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Kohukohu School

Beach Road, Kohukohu · Northland

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Total roll 34
EQI 543
Founded 1881
67

Composite score

Established

B

Below median

Rank #1,273 of scored NZ schools

Active MoE intervention — limited statutory manager

A limited statutory manager has been appointed to Kohukohu School . NZ Gazette notice

Top 5% in Fewer stand-downs

In summary

Kohukohu School's board has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements across all six key areas, with two identified areas of non-compliance (police vetting for non-teaching staff and accident recording systems) now addressed. The school is currently under limited statutory manager intervention from the Ministry of Education. The board has demonstrated compliance across Board Administration, Curriculum, Health/Safety/Welfare, Personnel Management, Finance, and Assets.

Best suited for

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

Is Kohukohu School a good school?

Kohukohu School is currently under MoE intervention — a limited statutory manager has been appointed. The school's day-to-day teaching continues; the intervention addresses governance or operational concerns identified by the Ministry. Read the NZ Gazette notice for details.

Strengths from the latest ERO report

  • Board attested compliance 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=539) · 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=539).
100
Trajectory
25%
-18.4% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · bottom quartile of band (n=524) · why?
5-year change in total roll. −20% → 0 score, 0% → 50, +20% → 100. Source: Education Counts roll history. Year: 2025. Peer comparison: bottom quartile of band (n=524).
27
ERO review
40%
64/100 from ERO review 2025-02 · bottom quartile of band (n=544) · 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: 2025. Peer comparison: bottom quartile of band (n=544).
64

⚠ 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): 64/100.

Latest ERO review

2025-02-04 · Sharon Kelly, ERO

ERO report
  • Board has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements across all areas: Board Administration, Curriculum, Health/Safety/Welfare, Personnel Management, Finance, and Assets
  • Two areas of non-compliance were identified: ensuring all non-teaching staff have current police vetting and maintaining systems for recording, analysing and reporting accidents and hazards
  • The board has addressed all identified areas of non-compliance
"As of November 2024, the Kohukohu School Board has attested to the following regulatory and legislative requirements"
— ERO, 2025-02-04 (governance)

Composite score across reviews

2 ERO reviews on file, 2023–2025. Click a point to read that review.

latest 64
0 25 50 75 100 20232025 2023-01-16 · 75/100 2025-02-04 · 64/100

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

$0.48M

Per-student funding · 2022

$14,228

2018

$0.6M

2019

$0.6M

2020

$0.6M

2021

$0.9M

2022

$0.5M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 01
    3
  • Year 02
    3
  • Year 03
    5
  • Year 04
    4
  • Year 05
    6
  • Year 06
    3
  • Year 07
    3
  • Year 08
    4

Roll by ethnicity

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

Education Counts
  • Māori
    97.1%
  • European/Pākehā
    26.5%
  • Pacific
    2.9%

Location

Beach Road, Kohukohu. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Kohukohu School a good school?

Kohukohu School is currently under MoE intervention — a limited statutory manager has been appointed. The school's day-to-day teaching continues; the intervention addresses governance or operational concerns identified by the Ministry. Read the NZ Gazette notice for details.

What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2025-02 review identified 3 key findings. Board has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements across all areas: Board Administration, Curriculum, Health/Safety/Welfare, Personnel Management, Finance, and Assets

How do I enrol my child at Kohukohu School?

Contact the school directly on 09-4055877, email administration@kohukohu.school.nz, or visit kohukohu.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?

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

What is the roll size?

Kohukohu School has 34 students, with an EQI of 543 (higher socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Kohukohu School in 2025-02, signed by Sharon Kelly. 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.

Last updated

4 Feb 2025

Source documents

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  • ero.govt.nz
  • gazette.govt.nz
  • schoolsdata.co.nz