Paremata School is a full primary state school, catering for Year 1 to Year 8 children.The school operates an enrolment scheme with a maximum roll of 380 pupils. The roll is made up of pupils from several different ethnic backgrounds, but is predominantly Pakeha.


The school has 16 teaching spaces (in 5 separate blocks), a hall, library, after school care facility, medical room, store rooms, dental clinic, senior and junior adventure playgrounds, concrete play areas and a grassed field. The school also operates as the base school for the Parumoana Cluster’s three Resource Teachers of Learning and Behaviour.


There is a bus service and bus/rail link used by a number of children getting to and from school.  One bus comes from Pauatahanui via Whitby, through Oak Avenue, Kahu Road, Papakowhai and returning the same way in the afternoons.


There is parental, caregiver and wider family involvement in the running of the school.  This involves school lunches, sporting activities, transportation for various trips, in-class support, fund raising etc.


Our school community differs from our local community in that it extends well beyond the local Paremata area.  Some children travel to Paremata School from outlying areas;  from the neighbouring suburbs of Whitby and Papakowhai and also from distances of up to 10 kilometres from districts such as Plimmerton, Pauatahanui, Titahi Bay, Porirua, and Pukerua Bay Thus, many of our students live within communities different from the local community in which the school is situated.  The school has a decile rating of 9.