Last updated November 2026
Westbrook School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 362 Malfroy Road, Rotorua. It opened in 1970 and had 491 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Pomare, and parts of Sunnybrook, Pukehangi and Matipo Heights; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes a senior kapa haka group that performs at the Rotorua primary schools kapa haka festival, a New Zealand Sign Language club, a daily breakfast club, and sport including rugby, hockey, netball, flippaball, gymnastics and miniball, with swimming lessons for every year group.
Before and after school care and holiday programmes run on site through Kelly Club, and a Kickstart programme helps children get to know the school before they start.
At a glance
- Principal
- Rachel Weinberg
- Address
- 362 Malfroy Road, Rotorua
- Phone
- 07 347 6512
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Pomare Rotorua.
Parts of Sunnybrook Rotorua, Pukehangi Rotorua and Matipo Heights: 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 491 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.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a School Evaluation Report from March 2025. ERO found outcomes improving for a majority of students: a majority, including Māori students, achieve at or above expected curriculum levels in reading, writing and maths, and targeted support is in place for groups below those levels.
A large majority attend regularly and the school is moving towards the government’s attendance target. Students feel they belong and take pride in their school, leaders work together on fairer outcomes and give staff relevant professional learning and coaching, and teaching is inclusive and builds knowledge and skills with purpose.
The agreed next steps are to lift results in reading, writing and maths by making better use of achievement information, give whānau Māori regular chances to share their aspirations and hear about the curriculum to inform planning, and keep strengthening the systems that track and improve regular attendance.
Read the ERO reports for Westbrook School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and the school meets with families before a child starts and asks for proof of address.
Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places, using a separate application form. The school publishes its out-of-zone ballot dates on its enrolment zone page.
Children about to start school are encouraged to attend the school’s Kickstart sessions for several weeks beforehand, followed by school visits with an adult.
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 Pomare Rotorua
Westbrook School is in Pomare Rotorua. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Pomare Rotorua guide →Questions parents ask
Is Westbrook School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Pomare Rotorua and parts of Sunnybrook Rotorua, Pukehangi Rotorua and Matipo Heights.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
491 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?
475. 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, 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).