Wainuioru School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 85
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 1340 Masterton Stronvar Road, Wainuioru, Masterton
- Territorial authority
- Masterton District
- Phone
- 06-3722861
- office@wainuioru.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.
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: Wed 28 January - Thursday 2 April
Wed 28 January - Thursday 2 April
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 2, 2026: Monday 20 April - Friday 3 July
Monday 20 April - Friday 3 July
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 3, 2026: Monday 20 July - Friday 25 Sep
Monday 20 July - Friday 25 Sep
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 4, 2026: Monday 12 October - Thursday 10 Dec
Monday 12 October - Thursday 10 Dec
Year stated as2026 Term Dates
- Term 1, 2026: Wed 28 January - Thursday 2 April
- Getting there
- The Wainuioru School Board of Trustees is responsible for the school bus routes, as we operate our own buses.
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 83
- Māori
- 18
- Pacific
- 5
- Asian
- 1
- 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Year 02 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| Year 03 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Year 04 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Year 05 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Year 06 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Year 07 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| Year 08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 86 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Age 06 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| Age 07 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Age 08 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| Age 09 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Age 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Age 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Age 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 86 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Wainuioru School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Wellington Region | 24.7% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
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 stand-down rates data (2024)
Age-standardised suspension rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Wainuioru School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Wellington Region | 2.6% |
| 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%
| Wainuioru School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Wellington Region | 0.9% |
| 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)
- 413
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural other
- Date opened
- 31 January 1959
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
- 28 March 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (28 March 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 same report — the board assurance report of 28 March 2023 — also sets out actions for compliance: the non-compliance ERO identified during that process. This is that section of the report in full, in ERO’s words.
ERO and the board have identified the following areas of non-compliance during the board assurance process:
Ensured that current practice meets the requirement to base teaching and learning programmes on The New Zealand Curriculum national curriculum statements for learning languages. Worked towards offering students opportunities for learning second or subsequent languages (Years 7-10) [ The New Zealand Curriculum ].
In consultation with the school's Māori community, developed and made known to the school's community policies, plans and targets for improving the progress and achievement of Māori students. [NAG 1(e)]
The board has since taken steps to address the areas of non-compliance identified.
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 85 — 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.
March 2019
82
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 10 May 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 28 March 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 10 months of the Education Review Office and Wainuioru 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
Wainuioru school is a small rural school located 15km east of Masterton in the Wainuioru district and provides education and care for students in year 0 to 8.
Wainuioru School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
to develop robust achievement and tracking through clear schoolwide systems
to develop a localised curriculum that reflects the needs and aspirations of our students and community.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Wainuioru School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the school uses assessment for learning to improve outcomes for all students in mathematics.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to ensure:
equitable, high and sustained outcomes for all students in mathematics
professional growth for teachers is embedded into practice
the maths curriculum is relevant, engaging and meets the needs of the students.
The school expects to see increasing parity in outcomes for groups of students in mathematics by further strengthening current teaching and learning pedagogies.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate how effectively the school uses assessment for learning to improve outcomes for all students.
an active and involved community and staff who are focused on improving outcomes for learners
a highly supportive board of trustees who direct resources to initiatives that have been identified as having the potential to impact positively on student outcomes.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
implementing a schoolwide mathematics programme that will ensure a consistent and cohesive approach to the delivery of mathematics
further strengthening teacher pedagogies in delivering mathematics to ensure consistency and continuous improvements in outcomes for learners
ensuring that tracking and monitoring of student achievement informs the next steps for teaching and learning.
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.
Kathy Lye Acting Director Review and Improvement (Southern) Southern Region | Te Tai Tini
28 March 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).