# Waltham School **Type:** Full Primary (State) **Gender:** Co-Educational **Address:** Hastings Street East, Waltham, Christchurch **Region:** Canterbury, Chatham Islands **Total roll:** 266 **Equity Index (EQI):** 489 **Founded:** 1891 **Website:** ## Latest ERO review (2025-02-28) **Author:** Sharon Kelly, ERO **Composite score:** 77/100 **Source:** ### Key findings - Learners achieve best in reading; school leaders have identified that there is a need to accelerate progress in writing and mathematics for some groups of learners. - Learners benefit from good quality teaching practice that improves progress and achievement in reading, writing and mathematics. - The school successfully promotes learners' engagement, wellbeing and inclusion. - A large majority of learners meet or exceed the expected curriculum level in reading, with results equitable for all groups. - School is behind the 80% regular attendance target; chronic absence is not yet reducing over time. ### Verbatim quotes from ERO > _"School leaders prioritise collaboration and provide clear direction for school improvement, they effectively build on the positive school culture and use of wider community partnerships to ensure that learners, whānau and staff are well supported."_ — ERO, 2025-02-28 (leadership) > _"Learners have rich opportunities to learn across the breadth and depth of the curriculum. There is a consistent focus on supporting learners to gain skills in literacy and mathematics."_ — ERO, 2025-02-28 (curriculum) > _"The school successfully promotes learners' engagement, wellbeing and inclusion."_ — ERO, 2025-02-28 (wellbeing) ## Tags `state_school` · `coeducational` · `full_primary_1_8` · `eqi_above_average_need` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director` ## Machine-readable siblings - JSON: - ERO history (markdown): --- Methodology: · Every claim above links to its source document.