Last updated November 2026
Wainui Beach School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 56 Wairere Road, Wainui, Gisborne. It opened in 1962 and had 239 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Makorori Beach and Okitū, and parts of Tamarau, Wainui Beach and Waimatā Valley; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
At a glance
- Principal
- Mike Hope
- Address
- 56 Wairere Road, Wainui, Gisborne
- Phone
- 06 867 7160
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Okitū and Makorori Beach.
Parts of Tamarau, Wainui Beach and Waimatā Valley: 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 239 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 Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from December 2023. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well high-impact teaching, especially two-way feedback between teachers and students, leads to fair and strong outcomes, including for wellbeing.
ERO noted a place-based curriculum shaped by the school’s pepeha in the rohe of Ngāti Porou, and pointed to a schoolwide culture of ongoing improvement aimed at fair outcomes, an inclusive and culturally responsive environment, and strong systems for tracking and reporting students’ progress and achievement.
Next, the school plans to keep reviewing teaching so staff share an understanding of what quality practice looks like, strengthen assessment that feeds into day-to-day learning with a focus on feedback, and look at ways to measure students’ wellbeing and resilience.
Read the ERO reports for Wainui Beach School
Enrolling
Students who live in the 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. Families should contact the school to check the zone and ask about enrolment.
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 Wainui Beach
Wainui Beach School is in Wainui Beach. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Wainui Beach guide →Questions parents ask
Is Wainui Beach School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Okitū and Makorori Beach and parts of Tamarau, Wainui Beach and Waimatā Valley.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
239 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?
401. 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). 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).