Last updated October 2026
Aberdeen School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at Aberdeen Drive, Dinsdale, Hamilton. It opened in 1977 and had 720 students on its roll at 1 October 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Western Heights, and parts of Dinsdale, Nawton and Temple View; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site says students take part in sport, the arts and drama, science and engineering, languages, music, kapa haka, Pasifika culture and leadership activities. Students who need help with English can get support from an ESOL teacher.
At a glance
- Principal
- Lesley Lomas
- Address
- Aberdeen Drive, Dinsdale, Hamilton
- Phone
- 07 847 7312
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Western Heights Hamilton.
Parts of Dinsdale Hamilton, Nawton and Temple View: 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 720 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 June 2023. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well new teaching approaches from professional learning are written down, embedded and carried into every learning area, with the aim of lifting progress for students at risk of not achieving.
ERO pointed to leaders who respond well to patterns in the school’s data, an inclusive and positive learning culture, and well-managed support for students with special needs.
Next, the school plans to build these new approaches into its systems and its description of good teaching at Aberdeen, and to carry them across all learning areas.
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, with a birth certificate or passport and two proofs of address. The enrolment form can be downloaded from the school’s website.
Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places. The school’s site says families outside the zone can fill in a ballot form at the school office, and a ballot is held only when there are places to fill at a year level.
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 Dinsdale Hamilton
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Questions parents ask
Is Aberdeen School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Western Heights Hamilton and parts of Dinsdale Hamilton, Nawton and Temple View.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
720 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?
451. 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).