Last updated October 2026
Richmond View School is a state-integrated, co-educational composite school for Years 1 to 13 at 26 Burleigh Road, Blenheim. It opened in 1981 and had 336 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. Its site describes teaching the New Zealand Curriculum through a biblical framework, with Technology and the Arts in Years 7 to 9 and option subjects from Year 9.
Senior students work towards NCEA and can add Trades Academy, Gateway, NMIT courses and work experience, and the school also takes international students.
At a glance
- Principal
- Tom Jarrett
- Address
- 26 Burleigh Road, Blenheim
- Phone
- 03-5780626 Ext 732
Home zone
No home zone: any student can apply to enrol. If more students apply than there are places, the school decides how places are offered.
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 336 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 2023. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here whether a wider range of literacy teaching approaches lifts results across the school.
ERO pointed to a collaborative leadership team focused on getting better, a culture of inquiry where teachers talk openly about teaching and learning, learning partnerships with parents that build a sense of connection, and care for one another grounded in the school’s Christian values of humility, respect and excellence.
Next, the school plans to look into the tools and expertise needed for new ways of teaching literacy, use middle and senior school data to look back at progress, and keep building staff skill in teaching literacy so it carries into daily practice and lifts achievement across subjects in the middle and senior school.
Read the ERO reports for Richmond View School
Enrolling
As a state-integrated school, Richmond View gives preference to families who attend a church, who are asked for a reference from their pastor or minister. A small share of places is kept for families who do not attend a church. Attendance dues set by the school’s Elim proprietor apply.
Families start with an online enrolment enquiry on the school’s website, and the office then makes contact about the application.
Schools nearby
In Redwoodtown
Richmond View School is in Redwoodtown. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Redwoodtown guide →Questions parents ask
Is Richmond View School zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 13.
How many students go there?
336 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?
429. 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, 81.8% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
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). 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).