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Brookby School

359 Brookby Road, Manurewa · Auckland — Central

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Total roll 121
EQI 417
Founded 1874
77

Composite score

Established

B+

Top 25% in NZ

Rank #603 of scored NZ schools

Top 10% in Fewer stand-downs

In summary

Brookby School's 2022 board assurance review confirmed the Board of Trustees met regulatory and legislative requirements, board administration requirements, and curriculum requirements as of August 2022. No composite score was available for this review period.

Best suited for

Students aged 5-11 in Manurewa looking for a state-funded setting with an established ERO profile.

Is Brookby School a good school?

Brookby School scores 77/100 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.

Strengths from the latest ERO report

  • Students demonstrate a strong sense of belonging and connection to the school
  • The school's learning culture is well established and characterised by meaningful student, teacher and whānau relationships
  • School leadership collaboratively plans, develops and promotes the school values and strategic priorities for continuous improvement

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.

How this is computed
Wellbeing
35%
standdowns 0.0/1k · suspensions 0.0/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · top 10% of band (n=536) · why?
Composite of stand-downs, suspensions, and exclusions per 1,000 students (lower is better). Formula: standdowns/1k + 2× suspensions/1k + 5× exclusions/1k. Small primary schools with no rows score top of band ("no incidents reported"). Source: Education Counts student engagement. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: top 10% of band (n=536).
100
Trajectory
25%
-4.1% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · near band median (n=534) · why?
5-year change in total roll. −20% → 0 score, 0% → 50, +20% → 100. Source: Education Counts roll history. Year: 2025. Peer comparison: near band median (n=534).
45
ERO review
40%
77/100 from ERO review 2022-12 · below band median (n=539) · why?
Composite score from the most recent Education Review Office report (Haiku-extracted 0–100 from the published review text). For primary schools this is the heaviest axis (40%) because NCEA-style outcomes data isn't applicable. Source: ERO via Wayback archive. Year: 2022. Peer comparison: below band median (n=539).
77

⚠ 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): 77/100.

Latest ERO review

2022-12-13 · Filivaifale Jason Swann, Northern Region | Te Tai Raki

ERO report
  • Students demonstrate a strong sense of belonging and connection to the school
  • The school's learning culture is well established and characterised by meaningful student, teacher and whānau relationships
  • School leadership collaboratively plans, develops and promotes the school values and strategic priorities for continuous improvement
"school leadership collaboratively plans, develops and promotes the school values and strategic priorities for continuous improvement"
— ERO, 2022-12-13 (leadership)

Composite score across reviews

2 ERO reviews on file, 2017–2022. Click a point to read that review.

latest 77
0 25 50 75 100 20172022 2017-05-18 · 76/100 2022-12-13 · 77/100

Audited financials

Year ended 2021 · Audit opinion: unmodified

Annual report

Total revenue

$1.15M

Surplus / (deficit)

$7k

Net assets / equity

$0.48M

Discipline (age-standardised, per 1,000 students)

Stand-down = sent home temporarily. Suspension = formal investigation. Exclusion = removed from school. National averages shown for comparison.

Education Counts

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.

Education Counts

Total Crown funding · 2022

$0.90M

Per-student funding · 2022

$7,409

2018

$0.7M

2019

$0.9M

2020

$1.1M

2021

$0.9M

2022

$0.9M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 01
    19
  • Year 02
    16
  • Year 03
    11
  • Year 04
    16
  • Year 05
    17
  • Year 06
    18
  • Year 07
    8
  • Year 08
    12

Roll by ethnicity

Share of total roll. Students who identify with multiple ethnicities are counted once.

Education Counts
  • European/Pākehā
    85.1%
  • Māori
    19.0%
  • Asian
    9.1%
  • Pacific
    8.3%
  • Other / MELAA
    5.8%

Location

359 Brookby Road, Manurewa. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Brookby School a good school?

Brookby School scores 77/100 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 2022-12 review identified 3 key findings. Students demonstrate a strong sense of belonging and connection to the school

How do I enrol my child at Brookby School?

Contact the school directly on 09-530 8569, email office@brookby.school.nz, or visit www.brookby.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?

Brookby School is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Brookby School has 121 students, with an EQI of 417 (lower socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Brookby School in 2022-12, signed by Filivaifale Jason Swann. 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.

Last updated

13 Dec 2022

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