 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
An RTLB Cluster serving 34 schools is based at Red Beach School.
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).