Last updated October 2026
Deanwell School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at Deanwell Avenue, Melville, Hamilton. It opened in 1973 and had 363 students on its roll at 1 October 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Deanwell, and parts of Melville, Glenview, Fitzroy, Temple View and Peacocke; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes its vision through the metaphor of a korowai, with values of manaakitanga, aumangea, ngātahi and ako, and classes grouped into ōhu named after native birds. Its staff include a learning support coordinator, an English language learner teacher, and literacy and maths intervention teachers.
At a glance
- Principal
- Pamela Quirke
- Address
- Deanwell Avenue, Melville, Hamilton
- Phone
- 07 843 7069
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Deanwell.
Parts of Melville, Glenview, Fitzroy, Temple View and Peacocke Hamilton: 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 363 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 October 2024. ERO found outcomes have improved markedly over time, with a majority of students at or above expected levels in reading, writing and maths, most target students making faster progress in reading and writing, and Māori achievement rising, although some gap remains with Pākehā students in literacy and maths.
Pacific students do as well as or better than other groups, and boys and girls achieve at similar levels. ERO noted strong leadership focused on quality teaching and equity, clear expectations for teachers, good use of data, and a growing place for te reo, tikanga and te ao Māori. The school is not meeting the Ministry’s attendance targets.
The agreed next steps are to keep strengthening teaching and assessment to speed up learning for identified students and make outcomes fairer for Māori students, develop explicit teaching in maths, and work with whānau to lift regular attendance and reduce barriers to learning.
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and every family starts by filling in an expression of interest form. Families in the zone then contact the school to complete the enrolment.
Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places, with priority for siblings and some other groups. The enrolment page links to the school’s ballot dates each year.
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 Deanwell
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Questions parents ask
Is Deanwell School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Deanwell and parts of Melville, Glenview, Fitzroy, Temple View and Peacocke Hamilton.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
363 at 1 Oct 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?
511. 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, 10 Nov 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).