Sunnynook School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 503
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- Lyford Crescent, Takapuna North, Auckland
- Territorial authority
- Devonport-Takapuna Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-4106534
- secretary@sunnynookschool.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 for Years 0-6 students.
- Required
- Where to buy the uniform
- http://www.argyleonline.co.nz/
The uniform can be purchased online at [http://www.argyleonline.co.nz/](http://www.argyleonline.co.nz/)
- http://www.argyleonline.co.nz/
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.
- Voluntary donation
- $195 per year (1 child family), $270 (2 child family), $310 (3 child family), from January 2024
Donations can be paid annually. From January 2024 the donations are set at: 1 child family: $195 2 child family: $270 3 child family: $310
- $195 per year (1 child family), $270 (2 child family), $310 (3 child family), from January 2024
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 144
- Māori
- 56
- Pacific
- 36
- Asian
- 299
- MELAA
- 34
- Other
- 12
- 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 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 72 |
| Year 02 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 80 |
| Year 03 | 12 | 9 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 82 |
| Year 04 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 79 |
| Year 05 | 14 | 11 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 87 |
| Year 06 | 16 | 10 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 85 |
| Year 07 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| Total | 68 | 45 | 281 | 34 | 14 | 168 | 0 | 500 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 69 |
| Age 06 | 10 | 7 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 81 |
| Age 07 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 76 |
| Age 08 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 83 |
| Age 09 | 13 | 12 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 89 |
| Age 10 | 16 | 10 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 87 |
| Age 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| Age 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 68 | 45 | 281 | 34 | 14 | 168 | 0 | 500 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
26.8%
| Sunnynook School | 26.8% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 49.8% |
| Māori | 39.7% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 42% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 0% |
| Total | 26.8% |
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%
| Sunnynook School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 3% |
| Contributing | 3.5% |
| 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%
| Sunnynook School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 1.4% |
| Contributing | 1.5% |
| 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)
- 392
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 31 January 1968
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 503 — 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 2017
477
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 3 May 2017
November 2012
458
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 21 January 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 10 months of the Education Review Office and Sunnynook 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
Sunnynook School is located on Auckland’s North Shore and caters for children from Years 1 to 6.
The school’s vision is to equip all learners to be successful and to experience a sense of belonging, and connectiveness with what they learn, how they learn and who they learn with. The school values are Manaakitanga , Kaitiakitanga , and Whanaungatanga together with the capabilities of Self-Management, Collaboration and Thinking.
Sunnynook School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
Whakawhanaungatanga - be a culturally inclusive school community
Hauora - ensure the wellbeing of all kaiako and ākonga
Whakaako - provide and support quality, teaching, learning and leadership.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Sunnynook School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the development of the school’s localised curriculum responds to learners’ language, culture, and identity and aligns with the dispositions of the graduate profile.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:
make explicit connections between the localised curriculum, graduate profile and learners’ language, culture, and identity
promote greater opportunities for excellent and equitable outcomes for all learners
continue to build culturally responsive practice with all staff
embed best teaching and learning practice.
The school expects to see learners engaging with the localised curriculum and developing the knowledge, skills and values/capabilities needed to successfully progress towards the graduate profile.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its evaluation of how effectively the localised curriculum responds to learners’ language, culture, and identity and aligns with the graduate profile:
committed school leaders with expertise who effectively develop, promote and enact the school’s vision and values
the board actively representing and serving the school and education community through its diverse representation including whānau Māori , Pasifika and MELA ethnicities
teachers who are reflective and effective practitioners whose learning culture is well-established and consistently characterised with respect, inclusion and safety.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
continuing to develop the school’s localised curriculum and graduate profile
teaching will be underpinned by effective practices including assessment 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
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).