Te Anau School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 273
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 181 Milford Road, Te Anau
- Territorial authority
- Southland District
- Phone
- 03-2497131
- admin@teanau.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.teanau.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Southland
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
Bottle green polo shirt with Te Anau school emblem and Polar fleece top with Te Anau school emblem. Plain blue or navy shorts/ trousers (no denim jeans)
- Required
- Getting there
- Ritchies Coachlines runs the service on our routes for the Ministry
Ritchies Coachlines runs the service on our routes for the Ministry.
- Ritchies Coachlines runs the service on our routes for the Ministry
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
- At Te Anau School our vision is 'Climbing our Way to the Top'. Our students have our T.O.P Values at the forefront in all settings:
- - treat others with respect
- - include others
- - have a 'can-do' attitude
- - wear our school uniform correctly
- - look after our belongings and environment
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 203
- Māori
- 47
- Pacific
- 5
- Asian
- 21
- MELAA
- 5
- 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 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 31 |
| Year 02 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 39 |
| Year 03 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 53 |
| Year 04 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 46 |
| Year 05 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 55 |
| Year 06 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 40 |
| Year 07 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| Total | 50 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 231 | 0 | 280 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 28 |
| Age 06 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 38 |
| Age 07 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 53 |
| Age 08 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 47 |
| Age 09 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 52 |
| Age 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 44 |
| Age 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 18 |
| Total | 50 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 231 | 0 | 280 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
82.1%
| Te Anau School | 82.1% |
|---|---|
| Southland Region | 61.8% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 171.8% |
| Māori | 43.5% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 136% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 94% |
| Total | 82.1% |
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 Anau School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Southland Region | 6.3% |
| 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%
| Te Anau School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Southland Region | 2.8% |
| 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)
- 429
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Small urban area
- Date opened
- 22 November 1937
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
- 29 June 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (29 June 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 29 June 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 273 — 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.
May 2019
265
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 7 August 2019
September 2015
217
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 4 November 2015
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 29 June 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 12 months of the Education Review Office and Te Anau 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 Anau School is situated in the township of Te Anau on the edge of Fiordland National Park. The school roll, in recent years, has grown significantly and now has just over 300 students. The school caters for ākonga in Years 0 – 6.
Te Anau School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:
inquire into the teaching and learning programmes, exploring new research to extend what works well for learners at Te Anau School and to innovate to enhance learning opportunities
ensure wellbeing initiatives support confident students and teachers learning together with optimism and pride.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Te Anau School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the phonics, spelling and reading programme initiatives are supporting improvements in student progress and achievement.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
exploration and inquiry into effective teaching and learning has informed the initiatives for improvement in literacy
analysed progress and achievement information identifies the need for writing to be the school’s priority
to build continuity and consistency of literacy learning over time.
The school expects to see growth in:
teacher professional knowledge and understanding of how students best learn to read and write
wellbeing outcomes, including improvement in progress and achievement in literacy
skills and knowledge for teachers and students to understand and respond to their own wellbeing needs.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support it in its goal to evaluate how well the phonics, spelling and reading programme initiatives are supporting improvements in student progress and achievement:
a strong, stable teaching staff enables effective teaching, innovation and distributed leadership
coherent and aligned practices and processes across the school support a clear strategic direction for ongoing improvement
meaningful community-wide partnerships enhance learning opportunities and support all students to have equitable access to the curriculum
strong links to the outdoors ensure all students know, understand, and connect with rich learning opportunities in the local environment.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
building leaders’ and teachers’ confidence through training in the shared understanding and consistent implementation of effective strategies for the spelling, phonics and reading literacy initiative
exploring how this approach to literacy will build sustainability and continuity over time for learners
ensuring that the focus of internal evaluation aligns with the strategic direction and supports improved outcomes for 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.
Shelley Booysen Director of Schools
29 June 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 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).