Stella Maris Primary School
Contributing · State : Integrated
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 384
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 50 Silverdale Street, Silverdale
- Territorial authority
- Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-4279189
- achieve@stellamaris.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
This school has an enrolment zone, but Ministry of Education has not published a mapped boundary we could load for it. Contact the school directly to check your address.
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.
- Getting there
- Children travel on buses from Bayes Coachlines or Ritchies Bus Services (for rural transport)
Stella Maris children travel on buses from Bayes Coachlines or Ritchies Bus Services (for rural transport).
- Children travel on buses from Bayes Coachlines or Ritchies Bus Services (for rural transport)
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
- Mission Statement: As a Christ centred community inspired by Mary and our Catholic faith, we will challenge, support and empower.
- Special character
- This means encouraging and supporting our students and expecting that all students strive to do their best. To achieve this, we as a school will provide them with high calibre teaching staff, robust curriculum and a nurturing of spirituality within the special character of the school. This is the philosophy that underpins our school motto,
- ‘Shine For God’
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 286
- Māori
- 23
- Pacific
- 7
- Asian
- 81
- MELAA
- 29
- Other
- 2
- 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 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 45 |
| Year 02 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 49 |
| Year 03 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 49 |
| Year 04 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 60 |
| Year 05 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 59 |
| Year 06 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 55 |
| Year 07 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| Total | 26 | 8 | 69 | 31 | 6 | 254 | 0 | 340 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 45 |
| Age 06 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 48 |
| Age 07 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 51 |
| Age 08 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 57 |
| Age 09 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 59 |
| Age 10 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 58 |
| Age 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 21 |
| Age 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 26 | 8 | 69 | 31 | 6 | 254 | 0 | 340 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
7.6%
| Stella Maris Primary School | 7.6% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State : Integrated | 16.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 15.1% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 38.7% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 0% |
| Total | 7.6% |
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%
| Stella Maris Primary School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 3% |
| 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%
| Stella Maris Primary School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland 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)
- 380
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Large urban area
- Date opened
- 30 January 2005
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
- 27 July 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (27 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 27 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 384 — 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 2016
280
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 16 November 2016
May 2013
316
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 26 June 2013
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 27 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 16 months of the Education Review Office and Stella Maris Primary 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
Stella Maris Primary School is a state integrated Catholic primary school located in Silverdale, Auckland. It provides education for students in years 0 to 6. A new leadership team has been appointed over the past 2 years.
The Catholic charism of the school is “Stella Maris, Star of the Sea” which guides and leads all learning, and the Marian Values underpin all teaching.
Stella Maris Primary School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
to ensure all students are actively engaged in their learning in order to make progress and achieve to their full potential
to ensure teaching is in line with current best practise and reflective of our school values.
to have a collaborative leadership team that communicates a clear, consistent educational vision that can deliver a supportive environment
to provide a safe physical and emotional environment where all students, staff and other members of the school community feel valued, included and respected, regardless of their individual cultures and circumstances
to provide opportunities for all our parents, whānau and school to actively engage in an inclusive environment.
You can find a copy of the School’s Strategic and Annual plan on Stella Maris Primary School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well schoolwide teaching and learning programmes consistently support and enhance all students’ progress and achievement, with a particular focus on literacy.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
after Covid interruptions, schoolwide data shows some cohorts of students require adaptations and targeted support in literacy programmes
teaching and learning programmes that enable students to make choices and decisions about their learning to improve their achievement
supporting teachers to use reliable assessment information to track, monitor and respond to students’ learning needs and progress.
The school expects schoolwide teaching and learning programmes to consistently support all students to progress and achieve in literacy, and to achieve equitable and excellent learning outcomes.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate how well ERO schoolwide teaching and learning programmes consistently support and enhance all students’ progress and achievement, with a particular focus on literacy:
classroom learning culture characterised by respect, inclusion, empathy, collaboration and safety
professional relationships focused on the learning and well-being of all students
staff experience in collaborative inquiry processes and professional learning opportunities align with school vision, values, goals and targets
school and community engaged in reciprocal, learning-centred relationships.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
adapting teaching and learning programmes, and targeted support in literacy, to meet the needs of all students
using formative teaching and learning assessment practices to develop student agency.
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
27 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 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).