Last updated November 2026
Horotiu School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at Bridge Road, Horotiu, Hamilton. It opened in 1879 and had 213 students on its roll at 1 October 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Horotiu, Horsham Downs, Te Rapa Park, Pukete and Ngāruawāhia; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes an Enviroschool with a localised curriculum that includes te reo me ngā tikanga Māori, junior and senior kapa haka groups, river safety sessions for Years 5 to 8, and a waka regatta at Tūrangawaewae Marae for selected senior students.
Years 7 and 8 have technology on site over four days each term, and Journey Kids runs before and after school care.
At a glance
- Principal
- Jo Wright
- Address
- Bridge Road, Horotiu, Hamilton
- Phone
- 07 829 9892
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Horotiu, Horsham Downs near Hamilton, Te Rapa Park, Pukete and Ngāruawāhia 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 213 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 April 2026. ERO found the school had strengthened its use of data, listened to Māori students and whānau in shaping the curriculum, and taken steps to support wellbeing and engagement.
Teaching is of high quality, and a large majority of students reach the expected curriculum level in reading, writing and mathematics; results in mathematics are equitable and reading is becoming more so, but writing is not yet equitable.
ERO noted a strong sense of belonging, a curriculum closely tied to local history, tikanga and te reo Māori, collaborative leadership, and attendance that is improving towards the 80% target, with chronic absence falling.
The school is still improving the reliability of its assessment and its reporting to parents and whānau. The priorities are to keep lifting regular attendance, build clear, measurable student-outcome indicators into planning, align the English and mathematics programmes and assessment with curriculum requirements, and check how well professional learning is improving student results.
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol. Out-of-zone families can complete an enrolment application to go into a ballot, which is used when there are more applicants than places, and the school suggests applying at least two terms before a child starts.
Enrolment stays provisional until the school has the child’s identity documents, immunisation record and, for in-zone families, proof of address. The school encourages families to arrange a visit through the office before enrolling.
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 Horotiu
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Questions parents ask
Is Horotiu School zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Horotiu, Horsham Downs near Hamilton, Te Rapa Park, Pukete and Ngāruawāhia near Hamilton.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
213 at 1 Oct 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?
464. 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).