Whau Valley School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 314
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 17 Moody Avenue, Whau Valley, Whangarei
- Territorial authority
- Whangarei District
- Phone
- 09-4370448
- office@whauvalley.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.
- School day starts
- 8:45am
Start | 8:45am
- 8:45am
- School day ends
- 2:45pm
End | 2:45pm
- 2:45pm
- Uniform
- Required
Our school uniform is navy and sky blue polo shirt, a navy shorts or long pants, navy sweatshirt and a navy soft shell hooded jacket.
- Required
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: Thursday 29 January - Thursday 2 April
Term 1 | Thursday 29 January | Thursday 2 April
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 2, 2026: Monday 20 April - Friday 3 July
Term 2 | Monday 20 April | Friday 3 July
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 3, 2026: Monday 20 July - Friday 25 September
Term 3 | Monday 20 July | Friday 25 September
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 4, 2026: Monday 12 October - TBC
Term 4 | Monday 12 October | TBC
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 1, 2026: Thursday 29 January - Thursday 2 April
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 107
- Māori
- 242
- Pacific
- 45
- Asian
- 13
- MELAA
- 1
- 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 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 33 |
| Year 02 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 52 |
| Year 03 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 49 |
| Year 04 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 54 |
| Year 05 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 43 |
| Year 06 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 53 |
| Year 07 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 223 | 36 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 90 | 0 | 292 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 31 |
| Age 06 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 54 |
| Age 07 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 46 |
| Age 08 | 49 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 57 |
| Age 09 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 40 |
| Age 10 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 51 |
| Age 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Total | 223 | 36 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 90 | 0 | 292 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
24.9%
| Whau Valley School | 24.9% |
|---|---|
| Northland Region | 52% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 17.4% |
|---|---|
| Male | 31.8% |
| Māori | 22.5% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 29.2% |
| Total | 24.9% |
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%
| Whau Valley 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%
| Whau Valley 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)
- 537
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Large urban area
- Date opened
- 17 June 1923
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
- 12 March 2024
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (12 March 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 March 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 314 — 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 2016
264
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 22 February 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 12 March 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 was written within 18 months of the Education Review Office and Whau 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
Whau Valley School is in Whangārei and provides education for tamariki in Years 1-6. Whau Valley School’s vision is ‘ Kia ako tahi, Kia tupu tahi , Learning as one, Growing together as one’.
Whau Valley School ’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for ākonga are:
a rich and relevant localised curriculum, tailored to the needs of tamariki and community
an inclusive learning environment that promotes positive relationships
learners demonstrating growth in capability, confidence and wellbeing.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Whau Valley School ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively Whau Valley School’s relationship -based-learning promotes a responsive curriculum that accelerates progress for all ākonga .
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
ākonga experience high levels of engagement
teachers accelerate the progress and achievement of all ākonga
leaders and teachers further develop a responsive local curriculum .
The school expects to see:
all ākonga engaged, progressing and achieving
effective use of evaluation information to inform the school’s curriculum design and implementation of learning programmes
a strengthened partnership with whānau , working together to grow and support tamariki .
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support how effectively Whau Valley School’s relationship -based-learning promotes a responsive curriculum that accelerates progress for all ākonga :
ākonga wellbeing is promoted, and prioritised
a commitment to building collaborative teacher capabilities to improve ākonga outcomes
teachers are committed to relationship-based-learning approaches that strengthen and support teaching and learning.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
undertaking an in-depth analysis of ākonga outcomes to determine school-wide next steps
modifying professional development from the analysis of ākonga progress and achievement data
using evaluative activities to strengthen school-wide collaboration and consistency of relationship -based- learning practices throughout the school.
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 March 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 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).