St Heliers School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 635
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 126 St Heliers Bay Road, St Heliers, Auckland
- Territorial authority
- Ōrākei Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-5758311
- secretary@stheliers.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.
- Uniform
- Required
The school uniform is compulsory and is available from the school uniform shop.
- Required
- 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 - Monday 14 December
Term 4 Monday 12 October - Monday 14 December
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 1, 2027: Tuesday 2 February - Friday 9 April
Term 1 Tuesday 2 February - Friday 9 April
Year stated asTerm Dates 2027
- Term 2, 2027: Tuesday 27 April - Friday 2 July
Term 2 Tuesday 27 April - Friday 2 July
Year stated asTerm Dates 2027
- Term 3, 2027: Monday 19 July - Friday 24 September
Term 3 Monday 19 July - Friday 24 September
Year stated asTerm Dates 2027
- Term 4, 2027: Monday 11 October - Thursday 16 December
Term 4 Monday 11 October - Thursday 16 December
Year stated asTerm Dates 2027
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2 February - Thursday 2 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
- School Values
- Care - Kia Aroha
- Show Kindness
- Diligence - Kia Manawanui
- Try your best
- Honesty - Kia Pono
- Tell the truth
- Respect - Kia Whakaute
- Value each other and your environment
- Responsibility - Kia Haepapa
- Be trustworthy, reliable and lead by your actions
- Self-Discipline - Kia Urupuu
- Show self-control and make sensible choices
- International students
- Accepted, as stated
We enrol the following categories of international students - Long-term students. - We accept students in Years 1 to 8 (aged 5 to 13 years).
- Accepted, as stated
- Voluntary donation
- $530.00 for one child, $1,000.00 for two children, $1,300.00 for three or more children, 2025
The donations are set as follows for 2025: - One child at St Heliers $530.00 - Two children $1,000.00 - Three or more children $1,300.00
- $530.00 for one child, $1,000.00 for two children, $1,300.00 for three or more children, 2025
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
- Bay Suburbs Sports
- Bay Suburbs Sports
- Eastern Zone Sports
- Eastern Zone Sports
- Cross Country
- Cross Country
- Year 1-3 Fun Athletics Day
- Year 1-3 Fun Athletics Day
- Year 4-8 Athletics Day
- Year 4-8 Athletics Day
- Year 4-8 Swimming Sports
- Year 4-8 Swimming Sports
- The AIMS Games
- The AIMS Games
- Friday Running Club
Our school Running Club Coach, Kathy Harding always hosts training sessions outside of the normal Friday Running Club, in the lead-up to this event.
- Bay Suburbs Sports
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 426
- Māori
- 24
- Pacific
- 14
- Asian
- 209
- MELAA
- 57
- Other
- 4
- International
- 17
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 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 66 |
| Year 02 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 82 |
| Year 03 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 74 |
| Year 04 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 67 |
| Year 05 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 85 |
| Year 06 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 50 | 5 | 79 |
| Year 07 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 64 | 6 | 86 |
| Year 08 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 53 |
| Total | 24 | 19 | 162 | 55 | 0 | 400 | 23 | 592 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 59 |
| Age 06 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 80 |
| Age 07 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 76 |
| Age 08 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 71 |
| Age 09 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 84 |
| Age 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 82 |
| Age 11 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 58 | 5 | 78 |
| Age 12 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 47 |
| Age 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 15 |
| Total | 24 | 19 | 162 | 55 | 0 | 400 | 23 | 592 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
2.7%
| St Heliers School | 2.7% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 5.6% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 3.5% |
| Total | 2.7% |
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 Heliers School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 3% |
| 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 | 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 Heliers School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 1.4% |
| 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 | 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)
- 366
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 1877
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
- 17 April 2024
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (17 April 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 17 April 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 635 — 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 2017
710
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 14 September 2017
March 2014
723
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 21 May 2014
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 17 April 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 10 months of the Education Review Office and St Heliers 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 Heliers School is in St Heliers Bay, Auckland and caters for learners in Years 1 to 8. The school’s vision is to provide a welcoming community that stands for excellence in academic achievement and in all other areas of school life, fostering independent well-rounded students. The school values of care, diligence, honesty, responsibility, respect and self-discipline underpin all school activities. St Heliers School is a member of the Glendowie Kāhui Ako .
St Heliers School ’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
to provide a high-quality teaching and learning programme that enables all students to reach their full potential
to design and implement a local curriculum that delivers innovative educational practices including learner agency
to be a welcoming community that promotes high levels of involvement and engagement, and embraces diversity.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on St Heliers School ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate equity and excellence in reporting practices where learner agency is central to reciprocal communication with teachers, parents and whānau .
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
the school’s strategic goal for teaching and learning programmes includes the review of reporting learner progress and achievement to parents
teachers and leaders have been strengthening teacher and learner assessment capability and agency for improved outcomes for all learners
parents, whānau , teachers and learners are sharing their knowledge of learner agency to engage in productive, reciprocal learning conversations.
The school expects to see:
l earners leading the reporting of their progress , achievement and next learning steps to parents and whānau
further strengthening of teacher practice that promotes learner agency through assessment for learning
continued learning focused engagement and relationships with parents, whānau and community.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate equity and excellence in reporting practices where learner agency is foundational to reciprocal communication with teachers, parents and whānau :
Culturally responsive teaching contributes to professional relationships focused on the progress, achievement, and wellbeing of learners.
Teachers and leaders work collaboratively to design a curriculum that responds to the aspirations of learners, parents and whānau .
An inclusive learning environment is supported by respectful relationships and well-embedded school values.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
further development of learner-led parent and whānau progress and achievement conferences
professional development in assessment for learning approaches that promote learner agency, equity and excellence for all
evaluation activities that include data, evidence analysis and stakeholder voice, to inform school reporting practices.
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
17 April 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
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).