Last updated October 2026
Ōtūmoetai College is a state, co-educational secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at 105 Windsor Road, Tauranga Central, Tauranga. It opened in 1965 and had 1,998 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Minden, Te Puna, Bellevue, Otūmoetai, Brookfield, Matua, Ōmokoroa and Bethlehem, and parts of Judea, Tauriko, Whakamārama and Gate Pa; the zone map below shows the full boundary. Its site describes Poutama, a culture-based form class for Years 9 to 13 based in Okohanga, the school’s whare wānanga, open to any student who wants to experience school through a Māori lens, and a Maunga system that groups every form class under one of five local mountains. It also lists learning support, special needs and extension programmes, dance, drama, music groups and kapa haka, summer and winter sport, and a programme for international students who live with local host families.
At a glance
- Principal
- Russell Gordon
- Address
- 105 Windsor Road, Tauranga Central, Tauranga
- Phone
- 07 576 2316
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Bellevue, Minden near Tauranga, Otūmoetai, Bethlehem, Matua, Te Puna near Tauranga, Ōmokoroa near Tauranga and Brookfield.
Parts of Judea, Tauriko, Whakamārama near Tauranga 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.
NCEA results
School leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with all New Zealand school leavers.
This school New Zealand
School leavers are students who left school that year, whatever year level they left from.
Who goes here
Share of the 1,998 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
61 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.
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 Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from November 2022. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well the school finds and meets the needs of students at risk of not achieving in literacy and numeracy, building on its own research project with targeted Year 9 and 10 students.
ERO noted strong evaluation practice across the school, a clear focus on what good learning looks like, well-established relationships with Māori whānau, Ngai Tamarāwaho hapū, Ngāti Ranginui iwi and mata waka, and a proactive approach to personalised support for students who are at risk.
From here the school plans to make more use of what students and whānau say to improve teaching across the school, and to use the outcomes in its graduate profile to shape a more responsive local curriculum and assessment practice.
Read the ERO reports for Ōtūmoetai College
Enrolling
Ōtūmoetai College has an enrolment scheme, so students who live in the home zone are entitled to enrol, and a place is confirmed once the full enrolment form is completed, online or on paper, with proof of identity and address. Families interested in the Poutama form class can say so on the enrolment form.
Out-of-zone places are offered under the scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places, and families who miss out can join a waitlist for each year level. The school publishes its out-of-zone application and ballot dates on its enrolments page each year.
Schools nearby
In Bellevue
Ōtūmoetai College 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 College zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Bellevue, Minden near Tauranga, Otūmoetai, Bethlehem, Matua, Te Puna near Tauranga, Ōmokoroa near Tauranga and Brookfield and parts of Judea, Tauriko, Whakamārama near Tauranga and Gate Pa.
What years does it teach?
Years 9 to 13.
How many students go there?
1,998 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?
451. 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.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 83.5% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
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).