Last updated October 2026
Tiniroto School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 14 School Road, Tiniroto. It opened in 1892 and had 7 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. Its website describes small classes and regular kapa haka sessions taught by the tumuaki, and grounds with a swimming pool, an in-ground trampoline, a tennis court, a playground, a maara kai (vegetable garden) and a small fruit orchard.
Students also use the local Ruakituri and Hangaroa rivers for swimming and learning, and the school employs its own bus driver.
At a glance
- Principal
- Allison Maru
- Address
- 14 School Road, Tiniroto
- Phone
- 06 863 7129
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.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a School Report from March 2026. ERO found that the school has linked its local curriculum to the Aotearoa New Zealand histories curriculum, with place-based learning tied to Tinirototanga and to local iwi and hapū, and that marae links and whānau input into planning support strong community partnerships.
Teaching is of good quality, students are highly engaged and feel they belong, and a large majority meet or exceed the expected curriculum level in reading, writing and mathematics, although writing results are not yet equitable across groups of students.
ERO also found that less than half of students attend regularly, that attendance is not yet improving, and that the school is still developing an attendance plan. One area of non-compliance, a policy review, has since been addressed by the board.
ERO’s priorities are for the school to bring its planning and teaching into line with the national curriculum and assessment changes, make structured literacy and maths approaches consistent across the school, make better use of achievement data to guide teaching, strengthen its review and evaluation with a focus on fair outcomes for every student, and put an attendance plan in place to lift regular attendance.
Read the ERO reports for Tiniroto School
Enrolling
Tiniroto School has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol. Applications are made online through the link on the school’s enrolment page.
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 Tiniroto
Tiniroto School is in Tiniroto. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Tiniroto guide →Questions parents ask
Is Tiniroto School zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
7 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?
470. 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, 29 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).