Arohanui Special School
Tirimoana Road, Te Atatu · Auckland — North
Composite score
Strong
Top 5% in NZ
Rank #86 of scored NZ schools
In summary
Arohanui Special School's April 2024 ERO review found students develop a strong sense of culture and identity while working towards individual goals. The school maintains a well-established bicultural and multicultural culture that supports engagement and wellbeing, with an adaptive curriculum responsive to students' individual and complex needs. The school has a composite score of 83.
Best suited for
Students in Te Atatu looking for a state-funded setting with a strong recent ERO trajectory.
Is Arohanui Special School a good school?
Arohanui Special School scores 89/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 5% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.
Strengths from the latest ERO report
- Students have a strong sense of their culture and identity and work towards successfully achieving their individual goals
- A well-established school culture that enhances engagement and wellbeing for ākonga, through bicultural and multi-cultural approaches
- Ākonga success and potential are addressed through an adaptive and responsive curriculum that provides relevant learning opportunities to meet their individual and complex needs
Summary derived from ERO reports + audited financials + MoE records. Every claim links to its source — see data transparency at the bottom of this page.
Score breakdown
6 axes, each scored 0–100 on a national absolute scale. As at 2025.
standdowns 0.0/1k · suspensions 0.0/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · top 10% of band (n=468) · why? ▼ hide
+26.2% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · top quartile of band (n=469) · why? ▼ hide
83/100 from ERO review 2024-04 · top quartile of band (n=471) · why? ▼ hide
⚠ Insufficient EQI-band peers (n<10) to compute per-axis percentile context. The score above is absolute; treat it as a single-school read rather than a peer comparison.
Real ERO composite (from the latest review): 83/100.
Latest ERO review
2024-04-09 · Shelley Booysen, ERO
- Students have a strong sense of their culture and identity and work towards successfully achieving their individual goals
- A well-established school culture that enhances engagement and wellbeing for ākonga, through bicultural and multi-cultural approaches
- Ākonga success and potential are addressed through an adaptive and responsive curriculum that provides relevant learning opportunities to meet their individual and complex needs
- A collaborative school leadership team that is reflective and strongly focused on promoting the school's strategic direction for improvement and creating school conditions for innovation
- Relational trust that is enhanced by distributed leadership opportunities across the school
"A collaborative school leadership team that is reflective and strongly focused on promoting the school's strategic direction for improvement and creating school conditions for innovation"
Composite score across reviews
2 ERO reviews on file, 2016–2024. Click a point to read that review.
NCEA achievement
School leavers with NCEA at each level. National average is ~85% (Level 1).
NCEA Level 1 · 2024
0.0%
0 of 13 leavers
0.0pt vs prior year
NCEA Level 2 · 2024
0.0%
0 of 13 leavers
0.0pt vs prior year
University Entrance · 2024
0.0%
0 of 13 leavers
0.0pt vs prior year
Data: Ministry of Education / Education Counts, CC-BY-4.0
Stay-on rate
Percentage of students who stay at school until at least their 17th birthday — the standard NZ proxy for Year-9-to-Year-13 retention.
84.6%
2024 cohort · 13 students
-15.4pt vs 2023
Discipline (age-standardised, per 1,000 students)
Stand-down = sent home temporarily. Suspension = formal investigation. Exclusion = removed from school. National averages shown for comparison.
Stand-downs · 2024
0.0
· NZ avg ~37
Suspensions · 2024
0.0
· NZ avg ~5
Exclusions · 2024
0.0
· NZ avg ~1.5
Government funding
Crown funding only (school operations + teacher salaries + property). Excludes locally-raised funds, international fees and trading income — those are in the audited financial report above.
Total Crown funding · 2022
$6.56M
Per-student funding · 2022
$25,044
2018
$4.4M
2019
$4.7M
2020
$6.0M
2021
$6.1M
2022
$6.6M
Roll by year level
July 2025 roll return.
- Year 01 23
- Year 02 24
- Year 03 26
- Year 04 29
- Year 05 15
- Year 06 20
- Year 07 15
- Year 08 16
- Year 09 18
- Year 10 11
- Year 11 9
- Year 12 7
- Year 13+ 47
Roll by ethnicity
Share of total roll. Students who identify with multiple ethnicities are counted once.
- Pacific 35.9%
- European/Pākehā 35.1%
- Māori 26.7%
- Asian 19.8%
- Other / MELAA 3.4%
Location
Tirimoana Road, Te Atatu. Nearby schools marked in grey.
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Frequently asked
Is Arohanui Special School a good school?
Arohanui Special School scores 89/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 5% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.
What does the latest ERO review say?
ERO's 2024-04 review identified 5 key findings. Students have a strong sense of their culture and identity and work towards successfully achieving their individual goals
How do I enrol my child at Arohanui Special School?
Contact the school directly on 09-8386696, email admin@arohanui.school.nz, or visit www.arohanui.school.nz. For state schools, check your home address against the school's enrolment zone — some schools are in-zone-only.
What are the fees?
Arohanui Special School is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.
What is the roll size?
Arohanui Special School has 262 students, with an EQI of 479 (mid-range socio-economic context).
When was the school last reviewed by ERO?
The Education Review Office last reviewed Arohanui Special School in 2024-04, signed by Shelley Booysen. 3 ERO reports are on file in our archive.
Data transparency
Every fact on this page links to its source. We never publish a claim without provenance — read our methodology for the full rules.
Sourced from
- ero.govt.nz
- schoolsdata.co.nz
- crimestats.co.nz