Taupiri School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 112
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- Greenlane Road, Taupiri
- Territorial authority
- Waikato District
- Phone
- 07-8246713
- office@taupiri.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.taupiri.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Waikato
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
Polo shirt sizes up to 13-14 $35.00 Polo shirt sizes adult XS and up $40.00 Polar fleece all sizes $65.00
- Required
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 71
- Māori
- 48
- Pacific
- 9
- Asian
- 14
- MELAA
- 0
- 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 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| Year 02 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Year 03 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| Year 04 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| Year 05 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| Year 06 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Year 07 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| Year 08 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 46 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 0 | 108 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| Age 06 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Age 07 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 19 |
| Age 08 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| Age 09 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| Age 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Age 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| Age 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Age 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 46 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 0 | 108 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
96%
| Taupiri School | 96% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 53.9% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 174% |
| Māori | 100.8% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 147% |
| Total | 96% |
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%
| Taupiri 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%
| Taupiri 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)
- 502
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural settlement
- Date opened
- 25 January 1878
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
- 7 March 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (7 March 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 7 March 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 112 — 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 2017
67
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 19 February 2018
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 March 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 5 months of the Education Review Office and Taupiri 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
Taupiri School, situated at the base of Taupiri Maunga , is a full primary school, catering for children in Years 1 to 8. The school vision is to work alongside whaanau , the community and mana whenua to build responsible and resilient young people, who can establish and maintain positive relationships and create a better future for all.
Taupiri School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
all students will be exposed to a wide local curriculum that reflects the desires and needs of the community
to develop reciprocal learning relationships between school, child and whaanau
to develop and deepen connections with the local marae
to develop a greater link to the community, school and wider.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Taupiri School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate Taupiri School’s local curriculum review, redesign and implementation to ensure equitable outcomes for all learners.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
to review the school’s curriculum alongside the national curriculum refresh
to strengthen partnerships with whaanau , community and mana whenua post covid
to increase collective capacity to conduct and use internal evaluation processes.
The school expects to see a strong local curriculum that reflects the needs and aspirations of the school community and mana whenua , using internal evaluation to achieve equity and excellence.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate its local curriculum review, redesign, and implementation:
Leadership collaboratively sustains a culture of relational trust, contributing to organisational capacity building for continuous improvement.
A school learning climate that is consistently positive and culturally responsive, which promotes student engagement.
A professional development action plan that is in place to support the embedding of local curriculum, which aligns with the strategic direction of the school.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
redesigning the local curriculum to promote strong and consistent implementation across all learning spaces
the voice of students, whaanau , community and mana whenua to inform strategic planning and local curriculum redesign
using internal evaluation processes to achieve equitable outcomes for all 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
7 March 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 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).