Whitiora School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 212
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 38 Willoughby Street, Whitiora, Hamilton
- Territorial authority
- Hamilton City
- Phone
- 07-8395579
- admin@whitiora.school.nz
- Website
- http://whitiora.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Hamilton · schools in Waikato
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
- 9am
School Starts 9am
- 9am
- School day ends
- 3pm
End of day - 3pm
- 3pm
- How to enrol
- https://enrolments.linc-ed.com/apply/NZ/2091
[https://enrolments.linc-ed.com/apply/NZ/2091](https://enrolments.linc-ed.com/apply/NZ/2091)
- https://enrolments.linc-ed.com/apply/NZ/2091
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 40
- Māori
- 92
- Pacific
- 45
- Asian
- 59
- MELAA
- 12
- Other
- 7
- 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 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 31 |
| Year 02 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 32 |
| Year 03 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 33 |
| Year 04 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| Year 05 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 35 |
| Year 06 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 |
| Year 07 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 |
| Year 08 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Total | 123 | 43 | 69 | 14 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 241 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 |
| Age 06 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 34 |
| Age 07 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 29 |
| Age 08 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 29 |
| Age 09 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 33 |
| Age 10 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| Age 11 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| Age 12 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Age 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Total | 123 | 43 | 69 | 14 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 241 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
83%
| Whitiora School | 83% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 53.9% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 107.9% |
|---|---|
| Male | 62.7% |
| Māori | 128.5% |
| Pacific | 38.5% |
| Asian | 70.6% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 35.8% |
| Total | 83% |
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%
| Whitiora School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 6.6% |
| 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 | 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%
| Whitiora School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 2.4% |
| 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 | 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)
- 531
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 1919
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
- 2 May 2024
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (2 May 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 same report — the board assurance report of 2 May 2024 — 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:
In consultation with the school’s Māori community, developed and made known plans and targets for improving the progress and achievement of Māori students
[s127(1)(d) Education and Training Act 2020].
Provided appropriate career education and guidance for all students in Years 7 and 8
[s103 Education and Training Act 2020].
A police vet must be obtained for all employees and renewed every three years.
[Section 104 Education and Training Act 2020].
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 212 — 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.
May 2019
230
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 9 July 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 2 May 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 Whitiora 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
Whitiora School is located in the centre of Hamilton within the boundaries of Ngāti Wairere , the local hapū . It caters for students in Years 1 to 8 and offers instruction in both Māori and English. The guiding mission of the school is “ Whakapono ki a koe - Be true to yourself”.
Whitiora School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:
grow and strengthen powerful partnerships to support the Whitiora localised curriculum
build strong inclusive relationships through valuing ākonga identity, language and cultural competencies
grow pouako knowledge, skills, and capabilities to be deliberate with formative assessment, planning and teaching.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Whitiora School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well strengthening an assessment for learning approach will further accelerate the progress of all students, particularly those who are performing below expectations.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:
further accelerate the progress of students who need this
increase the effectiveness of tracking, monitoring and reporting of student progress and achievement including reporting outcomes to the Board
the school knows that when students are making progress they are more likely to attend school regularly
The school expects to see:
an increasing number of students achieving curriculum expectation
assessment for learning practices growing student agency and engagement in learning
an improvement in regular attendance at school.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to strengthen the assessment for learning approach to accelerate the progress and engage all students, particularly those who are performing below expectation.
A strategic and effective response to the numbers of students with pastoral needs.
A strong and well-articulated commitment by leaders and teachers to equity and to enacting the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi .
A well-developed and school-wide learning progression framework utilised in mathematics.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
completing the development of learning progressions frameworks in literacy, te reo matatini and pāngarau to support learners to increase responsibility for their learning
facilitating effective use of learning progressions for monitoring, tracking, and reporting of progress and achievement
ensuring systems and processes for managing attendance are robust and consistently implemented.
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
2 May 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).