Last updated October 2026
Fairhall School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at New Renwick Road, Fairhall, Blenheim. It opened in 1877 and had 183 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Hawkesbury, and parts of Burleigh, Fairhall and Springlands; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes an Enviroschools programme with an edible garden and a native garden, and education outside the classroom that includes camps at places such as Pine Valley, Mistletoe Bay and Lake Rotoiti and a Year 8 tramp in Abel Tasman National Park.
Year 7 and 8 students attend specialist technology classes at the Marlborough Technology Centre, and school teams play netball, hockey, volleyball, basketball and tennis.
At a glance
- Principal
- Debbie Stanger
- Address
- New Renwick Road, Fairhall, Blenheim
- Phone
- 03 577 8939
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Hawkesbury.
Parts of Burleigh, Fairhall and Springlands: 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 183 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 May 2025. ERO found that success and progress are rising and that good teaching is lifting results in reading, writing and maths.
Most students are at or above the expected level in reading and a large majority in writing and maths; results are becoming fairer across groups in reading and maths but not yet in writing.
The school is close to the government’s regular attendance target and chronic absence is falling. Students feel a strong sense of belonging, structured literacy is embedded across the school with a structured maths programme being planned, and leaders use assessment information well to set priorities.
The agreed next steps are to review learning programmes to raise progress and equity in reading, writing and maths and speed up learning for targeted groups, make more use of teaching that responds to students’ needs and interests, build on practices that respond to students’ cultures, and keep working to raise regular attendance.
Read the ERO reports for Fairhall 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, with siblings of current students given priority, and by ballot when a priority group has more applicants than places. The board announces the number of out-of-zone places and the ballot dates by public notice each year.
Enrolment starts with an online form linked from the school’s enrolment page, and five-year-olds start school in small groups on set cohort entry dates.
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 Fairhall
Fairhall School is in Fairhall. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Fairhall guide →Questions parents ask
Is Fairhall School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Hawkesbury and parts of Burleigh, Fairhall and Springlands.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
183 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?
391. 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).