Last updated October 2026
Bledisloe School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 30A Meanee Road, Taradale, Napier. It opened in 1958 and had 303 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Waiohiki, Taradale and Puketapu; the zone map below shows the full boundary. The school’s site describes kapa haka as part of the classroom programme from the junior classes up, along with a band, choir, ukulele and recorder groups, and guitar and keyboard lessons from outside tutors. Sport changes through the year and includes miniball, tee ball, cricket, volleyball, basketball, hockey, netball, rippa rugby and soccer.
At a glance
- Principal
- Cindy Logan
- Address
- 30A Meanee Road, Taradale, Napier
- Phone
- 06 844 2131
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Waiohiki near Napier, Taradale and Puketapu near 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 303 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 November 2025. Since its previous review the school has put whole-school structured literacy and maths plans in place, Māori students’ reading and writing results have risen, and there is little gap between Māori and Pākehā students, although boys still trail girls in writing.
ERO found high quality teaching, inclusive and orderly classrooms, good support for students with additional learning needs, clear reporting to families, and a Māori and English bilingual class.
A small majority of students are at or above the expected level in reading and writing and a large majority in maths, with writing results not yet equitable across groups. Attendance is close to the government target, but chronic absence is not yet falling.
The key priorities are to lift regular attendance, track wellbeing and achievement data more closely for every group of students, help teachers use the new curriculum assessments, measure the impact of school initiatives, give whānau, hapū and iwi more say in the school’s direction, and help students set goals and reflect on their learning.
ERO also found two areas of non-compliance, covering planning and risk assessment for education outside the classroom and checks when staff are appointed, which the board has since addressed.
Read the ERO reports for Bledisloe School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places.
The school’s enrolment page says the board considers out-of-zone applications for new entrants at set times of the year and other out-of-zone requests as space allows. The page has the enrolment form, new entrant information and an online enrolment option.
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
Bledisloe 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 Bledisloe School zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Waiohiki near Napier, Taradale and Puketapu near Napier.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
303 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?
474. 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).