Howick Primary School is a urban primary school in East Auckland which features vast and picturesque grounds. It comprises over 380 students from Year 1 to Year 6.

We are located 1.2 kilometres from the centre of the popular Howick Village. It was established on Willoughby Avenue approximately 58 years ago after moving from the original school site on the corner of Botany Road and Howick/Pakuranga Highway, which is currently occupied by Howick Intermediate School.

Howick Primary School is well equipped with 17 classrooms, a swimming pool, library, hall, teacher resource centre, professional learning and development room, an ESOL room, an outdoor classroom for sustainability education, Native tree planting area, Out of School Care facilities, senior and junior playground areas, huge field space, beautiful landscapes, long jump pit, and a large sandpit.

We use modern, up-to-date tools to access learning such as touch panel TVs, Chromebooks and iPads to enhance educational opportunities for all learners and enable online, any place, anytime learning. Our bright and child-centred library has a wide range of books – both hard and digital copies, with devices available for three-dimensional engagement. 

We have highly skilled Music Specialists who offer tutoring in guitar, drums, ukulele, piano, etc. 

Howick Primary School has both a Special Needs Coordinator and a Learning Support Coordinator who oversee students with neurodiverse needs as well as our gifted and talented students. 

We have an wonderful New Zealand Primary School trained English Learning Teacher for our English Second Language students. Our ESOL teacher also works with our international students who visit throughout the year.