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Te Tari Ako Matua Taiohi Education Centre

44 Ballance Street, Kawerau · Bay of Plenty

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Total roll 0
EQI 569
Founded 2003
95

Composite score

Strong

A+

Top 5% in NZ

Rank #8 of scored NZ schools

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State school Co-educational EQI 569 (high need)

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Students in Kawerau looking for a state-funded setting with a strong recent ERO trajectory.

Is Te Tari Ako Matua Taiohi Education Centre a good school?

Te Tari Ako Matua Taiohi Education Centre scores 95/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 5% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

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 Tari Ako Matua Taiohi Education Centre, so the ERO axis below uses the national-average ERO score (75/100) 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 positive destinations reported
no positive destinations reported · 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. Year: 2024.
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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%
+71.4% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · top 10% 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: top 10% of band (n=524).
100
ERO review
5%
75/100 — national average (no ERO review in our dataset) · near 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 (75/100) 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: near band median (n=544).
75
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.

NCEA achievement

School leavers with NCEA at each level. National average is ~85% (Level 1).

Education Counts

Data: Ministry of Education / Education Counts, CC-BY-4.0

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

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· 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

$0.11M

Per-student funding · 2022

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2018

$0.1M

2019

$0.1M

2020

$0.1M

2021

$0.1M

2022

$0.1M

Location

44 Ballance Street, Kawerau. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Te Tari Ako Matua Taiohi Education Centre a good school?

Te Tari Ako Matua Taiohi Education Centre scores 95/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 5% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

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 Tari Ako Matua Taiohi Education Centre?

Contact the school directly on 07-3238400, email tpec@tarawera.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 Tari Ako Matua Taiohi Education Centre is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Te Tari Ako Matua Taiohi Education Centre has 0 students, with an EQI of 569 (higher socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

We don't have a published ERO review for Te Tari Ako Matua Taiohi Education Centre 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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