Titahi Bay School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 368
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- Kura Street, Titahi Bay, Porirua
- Territorial authority
- Porirua City
- Phone
- 04-2368399
- office@titahibay.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Wellington Region
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.
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 KURA values guide how we learn, play, and interact with others:
- Kindness, Unity, Respect, and Achieve.
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 222
- Māori
- 178
- Pacific
- 70
- Asian
- 19
- MELAA
- 14
- Other
- 4
- 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 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 69 |
| Year 02 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 57 |
| Year 03 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 51 |
| Year 04 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 47 |
| Year 05 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 58 |
| Year 06 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 58 |
| Year 07 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 162 | 66 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 187 | 0 | 347 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 65 |
| Age 06 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 61 |
| Age 07 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 50 |
| Age 08 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 48 |
| Age 09 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 59 |
| Age 10 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 57 |
| Age 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 162 | 66 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 187 | 0 | 347 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Titahi Bay School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Wellington Region | 24.7% |
| 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 | 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%
| Titahi Bay School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Wellington Region | 2.6% |
| 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 | 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%
| Titahi Bay School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Wellington Region | 0.9% |
| 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)
- 459
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Large urban area
- Date opened
- 16 November 1858
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
- 20 September 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (20 September 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 20 September 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 368 — 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.
June 2017
434
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 26 July 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 20 September 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 two years of the Education Review Office and Titahi Bay 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
Titahi Bay School serves the community in the northwestern suburb of Titahi Bay, Porirua City. It delivers learning opportunities to children in Years 1-6.
Titahi Bay School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to grow:
relationships with children, whānau and the community
student and teacher love of and engagement in learning
improve attendance levels to pre Covid levels
a curriculum that engages learners, incorporates local history and utilises new technologies.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Titahi Bay School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the effectiveness of the school’s refreshed local curriculum and how well it is enriching student wellbeing, engagement and achievement of all students.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
to increase the engagement of students in learning opportunities
to provide curriculum experiences that raise students’ awareness and knowledge of their local stories, histories, places and people
for students to know and understand where they are culturally located
to raise the achievement of students across the school, especially in reading and writing.
The school expects to see leaders, trustees, teachers, students and whānau actively engaged in learning the local stories and histories of the area, allowing students to develop an understanding of how stories affect people and place. It also expects staff to utilise information and modern teaching strategies to plan and implement programmes to improve student engagement, achievement, and wellbeing.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to develop and implement an engaging local curriculum.
Positive relationships with students and whānau that support engagement in learning.
School values that are well known and consistently enacted to support the wellbeing of all.
Engagement with local iwi that supports the understanding the area’s history has guided the local curriculum and strengthening learning opportunities.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
the refinement and implementation of the revised curriculum that identifies meaningful learning opportunities using Titahi Bay as a context
developing a shared understanding of the importance of local stories and their place in the curriculum
review assessment practices and use of achievement information to better inform teaching practice and improve outcomes for learners across the curriculum.
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
20 September 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).