Clendon Park School

What Clendon Park School does

Clendon Park School is a New Zealand state primary school located at 145 Rowandale Avenue, Manurewa, Auckland, delivering primary education from New Entrants (Age 5) through Year 8 under the New Zealand Ministry of Education. The school operates parallel educational tracks — mainstream, the Nga Pihinga junior programme (Years 0-4), the Manulua senior programme (Years 5-8), the Te Puawai offering, the Māori bilingual unit Te Whānau Āwhina (established February 2000), and the Samoan bilingual unit Tautua mo Tupulaga (Years 1-8) — supported by an on-site marae and a teaching staff numbering approximately 30+ across mainstream and bilingual classes plus additional support staff (23 reported total headcount in the dataset).

The institution is publicly funded and charges no tuition fees or requested donations; revenue is derived from per-pupil government funding administered through the Ministry of Education, with optional cost-sharing only for activities or trips. GTM motion is direct enrollment through the school office, gated by the Ministry's defined home zone (Browns Road, Russell Road, Swallow Drive, Wordsworth Road, Roscommon Road). There is no proprietary technology platform and no AI capability described — the technology stack is standard educational tooling, augmented by an official website, multiple Facebook pages, and email newsletters as parent communication channels.

Governance is via an elected Board of Trustees (five parent representatives plus one staff representative under the New Zealand Education Act) with Mrs Sue Dawson as Principal and Correspondence Secretary. Operating motion is strengthened by a network of core community partnerships — KidsCan (food/clothing), Kiwi Can (life skills), MATES Mentoring (since 2002), SWIS on-site social worker, Health Promoting Schools (Whare Tapa Wha model), Kelly Sports coaching, and breakfast-club sponsorship by Fonterra and Sanitarium — that deliver a wraparound support layer (free meals, mentoring, sports coaching, social work). The school carries an excellent ERO Report from November 2015, and its netball programme has achieved four consecutive AIMS Games podium finishes between 2022 and 2025.

Name

Clendon Park School

Legal name

Clendon Park School

Website

https://clendonpark.school.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Clendon Park School is a publicly funded New Zealand state primary school in Manurewa, Auckland, delivering Years 0-8 education to families inside a defined home zone across mainstream, Māori bilingual (Te Whānau Āwhina), and Samoan bilingual (Tautua mo Tupulaga) programmes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Middle Schools (EDAJAAAC), Specialized Inclusive / Co-Taught Special Education Programs (EDAKAAAK)

Keywords

• Primary education services
• Bilingual education programs
• Primary school education
• Cultural education programs
• Extracurricular sports programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Manurewa

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Publicly funded primary school operating under New Zealand Ministry of Education. No school fees charged and no school donations requested. Costs may be requested for extra activities or trips from time to time.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Clendon Park School delivers free primary education for students from New Entrants (Age 5) through Year 8 within its Manurewa, Auckland enrollment zone. Its core offering combines mainstream education with two bilingual units — Te Whānau Āwhina (Māori) and Tautua mo Tupulaga (Samoan) — alongside before/after school care, free daily lunches, a Study Centre for senior students, and an extensive extracurricular sports and cultural programme.

Product overview

Clendon Park School is a primary/intermediate educational institution located in Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand. The school provides educational services spanning Years 0-8, with a multicultural environment that promotes curiosity, independence, and academic challenge. The school operates two bilingual units: Te Whānau Āwhina (Māori bilingual) and Tautua mo Tupulaga (Samoan bilingual), alongside mainstream education. The school offers a diverse range of programs including academic, sporting, cultural, artistic, and environmental learning areas. The school's infrastructure includes an on-site marae, sports facilities, and various interest groups.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Te Whānau Āwhina: The Maori bilingual unit at Clendon Park School, established in February 2000. It provides Maori language and cultural education from Years 0-8, following comprehensive community consultation.
• Tautua mo Tupulaga
• Nga Pihinga
• Manulua

