Last updated October 2026
Henry Hill School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 15 Dick Place, Onekawa, Napier. It opened in 1965 and had 275 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. Its site describes a trauma-informed approach built around its #CanKidz philosophy, with each day starting with a mihi whakatau, breathing or yoga and karakia, and a sensory space beside the gym.
Every student takes part in weekly whole-school kapa haka, older students have whakairo (carving) sessions, and sport includes basketball, rugby, cricket, soccer, netball, tag, softball and chess, plus a regular sports exchange with a Taupō school.
At a glance
- Principal
- Zoe Bridewell
- Address
- 15 Dick Place, Onekawa, Napier
- Phone
- 06 843 7783
Home zone
No home zone: any student can apply to enrol. If more students apply than there are places, the school decides how places are offered.
Who goes here
Share of the 275 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.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
Suspensions: fewer than 5 cases in 2025, so no rate is shown.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from April 2024. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well literacy and numeracy teaching lifts results fairly for all students.
ERO pointed to a focus on meeting diverse learning needs in an inclusive setting, a trauma-informed approach to student wellbeing, and a collaborative teaching team committed to building its skills through professional learning.
Next, the school planned to make better use of achievement and progress data, especially for students who need to catch up, target professional learning in literacy and numeracy, build a local curriculum that reflects students’ culture, language and identity, including te ao Māori and te reo Māori, and strengthen learning partnerships with whānau, hapū and iwi.
Read the ERO reports for Henry Hill School
Enrolling
The school has no home zone, so any student can apply. Its enrolment page describes a simple process: families fill in the forms, bring a passport or birth certificate, and meet with the school to talk about any learning, social or other needs.
New entrants are expected to complete several transition visits before they start, and the school asks families to come in for a visit and a chat first.
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 Onekawa Napier
Henry Hill School is in Onekawa Napier. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Onekawa Napier guide →Questions parents ask
Is Henry Hill School zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
275 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?
539. 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). 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).