Last updated November 2026
Horsham Downs School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 4 Martin Lane, Horsham Downs. It opened in 1916 and had 388 students on its roll at 1 October 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Horsham Downs, and parts of Rototuna North, Huntington, Flagstaff, Taupiri, Gordonton and Ngāruawāhia; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes a theme-based curriculum with instrumental groups, choir, kapa haka and a range of sport, students bringing their own devices from Year 5, and country school events such as an Ag Day and a flower show.
Year 7 and 8 students spend a full day each fortnight at the technology centre at Ngāruawāhia Primary School, and the YMCA runs before and after school care.
At a glance
- Principal
- Stephen Dunsmore
- Address
- 4 Martin Lane, Horsham Downs
- Phone
- 07 829 4700
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Horsham Downs near Hamilton.
Parts of Rototuna North, Huntington, Flagstaff Hamilton, Taupiri near Hamilton, Gordonton near Hamilton and Ngāruawāhia near 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 388 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 that most students were achieving at or above the expected level in reading and mathematics and a large majority in writing, with just under half of Year 3 to 8 students working beyond the expected level in reading.
Almost all students in Years 4 to 8 reported a strong sense of belonging and feeling safe, and regular attendance had risen markedly, with the school meeting all of the Ministry of Education’s targets. ERO described effective leadership, careful use of data, a responsive curriculum, warm relationships and strong partnerships with parents.
Achievement for boys and Māori students has improved over time, but ERO found significant disparity remained for boys in literacy and for Māori students in literacy and mathematics.
The agreed next steps are to speed up learning for these groups, especially boys in reading and writing, to help more students reach beyond the expected level in writing and mathematics, and to keep building te reo, tikanga and te ao Māori into a bicultural curriculum.
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and proof of residence may be required. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places.
The scheme on the school’s zone page says the board advertises out-of-zone places, how to apply and any ballot date by public notice in a local newspaper each year.
Families enrol through the online enrolment form on the school’s website.
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 Horsham Downs near Hamilton
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Questions parents ask
Is Horsham Downs School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Horsham Downs near Hamilton and parts of Rototuna North, Huntington, Flagstaff Hamilton, Taupiri near Hamilton, Gordonton near Hamilton and Ngāruawāhia near Hamilton.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
388 at 1 Oct 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?
397. 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).