Last updated October 2026
Rotorua Intermediate is a state, co-educational intermediate school for Years 7 and 8 at 83-95 Malfroy Road, Rotorua. It opened in 1957 and had 654 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Victoria, Ohinemutu, Fenton Park, Utuhina, Hillcrest, Pomare, Glenholme and Rotorua Central, and parts of Springfield, Tihiotonga, Ngapuna, Whakarewarewa, Matipo Heights and Kapenga; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes Te Reo Rua and Rumaki classes, te reo Māori in every classroom, Mandarin for all students, and Pathways specialist classes including graphic design, robotics, science, design and construction, culinary arts, music and visual arts.
Sports range from rugby, netball and football to waka ama, mountain biking and water polo, and the kapa haka group competes at regional level each year.
At a glance
- Principal
- Garry De Thierry
- Address
- 83-95 Malfroy Road, Rotorua
- Phone
- 07 348 9888
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Victoria, Hillcrest Rotorua, Fenton Park Rotorua, Glenholme Rotorua, Utuhina Rotorua, Rotorua Central, Pomare Rotorua and Ohinemutu.
Parts of Springfield Rotorua, Tihiotonga Rotorua, Ngapuna Rotorua, Whakarewarewa, Matipo Heights and Kapenga: 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 654 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.
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 Evaluation Report from August 2024. ERO found that the majority of learners are on track at expected curriculum levels, with reading and writing improving and mathematics lower, and that results are still uneven for some groups.
Literacy has lifted after targeted support, students are more confident in their identity and culture, and the school is working towards the Ministry’s attendance targets with staff dedicated to following up absences.
ERO described leaders who build a shared commitment to good teaching, well-resourced support for students who need extra help, and a student council that leaders meet with regularly. In the Māori-medium classes of Te Whare o Te Roro o Te Rangi, tamariki are growing in confidence with te reo and tikanga Māori.
The agreed next steps are to make better use of assessment information to shape teaching, especially in mathematics, help students use strategies to manage their own learning, give kaiako professional learning on Te Marautanga o Aotearoa so they can build a local curriculum for the Māori-medium classes, and keep a strong focus on wellbeing, inclusion and lifting attendance.
Read the ERO reports for Rotorua Intermediate
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. The school’s enrolment page offers an online enrolment form or a printable form.
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 Victoria
Rotorua Intermediate is in Victoria. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Victoria guide →Questions parents ask
Is Rotorua Intermediate zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Victoria, Hillcrest Rotorua, Fenton Park Rotorua, Glenholme Rotorua, Utuhina Rotorua, Rotorua Central, Pomare Rotorua and Ohinemutu and parts of Springfield Rotorua, Tihiotonga Rotorua, Ngapuna Rotorua, Whakarewarewa, Matipo Heights and Kapenga.
What years does it teach?
Years 7 to 8.
How many students go there?
654 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?
505. 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.
School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 24 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). Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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