Tasman Bay Christian School
Full Primary · State : Integrated
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 47
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 6 Williams Road, Tasman
- Territorial authority
- Tasman District
- Phone
- 03-5266855
- office@tasbaychristian.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Tasman
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
Agreement to abide by the Uniform Code is a condition of enrolment.
- Required
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
- Our values (in action) are:
- Kia Maia / Be Brave
- Mā te whakaaro-nui / Be Thoughtful
- Mā te manaakitanga / Care For Others
- Mā te Mahi-Tahi / Work Together
- Our values have been refreshed to easily work into every aspect of our learning.
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 35
- Māori
- 11
- Pacific
- 9
- Asian
- 3
- MELAA
- 0
- 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 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Year 02 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Year 03 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| Year 04 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Year 05 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Year 06 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| Year 07 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| Year 08 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Total | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 74 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Age 06 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Age 07 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Age 08 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| Age 09 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Age 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| Age 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| Age 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Age 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 74 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Tasman Bay Christian School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Tasman Region | 33% |
| Full Primary | 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%
| Tasman Bay Christian School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Tasman Region | 3.2% |
| 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%
| Tasman Bay Christian School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Tasman Region | 2.1% |
| 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)
- 456
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural other
- Date opened
- 31 January 1986
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
- 4
- Last reviewed
- 7 February 2024
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (7 February 2024)
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 7 February 2024 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 47 — 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 2019
46
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 28 May 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 7 February 2024 — “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 four months of the Education Review Office and Tasman Bay Christian 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
Tasman Bay Christian School is a small rural, Years 1 to 8 school situated in Tasman Bay. The vision of the school is to develop the Christian character of each student so they will become well educated and caring Christians in the community. Students are guided to discover and understand their god given meaning in the world and their place and purposes within it.
Tasman Bay Christian School ’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are for students to:
receive high quality teaching from well trained and engaged staff
articulate their learning to staff and whānau through understanding and knowing what effective learning is
experience a rich and engaging local curriculum that fosters curiosity, culture, creativity and collaboration.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Tasman Bay Christian School ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effective culturally responsive teaching and learning practices within the localised curriculum, promote equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:
strengthen schoolwide collaboration for consistency of effective teaching and learning practices within the school to achieve equitable and excellent outcomes for all ākonga , especially in writing
continue to build cultural competency and develop a responsive local curriculum for all ākonga
build collective capacity to do and use evaluation, inquiry and knowledge building to continue to improve ākonga outcomes .
The school expects to see strengthened outcomes for ākonga in literacy and mathematics through a responsive broad-based knowledge rich curriculum, implemented within a Christian worldview. This will engage all ākonga through an effective teaching and learning framework.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate the effectiveness of culturally responsive teaching and learning practices within the localised curriculum that promotes equitable and excellent outcomes.
A strong leadership team focussed on strategically improving equity and excellence for all ākonga .
A whole school collaborative approach to the delivery of the curriculum which supports all students to succeed.
Teachers and leaders have positive and open to learning mindsets toward new initiatives in teaching and learning and curriculum.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
developing shared expectations around the cultural competencies to strengthen teacher capabilities
further strengthening of student agency in their learning to improve their achievement outcomes in literacy and mathematics.
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
7 February 2024
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 4 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).