Last updated October 2026
Taradale High School is a state, co-educational secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at 50 Murphy Road, Taradale, Napier. It opened in 1970 and had 1,028 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Waiohiki, Jervoistown, Awatoto, Taradale and Meeanee, and parts of Poraiti, Puketapu and Greenmeadows; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes a broad curriculum with an emphasis on student leadership, and lists drama productions, the National Stage Challenge, an orchestra, jazz and rock bands, several choirs, debating, dance and creative writing groups.
Sports run from netball, rugby and hockey to canoe polo, adventure racing and orienteering, and the school takes international students, who can live with homestay families and join an outdoor education programme.
At a glance
- Principal
- David Oliver
- Address
- 50 Murphy Road, Taradale, Napier
- Phone
- 06 844 2159
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Waiohiki near Napier, Jervoistown, Taradale, Awatoto and Meeanee Napier.
Parts of Poraiti, Puketapu near Napier and Greenmeadows 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.
NCEA results
School leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with all New Zealand school leavers.
This school New Zealand
School leavers are students who left school that year, whatever year level they left from.
Who goes here
Share of the 1,028 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
30 international students
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.
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 August 2023. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well the school gathers and tracks achievement and progress information in Years 9 and 10 and uses it to shape teaching so outcomes are fair for every junior student.
ERO pointed to motivated teachers and students working in a culture of whanaungatanga, well-developed systems for tracking progress in the senior school, growing tracking of junior students, and established ways of sharing information to support each student.
Next, the school plans to set out detailed plans and progress milestones for this evaluation, and to consider the resourcing and professional learning needed to carry it out with a focus on fair and strong results in the junior school.
Read the ERO reports for Taradale High School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and must show proof of living in the zone with a parent or legal guardian. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, with the board setting the number of places each year, and by ballot when there are more applicants than places.
All applications are made online, and new students also have an enrolment interview. The school publishes its application, ballot and offer dates on its enrolment pages each year, along with a link to check whether an address is in the zone.
Schools nearby
In Taradale
Taradale High 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 Taradale High School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Waiohiki near Napier, Jervoistown, Taradale, Awatoto and Meeanee Napier and parts of Poraiti, Puketapu near Napier and Greenmeadows Napier.
What years does it teach?
Years 9 to 13.
How many students go there?
1,028 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?
448. 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.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 84.8% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
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). Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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