Botany Downs School
Mirrabooka Avenue, Botany Downs · Auckland — Central
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Composite score
Established
Top 25% in NZ
Rank #448 of scored NZ schools
In summary
The Board of Trustees has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements in Board Administration, Curriculum, and Management of Health, Safety and Welfare. The school's most recent Education Review Office board assurance review was conducted in August 2022. No composite score is currently available for this school.
Best suited for
Students in Botany Downs looking for a state-funded setting with an established ERO profile.
Is Botany Downs School a good school?
Botany Downs School scores 79/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 25% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.
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 13.8/1k · suspensions 0.0/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · below band median (n=536) · why? ▼ hide
+6.6% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · top quartile of band (n=534) · why? ▼ hide
85/100 from ERO review 2022-08 · top quartile of band (n=539) · 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): 85/100.
Latest ERO review
2022-08-12 · Filivaifale Jason Swann, Northern Region | Te Tai Raki
- Board of Trustees has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements in Board Administration
- Board of Trustees has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements in Curriculum
- Board of Trustees has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements in Management of Health, Safety and Welfare
- Board of Trustees has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements in Personnel Management
- Board of Trustees has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements in Finance
"As of November 2021, the Botany Downs School Board of Trustees has attested to the following regulatory and legislative requirements"
Composite score across reviews
3 ERO reviews on file, 2016–2022. Click a point to read that review.
Audited financials
Year ended 2024 · Audit opinion: unmodified
Total revenue
$6.15M
Surplus / (deficit)
+$240k
Net assets / equity
$2.04M
3 years of audited data on file · View full history (Pro)
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
13.8
3 this year · 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
$6.12M
Per-student funding · 2022
$9,853
2018
$2.9M
2019
$4.5M
2020
$4.0M
2021
$4.3M
2022
$6.1M
Roll by year level
July 2025 roll return.
- Year 01 82
- Year 02 68
- Year 03 83
- Year 04 99
- Year 05 108
- Year 06 125
- Year 07 20
Roll by ethnicity
Share of total roll. Students who identify with multiple ethnicities are counted once.
- Asian 45.4%
- European/Pākehā 34.9%
- Pacific 11.1%
- Other / MELAA 8.4%
- Māori 5.3%
- International 1.0%
International students
SIEBA member · Day school only
ESOL support
partial
Years accepted
Year 1 to Year 6
Location
Mirrabooka Avenue, Botany Downs. Nearby schools marked in grey.
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Frequently asked
Is Botany Downs School a good school?
Botany Downs School scores 79/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 25% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.
What does the latest ERO review say?
ERO's 2022-08 review identified 6 key findings. Board of Trustees has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements in Board Administration
How do I enrol my child at Botany Downs School?
Contact the school directly on 09-5349848, email office@botanydowns.school.nz, or visit www.botanydowns.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?
Botany Downs School is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.
What is the roll size?
Botany Downs School has 621 students, with an EQI of 392 (lower socio-economic need).
When was the school last reviewed by ERO?
The Education Review Office last reviewed Botany Downs School in 2022-08, signed by Filivaifale Jason Swann. 4 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
- botanydowns.school.nz
- sieba.nz
- schoolsdata.co.nz
- crimestats.co.nz