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Woodend School

Main North Road, Woodend · Canterbury

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Total roll 573
EQI 453
Founded 1874
80

Composite score

Strong

A

Top 25% in NZ

Rank #419 of scored NZ schools

In summary

Woodend School's 2022 ERO review found that teachers maintain high, clear, and equitable expectations for student learning and wellbeing. The school has strong internal evaluation practices for gathering and analysing evidence of student learning, and implements coherent school-wide curriculum planning and delivery practices. No composite score is available.

Best suited for

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

Is Woodend School a good school?

Woodend School scores 80/100 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

  • Board assurance across all six regulatory and legislative requirement areas

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 Woodend School, 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.

Wellbeing
35%
standdowns 28.3/1k · suspensions 0.0/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · near band median (n=404) · 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=404).
72
Trajectory
25%
+56.6% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · top 10% of band (n=403) · 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=403).
100
ERO review
40%
75/100 — national average (no ERO review in our dataset) · near band median (n=406) · 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=406).
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.

Latest ERO review

2022-06-15 · Dr Lesley Patterson, Southern Region | Te Tai Tini

ERO report
  • Board of Trustees has attested to meeting all regulatory and legislative requirements as of March 2022
  • Board Administration requirements confirmed
  • Curriculum requirements confirmed
  • Management of Health, Safety and Welfare requirements confirmed
  • Personnel Management requirements confirmed
"As of March 2022, the Woodend School Board of Trustees has attested to the following regulatory and legislative requirements"
— ERO, 2022-06-15 (governance)

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

28.3

8 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

$2.57M

Per-student funding · 2022

$4,484

2018

$2.0M

2019

$2.3M

2020

$2.1M

2021

$2.5M

2022

$2.6M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 01
    66
  • Year 02
    70
  • Year 03
    70
  • Year 04
    69
  • Year 05
    78
  • Year 06
    59
  • Year 07
    72
  • Year 08
    47

Roll by ethnicity

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

Education Counts
  • European/Pākehā
    85.7%
  • Māori
    16.6%
  • Asian
    8.7%
  • Pacific
    3.8%
  • Other / MELAA
    2.6%

Location

Main North Road, Woodend. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Woodend School a good school?

Woodend School scores 80/100 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 2022-06 review identified 6 key findings. Board of Trustees has attested to meeting all regulatory and legislative requirements as of March 2022

How do I enrol my child at Woodend School?

Contact the school directly on 03-3127808, email office@woodend.school.nz, or visit www.woodend.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?

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

What is the roll size?

Woodend School has 573 students, with an EQI of 453 (mid-range socio-economic context).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Woodend School in 2022-06, signed by Dr Lesley Patterson. 2 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

15 Jun 2022

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  • ero.govt.nz
  • schoolsdata.co.nz
  • crimestats.co.nz