# Bairds Mainfreight Primary School

Contributing · State · Otara, Auckland

https://www.chch.live/school/1218-bairds-mainfreight-primary-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 511

*Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.*

## The record
- Edward Avenue, Otara, Auckland, 2023
- Roll: 343 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1961
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.08, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 16 · Māori 125 · Pacific 281 · Asian 12 · MELAA 4 · Other 1
- Phone: 09-2748271
- Email: office@bmps.school.nz
- Contact: Fiona McAree
- Website: http://www.bmps.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Bairds Mainfreight Primary School, in force from 2021-05-03 · 2 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [St John the Evangelist Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/1491-st-john-the-evangelist-catholic-school), decile 1 · EQI 487
- [Te Hikoi Activity Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/3689-te-hikoi-activity-centre), EQI 569
- [TKKM o Piripono Te Kura Whakahou ki Ōtara](https://www.chch.live/school/4205-tkkm-o-piripono-te-kura-whakahou-ki-otara), decile 1 · EQI 542
- [Papatoetoe Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1428-papatoetoe-intermediate), decile 2 · EQI 477
- [Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School](https://www.chch.live/school/97-sir-edmund-hillary-collegiate-senior-school), decile 1 · EQI 525
- [Yendarra School](https://www.chch.live/school/1580-yendarra-school), decile 1 · EQI 512
- [Wymondley Road School](https://www.chch.live/school/1579-wymondley-road-school), decile 1 · EQI 523
- [Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Junior School](https://www.chch.live/school/1251-sir-edmund-hillary-collegiate-junior-school), decile 1 · EQI 517

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.959509&lon=174.86696

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Bairds Mainfreight Primary School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Otara.

**How many students does Bairds Mainfreight Primary School have?**

343 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Bairds Mainfreight Primary School's Equity Index?**

EQI 511, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Does Bairds Mainfreight Primary School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1218 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026