Last updated October 2026
Eskdale School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 324 Hill Road, Napier. It opened in 1859 and had 285 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Eskdale, and parts of Bay View and Puketapu; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes it as a zero waste school, with education for sustainability activities across the school on Friday afternoons, along with structured literacy, digital technologies and kapa haka. Sport includes netball, hockey, water polo, futsal and cricket coaching, and the senior students have a camp.
At a glance
- Principal
- Tristan Cheer
- Address
- 324 Hill Road, Napier
- Phone
- 06 836 6845
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Eskdale near Napier.
Parts of Bay View Napier 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 285 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 Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from February 2024. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well learning programmes and school practices support students as they start school and move between levels of a full primary school.
ERO pointed to experienced, collaborative leaders and teaching teams, sound assessment and monitoring that track progress and pick up learning needs, an inclusive setting for students with identified needs, and established systems for managing change.
Next, the school planned to have its teaching teams work together on consistent curriculum delivery, strengthen what happens at key transition points, and build internal evaluation to measure how well those transitions work.
Read the ERO reports for Eskdale 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 asks families to contact the office first, then emails an online link to the enrolment forms. It lists the documents needed: a birth certificate or passport, an immunisation certificate, any visas and proof of address.
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 Eskdale near Napier
Eskdale School is in Eskdale near Napier. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Eskdale near Napier guide →Questions parents ask
Is Eskdale School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Eskdale near Napier and parts of Bay View Napier and Puketapu near Napier.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
285 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
It may. It is not in the donation scheme, so it can ask families for donations.
What is its Equity Index?
423. 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).