Last updated November 2026
Witherlea School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 214-216 Weld Street, Witherlea, Blenheim. It opened in 1968 and had 403 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Witherlea, and parts of Wither Hills, Taylor Pass and Fairhall; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s website describes three learning teams working in flexible learning spaces, a school pool, turf and courts, and an outdoor forest classroom near the foot of the Wither Hills. It runs a sports hub and a cultural and arts hub, with sporting, cultural, science, enviro, arts and leadership activities.
At a glance
- Principal
- Kate Deane
- Address
- 214-216 Weld Street, Witherlea, Blenheim
- Phone
- 03 578 5568
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Witherlea.
Parts of Wither Hills, Taylor Pass and Fairhall: 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 403 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 School Evaluation Report from December 2024. ERO found most students reach or pass expected curriculum levels in reading, writing and maths, most feel they belong, and most attend regularly, so the school meets the Ministry’s attendance target.
Leadership is strong and collaborative, teachers get targeted training and feedback, student progress is tracked closely, and students have plenty of chances to take part in activities and leadership roles. ERO noted the school has not yet closed the gap for Māori and Pacific students in maths, and that some students’ progress is held back by absences.
The agreed next steps are to build closer partnerships with whānau around students’ progress, shape the local curriculum so it reflects all cultures, identities and languages, help teachers put school-wide changes in place to speed up progress, and keep working with whānau and attendance services where absence affects learning.
Read the ERO reports for Witherlea School
Enrolling
Witherlea School has a home zone, and students who live in it have the right to enrol. Out-of-zone students can only get a place through the ballot, which the school board sets each year for the following year depending on space. A ballot place does not automatically carry over to a younger sibling.
Families enrol through the school’s online enrolment form and provide the supporting documents the school lists. New entrants start in cohort intakes, and the school sets out its enrolment scheme, zone map and entry details on its enrolment page.
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 Witherlea
Witherlea School is in Witherlea. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Witherlea guide →Questions parents ask
Is Witherlea School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Witherlea and parts of Wither Hills, Taylor Pass and Fairhall.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
403 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?
415. 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, 22 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).