# Royal Oak School

**Type:** Contributing (State)  
**Gender:** Co-Educational  
**Address:** Chandler Avenue, Royal Oak, Auckland  
**Region:** Tāmaki Herenga Manawa  
**Total roll:** 463  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 381  
**Founded:** 1924  
**Website:** <http://www.rops.school.nz>  

## Latest ERO review (2024-11-04)

**Author:** Shelley Booysen, ERO  
**Composite score:** 66/100  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/1475/royal-oak-school#report-31705>

### Key findings
- Outcomes are improving for the majority of learners; inequity is evident for some groups of learners
- Achievement gap exists for Māori and Pacific learners, with the largest disparity in writing
- School has not met Ministry of Education's target for regular attendance, with a small majority attending regularly
- Strategic leadership increasingly fosters a culture committed to quality teaching, and equity and excellence in learner outcomes
- Through the localised curriculum learners see their identity, language and culture reflected within the school

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"Strategic leadership increasingly fosters a culture committed to quality teaching, and equity and excellence in learner outcomes."_ — ERO, 2024-11-04 (leadership)

> _"Through the localised curriculum learners clearly see their identity; their language and culture reflected within the school, creating a place where learners are confident and connected to their local environment."_ — ERO, 2024-11-04 (curriculum)

> _"The school has yet to have Māori and Pacific learners achieve as well as others, with slightly lower in reading and mathematics than their peers and the largest achievement gap in writing."_ — ERO, 2024-11-04 (equity)

## Tags

`state_school` · `coeducational` · `contributing_primary_1_6` · `eqi_low_need` · `international_students_accepted` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director`

## Machine-readable siblings

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

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