# Ōtorohanga School

**Type:** Full Primary (State)  
**Gender:** Co-Educational  
**Address:** 95 Phillips Avenue, Otorohanga  
**Region:** Waikato  
**Total roll:** 111  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 538  
**Founded:** 1957  
**Website:** <http://www.otoprimary.school.nz>  

> ⚠️ **Active MoE intervention** — a limited statutory manager has been appointed (2013-08-29). Source: <https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2013-go5448>

## Latest ERO review (2024-08-15)

**Author:** Shelley Booysen, ERO  
**Composite score:** 75/100  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/1876/otorohanga-school#report-31173>

### Key findings
- Most learners in reading, and the majority in writing and mathematics, make sustained progress and achieve at the expected curriculum level
- Strategic leadership sets responsive goals and targets to improve conditions and outcomes for learners
- Te reo and tikanga Māori are increasingly woven into all aspects of the school curriculum design and planning
- Learners have a positive sense of belonging within an inclusive learning environment
- Most students attend more than 80% of the time; strengthening whānau relationships is a focus for on-going improvement in attendance

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"Strategic leadership sets responsive goals and targets to improve conditions and outcomes for learners."_ — ERO, 2024-08-15 (leadership)

> _"Te reo and tikanga Māori are increasingly woven into all aspects of the school curriculum design and planning, to support students' identity, language and culture."_ — ERO, 2024-08-15 (curriculum)

> _"Learners have a positive sense of belonging within an inclusive learning environment."_ — ERO, 2024-08-15 (wellbeing)

## Tags

`improving_maori_achievement` · `state_school` · `coeducational` · `full_primary_1_8` · `eqi_high_need` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director`

## Machine-readable siblings

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

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