Rototuna Senior High School
Secondary (Year 11-15) · State
- Year levels
- 11–13
- Total roll
- 1,031
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- Kimbrae Drive, Rototuna, Hamilton
- Territorial authority
- Hamilton City
- Phone
- 07-8540541
- communication@rhs.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.rhs.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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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.
- Uniform
- Required
All students are required to wear the main uniform items listed.
- Required
- Getting there
- Waikato District Council bus services in the Flagstaff and Rototuna areas, including Rototuna High Schools specific routes that operate during term time
There are a number of Waikato District Council bus services available in both the Flagstaff and Rototuna areas. Here are direct links to information about the local bus services: Note that the Rototuna and Flagstaff services list Rototuna High Schools specific routes. These only operate during term time.
- Waikato District Council bus services in the Flagstaff and Rototuna areas, including Rototuna High Schools specific routes that operate during term time
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
- Our Vision is to “empower our people to be connected, collaborative, community-minded learners inspired to soar”
- International students
- Accepted, as stated
At Rototuna Senior High School, we proudly welcome international students from all over the world.
- Accepted, as stated
What is on offer beyond the classroom?
The sports, arts, clubs and groups this school names on its own website. Not a complete list of what any school offers, and not a count — a school that names more here has written more down, which is not the same as doing more.
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.
- On offer
- Cross Country
Welcome to the individual codes offered at RHS! On this page you'll find helpful information about Cross Country, Cycling & Mountain Biking, Swimming, Inline Hockey, Golf, Lacrosse, Pickleball and Equestrian.
- Lacrosse
Welcome to the individual codes offered at RHS! On this page you'll find helpful information about Cross Country, Cycling & Mountain Biking, Swimming, Inline Hockey, Golf, Lacrosse, Pickleball and Equestrian.
- Pickleball
Welcome to the individual codes offered at RHS! On this page you'll find helpful information about Cross Country, Cycling & Mountain Biking, Swimming, Inline Hockey, Golf, Lacrosse, Pickleball and Equestrian.
- Equestrian
Welcome to the individual codes offered at RHS! On this page you'll find helpful information about Cross Country, Cycling & Mountain Biking, Swimming, Inline Hockey, Golf, Lacrosse, Pickleball and Equestrian.
- Inline Hockey
General Info - Inline Hockey Email: [\[email protected\]](http://www.rhs.school.nz/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a4d7d4cbd6d0e4d6ccd78ad7c7cccbcbc88acade) Competition Season: 2026 Dates to be confirmed and depending on interest
- Tennis
Tennis is administered by Kiwi Tennis onsite, right here at RHS after school on Tuesday’s.
- squash
Players wishing to play squash play for their local club, and are invited to enter interschools events that come up.
- Swimming
General Info - Swimming Email: [\[email protected\]](http://www.rhs.school.nz/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5c2f2c332e281c2e342f722f3f34333330723226) Competition Season RHS Swimming Sports: Thursday, February 23rd, 2026 at St Pauls Collegiate.
- Golf
General Info - Golf Email: [\[email protected\]](http://www.rhs.school.nz/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0477746b767044766c772a77676c6b6b682a6a7e) Competition Season: 2026
- Netball
Welcome to Netball at RHS! We're excited for the upcoming season and can't wait to get more people involved.
- Volleyball
Volleyball is the most popular summer sport at RHS, with 33 teams entered across all grades over the 2025 year.
- Cross Country
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 618
- Māori
- 159
- Pacific
- 56
- Asian
- 343
- MELAA
- 68
- Other
- 35
- International
- 10
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 11 | 65 | 27 | 102 | 27 | 6 | 214 | 2 | 350 |
| Year 12 | 37 | 17 | 98 | 17 | 11 | 213 | 3 | 323 |
| Year 13+ | 34 | 15 | 88 | 6 | 6 | 185 | 1 | 276 |
| Total | 136 | 59 | 288 | 50 | 23 | 612 | 6 | 949 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Age 15 | 56 | 21 | 91 | 24 | 4 | 183 | 1 | 297 |
| Age 16 | 40 | 21 | 92 | 15 | 11 | 208 | 4 | 320 |
| Age 17 | 33 | 16 | 85 | 8 | 7 | 185 | 1 | 275 |
| Age 18 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 50 |
| Age 19+ | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 136 | 59 | 288 | 50 | 23 | 612 | 6 | 949 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Academic results
Percentage with NCEA level 1 or above — 2025
88.7%
| Rototuna Senior High School | 88.7% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 84.2% |
| Secondary (Year 9-15) | 88% |
| State: Not integrated | 83.6% |
| New Zealand | 85.2% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 89.2% |
|---|---|
| Male | 88.1% |
| Māori | 85.5% |
| Pacific | 86.4% |
| Asian | 95.6% |
| MELAA | 78.6% |
| Other | 100% |
| European/Pākehā | 87.7% |
| Total | 88.7% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison NCEA level 1 data (2023-2025)
Percentage with NCEA level 2 or above — 2025
84.1%
| Rototuna Senior High School | 84.1% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 75.7% |
| Secondary (Year 9-15) | 81% |
| State: Not integrated | 75.4% |
| New Zealand | 77.8% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 87.6% |
|---|---|
| Male | 80% |
| Māori | 74.5% |
| Pacific | 77.3% |
| Asian | 93.4% |
| MELAA | 64.3% |
| Other | 100% |
| European/Pākehā | 82.7% |
| Total | 84.1% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison NCEA level 2 data (2023-2025)
Percentage with NCEA level 3 or above — 2025
61.6%
| Rototuna Senior High School | 61.6% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 51.3% |
| Secondary (Year 9-15) | 61.8% |
| State: Not integrated | 55.2% |
| New Zealand | 59% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 69.9% |
|---|---|
| Male | 51.9% |
| Māori | 54.5% |
| Pacific | 54.5% |
| Asian | 74.7% |
| MELAA | 28.6% |
| Other | 50% |
| European/Pākehā | 58.8% |
| Total | 61.6% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison NCEA level 3 data (2023-2025)
Percentage with VP Award — 2025
12.1%
| Rototuna Senior High School | 12.1% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 15.1% |
| Secondary (Year 9-15) | 15.2% |
| State: Not integrated | 14.4% |
| New Zealand | 14.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 11.3% |
|---|---|
| Male | 13.1% |
