St Thomas More Catholic School
Contributing · State : Integrated
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 100
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 19 Gloucester Road, Bayfair, Mount Maunganui
- Territorial authority
- Tauranga City
- Phone
- 07-5746782
- secretary@stm.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
Students must arrive and leave school each day in their correct uniform (with the exception of Sports Days and Mufti Days)
- Required
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: Tuesday February 3rd to Thursday April 2nd
Tuesday February 3rd to Thursday April 2nd
Year stated as2026
- Term 2, 2026: Monday April 20th to Friday July 3rd
Term 2 Monday April 20th to Friday July 3rd
Year stated as2026
- Term 3, 2026: Monday July 20th to Friday September 25th
Term 3 Monday July 20th to Friday September 25th
Year stated as2026
- Term 4, 2026: Monday October 12th to Monday December 14th
Term 4 Monday October 12th to Monday December 14th
Year stated as2026
- Term 1, 2027: Wednesday February 3rd to Thursday April 9th
Wednesday February 3rd to Thursday April 9th
Year stated as2027
- Term 2, 2027: Tuesday April 27th to Friday July 2nd
Term 2 Tuesday April 27th to Friday July 2nd
Year stated as2027
- Term 3, 2027: Monday July 19th to Friday September 24th
Term 3 Monday July 19th to Friday September 24th
Year stated as2027
- Term 4, 2027: Monday October 11th to no later than Friday December 17th
Term 4 Monday October 11th to no later than Friday December 17th
Year stated as2027
- Term 1, 2026: Tuesday February 3rd to Thursday April 2nd
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.
- International students
- Accepted, as stated
We are delighted to welcome international students into our school community.
- Accepted, as stated
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 53
- Māori
- 10
- Pacific
- 1
- Asian
- 34
- MELAA
- 4
- 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 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| Year 02 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| Year 03 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| Year 04 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Year 05 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| Year 06 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Year 07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 16 | 4 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 100 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| Age 06 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| Age 07 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
| Age 08 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Age 09 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| Age 10 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Age 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 16 | 4 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 100 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| St Thomas More Catholic School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Bay of Plenty Region | 37.4% |
| Contributing | 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 Thomas More Catholic School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Bay of Plenty Region | 3.8% |
| Contributing | 3.5% |
| 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 Thomas More Catholic School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Bay of Plenty Region | 1.4% |
| Contributing | 1.5% |
| 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)
- 432
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 27 January 2001
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
- 2
- Last reviewed
- 26 July 2022
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (26 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 26 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 26 July 2022 — “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 Thomas More Catholic 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 Thomas More Catholic School is a state integrated primary school, located in Mount Maunganui for learners from Years 1 to 6. The school’s special Catholic character is highly visible in the environment, the curriculum and in the everyday life of the school.
St Thomas More Catholic School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
high aspirations for every learner
partnering with whānau to design and deliver education that responds to students’ needs and which sustains their identity, language, and culture
an ongoing commitment to a school culture of continuous improvement.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on St Thomas More Catholic School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the consistency of teachers’ approach to empowering student agency and the impact on progress and achievement in reading, writing and mathematics.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
that to achieve equity and excellence in outcomes for all learners, consistency of teaching practice is needed, so that students are empowered to lead their own learning.
The school expects to see:
expectations in the use of language, practices, and actions to motivate and empower learning is consistent schoolwide; these expectations and consistency of use, are part of the school’s culture and understood by all members of the school community
students developing and using strategies that empower them to recognise, understand and evaluate how they learn and what they need to know to make the next steps to support life-long learning
all students showing improved progress and achievement in their learning.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to establish consistency in approach to empowering student agency:
collaborative approach to improving teacher practice
the provision of professional learning and development to reach a level of consistency in practice where needed.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
strategies that improve self-awareness and develop understanding for students in how they grow and learn
teacher awareness of assessment for learning for improved knowledge of each child as a unique individual
improved capacity in teachers’ responsiveness and adaptive practice to effectively cater for the needs of at-risk learners.
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
26 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 2 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).