Last updated October 2026
Gate Pa School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 900 Cameron Road South, Gate Pa, Tauranga. It opened in 1951 and had 398 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Tauranga South and Gate Pa; the zone map below shows the full boundary. The school offers three learning pathways, English medium, bilingual and rumaki (full immersion in te reo Māori), and new entrants start in a Gateway class that builds foundation skills before moving into a mainstream class. Its site lists specialist teachers for science, visual arts, music and digital technology, ESOL support, garden to table, a swimming pool and bike track, and after-school care at nearby centres that children can be taken to.
At a glance
- Principal
- Rochelle Jensen
- Address
- 900 Cameron Road South, Gate Pa, Tauranga
- Phone
- 07 578 5325
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Tauranga South and Gate 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 398 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 April 2026. ERO found success and progress are rising for all learners, with high quality teaching improving results in reading, writing and maths and in pānui, tuhituhi and pāngarau.
Most students meet the expected level in reading, a large majority in maths and a small majority in writing, though results are not yet equitable across groups.
In the rumaki and bilingual classes, a large majority meet expectations in pānui and pāngarau, while a small majority do so in tuhituhi. Only a small majority of students attend regularly, the school is approaching the government target, and chronic absence is not yet falling.
ERO also noted strong progress for students who start school below expectations, good support for neurodiverse learners, a coaching and mentoring model that lifts teaching, visible leadership, active whānau and a curriculum built on local stories and values.
The priorities are to lift writing achievement for all learners, raise regular attendance, and plan for the long-term resourcing and growth of the rumaki pathway, including a professional growth plan for rumaki kaiako.
Read the ERO reports for Gate Pa School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places, and the school publishes its out-of-zone ballot dates on its enrolment page each year.
Families start with a pre-enrolment form and a school visit, choosing English medium, bilingual or rumaki, then complete the online enrolment form.
The school uses cohort entry, so new entrants start in groups on set dates after their fifth birthday, which are listed on the enrolment page.
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 Gate Pa
Gate Pa School is in Gate Pa. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Gate Pa guide →
Questions parents ask
Is Gate Pa School zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Tauranga South and Gate Pa.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
398 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).