Valley School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 463
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- East Street, Pukekohe
- Territorial authority
- Franklin Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-2388774
- office@valley.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.valley.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
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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.
- School day starts
- 09:00 am
09:00 am - Class starts
- 09:00 am
- School day ends
- 3:00 pm
3:00 pm - School finishes.
- 3:00 pm
- Uniform
- Required
Valley School requires a standard uniform for all its students.
- Required
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026 (9 weeks): Wednesday 4 February - Thursday 2 April
Term 1 (9 weeks) Wednesday 4 February - Thursday 2 April
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 2, 2026 (11 weeks): Monday 20 April - Friday 3 July
Term 2 (11 weeks) Monday 20 April - Friday 3 July
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 3, 2026 (10 weeks): Monday 20 July - Friday 25 September
Term 3 (10 weeks) Monday 20 July - Friday 25 September
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 4, 2026 (10 weeks): Monday 12 October - Wednesday 16th December
Term 4 (10 weeks) Monday 12 October - Wednesday 16th December
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 1, 2026 (9 weeks): Wednesday 4 February - Thursday 2 April
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 280
- Māori
- 82
- Pacific
- 62
- Asian
- 118
- MELAA
- 21
- 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 | 19 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 78 |
| Year 02 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 59 |
| Year 03 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 85 |
| Year 04 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 81 |
| Year 05 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 73 |
| Year 06 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 70 |
| Year 07 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| Total | 81 | 56 | 109 | 27 | 5 | 291 | 0 | 464 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 67 |
| Age 06 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 58 |
| Age 07 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 92 |
| Age 08 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 83 |
| Age 09 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 74 |
| Age 10 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 70 |
| Age 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| Total | 81 | 56 | 109 | 27 | 5 | 291 | 0 | 464 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
32.2%
| Valley School | 32.2% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 62.7% |
| Māori | 38% |
| Pacific | 87% |
| Asian | 56% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 23.2% |
| Total | 32.2% |
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%
| Valley School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 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%
| Valley School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 1.4% |
| 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 | 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)
- 426
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Medium urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 1966
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
- 4 December 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (4 December 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 4 December 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 463 — 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.
December 2018
524
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 28 February 2019
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 4 December 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 four months of the Education Review Office and Valley 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
Valley School is located in Pukekohe , providing education for students in Years 1 to 6. The school hosts a satellite unit of Parkside Special School on-site. Two new deputy principals have recently been employed.
Valley School ’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
to build the long-term sustainability and capability of staff and effectiveness of systems within and across the school, to achieve the very best outcomes for students
to enable students and staff to enjoy a safe and empowering learning environment that caters for the needs of diverse learners
to maintain partnerships with iwi and the community that contribute to Māori learners enjoying success as Māori .
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Valley School ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the effectiveness of targeted actions to increase learner outcomes in literacy that enable equitable outcomes for identified learners. Growing responsive partnerships for learning and strengthening evaluation capability continue to be ongoing priorities for the school.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
the school’s priority to increase achievement and equitable outcomes for all learners
the opportunity to strengthen students’ empowerment and ownership of their learning
the importance of engaging in effective partnerships with students and whānau to further support learning.
The school expects to see improved progress and equitable outcomes for all students in literacy.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal of increasing achievement outcomes in literacy:
an inclusive, caring environment for students that enables a strong sense of belonging and engagement
strategic employment of staff with a range of skills and knowledge that promotes a positive, collaborative culture for learning
distributed leadership that is increasingly building and modelling deeper levels of reflective practice to inform improvement.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
refining processes and practices that enable increased achievement and equitable outcomes for learners
further strengthening the use of assessment data to show rates of progress and inform targeted actions for planning and teaching
continuing to build learning-centred partnerships with parents and whānau , and evaluation capability across the school for ongoing improvement.
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
4 December 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).