Last updated October 2026
Cambridge Middle School is a state, co-educational composite school for Years 7 to 10 at Clare Street, Cambridge. It opened in 1961 and had 595 students on its roll at 1 October 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Cambridge, and parts of Pukemoremore, Tauwhare and Matangi; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes a conceptual, inquiry-based curriculum supported by structured maths and literacy programmes, with most learning in homerooms and students rotating through specialist classes in design thinking, visual art, food technology, drama, music and science. It runs an Arts Academy with places by audition in dance, music and drama, a kapa haka group, inter-school sport and cultural events, and an international programme with homestays and a Japan exchange.
At a glance
- Principal
- Daryl Gibbs
- Address
- Clare Street, Cambridge
- Phone
- 07 827 5135
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Cambridge near Hamilton.
Parts of Pukemoremore near Hamilton, Tauwhare near Hamilton and Matangi 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 595 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
1 international student
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 December 2022. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well the school’s local curriculum is improving fair outcomes for all learners.
ERO pointed to leadership that works collaboratively on the school’s vision and equity targets and is open to change, well-established planning that uses schoolwide data to set priorities, and a planned approach to professional learning that builds shared practice.
ERO also noted the school’s Mana Manaaki centre for student hauora and learning, its specialist classes in performing arts, design and creative technologies, and a satellite unit of Patricia Avenue Special School on site.
Next, the school plans to strengthen relationships with whānau to lift engagement and success for Māori learners as Māori, review its programmes so the local curriculum is inclusive and responsive, and keep building staff capability to improve equitable outcomes. ERO’s role is to support this work and report on progress in a later School Evaluation Report.
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, by ballot when there are more applicants than places.
Enrolment packs go out through contributing primary schools each year, and families can also apply online. Families who think they live outside the zone are asked to contact the school, which explains its out-of-zone places and ballot process directly. The zone description and a downloadable zone map are on the Enrolment Zone page.
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Questions parents ask
Is Cambridge Middle School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Cambridge near Hamilton and parts of Pukemoremore near Hamilton, Tauwhare near Hamilton and Matangi near Hamilton.
What years does it teach?
Years 7 to 10.
How many students go there?
595 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?
431. 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).