| Māori | 14.5% |
| Pacific | 18.2% |
| Asian | 6.6% |
| MELAA | 0% |
| Other | 16.7% |
| European/Pākehā | 13.6% |
| Total | 12.1% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison Vocational Pathway data (2023-2025)
Retention
Percentage staying until at least 17th birthday — 2025
87.3%
| Rototuna Senior High School | 87.3% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 77.4% |
| Secondary (Year 9-15) | 83.5% |
| State: Not integrated | 81.4% |
| New Zealand | 83% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 89.8% |
|---|---|
| Male | 84.4% |
| Māori | 78.2% |
| Pacific | 81.8% |
| Asian | 98.9% |
| MELAA | 78.6% |
| Other | 100% |
| European/Pākehā | 85.2% |
| Total | 87.3% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison trend data (2023-2025)
— 2024
not reported
| Female | not reported |
|---|---|
| Male | not reported |
| Māori | not reported |
| Pacific | not reported |
| Asian | not reported |
| MELAA | not reported |
| Other | not reported |
| European/Pākehā | not reported |
| Total | not reported |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
— 2023
not reported
| Female | not reported |
|---|---|
| Male | not reported |
| Māori | not reported |
| Pacific | not reported |
| Asian | not reported |
| MELAA | not reported |
| Other | not reported |
| European/Pākehā | not reported |
| Total | not reported |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education two years after leaving school (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
— 2024
not reported
| Female | not reported |
|---|---|
| Male | not reported |
| Māori | not reported |
| Pacific | not reported |
| Asian | not reported |
| MELAA | not reported |
| Other | not reported |
| European/Pākehā | not reported |
| Total | not reported |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
— 2023
not reported
| Female | not reported |
|---|---|
| Male | not reported |
| Māori | not reported |
| Pacific | not reported |
| Asian | not reported |
| MELAA | not reported |
| Other | not reported |
| European/Pākehā | not reported |
| Total | not reported |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education two years after leaving school (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
40.9%
| Rototuna Senior High School | 40.9% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 53.9% |
| Secondary (Year 9-15) | 35.8% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 19.1% |
|---|---|
| Male | 63.7% |
| Māori | 131% |
| Pacific | 19.8% |
| Asian | 24.8% |
| Other | 81% |
| European/Pākehā | 31.3% |
| Total | 40.9% |
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
2.2%
| Rototuna Senior High School | 2.2% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 6.6% |
| Secondary (Year 9-15) | 4% |
| State | 4.5% |
| New Zealand | 4.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 1.4% |
|---|---|
| Male | 3% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 2.7% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 2.2% |
| Total | 2.2% |
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
1.3%
| Rototuna Senior High School | 1.3% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 2.4% |
| Secondary (Year 9-15) | 1.7% |
| State | 1.9% |
| New Zealand | 1.8% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 2.5% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 1.9% |
| Total | 1.3% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison exclusion data (2024)
About the school
- Equity Index (EQI)
- 451
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 27 January 2017
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
- 4
- Last reviewed
- 26 May 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (26 May 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 26 May 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 1031 — 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.
December 2017
101
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 19 March 2018
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 26 May 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 eleven months of the Education Review Office and Rototuna Senior High 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
Rototuna Senior High School, located in Hamilton North, provides education for students in Years 11 to 13 on a campus shared with Rototuna Junior High School. The school’s ILE (innovative learning environment) provides a setting for students to ‘connect, inspire and soar’.
Rototuna Senior High School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:
provide effective teaching and learning to empower our people to be connected, community-minded learners inspired to soar
build strong reciprocal partnerships within and beyond our community to enhance personal and academic success
provide a safe, engaging, and effective environment that builds capability and well-being.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Rototuna Senior High School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the extent to which a focus on deep learning is resulting in increasing levels of engagement, agency, equity, and excellence for all students.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is a commitment to:
genuinely pursue the school’s vision of inspiring students to soar
equitable and excellent outcomes for all students.
The school expects to see increasingly excellent and equitable outcomes resulting from:
teachers and leaders developing a shared understanding of deep learning and the conditions and practices which promote this
practices and conditions that support students to develop the skills needed for deep learning implemented with increasing consistency
student achievement information and voice used to inform ongoing refinements to practices that promote deep learning.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to make deep learning happen:
an innovative curriculum that is highly responsive to the needs, interests, and identities of students
leadership that is committed to pursuing a clearly articulated agenda for improvement
relationships that support inclusion and connection within and beyond the school.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
developing a shared understanding of deep learning and the conditions and practices that promote this
developing the capacity of teachers and leaders to implement practices and systems that successfully foster deep learning
using student voice and achievement information at all levels to inform ongoing refinements to deep learning practices that support equity and excellence.
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
26 May 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 4 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).