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Te Kura o Waikare

Waikare Valley Road, Waikare · Northland

Total roll 85
EQI 537
Founded 2004
82

Composite score

Strong

A

Top 25% in NZ

Rank #301 of scored NZ schools

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Active MoE intervention — limited statutory manager

A limited statutory manager has been appointed to Te Kura o Waikare as of 2016-10-06. NZ Gazette notice

Top 25% in Fewer stand-downs
State school Co-educational Composite (Years 1-13) Kura kaupapa Māori (name-based indicator) EQI 537 (high need)

Best suited for

Students all year levels (Year 1-13) in Waikare looking for a state-funded setting with a strong recent ERO trajectory.

Is Te Kura o Waikare a good school?

Te Kura o Waikare 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.

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

ERO review not in our dataset

We don't yet have a parsed ERO composite for Te Kura o Waikare, so the ERO axis below uses the national-average ERO score (76/100) as a placeholder. The composite shown above incorporates that estimate. When we ingest a real ERO review for this school, the score will refresh and may move materially in either direction.

If you've spotted a recent ERO report we've missed, let us know — every flagged report gets re-ingested on the next refresh.

Academic
35%
no NCEA data
no NCEA data · why?
Mean of latest NCEA Level 1 + Level 2 + UE achievement percentage from Education Counts.
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Outcomes
25%
no destinations data
no destinations data · why?
Share of leavers going to a New Zealand university + Te Pūkenga + Industry Training (capped at 100%). Counts are normalised when EC publishes raw cohort sizes instead of percentages. Source: Education Counts post-school destinations.
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Retention
15%
no retention data
no retention data · why?
Percentage of the Y9 cohort still enrolled in Y13 (all students). Source: Education Counts retention table.
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Wellbeing
12%
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
8%
+6.4% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · near band median (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: near band median (n=524).
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ERO review
5%
76/100 — national average (no ERO review in our dataset) · below band median (n=544) · why?
Synthetic placeholder. We don't yet have an ERO composite for this school in our dataset, so this axis uses the national-average ERO score (76/100) as a placeholder. The composite incorporates this estimate. When a real review is ingested it will replace the placeholder and the score may move materially. Peer comparison: below band median (n=544).
76
est

⚠ 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.

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

$1.22M

Per-student funding · 2022

$14,347

2018

$0.4M

2019

$0.7M

2020

$1.4M

2021

$1.3M

2022

$1.2M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 01
    10
  • Year 02
    11
  • Year 03
    11
  • Year 04
    6
  • Year 05
    9
  • Year 06
    14
  • Year 07
    8
  • Year 08
    6
  • Year 09
    4
  • Year 10
    3
  • Year 11
    1

Roll by ethnicity

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

Education Counts
  • Māori
    98.8%
  • Pacific
    3.5%
  • European/Pākehā
    3.5%

Location

Waikare Valley Road, Waikare. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Te Kura o Waikare a good school?

Te Kura o Waikare 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?

We don't have a published ERO review on file yet. Check the ERO website directly.

How do I enrol my child at Te Kura o Waikare?

Contact the school directly on 09-4037385, email waikare.school@xtra.co.nz, or visit www.tekuraowaikare.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?

Te Kura o Waikare is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Te Kura o Waikare has 85 students, with an EQI of 537 (higher socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

We don't have a published ERO review for Te Kura o Waikare in our archive yet. The Education Review Office reviews most schools on a 3-4 year cycle.

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.

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