Last updated November 2026
Gordonton School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at Woodlands Road, Gordonton, Hamilton. It opened in 1891 and had 250 students on its roll at 1 October 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Gordonton, Taupiri and Whitikahu; the zone map below shows the full boundary. The school’s handbook describes te reo taught in every class, a swimming programme, an annual Ag Day, school bus routes, sport teams from futsal and cricket to hockey and netball, and weekly technology classes at Peachgrove Intermediate for its senior students. There is no school uniform, and the school welcomes international students, employing a teacher to support English language learners.
At a glance
- Principal
- Keith O'Donnell
- Address
- Woodlands Road, Gordonton, Hamilton
- Phone
- 07 824 3602
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Gordonton near Hamilton, Taupiri near Hamilton and Whitikahu 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 250 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
8 international students
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.
Stand-downs: 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 March 2025. ERO found outcomes becoming steadily stronger and fairer: most students reach expected levels or better in literacy and mathematics, about a third excel in reading and mathematics, and Māori students now do as well as or better than their Pākehā peers.
Almost all students report a strong sense of belonging and feeling safe, and ERO described culturally responsive teaching, an inclusive curriculum, strong strategic leadership and close partnerships with whānau and mana whenua.
ERO noted that a significant gap remains for boys in writing and that the school is not yet meeting the Ministry’s target for regular attendance.
The next steps are to speed up progress for target learners and close the gap for boys in writing, keep reading and mathematics results high while lifting excellence in writing, and make more use of progress data in the school’s own evaluation.
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. Families outside the zone register through the out-of-zone link in the enrolment section of the school’s website.
Families enrol online through the school’s digital enrolment system, with a step-by-step guide on the website, and show the child’s birth certificate and immunisation certificate. The school welcomes visits by arrangement with the office.
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 Gordonton near Hamilton
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Questions parents ask
Is Gordonton School zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Gordonton near Hamilton, Taupiri near Hamilton and Whitikahu near Hamilton.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
250 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?
420. 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).