Te Akau School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 45
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 953 Te Akau Road, Te Akau
- Territorial authority
- Waikato District
- Phone
- 07-8254777
- office@teakau.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.
- Uniform
- Required
Te Akau School requires our students to wear a school uniform.
- Required
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 41
- Māori
- 13
- Pacific
- 0
- Asian
- 0
- 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Year 02 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Year 03 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Year 04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Year 05 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Year 06 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Year 07 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Year 08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 45 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Age 06 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Age 08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Age 09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Age 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Age 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 45 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
172.8%
| Te Akau School | 172.8% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 53.9% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 274.2% |
| Māori | 307.4% |
| Pacific | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| Asian | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| Other | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| European/Pākehā | 74.9% |
| Total | 172.8% |
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%
| Te Akau 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 | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| Asian | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| Other | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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%
| Te Akau 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 | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| Asian | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| Other | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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)
- 466
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural other
- Date opened
- 25 January 1913
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 August 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board did not attest to all areas (7 August 2023)
Areas the board did not attest to, in ERO’s words: Personnel Management. The report says what that meant and what happened next.
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 same report — the board assurance report of 7 August 2023 — also sets out actions for compliance: the non-compliance ERO identified during that process. This is that section of the report in full, in ERO’s words.
ERO has identified the following area of non-compliance during the board assurance process:
Documented school policy and procedures do not currently meet requirements in relation to background checks as part of the appointments process. [Children’s Act 2014]
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 45 — 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 2017
39
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 16 November 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 7 August 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 17 months of the Education Review Office and Te Akau 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
Te Akau is located in a small Waikato rural community on the west coast and provides education for tamariki in Years 1 to 8. The school promotes the values of respect, responsibility, resilience, and risk taking.
Te Akau School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
develop a literacy and numeracy learning progression framework
develop the local curriculum and implement te reo and tikanga Māori
implement tasks that meet the different digital technology stages.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Te Akau School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the design and implementation of the local curriculum is improving teacher capability and outcomes for learners.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to support:
the development of a local curriculum
school-wide professional development to continue to build teacher capability.
a curriculum that reflects the community
The school expects to see:
further development of teacher capabilities and confidence
further development of a sense of belonging and achievement for tamariki.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to design and implement the local curriculum and achieve excellent and equitable outcomes for all learners.
Well-established partnerships that support the school’s strategic goals and vision.
Inclusive learning environments that support all students to succeed.
Learning programmes that develop student agency.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
the development and design of the local curriculum programme to lift student progress and achievement
participation in professional development to further increase teacher capability and improve learning outcomes.
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 August 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).