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Sherwood School (Auckland)

Sartors Avenue, Browns Bay · Auckland — North

Total roll 498
EQI 372
Founded 1976
70

Composite score

Established

B+

Above median

Rank #1,136 of scored NZ schools

Best suited for

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

Is Sherwood School (Auckland) a good school?

Sherwood School (Auckland) scores 70/100 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

  • Learners' wellbeing and safety are consistently well-promoted and sustained through learners, teachers and parents taking ownership for living the school values in the school community
  • The school has high levels of professional capability and collective capacity
  • The school is strengthening its use of evaluation, inquiry, and knowledge-building approaches to improve learner outcomes

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 21.1/1k · suspensions 0.0/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · below band median (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: below band median (n=536).
79
Trajectory
25%
-3.3% 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).
46
ERO review
40%
78/100 from ERO review 2023-02 · near 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: 2023. Peer comparison: near band median (n=539).
78

⚠ 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): 78/100.

Latest ERO review

2023-02-17 · Filivaifale Jason Swann, Northern Region | Te Tai Raki

ERO report
  • Learners' wellbeing and safety are consistently well-promoted and sustained through learners, teachers and parents taking ownership for living the school values
  • The school has high levels of professional capability and collective capacity
  • The school is strengthening its use of evaluation, inquiry, and knowledge-building approaches to improve learner outcomes
  • Leaders and teachers have a focus on equity and excellence for all learners, in particular Māori and Pacific learners, and learners with diverse learning requirements
"learners' wellbeing and safety are consistently well-promoted and sustained through learners, teachers and parents taking ownership for living the school values in the school community"
— ERO, 2023-02-17 (wellbeing)

Composite score across reviews

2 ERO reviews on file, 2017–2023. Click a point to read that review.

latest 78
0 25 50 75 100 20172023 2017-03-10 · 86/100 2023-02-17 · 78/100

Audited financials

Year ended 2023 · Audit opinion: unmodified

Annual report

Total revenue

$6.20M

Surplus / (deficit)

$90k

Net assets / equity

$2.31M

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

21.1

4 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.

Education Counts

Total Crown funding · 2022

$3.26M

Per-student funding · 2022

$6,538

2018

$5.5M

2019

$3.2M

2020

$3.0M

2021

$3.4M

2022

$3.3M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 01
    69
  • Year 02
    58
  • Year 03
    94
  • Year 04
    73
  • Year 05
    77
  • Year 06
    94
  • Year 07
    6

Roll by ethnicity

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

Education Counts
  • Asian
    63.3%
  • European/Pākehā
    32.5%
  • Other / MELAA
    6.8%
  • Māori
    3.4%
  • Pacific
    3.4%
  • International
    0.8%

Location

Sartors Avenue, Browns Bay. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Sherwood School (Auckland) a good school?

Sherwood School (Auckland) scores 70/100 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 2023-02 review identified 4 key findings. Learners' wellbeing and safety are consistently well-promoted and sustained through learners, teachers and parents taking ownership for living the school values

How do I enrol my child at Sherwood School (Auckland)?

Contact the school directly on 09-4783024, email office@sherwoodprimary.school.nz, or visit www.sherwoodprimary.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?

Sherwood School (Auckland) is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Sherwood School (Auckland) has 498 students, with an EQI of 372 (lower socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Sherwood School (Auckland) in 2023-02, 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.

Last updated

31 Dec 2023

Source documents

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  • ero.govt.nz
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  • schoolsdata.co.nz
  • crimestats.co.nz