Last updated October 2026
Paerata School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 32 Jonah Lomu Drive, Paerata. It had 182 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Paerata; the zone map below shows the full boundary. The school’s site describes arts and sports programmes alongside literacy and mathematics, and students belong to houses, with a school sports shirt worn when representing the school. The school has a transport plan that encourages students to walk, scoot or bike to school.
At a glance
- Principal
- Andre Van Schalkwyk
- Address
- 32 Jonah Lomu Drive, Paerata
- Phone
- 09 238 7050
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Paerata: check your street.
Zone boundaries are set by the school’s enrolment scheme and can change. Confirm your address with the school before you rely on it.
Who goes here
Share of the 182 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a School Report from November 2025. ERO found good quality teaching, rich learning opportunities across the curriculum, hands-on learning that keeps students engaged, and learners with complex needs well supported.
The curriculum links to community aspirations and to the Ngāti Tamaoho education plan. A large majority of learners meet or exceed the expected curriculum level in reading, with equitable results, but only a small majority do so in writing and in mathematics, where results are not yet equitable for all groups.
Attendance is a concern: a small majority of learners attend regularly, the school is behind the Government target, and ERO found attendance not yet improving and chronic absence not yet falling.
ERO also found the board was not meeting personnel management requirements for staff appointment records, including safety and background checks, and had yet to fix this. The priorities are targeted writing support, more equitable results for Māori and Pacific learners, a consistent mathematics programme across the school, clearer teaching expectations and better attendance.
Read the ERO reports for Paerata School
Enrolling
Students who live in the school’s home zone have the right to enrol. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places. When the school offers out-of-zone places, it announces them and its ballot dates on its Before Enrolling page.
Enrolment is through an online form, but the school is not notified when a form is submitted, so families should also contact the school to arrange a meeting. Two forms of proof of address are required before a student can be enrolled.
Schools nearby
Where students go next
Based on home zones around the school’s own address. Families can apply to any school, and your own address decides which zones you are in.
In Paerata
Paerata School is in Paerata. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Paerata guide →Questions parents ask
Is Paerata School zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Paerata.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
182 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
No. It is in the donation scheme, so it only asks for donations for school camps.
What is its Equity Index?
465. The Ministry of Education’s Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, from 344 (fewest) to 569 (most). It is used to share out funding, not as a measure of quality.
Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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Sources and data notes 1
- School facts: School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 26 Oct 2026 (CC BY 4.0). Home zone: Ministry of Education enrolment zones (CC BY 4.0). NCEA results, roll history and stand-downs: Education Counts, school leavers 2023 to 2025, stand-downs 2025, rolls 2021 to 2025 (CC BY 4.0).