Last updated November 2026
Te Kohanga School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 976 Tuakau Bridge-Port Waikato Road, Tuakau. It opened in 1913 and had 23 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply.
At a glance
- Principal
- Monique Henry
- Address
- 976 Tuakau Bridge-Port Waikato Road, Tuakau
- Phone
- 09 232 8881
Home zone
No home zone: any student can apply to enrol. If more students apply than there are places, the school decides how places are offered.
Who goes here
Share of the 23 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 October 2025. ERO found students engaged in settled classrooms with positive relationships with their teachers, well planned and structured lessons, structured literacy firmly in place, good support for learners with complex needs, and parents who are involved in the school. It also found that a small majority of learners meet the expected curriculum level in reading and maths and less than half do in writing, that results are not yet equitable across groups, and that less than half of learners attend school regularly, behind the government’s target, although attendance is improving.
ERO said the school needs to make sure its learning environment is physically and emotionally safe, and it found gaps in the safety checking and police vetting of staff, which the board has since acted on.
ERO’s report notes that a commissioner has since replaced the school board. The key priorities are to lift regular attendance, speed up progress in reading, writing and maths for students below the expected level, report progress and achievement more accurately to guide teaching and the board, strengthen te reo, tikanga and mātauranga Māori across the curriculum, and build learning partnerships with whānau, hapū and iwi.
Read the ERO reports for Te Kohanga School
Enrolling
The school has no home zone or enrolment scheme, so any student can apply to enrol.
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 Te Kohanga near Pukekohe
Te Kohanga School is in Te Kohanga near Pukekohe. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Te Kohanga near Pukekohe guide →Questions parents ask
Is Te Kohanga School zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
23 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?
542. 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). 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).