Tirau Primary School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 127
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 69 Main Road, Tirau
- Territorial authority
- South Waikato District
- Phone
- 07-8831653
- office@tirau.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.tirau.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
The children are expected to wear our school polo shirt and black bottoms of their choice everyday.
- Required
- Getting there
- School buses, which normally depart from school by 3:45; bus children wait in the bus shelters
All children are ticked off the bus list and then taken up to wait for the bus in the bus shelters. The buses normally depart from school by 3:45.
- School buses, which normally depart from school by 3:45; bus children wait in the bus shelters
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 99
- Māori
- 44
- Pacific
- 10
- Asian
- 8
- 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 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 24 |
| Year 02 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 26 |
| Year 03 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 19 |
| Year 04 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| Year 05 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 26 |
| Year 06 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| Year 07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 42 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 129 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 25 |
| Age 06 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 24 |
| Age 07 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 20 |
| Age 08 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| Age 09 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 26 |
| Age 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| Age 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 42 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 129 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Tirau Primary School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 53.9% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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%
| Tirau Primary School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 6.6% |
| 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 | 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%
| Tirau Primary School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 2.4% |
| 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 | 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)
- 477
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural settlement
- Date opened
- 15 July 1888
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
- 25 July 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (25 July 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 25 July 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 127 — 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 2016
118
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 10 August 2016
March 2013
85
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 22 April 2013
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 25 July 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 Tirau Primary 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
Tirau Primary School is located in the South Waikato township of Tīrau . It caters for students in Years 1 to 6.
Tirau Primary School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
develop a locally and culturally relevant curriculum
further engaging whānau in the success of their learners
grow educators to be leaders of learning.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Tirau Primary School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the school is strengthening its engagement with parents as partners in learning.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
effective home and school partnerships are a powerful lever for improving student progress and achievement
developing learning partnerships focused on raising achievement particularly for those students at risk will promote equity and excellence.
The school expects to see:
accelerated progress for learners
parents and whānau who are empowered to impact positively on their children’s learning
strong, home and school relationships focused on learning.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following to support the evaluation of how well it is strengthening its engagement with parents as partners in learning:
an effective and proactive leadership team who provides positive direction for the school
a collaborative teaching team who are open to learning
a positive culture for learning based on strong relationships between staff and students.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
continuing the engagement of parents to support their children in reading and extending the programme to include mathematics and writing
refining the learning goals shared with parents, to ensure these reflect the current next step in learning focused on in the classroom for each child.
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
25 July 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).