Tairua School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 130
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 110 Main Road, Tairua
- Territorial authority
- Thames-Coromandel District
- Phone
- 07-8648590
- office@tairua.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.tairua.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Waikato
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.
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: 2 February - 2 April
Term 1 2 February - 2 April
Year stated asPublic Holidays and Teacher Only Days 2026
- Term 2, 2026: 20 April - 3 July
Term 2 20 April - 3 July
Year stated asPublic Holidays and Teacher Only Days 2026
- Term 3, 2026: 20 July - 25 September
Term 3 20 July - 25 September
Year stated asPublic Holidays and Teacher Only Days 2026
- Term 4, 2026: 12 October - 11 December
Term 4 12 October - 11 December
Year stated asPublic Holidays and Teacher Only Days 2026
- Term 1, 2026: 2 February - 2 April
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 111
- Māori
- 31
- Pacific
- 13
- Asian
- 10
- MELAA
- 2
- 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 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| Year 02 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 23 |
| Year 03 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| Year 04 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| Year 05 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 25 |
| Year 06 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 18 |
| Year 07 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 18 |
| Year 08 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 19 |
| Total | 27 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 0 | 150 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| Age 06 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 20 |
| Age 07 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 18 |
| Age 08 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 18 |
| Age 09 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 26 |
| Age 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 18 |
| Age 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 18 |
| Age 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 20 |
| Age 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 27 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 0 | 150 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
39.6%
| Tairua School | 39.6% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 53.9% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 62.9% |
| Māori | 99.8% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 47.1% |
| Total | 39.6% |
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%
| Tairua School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 6.6% |
| Full Primary | 3.9% |
| 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%
| Tairua School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 2.4% |
| Full Primary | 1.7% |
| 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)
- 440
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Small urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 1877
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
- 25 November 2022
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (25 November 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 25 November 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.
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 130 — 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.
November 2016
160
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 7 April 2017
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 25 November 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 12 months of the Education Review Office and Tairua 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
Tairua School is in the seaside community of Tairua on the Coromandel Peninsula. It provides education for children in Years 1 to 8. The principal and staff are experienced, and the roll has remained stable over time. The school curriculum is underpinned by a learner profile based on the values, skills, attitudes, dispositions and knowledge needed to contribute to society, and aspires to achieve its vision to ‘Develop Globally Minded Citizens’.
Tairua School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:
‘Build Teacher Capabilities’ to sustain a focus on growing teaching practice that will continue to promote equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners.
‘Develop an Effective Learning Culture’ that provides a localised and responsive curriculum and interacts with local contexts to realise the aspirations of all learners, whānau and the wider community.
‘Enhance Culturally Responsive Practice’ to further strengthen the engagement of students, whānau and teachers in reciprocal learning focused partnerships.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Tairua School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well teacher capability building and the local curriculum are sustaining equity and excellence.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
The school monitors and evaluates practices and actions in relation to how well students are achieving expected outcomes. Recent information has identified areas of the curriculum for refinement.
Systematic gathering of information from the community and students over time will promote iterative and strategic planning to provide the best possible outcomes for all learners.
The school expects to see:
highly equitable and excellent outcomes for students as a result of focusing on increased teacher and learner assessment capability
consistent and shared understanding of best practice teaching and increased coherence within the local curriculum.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support it in its goals:
local networks and connections that promote collaboration with the purpose of providing enriching opportunities for students
leadership that consistently prioritises and plans for school improvement and for equitable and excellent outcomes
coherent organisational conditions that promote monitoring, evaluation, inquiry and knowledge building.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
further building collaborative processes focused on improving the impacts of teaching on student learning and achievement
continuing to adapt and respond to the changing needs of students to provide a localised curriculum reflective of the community of Tairua
sustaining the use of systematic, collaborative inquiry and internal evaluation to ensure the impact of strategic actions is evidenced.
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
25 November 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 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).