Last updated October 2026
Greerton Village School – Te Kura o Maarawaewae is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 151 Greerton Road, Greerton, Tauranga. It opened in 1876 and had 378 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Poike, Greerton, Gate Pa, Hairini, Parkvale, Oropi and Pyes Pa; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
Alongside its mainstream classes, the school runs Whakatō Te Kākano, a bilingual Reo Rua unit of three classes taught partly in te reo Māori, and Whare Manaaki, a specialist space for learners with additional needs, plus ESOL teaching and small-group literacy and numeracy support. Its site describes kapa haka and Pasifika arts, a music and rock band programme, a breakfast club, free lunches and stationery, and before and after school care with an outside provider.
At a glance
- Principal
- Kimberley Henderson-Ginns
- Address
- 151 Greerton Road, Greerton, Tauranga
- Phone
- 07-541 2350
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Poike, Greerton, Gate Pa, Hairini, Parkvale, Oropi near Tauranga and Pyes Pa: 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 378 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 May 2025. ERO found success and progress rising for all learners, with high quality teaching in reading, writing and maths and well-established planning for improvement.
A large majority of students meet the expected curriculum level in reading and maths, with results equitable across groups, while a small majority do so in writing, where results are not yet equitable.
Attendance is a concern: the school is behind the government’s regular attendance target, attendance is not yet improving and chronic absence is not yet falling, and ERO found the school was still developing a plan to address it and improving how reliably it assesses achievement.
ERO noted strong reading results for Māori and Pacific learners, faster progress for many students at risk, an inclusive leadership culture, good support for students with complex needs, and a curriculum tied to local stories and the local hapū.
The agreed next steps are to work with whānau on raising regular attendance, strengthen assessment so that data and teacher judgements are dependable, make better use of school data in planning, and embed consistent high quality teaching in literacy and maths across a broad curriculum.
Read the ERO reports for Greerton Village School – Te Kura o Maarawaewae
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and proof of an in-zone address is needed.
Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places; the scheme says the board seeks in-zone applications by a date advertised in a local newspaper each year so it can work out how many out-of-zone places are available.
Families can apply with the online enrolment form linked from the enrolment page or a paper pack from the office, and every new entrant has at least one school visit before starting.
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 Greerton
Greerton Village School - Te Kura o Maarawaewae is in Greerton. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Greerton guide →Questions parents ask
Is Greerton Village School - Te Kura o Maarawaewae zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Poike, Greerton, Gate Pa, Hairini, Parkvale, Oropi near Tauranga and Pyes Pa.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
378 at 1 Sep 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?
507. 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, 22 Oct 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).