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Te Raekura Redcliffs School

113 Beachville Road, Redcliffs · Canterbury

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Total roll 248
EQI 400
Founded 1907
82

Composite score

Strong

A

Top 25% in NZ

Rank #321 of scored NZ schools

In summary

Te Raekura Redcliffs School is a full primary serving 248 students in Redcliffs, Christchurch. The school's 2024 review identified a new principal in 2023 and noted strategic priorities including localised curriculum, mathematics evaluation, and digital fluency. The school demonstrates strengths in its connections to place through local partnerships and iwi collaboration, along with growing cultural capabilities in teaching practice, though disparities in achievement for some students have been identified.

Best suited for

Students aged 5-11 in Redcliffs looking for a state-funded setting with a strong recent ERO trajectory.

Is Te Raekura Redcliffs School a good school?

Te Raekura Redcliffs School scores 82/100 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

  • Connection to its location and environment through partnerships with Kāhui Ako and local iwi
  • Ongoing professional learning has prioritised growing and embedding cultural capabilities in teaching and in the ways the school operates
  • Strategic gathering of achievement and progress data identifies students' needs and informs teachers' practice

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 7.6/1k · suspensions 0.0/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · near 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: near band median (n=536).
92
Trajectory
25%
+8.3% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · top quartile of band (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: top quartile of band (n=534).
60
ERO review
40%
88/100 from ERO review 2018-09 · top 10% 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: 2018. Peer comparison: top 10% of band (n=539).
88

⚠ 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): 88/100.

Latest ERO review

2024-02-21 · Shelley Booysen, ERO

ERO report
  • A first-time principal began at the school in 2023
  • Strategic priorities include a localised curriculum pathway, focus on mathematics evaluation, and developing digital fluency
  • Disparities in achievement have been identified for some students
  • School expects to see accelerated progress for students identified as needing it and whānau engagement in learning
"a localised curriculum to identify an aligned pathway through the school"
— ERO, 2024-02-21 (curriculum)

Audited financials

Year ended 2023 · Audit opinion: unmodified

Annual report

Total revenue

$2.91M

Surplus / (deficit)

$93k

Net assets / equity

$0.83M

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

7.6

1 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

$2.11M

Per-student funding · 2022

$8,508

2018

$4.5M

2019

$13.5M

2020

$9.6M

2021

$1.5M

2022

$2.1M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 01
    35
  • Year 02
    34
  • Year 03
    30
  • Year 04
    28
  • Year 05
    27
  • Year 06
    31
  • Year 07
    27
  • Year 08
    22

Roll by ethnicity

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

Education Counts
  • European/Pākehā
    89.9%
  • Māori
    9.7%
  • Asian
    8.1%
  • Other / MELAA
    3.2%
  • Pacific
    1.2%
  • International
    0.4%

International students

SIEBA member · Day school only

Location

113 Beachville Road, Redcliffs. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Te Raekura Redcliffs School a good school?

Te Raekura Redcliffs School scores 82/100 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 2024-02 review identified 4 key findings. A first-time principal began at the school in 2023

How do I enrol my child at Te Raekura Redcliffs School?

Contact the school directly on 03-3843853, email admin@redcliffs.school.nz, or visit www.redcliffs.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 Raekura Redcliffs School is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Te Raekura Redcliffs School has 248 students, with an EQI of 400 (lower socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Te Raekura Redcliffs School in 2024-02, signed by Shelley Booysen. 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

21 Feb 2024

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  • ero.govt.nz
  • web.archive.org
  • sieba.nz
  • schoolsdata.co.nz
  • redcliffs.school.nz
  • crimestats.co.nz