Selwyn Ridge School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 467
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 20 Holmburn Street, Welcome Bay, Tauranga
- Territorial authority
- Tauranga City
- Phone
- 07-5441088
- srp@selwynridge.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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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.
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
- Years 0-6 Waipuna Summer Football
Years 0-6 Waipuna Summer Football - Wednesdays - Waipuna Park
- Years 0-6 3v3 Basketball
Years 0-6 3v3 Basketball - Mondays - Mercury Baypark, Haumaru Centre
- Years 0-6 Tee-Ball/Diamond Ball
Years 0-6 Tee-Ball/Diamond Ball - Saturdays - Carlton Street Reserve, Otumoetai
- Years 0-6 Rippa/Rip Rugby
Years 0-6 Rippa/Rip Rugby - Thursdays - Waipuna Park
- Years 3-6 Kiwi Volleyball
Years 3-6 Kiwi Volleyball - Fridays - Mercury Baypark
- Years 0-2 JT's Focus on Fun
Years 0-2 JT's Focus on Fun - Tuesdays - School Sports Field
- Years 0-4 JT's Tennis/Pickleball
Years 0-4 JT's Tennis/Pickleball - Mondays/Thursdays - Welcome Bay Tennis Courts
- Years 0-6 Waipuna Summer Football
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 336
- Māori
- 115
- Pacific
- 17
- Asian
- 61
- MELAA
- 18
- Other
- 2
- International
- 9
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 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 2 | 84 |
| Year 02 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 75 |
| Year 03 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 66 |
| Year 04 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 95 |
| Year 05 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 71 |
| Year 06 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 75 |
| Year 07 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 122 | 18 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 345 | 10 | 473 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 2 | 77 |
| Age 06 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 72 |
| Age 07 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 74 |
| Age 08 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 3 | 92 |
| Age 09 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 66 |
| Age 10 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 76 |
| Age 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| Total | 122 | 18 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 345 | 10 | 473 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
18.2%
| Selwyn Ridge School | 18.2% |
|---|---|
| Bay of Plenty Region | 37.4% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 34.4% |
| Māori | 74% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 24.1% |
| Total | 18.2% |
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%
| Selwyn Ridge School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Bay of Plenty Region | 3.8% |
| 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%
| Selwyn Ridge School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Bay of Plenty 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)
- 449
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 27 January 1997
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
- 29 July 2022
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report Background
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (29 July 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 29 July 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.
What ERO wrote in its latest report
This is ERO’s report of 29 July 2022 — “Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report Background” — 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 15 months of the Education Review Office and Selwyn Ridge 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
Selwyn Ridge School is located in Welcome Bay, Tauranga and caters for students in Years 1 to 6. The school staff is experienced, and the roll has remained stable over time. The school vision of ‘Learners Soaring High, Kia Hokahoka Kahurangi ’ is underpinned by the concepts of ‘growing mind, heart and toolbox – whakāro, manawa, kete ’ for ‘The Kid on the Ridge’.
Selwyn Ridge School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:
continue to grow and sustain a staff committed to enhancing student achievement through a culture of continued improvement
refine and embed a local curriculum that reflects the bicultural intent of Te Tiriti o Waitangi through growing and normalising tikanga and te reo Māori in daily school life
ensure children with special learning needs are supported with best practice teaching within an inclusive school culture.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Selwyn Ridge School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the extent to which adaptations to the school curriculum are promoting identity and belonging, equity and excellence for all learners.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
school achievement information shows ongoing disparity for some learners. The school’s strategic actions are responding to this data and the evaluation will provide evidence of increased equity over time
the school’s commitment to implementing the National Education Learning Priorities and ensuring Māori enjoy and achieve educational success as Māori .
The school expects to see:
increasingly equitable and excellent outcomes for all within a culture that promotes identity and belonging
staff who are continuously supported to grow collective capacity to adapt their practice to best meet the needs of all learners
an increasingly bicultural localised curriculum that is reflective of the intent of Te Tiriti o Waitangi .
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths for ongoing improvement:
ongoing promotion of distributed leadership and shared responsibility, and the collaborative enactment of school vision and values
a wide, rich and meaningful curriculum that adapts in response to the school’s focus questions of ‘what is powerful learning?’ and ‘what is powerful to learn?’
systematic, collaborative inquiry and internal monitoring and evaluation processes that inform strategic priorities for ongoing school improvement.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
strengthening meaningful, educationally powerful partnerships with family, whānau, hapu, iwi and community networks to best meet the needs of all learners
further developing the schools localised curriculum to give increasing effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi , and impact positively on learner outcomes by ensuring equity and excellence for all.
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
29 July 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).