Key facts
- School number2873
- School typeFull Primary · Years 1–8
- AuthorityState
- GenderCo-Educational
- BoardingNo
- Language of instructionEnglish medium / other settings
- Established1 February 1973
About Kapiti School
Kapiti Primary School is a state primary school located at 20 Iver Trask Place, Paraparaumu, on the Kapiti Coast. It caters for students from New Entrants through to Year 8.
The school describes itself as having a smaller student population, which it uses to support closer relationships between staff and families. It is not faith-based or language-immersion, and operates as a mainstream English-medium school.
The school's stated vision centres on developing Confident Connected Explorers — three attributes the school treats as the basis of its curriculum and behaviour approach. Each term is defined as follows:
- Confident — students have pride in their identity, accept diversity, take risks, and learn from mistakes.
- Connected — students build relationships, link new learning to prior knowledge, and apply learning across curriculum areas.
- Explorers — students pursue inquiry-based, hands-on learning and take agency in their own learning.
A notable emphasis in the school's approach is healthy brain development and self-regulation. The school explicitly teaches behavioural expectations and problem-solving strategies as part of its regular teaching programme, framing this within a behaviour management plan it refers to as the Student Support Approach Behaviour Management Plan.
Enrolment
No enrolment scheme listedNo enrolment scheme is currently listed for Kapiti School in the available Ministry of Education data. Check the current Ministry of Education information or contact the school for the latest enrolment arrangements.
School donations
The Ministry of Education profile states that: "Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp".
With an Equity Index of 477, Kapiti School is in the range eligible to opt into the Ministry's donations scheme — receiving additional government funding per student in exchange for not seeking donations (except for overnight camps).
Check directly with the school for current charges, contributions or other costs. Learn more on the donations scheme or fees and charges at school, both on education.govt.nz.
Equity Index
The Ministry publishes this figure as a bare number — KuraData shows it against the directory-wide average, so you can see where Kapiti School actually sits, not just the number on its own.
The Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers students face, on average, and is used to inform government funding and support. It is not a measure of school quality or academic performance.
Higher values indicate a higher level of estimated socio-economic barriers; lower values indicate fewer. Learn how the Equity Index is calculated →
Student ethnicity
The Ministry publishes this as a raw table — here it's visualised directly against Kapiti School's own roll, so the shape of it is clear at a glance.
- European — 42 students (42%)
- Asian — 34 students (34%)
- Pacific — 15 students (15%)
- Māori — 23 students (23%)
- MELAA — 3 students (3%)
- Other — 1 students (1%)
Percentages may sum to more than 100% because students can identify with more than one ethnic group.
Location
- Street address20 Iver Trask Place
- CityParaparaumu
- Local authorityKapiti Coast District
Official contact details
- ContactRebecca Power
- Phone+64 4 298 5605
- Emailadmin@kapiti.school.nz
- Websitewww.kapiti.school.nz/
Nearby schools
Schools physically closest to Kapiti School, regardless of year level.
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Paraparaumu School Full Primary · Years 1–8 · 472 m
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Raumati Beach School Full Primary · Years 1–8 · 1.9 km
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Paekākāriki School Full Primary · Years 1–8 · 8.5 km
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Te Horo School (Otaki) Full Primary · Years 1–8 · 15.6 km
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Otaki School Contributing · Years 1–6 · 21.2 km
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Frequently asked
These aren't generic answers — each one is built directly from Kapiti School's own official Ministry of Education data already shown on this page, so what you read here always matches the figures above.
Sources & methodology
Every fact on this page traces back to one of the rows below — official Ministry of Education data, or Kapiti School's own published information, reviewed before publication. Nothing here is inferred or estimated beyond what its source actually states.
| Data | Source | Data period | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| School characteristics | Ministry of Education | — | 15 October 2026 |
| Student roll | Ministry of Education / Education Counts | September 2026 | 15 October 2026 |
| Equity Index | Education Counts | — | 15 October 2026 |
| Address & coordinates | Ministry of Education | — | 15 October 2026 |
| Contact details | NZ Schools Directory | Current | 15 October 2026 |
| School information (AI-curated, human-reviewed) | Kapiti School's official website | Current | 12 October 2026 |