Wainuiomata Primary School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 246
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- Homedale Road, Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt
- Territorial authority
- Lower Hutt City
- Phone
- 04-9398677
- admin@wainuiomata.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Wellington Region
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 ends
- 3:00pm
3:00pm School Ends
- 3:00pm
- Office hours
- 8:30am - 3:30pm
The school office is open from 8:30am - 3:30pm.
- 8:30am - 3:30pm
What is on offer beyond the classroom?
The sports, arts, clubs and groups this school names on its own website. Not a complete list of what any school offers, and not a count — a school that names more here has written more down, which is not the same as doing more.
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.
- On offer
- Kapa Haka
Each year our senior school participates in Kapa Haka.
- Kapa Haka
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 154
- Māori
- 99
- Pacific
- 45
- Asian
- 33
- MELAA
- 12
- 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 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 28 |
| Year 02 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 36 |
| Year 03 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| Year 04 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 45 |
| Year 05 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 36 |
| Year 06 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 46 |
| Year 07 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 88 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 227 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 27 |
| Age 06 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 36 |
| Age 07 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 33 |
| Age 08 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 44 |
| Age 09 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 37 |
| Age 10 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 46 |
| Age 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 88 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 227 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
368.8%
| Wainuiomata Primary School | 368.8% |
|---|---|
| Wellington Region | 24.7% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 693.1% |
| Māori | 375.2% |
| Pacific | 241% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 510.2% |
| European/Pākehā | 367.6% |
| Total | 368.8% |
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%
| Wainuiomata Primary 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%
| Wainuiomata Primary 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)
- 484
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major 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
- 12 June 2024
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (12 June 2024)
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 12 June 2024 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 246 — 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.
October 2016
326
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 6 December 2016
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 12 June 2024 — “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 is the result of the Education Review Office and Wainuiomata 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
Wainuiomata Primary School is situated in the Lower Hutt suburb of Wainuiomata . It offers learning opportunities for students in Years 1-6.
Wainuiomata Primary School ’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:
ensure every child achieves their optimum academic performance
engage students in learning through effective teaching and a relevant curriculum
further develop positive behaviour for learning evident throughout the school
have parents and whānau engaged their child’s learning to support students to achieve.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Wainuiomata Primary School ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the impact of recently introduced teaching practices on student achievement and engagement, especially in the areas of reading, writing and mathematics.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is leaders and ERO have identified the need to :
raise the achievement of students in reading, writing and mathematics
increase student engagement in and ownership of their learning.
The school expects to see students who positively engage in reading, writing and mathematics learning and who are experiencing increased success in these areas. It also expects to see teachers identifying, sharing and using those strategies that have most impact in their classrooms.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to improve student engagement and achievement in reading and mathematics:
strong, well-established relationships with the school community provides a platform for the implementation of Mutukaroa - the home/school partnership programme, to support transition to school and student learning
a strengthened response to behaviour management that has a positive impact on student engagement
ongoing strengthening of cultural practices and understandings for a sense of pride and belonging.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
identifying and sharing the most highly effective teaching strategies in reading and mathematics to better enable students engage in their learning and improve student achievement outcomes
further refining of assessment practices to align with changes to literacy teaching
refining the school’s unique local curriculum to increase student engagement and opportunities for success and to capture expectations of effective teaching in reading, writing and mathematics.
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
12 June 2024
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).