Last updated November 2026
Te Awa School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at Te Awa Avenue, Napier South, Napier. It opened in 1925 and had 170 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Te Awa, Maraenui, Napier South, Marewa, Awatoto and Meeanee; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes swimming for all students in the warmer terms, inter-school softball, T-ball, netball and hockey, plus soccer and volleyball, and a Māori culture group that whānau can help with. The school is part of the Ka Ora, Ka Ako healthy school lunches programme.
At a glance
- Principal
- Greta Van Zyl
- Address
- Te Awa Avenue, Napier South, Napier
- Phone
- 06 835 7657
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Te Awa Napier, Maraenui Napier, Napier South, Marewa, Awatoto 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 170 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 evidence-based, culturally responsive teaching that builds strong relationships lifts engagement and outcomes for all students.
ERO pointed to an inclusive climate that responds to diverse learning needs and wellbeing, positive and respectful relationships with students and whānau, and a teaching team committed to partnership under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Next, the school plans professional learning to strengthen culturally responsive teaching, better use of assessment information to track progress in literacy and numeracy, and a local curriculum that weaves in te ao Māori, te reo Māori, tikanga and mātauranga Māori.
Read the ERO reports for Te Awa 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 site has an enrolment form to download, says no appointment is needed to enrol and offers tours by arrangement.
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 Te Awa Napier
Te Awa School is in Te Awa Napier. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Te Awa Napier guide →Questions parents ask
Is Te Awa School zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Te Awa Napier, Maraenui Napier, Napier South, Marewa, Awatoto and Meeanee Napier.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
170 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?
536. 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).