# Te Waotu School

Full Primary · State · Putaruru

https://www.chch.live/school/2025-te-waotu-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 448

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

## The record
- 1274 Waotu Road, Putaruru, 3481
- Roll: 128 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1886
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 1.05, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 109 · Pacific 3 · Asian 18 · MELAA 3
- Phone: 07-8832815
- Email: principal@tewaotu.school.nz
- Contact: Michael Thompson
- Website: http://www.tewaotu.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Te Waotu School, in force from 2024-07-02 · 153 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Arohena School](https://www.chch.live/school/1688-arohena-school), decile 7 · EQI 479
- [Lichfield School](https://www.chch.live/school/1790-lichfield-school), decile 5 · EQI 457
- [Putāruru Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1658-putaruru-primary-school), decile 2 · EQI 539
- [St Mary's Catholic School (Putāruru)](https://www.chch.live/school/1957-st-mary-s-catholic-school-putaruru), decile 5 · EQI 455
- [Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere](https://www.chch.live/school/567-te-wharekura-o-te-kaokaoroa-o-patetere), decile 2 · EQI 523
- [Wharepapa South School](https://www.chch.live/school/2086-wharepapa-south-school), decile 8 · EQI 496
- [Putāruru College](https://www.chch.live/school/494-putaruru-college), decile 3 · EQI 518
- [Pukeatua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1903-pukeatua-school), decile 8 · EQI 464

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.144246&lon=175.68954

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Waotu School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Te Waotu School have?**

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

**What is Te Waotu School's Equity Index?**

EQI 448, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Does Te Waotu 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=2025 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026