St Joseph's Catholic School (Waihi)
Full Primary · State : Integrated
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 56
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 91 Mueller Street, Waihi
- Territorial authority
- Hauraki District
- Phone
- 07-8638653
- office@wsj.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.wsj.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
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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.
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
St Joseph’s School has a school Uniform; it is an outward sign of belonging to the St Joseph’s School community.
- Required
- Where to buy the uniform
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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
- St. Joseph’s is a state-integrated school – a school with a Special Catholic Character, based on the teachings of Jesus Christ. St Joseph’s School – Waihi was established in 1902 by the Sisters of Mercy, an order of sisters founded in Ireland by Sr Catherine McAuley.
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 30
- Māori
- 9
- Pacific
- 1
- Asian
- 26
- MELAA
- 3
- Other
- 0
- 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 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Year 02 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Year 03 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Year 04 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Year 05 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Year 06 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| Year 07 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Year 08 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 11 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 52 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Age 06 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 07 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Age 08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Age 09 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 10 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| Age 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Age 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 11 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 52 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| St Joseph's Catholic School (Waihi) | 0% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 53.9% |
| 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 Joseph's Catholic School (Waihi) | 0% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 6.6% |
| 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 Joseph's Catholic School (Waihi) | 0% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 2.4% |
| 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)
- 447
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Small urban area
- Date opened
- 6 April 1902
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
- 22 September 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (22 September 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 22 September 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 56 — 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.
February 2019
43
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 11 April 2019
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 22 September 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 nine months of the Education Review Office and St Joseph’s Catholic School ( Waihi ) working in Te Ara Huarau , an improvement evaluation approach used in most English Medium State and State Integrated Schools. For more information about T e Ara Huarau see ERO’s website. www.ero.govt.nz
Context
St Joseph’s Catholic School ( Waihi ) is located in the town of Waihi in the Hauraki District and provides education for students in Years 0-8. The school’s Catholic character and values ( Aroha /Compassion, Pono /Honesty, and Whakawhetai /Gratitude ) form the basis of its curriculum and pastoral framework.
St Joseph’s Catholic School ( Waihi )’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to foster:
Catholic character – faithful learners
community – success together
learning – lifelong learners
leadership – contributing citizens.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on St Joseph’s Catholic School ( Waihi )’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the extent to which a focus on formative assessment practices is improving student agency, home-school partnerships and achievement outcomes in foundation learning areas.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
close alignment with the school’s strategic plan
the need to develop responsive programmes that meet the needs of individual learners
the opportunity to use data and evaluation to understand what is working and for who.
The school expects to see:
teachers using formative assessment tools and strategies to inform teaching and learning to meet the needs of all learners
students using self-assessment skills and resources to understand, shape and track their own learning journey
enhanced home-school partnerships supporting whānau engagement in the learning journey
leaders and teachers using student achievement information to understand what is working for who in foundation learning areas.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to identify and respond to the individual learning needs of students:
leadership with a clear vision for improvement that is focused on excellent and equitable outcomes
a school culture that promotes positive relationships and a sense of community
strengthened assessment practices that provide increasingly reliable information on student progress.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
continuing to develop a shared understanding of effective, formative assessment practices and supporting teachers to use data to identify and respond to students’ learning needs
developing student facing assessment resources to support student ownership of their learning journey
fostering home-school partnerships by providing parents and whānau with up-to-date information on their child’s progress and a forum to participate in their child’s learning.
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
22 September 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 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).