St Joseph's School (Levin)
Full Primary · State : Integrated
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 184
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 48 Weraroa Road, Levin
- Territorial authority
- Horowhenua District
- Phone
- 06-3688017
- admin@stjoeslevin.school.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.
- Uniform
- Required
the St Joseph’s uniform is to be kept clean, in good repair and worn with pride, every school day.
- Required
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: 5th of February – 2nd of April
Term 1: 5th of February – 2nd of April
Year stated as2026 Term Dates:
- Term 2, 2026: 20th of April – 3rd of July
Term 2: 20th of April – 3rd of July
Year stated as2026 Term Dates:
- Term 3, 2026: 20th of July – 25th of September
Term 3: 20th of July – 25th of September
Year stated as2026 Term Dates:
- Term 4, 2026: 12th of October – 18th of December
Term 4: 12th of October – 18th of December
Year stated as2026 Term Dates:
- Term 1, 2026: 5th of February – 2nd of April
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 41
- Māori
- 41
- Pacific
- 72
- Asian
- 49
- MELAA
- 9
- Other
- 3
- 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 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 30 |
| Year 02 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 28 |
| Year 03 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
| Year 04 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| Year 05 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Year 06 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| Year 07 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 |
| Year 08 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 |
| Total | 39 | 68 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 194 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 27 |
| Age 06 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 31 |
| Age 07 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| Age 08 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Age 09 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 25 |
| Age 10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| Age 11 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| Age 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| Age 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 39 | 68 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 194 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
35%
| St Joseph's School (Levin) | 35% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 45.5% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State : Integrated | 16.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 74.3% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 104.7% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 39.5% |
| Total | 35% |
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 School (Levin) | 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 Joseph's School (Levin) | 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)
- 462
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Medium urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 1920
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
- 3 July 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (3 July 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 3 July 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 184 — 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.
September 2019
149
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 7 November 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 3 July 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 10 months of the Education Review Office and St Joseph’s School (Levin) 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 Joseph’s School is a state integrated, Catholic, special character school. The school is located in Levin, is co-educational and provides education for learners from Years 1 to 8.
St Joseph’s School (Levin)’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
Catholic special character
Educationally powerful connections and relationships
Responsive curriculum; effective and innovative teaching
Hauora /Wellbeing.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on St Joseph’s School (Levin)’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively assessment tools and practices inform teaching and learning decisions and how this is used to report to whānau in meaningful ways.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
the school wants to strengthen the way that they respond to each learner in efficient, responsive and collectively understood ways
the school wants to further strengthen learning partnerships with whānau through a shared understanding of assessment information.
The school expects to see:
shared, well understood, and collectively applied assessment practices that inform teaching and learning decisions, across the school
achievement and progress made visible to learners, their whānau and the school, and used to support all learners to progress at expected or accelerated rates
whānau active in learning partnerships with the school, empowered to be champions of their children’s learning.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to evaluate how effectively teaching and learning decisions are informed through good quality and collectively understood assessment practice:
an inclusive school culture that celebrates diversity and is underpinned by its special character values
appropriate external professional development is in place
leaders who prioritise the hauora of learners and kaiako .
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
supporting teachers to further build assessment knowledge and capacity through externally provided professional learning
selecting and using assessment tools and practices that are collectively understood and used to inform teaching and learning decisions
strengthening whānau partnership in decision making for 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
3 July 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).