Waikawa Bay School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 144
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 282 Waikawa Road, Picton
- Territorial authority
- Marlborough District
- Phone
- 03-5736636
- office@waikawabay.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Marlborough
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.
- Term dates
- Term 4, 2025: Starts 6th of October, Finishes 19th of December: 12 noon
Term 4 Starts: 6th of October Finishes: 19th of December: 12 noon
Year stated as2025 Term Dates
- Term 1, 2026: Wednesday 4th February - Thursday 2nd April
Term 1 Starts: Wednesday 4th February Finishes: Thursday 2nd April
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 2, 2026: Monday 20th April - Friday 3rd July
Term 2 Starts: Monday 20th April Finishes: Friday 3rd July
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 3, 2026: Monday 20th July - Friday 25th September
Term 3 Starts: Monday 20th July Finishes: Friday 25th September
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 4, 2026: Monday 12th October - Thursday 17th December
Term 4 Starts: Monday 12th October Finishes: Thursday 17th December
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 4, 2025: Starts 6th of October, Finishes 19th of December: 12 noon
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
- Waikawa Bay School is a caring community of learners where everyone achieves success.
- Living & Learning the Waikawa Way:
- - Be Honest - Kia Pono
- - Be Kind - Kia Atawhai
- - Be Respectful - Kia Manaaki
- - Be The Best You Can Be - Kia Whakamiharo
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 101
- Māori
- 50
- Pacific
- 7
- Asian
- 6
- 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 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 23 |
| Year 02 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| Year 03 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 25 |
| Year 04 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 22 |
| Year 05 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 27 |
| Year 06 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 29 |
| Year 07 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 54 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 106 | 0 | 152 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 23 |
| Age 06 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| Age 07 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 27 |
| Age 08 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
| Age 09 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 26 |
| Age 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 30 |
| Age 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 54 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 106 | 0 | 152 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Waikawa Bay School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Marlborough Region | 36.2% |
| 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%
| Waikawa Bay School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Marlborough Region | 4% |
| 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%
| Waikawa Bay School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Marlborough Region | 1% |
| 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)
- 460
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Small urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 1876
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
- 30 July 2026
- Latest report
- School Report July 2026
- Report type
- Review report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (22 May 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 22 May 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 144 — 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.
November 2017
152
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 2 March 2018
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
ERO published this report as a PDF attachment rather than as text on its page, so there is nothing here for us to quote from it. The report itself is at the link below.
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).