St Anthony's School (Pahiatua)
Full Primary · State : Integrated
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 122
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 24 Wakeman Street, Pahiatua
- Territorial authority
- Tararua District
- Phone
- 06-3768523
- office@stanthony.ac.nz
- Website
- http://www.stanthony.ac.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.
- School day starts
- 8.55am
Lessons start at 8.55am and hometime is 3pm.
- 8.55am
- School day ends
- 3pm
Lessons start at 8.55am and hometime is 3pm.
- 3pm
- Uniform
- Required
Students wear Summer Uniform in Terms 1 and 4. Students wear Winter Uniform in Terms 2 and 3.
- Required
- Where to buy the uniform
- https://stanthonyspahiatua.nzuniforms.com/
The NZ Uniforms website is: [https://stanthonyspahiatua.nzuniforms.com/](https://stanthonyspahiatua.nzuniforms.com/).
- https://stanthonyspahiatua.nzuniforms.com/
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.
- Special character
- Living In Faith Everyday
- Our Catholic Character is at the heart of our school life.
- We inspire and celebrate the Gospel Values of; LOVE, INTEGRITY, FORTITUDE, EXCELLENCE
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 109
- Māori
- 27
- Pacific
- 3
- Asian
- 8
- MELAA
- 1
- Other
- 1
- 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Year 02 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| Year 03 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Year 04 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| Year 05 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 18 |
| Year 06 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| Year 07 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| Year 08 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Total | 22 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 0 | 113 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Age 06 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| Age 07 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Age 08 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| Age 09 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 18 |
| Age 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| Age 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 16 |
| Age 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 13 |
| Total | 22 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 0 | 113 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| St Anthony's School (Pahiatua) | 0% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 45.5% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State : Integrated | 16.2% |
| 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%
| St Anthony's School (Pahiatua) | 0% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 6.2% |
| Full Primary | 3.9% |
| State : Integrated | 1.6% |
| 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%
| St Anthony's School (Pahiatua) | 0% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 2.8% |
| Full Primary | 1.7% |
| State : Integrated | 0.5% |
| 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)
- 441
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Small urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 1918
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
- 10 October 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (10 October 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 10 October 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 122 — 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 2018
109
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 12 September 2018
June 2015
117
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 28 August 2015
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 10 October 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 14 months of the Education Review Office and St Anthony’s 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
St Anthony’s School, located in Pahiatua , provides education for learners from Years 0 to 8.
St Anthony’s School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are through:
Catholic Character - contributing to our community through Faith and LIFE.
Learners - strengthening a culture of learning for students, staff and whānau .
Learning - achieving across the curriculum; with priority on te ao Māori , stewardship, and our local curriculum.
Environment and Community - providing a safe, positive environment through quality relationships, partnerships, and resourcing.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on St Anthony’s School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the newly developed localised curriculum is implemented so that it continually responds to accelerate the literacy achievement of all students, with particular focus on reading.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
that leaders and teachers have identified the need to comprehensively review the teaching of literacy throughout the school
to support leaders and teachers to align systems and processes that will embed and sustain a responsive, rich, broad localised curriculum focused on lifting the achievement of all learners.
The school expects to see learners experiencing a responsive, rich localised curriculum that consistently ensures that they have access to meaningful and worthwhile literacy learning that continuously lifts their achievement.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate how effectively the newly developed localised curriculum is implemented so that it continually responds to accelerate the literacy achievement of all students, with a particular focus on reading:
strongly embedded school and Gospel values underpin learning and behaviour expectations to support and accelerate learner success
a learning community of inclusive, respectful and engaged students supported by responsive and highly connected whānau
a collaborative staff, open to learning and professional growth, committed to continually improving student achievement and wellbeing
a committed board and senior leadership team, focused on student achievement, that prioritises the resourcing of teachers’ and leaders’ professional learning.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
trialling and implementing the new literacy pedagogy and teaching practices gained from professional learning
the ongoing review and implementation of the new localised literacy curriculum.
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
10 October 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).