# Meeanee School

**Type:** Full Primary (State)  
**Gender:** Co-Educational  
**Address:** 6 Gavin Black Street, Meeanee, Napier  
**Region:** Hawke's Bay, Tairāwhiti  
**Total roll:** 110  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 493  
**Founded:** 1865  
**Website:** <http://www.meeanee.school.nz>  

## Latest ERO review (2024-10-02)

**Author:** Shelley Booysen, ERO  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/2613/meeanee-school#report-31511>

### Key findings
- Board has attested to curriculum requirements as of February 2024
- Board has attested to management of health, safety and welfare requirements
- Safety checking of workforce: insufficient identity checks on staff appointment identified as non-compliant
- Requirement to notify Ministry of Education on use of physical restraint identified as non-compliant
- Board has taken steps to address areas of non-compliance identified

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"As of February 2024, the Meeanee School Board has attested to the following regulatory and legislative requirements:"_ — ERO, 2024-10-02 (governance)

> _"safety checking of workforce: undertake sufficient identity checks on the appointment of staff"_ — ERO, 2024-10-02 (safety)

> _"requirement to notify the Ministry of Education on the use of physical restraint"_ — ERO, 2024-10-02 (safety)

## Audited financials (year ended 2024)

- **Total revenue:** $1.41M
- **Surplus/(deficit):** +$39,641
- **Net assets/equity:** $0.74M
- **Audit opinion:** unmodified
- **Source:** <https://meeanee.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/sites/58/2025/05/Meeanee-School-Annual-Financial-Statements-Final_compressed_high-4.pdf>

## Tags

`surplus_latest_year` · `audit_unmodified_multi_year` · `holidays_act_disclosure_open` · `state_school` · `coeducational` · `full_primary_1_8` · `eqi_above_average_need` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director`

## Machine-readable siblings

- JSON: <https://schoolsnearme.co.nz/api/school/meeanee-school/facts.json>
- ERO history (markdown): <https://schoolsnearme.co.nz/api/school/meeanee-school/ero-history.md>

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