Wentworth Primary
95 Gulf Harbour Drive, Gulf Harbour · Auckland — North
Composite score
Strong
Latest ERO review
2024-06-10 · Shelley Booysen, ERO
- The school meets all eight criteria for registration as a private school under the Education and Training Act 2020
- Premises are suitable for the school's operations
- Staffing is suitable to the age range, curriculum, and size of the school
- The school has regularly reviewed policies and procedures to provide for a physically and emotionally safe place for students
- The school is highly effective in providing quality education and pastoral care for international students
"A safe place is one in which risks to student safety are regularly assessed and evaluated with a view to eliminating, or at least reducing, harm."
Trajectory across review cycles
Year-over-year change per dimension based on consecutive ERO reviews.
Both reports affirm strong wellbeing at Wentworth Primary, but emphasis shifted subtly. The 2014 report highlighted lived experience of warmth and student happiness through direct observation ('Students are happy, confident and articulate'), while the 2019 report frames wellbeing as a stated leadership priority rather than demonstrating it through observable evidence ('Children's progress and happiness are stated priorities').
2014-05 → 2019-05 diff source
Achievement outcomes strengthened between reports, moving from students achieving "well in nationally normed assessments" (2014) to students achieving "very well overall in Cambridge International Examinations" (2019). The later report shows both improved performance language ("well" to "very well") and a shift to international qualification framework (CIE), with a score increase from 82 to 85.
2014-05 → 2019-05 diff source
Both reports confirm curriculum is based on Cambridge and New Zealand frameworks, but the later report (2019) emphasizes Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) as a more prominent assessment focus and highlights a "vertical integration approach" for differentiation, whereas the 2014 report stressed specialist teachers and "nationally normed assessments." The curriculum foundation remained stable, but implementation and assessment emphasis shifted.
2014-05 → 2019-05 diff source
Both reports affirm strong teaching practice, but the 2019 report emphasizes a more structured, evidence-based approach with vertical integration and individual learning plans, whereas the 2014 report highlighted specialist teachers and warm relationships. The focus shifted from "high commitment to supporting each child's personal growth" to systematic professional learning and differentiated learning frameworks.
2014-05 → 2019-05 diff source
Both reports affirm the school's commitment to student wellbeing, but the focus has shifted. The 2019 report emphasizes children's happiness as a stated priority alongside progress, while the 2024 report demonstrates this through concrete systems: regularly reviewed policies and procedures for physical and emotional safety, and highly effective pastoral care provision. The school has moved from stating wellbeing as a priority to demonstrating systematic safeguarding and pastoral infrastructure.
2019-05 → 2024-06 diff source
International students
SIEBA member · Day school only
ESOL support
partial
Years accepted
Years 1-6