Renew School
BoundFor analysis · from ERO reports and public data
Our read on Renew School
Values-Driven School With Literacy Improvement Focus
Renew School is a Year 1-13 integrated Christian school in Whangārei with a positive, inclusive culture and a committed staff team. ERO has identified improving student writing and literacy as the school's key priority, and the school is actively working with ERO on strategies to lift achievement in this area.
Source: ERO, 25 September 2023 · How we write these · What ERO ratings mean
Location & enrolment zone
Where the school sits and who it accepts
Renew School
2 Tarewa Road, Morningside, Whangarei
This state-integrated school enrols by preference criteria, so zone rules don't apply in the same way. The map shows the school location — check the school's own enrolment scheme.
Renew School is a state-integrated school. Places go first to applicants with a preference connection to the school's special character (for example, a faith connection), so the usual in-zone and ballot rules don't apply in the same way. Where a geographic priority exists, it works within those preference criteria. Check the school's own enrolment scheme before relying on a zone result.
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How enrolment at Renew School works
Ministry of Education enrolment-scheme status, and what it means for an application.
No enrolment scheme is listed for Renew School, so it is open enrolment: a family can apply from any address, and there is no home zone and no out-of-zone ballot. Whether a place exists still turns on capacity at the year level you need — ask the school which intakes it is taking applications for and by when.
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Quick answers
What families ask about Renew School
- Does Renew School have an enrolment zone?
- Renew School is a state-integrated school, so places go first to applicants who meet its special-character preference criteria. Any geographic priority applies within those criteria, so an address alone doesn't decide it — check the school's own enrolment scheme.
- What year levels does Renew School teach?
- Renew School teaches Year 1–13.
- What is Renew School's Equity Index?
- The listed EQI is 461. EQI reflects socioeconomic barriers used for funding; it is not a school-quality score.
- How large is the school?
- The latest listed roll is 201 students.
- When was the latest listed ERO review?
- The latest review date in the public data is September 2023.
The basics
Ministry of Education records
- Teaching language
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Opened
- 1993
- Principal
- Barend Blom
- Donation requests
- Not RequestedDonations not requested (except school camps)
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