# Kaitao Intermediate

Intermediate · State · Western Heights, Rotorua

https://www.chch.live/school/1761-kaitao-intermediate

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 540

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

## The record
- 30 Bell Road, Western Heights, Rotorua, 3015
- Roll: 258 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1969
- Isolation index 0.34, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 89 · Pacific 34 · Asian 15 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 07-3483687
- Email: office@kaitao.school.nz
- Contact: Phil Palfrey
- Website: http://www.kaitao.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Western Heights High School](https://www.chch.live/school/151-western-heights-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 499
- [St Michael's Catholic School (Rotorua)](https://www.chch.live/school/1960-st-michael-s-catholic-school-rotorua), decile 4 · EQI 444
- [Western Heights Primary School (Rotorua)](https://www.chch.live/school/2078-western-heights-primary-school-rotorua), decile 1 · EQI 536
- [Rotorua Specialist School - Te Kura Pūkenga o Rotorua](https://www.chch.live/school/1772-rotorua-specialist-school-te-kura-pukenga-o-rotorua), decile 2 · EQI 523
- [Selwyn School](https://www.chch.live/school/1939-selwyn-school), decile 2 · EQI 544
- [Te Rangihakahaka Centre for Science and Technology](https://www.chch.live/school/871-te-rangihakahaka-centre-for-science-and-technology), EQI 513
- [TKKM o Te Koutu](https://www.chch.live/school/1153-tkkm-o-te-koutu), decile 3 · EQI 485
- [Aorangi School (Rotorua)](https://www.chch.live/school/1683-aorangi-school-rotorua), decile 1 · EQI 554

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.125531&lon=176.221391

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Kaitao Intermediate?**

Intermediate · State · Co-Educational, in Western Heights.

**How many students does Kaitao Intermediate have?**

258 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Kaitao Intermediate's Equity Index?**

EQI 540, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Kaitao Intermediate?**

30 Bell Road, Western Heights, Rotorua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1761 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026