Last updated October 2026
Grovetown School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at Vickerman Street, Grovetown, Blenheim. It opened in 1866 and had 71 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Dillons Point and Grovetown, and parts of Islington; the zone map below shows the full boundary. The school’s site describes a small rural school whose classrooms are named after boats that once travelled up the Wairau River, with a swimming pool, bike track, native forest area, edible garden, orchards and beehives.
Literacy teaching is built on the Better Start Literacy Approach, and the school holds an ANZAC ceremony at its memorial and marks Matariki with the community.
At a glance
- Principal
- Eve Sutherland
- Address
- Vickerman Street, Grovetown, Blenheim
- Phone
- 03 578 6250
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Grovetown Blenheim and Dillons Point.
Parts of Islington: 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 71 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 September 2025. ERO found good quality teaching, with most students at or above the expected level in reading and a large majority in writing and maths, although ERO could not confirm how equitable results are across groups.
Most students attend regularly, the school is close to the government’s attendance target and chronic absence is falling. Students have a strong sense of belonging and know the school’s values, structured literacy is used consistently, and a structured maths programme is being rolled out.
ERO’s priorities are a formal assessment framework used consistently across the school, teaching that lines up with curriculum requirements to raise achievement, clear school-wide expectations for planning and teaching, better attendance, and consultation with the school’s Māori community.
ERO also said the board needs to make sure the school is a physically and emotionally safe place to learn, and found it had not met some legal requirements, including consulting its Māori community on plans for Māori students, keeping minutes of closed board meetings and having a proper complaints process. The board has since acted to fix these, ERO notes.
Read the ERO reports for Grovetown 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 documents page links to its enrolment process and its enrolment scheme.
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 Grovetown Blenheim
Grovetown School is in Grovetown Blenheim. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Grovetown Blenheim guide →Questions parents ask
Is Grovetown School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Grovetown Blenheim and Dillons Point and parts of Islington.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
71 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?
440. 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).