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Harewood School

721 Harewood Road, Harewood · Canterbury

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Total roll 176
EQI 410
Founded 1862
75

Composite score

Established

B+

Above median

Rank #791 of scored NZ schools

In summary

Harewood School's Board of Trustees attested to meeting all regulatory and legislative requirements as of February 2022, with the board providing assurance across all six requirement areas. Board administration and curriculum requirements were confirmed as met in the 2022 ERO board assurance review. No composite achievement score is currently available.

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Students in Harewood looking for a state-funded setting with an established ERO profile.

Is Harewood School a good school?

Harewood School scores 75/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Above median nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

Strengths from the latest ERO report

  • Board has provided assurance across all six regulatory and legislative requirement areas

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%
-5.0% 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).
44
ERO review
40%
73/100 from ERO review 2022-09 · bottom quartile of band (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: bottom quartile of band (n=539).
73

⚠ 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): 73/100.

Latest ERO review

2022-09-28 · Dr Lesley Patterson, Southern Region | Te Tai Tini

ERO report
  • Board of Trustees has attested to meeting all regulatory and legislative requirements as of February 2022
  • Board Administration requirements met
  • Curriculum requirements met
  • Management of Health, Safety and Welfare requirements met
  • Personnel Management and Finance requirements met
"As of February 2022, the Harewood School Board of Trustees has attested to the following regulatory and legislative requirements"
— ERO, 2022-09-28 (governance)

Composite score across reviews

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

latest 73
0 25 50 75 100 20172022 2017-09-28 · 82/100 2022-09-28 · 73/100

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

$1.38M

Per-student funding · 2022

$7,815

2018

$1.1M

2019

$1.2M

2020

$1.8M

2021

$3.6M

2022

$1.4M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 01
    26
  • Year 02
    24
  • Year 03
    23
  • Year 04
    30
  • Year 05
    30
  • Year 06
    31
  • Year 07
    7

Roll by ethnicity

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

Education Counts
  • European/Pākehā
    80.1%
  • Māori
    15.9%
  • Asian
    13.6%
  • Pacific
    5.1%
  • Other / MELAA
    4.5%

Location

721 Harewood Road, Harewood. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Harewood School a good school?

Harewood School scores 75/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Above median nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2022-09 review identified 6 key findings. Board of Trustees has attested to meeting all regulatory and legislative requirements as of February 2022

How do I enrol my child at Harewood School?

Contact the school directly on 03-3598382, email office@harewood.school.nz, or visit www.harewood.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?

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

What is the roll size?

Harewood School has 176 students, with an EQI of 410 (lower socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Harewood School in 2022-09, signed by Dr Lesley Patterson. 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

28 Sept 2022

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  • crimestats.co.nz