Last updated October 2026
Ōtūmoetai Intermediate is a state, co-educational intermediate school for Years 7 and 8 at 5 Charles Street, Otumoetai, Tauranga. It had 956 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Bellevue, Otūmoetai, Brookfield, Matua and Bethlehem, and parts of Judea; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
Students move to specialist teachers for science, visual art, music, dance and drama, technology and digital learning, with Year 8 students choosing four areas to study in more depth, and the school runs programmes for gifted and talented students.
All students have te reo Māori lessons with a specialist teacher, Friday classes include kapa haka, a Māori enrichment class and a leadership group, and the school offers a wide range of sports and arts groups and places for a small number of international students.
At a glance
- Principal
- Blake Carlin
- Address
- 5 Charles Street, Otumoetai, Tauranga
- Phone
- 07 576 5105
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Bellevue, Otūmoetai, Matua, Brookfield and Bethlehem.
Parts of Judea: 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 956 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
21 international students
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.
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 Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from July 2022. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well the curriculum supports wellbeing, equity and success for every learner.
ERO pointed to professional relationships and effective teaching focused on each student’s learning and wellbeing, leadership that steadily builds monitoring, evaluation and inquiry, and community partnerships that widen opportunities for students.
Next, the school plans to keep refining its curriculum in response to student information and whānau and community voice, and to keep building strong relationships that support students’ language, culture and identity.
Read the ERO reports for Ōtūmoetai Intermediate
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and proof of residence may be needed. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme in priority order, with siblings of current and former students, then children of board members and staff, ahead of other applicants, and by ballot when there are more applicants than places.
Families can enrol online or on paper and are welcome to book a tour, and the school publishes its enrolment information on its enrolments page each year.
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 Bellevue
Ōtūmoetai Intermediate is in Bellevue. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Bellevue guide →Questions parents ask
Is Ōtūmoetai Intermediate zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Bellevue, Otūmoetai, Matua, Brookfield and Bethlehem and parts of Judea.
What years does it teach?
Years 7 to 8.
How many students go there?
956 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?
440. 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).