Last updated October 2026
Rototuna Senior High School is a state, co-educational senior secondary school for Years 11 to 13 at Kimbrae Drive, Rototuna, Hamilton. It opened in 2017 and had 1,008 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Rototuna North, Flagstaff, Huntington and Rototuna, and parts of Whitikahu, Gordonton, Horsham Downs, Puketaha, Taupiri, Harrowfield, Queenwood, Chedworth Park and Chartwell; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school shares its campus with Rototuna Junior High School, and its site describes a curriculum in three parts: Whānau advisory groups, Wānanga Ako specialist subjects aimed at NCEA Level 2 and 3 with a focus on fewer, quality credits, and Puna Wānanga impact projects with community partners, with one day a week set aside for projects and pathways, including Gateway work experience.
International students can enrol for a semester or longer, but the school does not take international students living in homestays.
At a glance
- Principal
- Miranda Makin
- Address
- Kimbrae Drive, Rototuna, Hamilton
- Phone
- 07 854 0541
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Rototuna Hamilton, Rototuna North, Flagstaff Hamilton and Huntington.
Parts of Whitikahu near Hamilton, Gordonton near Hamilton, Horsham Downs near Hamilton, Puketaha near Hamilton, Taupiri near Hamilton, Harrowfield, Queenwood Hamilton, Chedworth Park and Chartwell Hamilton: 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.
NCEA results
School leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with all New Zealand school leavers.
This school New Zealand
School leavers are students who left school that year, whatever year level they left from.
Who goes here
Share of the 1,008 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
12 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from May 2023. This type of report sets out the focus for the school’s improvement work with ERO rather than judging results.
ERO and the school chose to look at how far deep learning is lifting student engagement, agency, equity and excellence, and ERO named three strengths to build on: a curriculum that responds closely to students’ needs, interests and identities, leaders committed to a clear plan for improvement, and relationships that help students feel included and connected.
The school’s priorities are to build a shared understanding of deep learning and what makes it happen, to grow the ability of teachers and leaders to put the right practices and systems in place, and to use student voice and achievement information at every level to keep refining that work for equity and excellence.
Read the ERO reports for Rototuna Senior High School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol. Any out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, and the enrolment page says whether the school is taking out-of-zone students. Enrolment is online, and students moving up from Rototuna Junior High School also need to complete a new enrolment form for the senior school.
Schools nearby
In Rototuna North
Rototuna Senior High School is in Rototuna North. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Rototuna North guide →Questions parents ask
Is Rototuna Senior High School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Rototuna Hamilton, Rototuna North, Flagstaff Hamilton and Huntington and parts of Whitikahu near Hamilton, Gordonton near Hamilton, Horsham Downs near Hamilton, Puketaha near Hamilton, Taupiri near Hamilton, Harrowfield, Queenwood Hamilton, Chedworth Park and Chartwell Hamilton.
What years does it teach?
Years 11 to 13.
How many students go there?
1,008 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?
451. 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.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 84.1% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
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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