# Otahuhu School

**Type:** Contributing (State)  
**Gender:** Co-Educational  
**Address:** 41 Station Road, Otahuhu, Auckland  
**Region:** Tāmaki Herenga Waka  
**Total roll:** 584  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 490  
**Founded:** 1858  
**Website:** <http://www.otahuhuprimary.school.nz>  

## Latest ERO review (2023-12-12)

**Author:** Shelley Booysen, ERO  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/1409/otahuhu-school#report-29595>

### Key findings
- School is evaluating how a responsive local curriculum promotes increased engagement, progress and achievement for all learners
- Inquiry and learner agency form the basis of the matau framework for the local curriculum
- Commitment at all levels to quality and responsive bilingual education for Samoan, Tongan and Māori students
- Strategic priority to strengthen teacher capacity through consistent and connected approach to teaching and learning
- Next evaluation will assess how teachers use coherent and responsive practices to support independent and confident learners

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how a responsive local curriculum promotes increased engagement, progress and achievement for all learners."_ — ERO, 2023-12-12 (curriculum)

> _"collaborative leadership based on relational trust which is open to positive change in the school"_ — ERO, 2023-12-12 (leadership)

> _"commitment at all levels of the school and community to quality and responsive bilingual education for Samoan, Tongan and Māori students"_ — ERO, 2023-12-12 (equity)

## Tags

`state_school` · `coeducational` · `contributing_primary_1_6` · `eqi_above_average_need` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director`

## Machine-readable siblings

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

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