Rongotea School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 140
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- Tyne Street, Rongotea
- Territorial authority
- Manawatu District
- Phone
- 06-3248614
- office@rongotea.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Manawatū-Whanganui
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
| Term 1 | Monday 2 February | Thursday 2 April |
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 – Thursday 10 December
| Term 4 | Monday 12 October | Thursday 10 December |
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
- 124
- Māori
- 37
- Pacific
- 1
- Asian
- 6
- MELAA
- 0
- Other
- 3
- 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 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 18 |
| Year 02 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 24 |
| Year 03 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 16 |
| Year 04 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| Year 05 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 23 |
| Year 06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Year 07 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 26 |
| Year 08 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 19 |
| Total | 44 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 0 | 153 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 18 |
| Age 06 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 24 |
| Age 07 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| Age 08 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 16 |
| Age 09 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 23 |
| Age 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Age 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| Age 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 24 |
| Age 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 44 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 0 | 153 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
114.5%
| Rongotea School | 114.5% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 45.5% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 60.7% |
|---|---|
| Male | 171.4% |
| Māori | 166.9% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| European/Pākehā | 84.7% |
| Total | 114.5% |
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%
| Rongotea School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 6.2% |
| 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 | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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%
| Rongotea School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 2.8% |
| 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 | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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)
- 470
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural settlement
- Date opened
- 27 March 1881
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
- 3 November 2022
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (3 November 2022)
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 3 November 2022 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 140 — 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 2017
110
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 9 October 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 3 November 2022 — “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 Rongotea 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
Rongotea School is a full primary school located in rural Manawatū providing education for learners in Years 1 to 8. The school prioritises developing learners with a strong foundation of values to support them to make well thought out decisions and give positive direction to their daily life at school, at home and in the wider community.
Rongotea School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:
develop an engaging, creative and innovative local school curriculum
continue to foster an active school and community partnership with positive outcomes for all learners
continually challenge and grow a competent and motivated staff, committed to equitable and excellent outcomes and the well-being of all learners.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Rongotea School ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well school leaders and teachers are building and strengthening teaching and learning practices, to accelerate learner achievement in writing.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:
support school leaders and teachers to identify practices that will grow and strengthen their capability to adapt practice to meet the needs of all learners
develop and embed systems, processes and school-wide capacity for internal evaluation to ensure and sustain equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners.
The school expects to see:
priority learners achieving at expected curriculum levels, resulting in equitable outcomes for all learners
strengthened leader and teacher capability to identify which strategies, interventions and practices accelerate student learning
the formalisation and embedding of internal evaluation systems that support accelerated learning.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to strengthen teaching and learning practices to accelerate learner achievement in writing.
Organisational structures, processes and practices that sustain focused professional learning and collaborative activity to improve teaching and learning.
School leaders and teachers share high expectations for achievement, progress, wellbeing and equitable outcomes for all learners.
School leaders and staff enjoy strong connections with whānau and the local community.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
the further development of a localised curriculum that reflects the histories, experiences, languages and cultures of all members of the school community
strengthening connections with local hapū/iwi
building school-wide knowledge and application of culturally responsive relational pedagogies.
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.
Phil Cowie Director Review and Improvement Services (Central) Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
3 November 2022
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).