Last updated October 2026
Arthur Miller School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 210 Guppy Road, Taradale, Napier. It opened in 1971 and had 324 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Jervoistown, Waiohiki, Taradale and Meeanee; the zone map below shows the full boundary. The school’s site lists sport including hockey, cricket, netball, basketball, tee ball and karate, along with a school choir, ukulele and guitar clubs, and weekly kapa haka tutoring ahead of the Taradale kapa haka festival. The Y runs before and after school care on site.
At a glance
- Principal
- Michael Sisam
- Address
- 210 Guppy Road, Taradale, Napier
- Phone
- 06 844 6099
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Jervoistown, Waiohiki near Napier, Taradale and Meeanee Napier: 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 324 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 Report from April 2025. ERO found that success and progress are rising for all students, with high quality teaching lifting results: most students are at or above the expected level in reading and maths, and a large majority are in writing.
Reading results are equitable across groups and writing and maths are moving that way. Students have a strong sense of belonging and pride in their school, students with complex needs are well supported, and leaders have built strong trust and teamwork across the school community. Attendance is close to the government target and improving.
The agreed next steps are to embed structured literacy and maths teaching across the school, bring teaching and assessment into line with the new curriculum, and keep working to raise regular attendance. ERO also noted that the school has only partly improved progress for the students most at risk of not achieving since its previous review.
Read the ERO reports for Arthur Miller School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and the school asks in-zone families to apply by its deadlines too so it can plan. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places.
Enrolment forms are available from the school office. The school’s enrolment page sets out which year levels have out-of-zone places and lists the application deadlines and ballot dates for each term.
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 Taradale
Arthur Miller School is in Taradale. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Taradale guide →Questions parents ask
Is Arthur Miller School zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Jervoistown, Waiohiki near Napier, Taradale and Meeanee Napier.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
324 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?
425. 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, 26 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).