Last updated November 2026
Hautapu School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at Cnr Forrest and Hautapu Roads, Hautapu, Cambridge. It opened in 1878 and had 201 students on its roll at 1 October 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Pukemoremore, Tamahere, Cambridge and Matangi; the zone map below shows the full boundary. The school’s site lists a heated swimming pool, an indoor hall, a BMX track and an astroturf among its facilities, and says students have specialist Mandarin lessons and every child writes and presents a speech each year. It is an Enviroschool with classroom garden plots, and after school care is run on site by Kelly Club.
At a glance
- Principal
- Tracey Bennett
- Address
- Cnr Forrest and Hautapu Roads, Hautapu, Cambridge
- Phone
- 07-827 7466
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Pukemoremore near Hamilton, Tamahere near Hamilton, Cambridge near Hamilton and Matangi near 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.
Who goes here
Share of the 201 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.
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.
Suspensions: fewer than 5 cases in 2025, so no rate is shown.
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 School Report from January 2026. ERO found a collaborative culture with high expectations for every learner, and significant progress for students who had been at risk of not achieving.
Most students reach the expected curriculum level in reading and mathematics and a large majority do so in writing, though results are not yet even across all groups.
ERO noted rich learning across the curriculum, strong links with the local community and hapū, a positive and inclusive environment, and a large majority of students attending regularly, with attendance improving towards the 80% target.
Teachers are still developing how they use assessment information to adjust their teaching. The priorities are to streamline and consolidate teaching and assessment practice in line with curriculum requirements, keep speeding up progress for students at risk of not achieving, and lift regular attendance to the government target, with leaders reporting attendance to the board and community.
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and proof of residence is required. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places; out-of-zone families are asked to contact the school office to discuss their enrolment.
Enrolment starts with the school’s online form, followed by the child’s identity and immunisation documents and, for in-zone families, proof of address. The enrolment page sets out the zone boundary street by street.
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 Pukemoremore near Hamilton
Hautapu School is in Pukemoremore near Hamilton. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
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Questions parents ask
Is Hautapu School zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Pukemoremore near Hamilton, Tamahere near Hamilton, Cambridge near Hamilton and Matangi near Hamilton.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
201 at 1 Oct 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
It may. It is not in the donation scheme, so it can ask families for donations.
What is its Equity Index?
420. 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, 10 Nov 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).