Upper Atiamuri School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 56
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 2613 State Highway 30, Atiamuri
- Territorial authority
- Rotorua District
- Phone
- 07-3332257
- office@upperatiamuri.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Rotorua · 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.
- School day starts
- 8.55am
Our school day starts at 8.55am , finishing at 2.55pm.
- 8.55am
- School day ends
- 2.55pm
Our school day starts at 8.55am , finishing at 2.55pm.
- 2.55pm
- Uniform
- Required
Our school uniform is a royal blue polo shirt, royal blue polar fleece and students own choice of black 'bottom half'.
- Required
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 37
- Māori
- 15
- Pacific
- 1
- Asian
- 11
- 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 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| Year 02 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Year 03 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Year 04 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| Year 05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Year 06 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| Year 07 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Year 08 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 54 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 06 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 07 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 08 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Age 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| Age 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Age 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Age 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 54 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
29.7%
| Upper Atiamuri School | 29.7% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 53.9% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 65.9% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 133.9% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| European/Pākehā | 38.2% |
| Total | 29.7% |
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%
| Upper Atiamuri 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 | 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%
| Upper Atiamuri 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 | 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)
- 468
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural other
- Date opened
- 25 January 1939
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
- 15 June 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (15 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 15 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 56 — 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.
February 2019
27
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 12 April 2019
March 2016
35
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 3 July 2017
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 15 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 six months of the Education Review Office and Upper Atiamuri 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
Upper Atiamuri School is a small rural school situated southwest of Rotorua catering for students in Years 1 to 8.
Upper Atiamuri School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:
review the delivery of mathematics teaching and learning through a culturally responsive lens
use targeted teaching to support students at risk of not achieving, to make accelerated progress.
develop stronger partnerships for learning.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Upper Atiamuri School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well a culturally responsive approach to teaching mathematics improves outcomes for boys.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is that student achievement data has identified a need to address the achievement of boys in mathematics with a particular focus on improving the learning for Māori boys.
The school expects to see all boys, including Māori , achieving at school expectations in mathematics.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal of improving boys’ achievement in mathematics:
Leadership that prioritises professional growth and accesses appropriate support.
Teachers who are knowledgeable and focused on equity for all learners.
A caring culture where children are supported in a well-resourced learning environment.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
reviewing current learning and teaching practices in mathematics with the aim of creating an action plan
fostering learning focused partnerships, connections and relationships with local iwi
ensuring that ākonga Māori and whānau feel welcome and that their place as tangata whenua is reflected in all aspects of Upper Atiamuri School culture.
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
15 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).