Products and services

• Mainstream Primary Education (Years 0-8) Free primary school education program covering New Entrants (Age 5) through Year 8, including literacy, numeracy, sports, cultural programs, and extracurricular activities. Delivered across 30+ classrooms at the Manurewa campus for families within the school's enrollment zone.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Kelly SportsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Professional sports coaching programme funded by Grassroots Trust grant. Coaches every class in swimming weekly during Term 1, works with Senior School on ball skills and inter-school sports coaching in Term 2, and Junior School PE programmes in Term 3.
• MATES MentoringcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2002One-year youth mentoring programme pairing tertiary student mentors with pupils from low-decile schools. MATES Junior works with Year 8 mentees, MATES Senior with Year 13 mentees. Enables young people to develop skills, confidence and positive relationships.
• KidsCancoreOthersCharitable program providing food, clothing, shoes, socks and raincoats to students in need. KidsCan's mission is to provide food and clothing and basic healthcare in schools to enable children to reach their full potential. No cost to the school.
• Kiwi CancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation for Youth Development programme teaching essential life skills and values (resilience, respect, integrity, manners) to all students weekly. Specially trained Kiwi Can Leaders deliver high energy, interactive lessons as role models for children.
• SWIS (Social Worker In Schools)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial Worker based on school site providing support for families in housing, benefit applications, medical issues and counselling. Built strong links with multiple support agencies. Runs programmes including Friendship Club, Grief Loss and Change programme.
• Health Promoting SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWHO-developed programme promoting health and wellbeing using Whare Tapa Wha model (taha wairua/spirituality, taha whanau/family, taha hinengaro/mental and emotional, taha tinana/physical). Part of Manukau City Council Health Promoting School cluster.
• The Warehouse (Clendon)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRetail partner selling Clendon Park School uniforms including polo shirts (yellow and navy) and polar fleece jackets. School mascot branded merchandise available for purchase.
• FonterraminorOthersSponsors breakfast club programme providing food supplies for daily breakfast service for students from 8:15-8:45am in the Whare kai.
• SanitariumminorOthersSponsors breakfast club programme providing food supplies for daily breakfast service for students.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Weymouth Primary School: Neighbouring public primary school in South Auckland serving a similar low-to-mid decile catchment. Directly comparable in terms of state funding model, year levels offered, and reliance on community support programmes.
• Te Kura Kaupapa Māori a Rohe o Māngere: Māori-medium primary school in the wider Auckland/Māngere area. Comparable on cultural/immersion education focus similar to Clendon Park's Te Whānau Āwhina unit, operating under the same state-funded framework.
• Homai School: Public primary school also located in the Manurewa suburb of Auckland with a comparable multicultural catchment and decile profile. Directly comparable on enrolment model, year levels served, and community-support ecosystem.
• Papatoetoe Central School: Public primary school in the adjacent Papatoetoe area of Auckland. Comparable state primary model with similar Pacific and Māori student representation and reliance on Ministry of Education funding.
• Randwick Park School: Public primary school in the Manurewa area of Auckland serving a similar South Auckland demographic. Closely comparable on roll size, year levels (Y0–8), and government-funding business model.
• Manurewa East School: Public primary school in the Manurewa suburb of Auckland with a comparable Pacific and Māori community composition. Operates under the same Ministry of Education funding framework with a similar enrolment zone model.

Others

• KidsCan: Charitable partner that supplies food, clothing, shoes, socks and raincoats to students in need at Clendon Park. Directly comparable as an enabler of the school's wraparound support model, and a thematic peer for low-decile NZ school provision.
• Kelly Sports New Zealand: Provides funded sports coaching (swimming, ball skills, PE) to Clendon Park students via a Grassroots Trust grant. Comparable as a contracted service provider delivering curriculum-aligned sport instruction in NZ primary schools.
• Kiwi Can (Foundation for Youth Development): Delivers weekly life-skills and values lessons at Clendon Park. Comparable as an ecosystem participant providing structured character-education programming across New Zealand primary schools.

Broad incumbents

• Ministry of Education (New Zealand): The central government funder and regulator for all New Zealand state schools including Clendon Park. Comparable as the broader institutional ecosystem in which Clendon Park operates, setting curriculum, funding, and ERO review frameworks.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Clendon-Park-Primary-School-231763673563159
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clendon-park-school

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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