Waipu School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 246
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 6 Argyle Street, Waipu
- Territorial authority
- Whangarei District
- Phone
- 09-4320135
- office@wps.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.wps.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Whangārei · schools in Northland
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.
- How to enrol
- https://enrolments.linc-ed.com/apply/NZ/1125
- Online: Complete the digital form on our Waipu Primary School Enrolment Page – [https://enrolments.linc-ed.com/apply/NZ/1125](https://enrolments.linc-ed.com/apply/NZ/1125)
- https://enrolments.linc-ed.com/apply/NZ/1125
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 205
- Māori
- 60
- Pacific
- 15
- Asian
- 18
- MELAA
- 2
- Other
- 2
- 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 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 45 |
| Year 02 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 33 |
| Year 03 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 55 |
| Year 04 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 44 |
| Year 05 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 31 |
| Year 06 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 39 |
| Year 07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| Total | 63 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 206 | 0 | 258 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 44 |
| Age 06 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 32 |
| Age 07 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 55 |
| Age 08 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 46 |
| Age 09 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 29 |
| Age 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 41 |
| Age 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| Total | 63 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 206 | 0 | 258 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
9.9%
| Waipu School | 9.9% |
|---|---|
| Northland Region | 52% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 18.5% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 12.5% |
| Total | 9.9% |
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%
| Waipu School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Northland Region | 6.5% |
| 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%
| Waipu School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Northland Region | 2.7% |
| 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)
- 438
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Small urban area
- Date opened
- 31 December 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
- 3
- Last reviewed
- 8 August 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (8 August 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 8 August 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 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.
August 2017
241
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 9 November 2017
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 8 August 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 17 months of the Education Review Office and Waipu 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
Waipu School is in Whangārei , Northland and caters for learners in Years 1-6. Waipu School’s vision is ‘to be a learning community, where ākonga will be happy, successful, life-long learners who are connected, confident and engaged’. Waipu School partners with the Bream Bay Kāhui Ako . The school’s Māori and Scottish heritage are features of the school community and local region.
Waipu School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
provide strong foundations to enable students to be learners for life
build a positive and inclusive school culture which is embraced by all
build purposeful partnerships that support learning.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Waipu School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the learning environment promotes and enables learner agency.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
well-managed learning environments to support learner engagement, agency, excellence and equity is a school goal
professional learning with a focus on teaching practice that enables learner-led learning, a ‘can-do’ attitude and a sense of wellbeing
parents, whānau and teachers can work together with learners to identify their strengths, learning needs and set goals.
The school expects to see engaged learners who have equitable access to learning, where they can talk about and plan their own learning progress. All stakeholders will have a shared understanding of learner agency.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how well the learning environment promotes and enables learner agency:
an inclusive learning environment where effective teaching practices support the progress and achievement of all learners
a strong local curriculum that is responsive to learner language, culture and identity
leadership that drives positive change and supports teachers to deepen their understanding of effective and equitable teaching and learning
stewardship that acts strategically to strengthen and improve progress and achievement for all learners.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise continued:
internal evaluation processes and practices that inform decision making, including the use of stakeholder voice
teacher inquiry into strategies and tools that monitor and assess learner progress and achievement, including learner agency
access to current and newly resourced technology where learners, teachers, parents and whānau share understandings of learner agency.
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
8 August 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).