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Wadestown School

Rose Street, Wadestown

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Total roll 255
EQI 349
Founded 1881
75

Composite score

Established

B+

Above median

Rank #788 of scored NZ schools

In summary

Wadestown School's board has attested to meeting all regulatory and legislative requirements as of March 2024, with board administration and curriculum requirements confirmed in the April 2024 board assurance review. No composite score data is currently available for this school.

Best suited for

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

Is Wadestown School a good school?

Wadestown School scores 75/100 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.

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=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: top 10% of band (n=536).
100
Trajectory
25%
-25.1% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · bottom 10% 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: bottom 10% of band (n=534).
19
ERO review
40%
87/100 from ERO review 2016-05 · 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: 2016. Peer comparison: top 10% of band (n=539).
87

⚠ 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): 87/100.

Latest ERO review

2024-04-29 · Shelley Booysen, ERO

ERO report
  • Board has attested to meeting all regulatory and legislative requirements as of March 2024
  • Board Administration requirements met
  • Curriculum requirements met
  • Management of Health, Safety and Welfare requirements met
  • Personnel Management requirements met
"The next School Board assurance that it is meeting regulatory and legislative requirements will be reported, along with the Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report, within three years."
— ERO, 2024-04-29 (governance)

Composite score across reviews

2 ERO reviews on file, 2013–2016. Click a point to read that review.

latest 87
0 25 50 75 100 20132016 2013-04-23 · 80/100 2016-05-31 · 87/100

Audited financials

Year ended 2020 · Audit opinion: unmodified

Annual report

Total revenue

$2.90M

Surplus / (deficit)

+$58k

Net assets / equity

$1.06M

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

$2.03M

Per-student funding · 2022

$7,976

2018

$3.2M

2019

$2.7M

2020

$2.2M

2021

$2.3M

2022

$2.0M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 01
    24
  • Year 02
    28
  • Year 03
    25
  • Year 04
    29
  • Year 05
    31
  • Year 06
    30
  • Year 07
    39
  • Year 08
    39

Roll by ethnicity

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

Education Counts
  • European/Pākehā
    93.3%
  • Asian
    13.3%
  • Māori
    4.7%
  • Other / MELAA
    4.7%
  • Pacific
    1.2%

Location

Rose Street, Wadestown. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Wadestown School a good school?

Wadestown School scores 75/100 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 2024-04 review identified 6 key findings. Board has attested to meeting all regulatory and legislative requirements as of March 2024

How do I enrol my child at Wadestown School?

Contact the school directly on 04-4724779, email office@wadestown.school.nz, or visit www.wadestown.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?

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

What is the roll size?

Wadestown School has 255 students, with an EQI of 349 (lower socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Wadestown School in 2024-04, signed by Shelley Booysen. 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

29 Apr 2024

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  • schoolsdata.co.nz
  • crimestats.co.nz