# Taipa Area School

**Type:** Composite (State)  
**Gender:** Co-Educational  
**Address:** 578 State Highway 10, Taipa  
**Region:** Tai Tokerau  
**Total roll:** 430  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 530  
**Founded:** 1959  
**Website:** <http://www.taipa.school.nz>  

## Latest ERO review (2023-05-26)

**Author:** n/a, ERO  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/2/taipa-area-school#report-27732>

### Key findings
- Meaningful connections, communication and relationships with whānau, hapū and iwi are established
- Leadership is committed to promoting the school's vision and values and to progressing a culturally responsive, improvement-focused approach
- Conditions, structures, systems and processes to support learner wellbeing are being strengthened and refined

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"leadership is committed to promoting the school's vision and values and to progressing a culturally responsive, improvement-focused approach"_ — ERO, 2023-05-26 (leadership)

> _"Most students are of Māori heritage who whakapapa to the local hapū and iwi of Ngāti Kahu"_ — ERO, 2023-05-26 (maori)

> _"promote learners' sense of belonging and connection to the school and confidence in their identities, languages and cultures"_ — ERO, 2023-05-26 (equity)

## Tags

`composite_year_1_13` · `state_school` · `coeducational` · `eqi_high_need`

## Machine-readable siblings

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

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