Last updated October 2026
Marotiri School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 1569 State Highway 32, Marotiri, Mangakino. It had 175 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Marotiri, Kinloch and Oruanui; the zone map below shows the full boundary. The school’s website describes a senior studio for Years 7 and 8, a Senior Success Challenge award, a STEAM approach, kapa haka, private music lessons, camps and outdoor education, summer swimming, and inter-school sport with Pinelands and Taupō schools. Bus runs serve the school, and a daily Breakfast in Schools programme is open to all students.
At a glance
- Principal
- Rose Symes
- Address
- 1569 State Highway 32, Marotiri, Mangakino
- Phone
- 07 372 8273
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Marotiri, Kinloch and Oruanui: 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 175 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 May 2026. ERO found that most learners meet or exceed expected levels in reading and maths, a large majority do so in writing, and results are evening out across groups.
Learners feel they belong, live out the school values and take pride in their school, and teachers use structured approaches in reading, writing and maths in calm, inclusive classrooms.
The school’s inquiry model helps learners take charge of their learning and follow their interests, learners with complex needs are well supported, and ERO described governance as well informed, with close links to the community and iwi.
ERO’s main concern is attendance: regular attendance is well short of the government target and is not yet improving, so leaders are to work their attendance plan harder and the board is to check its effect regularly.
The other priorities are to keep the school curriculum in step with changes to The New Zealand Curriculum, embed structured literacy and maths across all classes, make assessment more reliable and use the data better, keep a close eye on writing, and support teachers through a clear professional growth cycle. ERO said its next public report would be a School Report.
Read the ERO reports for Marotiri School
Enrolling
Children who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, with proof of address. Out-of-zone places are offered under the enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places, with priority going first to siblings of current students, then siblings of former students and children of board employees, then all other students.
Whether out-of-zone places are available can change from year to year. The school publishes its out-of-zone places, application form and ballot dates on its website.
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 Marotiri
Marotiri School is in Marotiri. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Marotiri guide →Questions parents ask
Is Marotiri School zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Marotiri, Kinloch and Oruanui.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
175 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?
453. 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.
School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 22 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). Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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