List of schools in Southland, New Zealand

Southland is a region in the South Island of New Zealand. It contains numerous rural primary schools, several small town primary and secondary schools, and some big city schools in Invercargill.

The rolls given here are those provided by the Ministry of Education, and are based in June 2011 roll return figures.[1]

Southland District
NameYearsGenderAreaAuthorityDecileRollWebsiteMOE
Aparima College7–13CoedRivertonState6182409
Balfour School1–6CoedBalfourState10983932
Central Southland College9–15CoedWintonState6565399
Dipton School1–8CoedDiptonState9643943
Drummond Primary School1–8CoedDrummondState859-1650
Edendale School1–6CoedEdendaleState81633947
Fiordland College7–13CoedTe AnauState9231400
Garston School1–8CoedGarstonState8433953
Glenham School1–6CoedGlenhamState893954
Gorge Road School1–8CoedGorge RoadState9353957
Halfmoon Bay School1–8CoedObanState5343961
Hauroko Valley Primary School1–6CoedClifdenState7793938
Heddon Bush School1–8CoedHeddon BushState9523963
Hedgehope School1–8CoedHedgehopeState9293964
Hillside Primary School1–8CoedBrownsState9363935
Limehills School1–8CoedLimehillsState101823975
Lochiel School1–8CoedLochielState10963977
Lumsden School1–6CoedLumsdenState8843980
Mararoa School1–8CoedThe KeyState10453984
Menzies College7–15CoedWyndhamState5320401
Mossburn School1–6CoedMossburnState7523990
Northern Southland College7–15CoedLumsdenState7189395
Otautau School1–8CoedOtautauState61744001
Rimu School1–8CoedRimuState91294006
Riversdale School1–8CoedRiversdaleState91084007
Riverton School1–6CoedRivertonState61594008
St Patrick's School1–8CoedNightcapsState integrated231-4019
St Thomas School1–8CoedWintonState integrated998-4023
Takitimu Primary School1–8CoedNightcapsState483-398
Te Anau School1–6CoedTe AnauState92754026
Te Tipua School1–8CoedTe TipuaState5274027
Thornbury School1–6CoedThornburyState767-4028
Tokanui School1–8CoedTokanuiState1092-4030
Tuturau Primary School1–6CoedTuturauState335-4032
Waianiwa School1–8CoedWaianiwaState9524034
Waikaia School1–8CoedWaikaiaState9214036
Wallacetown School1–6CoedWallacetownState856-4046
Winton School1–8CoedWintonState72974052
Woodlands Full Primary School1–8CoedWoodlandsState10984053
Wyndham School1–6CoedWyndhamState61144054
Waiau Area School1–15CoedTuatapereState3130402

Former schools
  • Brydone School was a coeducational years 1-6 primary school in Brydone, between Edendale and Mataura, which closed voluntarily in July 2007. Its student numbers had declined to six.[2]
  • Blackmount School, located in Blackmount, closed in July 2014 after 103 years of operation when the roll fell to three.[3]
  • Dacre School, Dacre, closed March 2008.[4]
  • Mataura Island School was located in the farming district of Mataura Island situated 16 km south of Wyndham. The school closed voluntarily at the end of 1998.
  • Seaward Downs School - located in the Seaward Downs farming district, 7.9 km south of Edendale closed in the 1970s. Since 1980 the site has been used as the Seaward Downs Playgroup.
  • Waimahaka School was located in Waimahaka. The school was once a three teacher school but the roll fell to just four students in 2012. The school closed at the end of 2012.[5]
  • Isla Bank School was located in Isla Bank, 36 km from Invercargill. The roll had decreased to only 10 students and the school closed in 2018.[6]

Gore District
NameYearsGenderAreaAuthorityDecileRollWebsiteMOE
East Gore School1–6CoedGoreState3102-3946
Gore High School9–15CoedGoreState6653396
Gore Main School1–6CoedGoreState62093956
Knapdale School1–8CoedKnapdaleState737-3973
Longford Intermediate7–8CoedGoreState52503979
Mataura School1–6CoedMatauraState1963986
Otama School1–8CoedOtamaState9293997
Pukerau School1–6CoedPukerauState845-4003
St Mary's School1–6CoedGoreState integrated71824018
St Peter's College7–15CoedGoreState integrated8414397
Waikaka School1–8CoedWaikakaState839-4037
West Gore School1–6CoedGoreState62414050

Closed schools
  • Kaiwera School, Kaiwera, closed July 2008.[4]
  • Waimumu School, Waimumu operated from 1888 to c.1996.[7]
  • Willowbank School, closed March 2016

Invercargill City
NameYearsGenderAreaAuthorityDecileRollWebsiteMOE
Ascot Community School1–8CoedHawthorndaleState32641625
Aurora College7–13CoedHeidelbergState2592548
Bluff School1–8CoedBluffState21072120
Donovan Primary School1–6CoedGrasmereState5382-2119
Te Kura o Whare Pā1–6CoedStrathernState22372117
Invercargill Middle School1–6CoedInvercargill CentralState31563966
James Hargest College7–13CoedHargestState81916552
Makarewa School1–6CoedMakarewaState81413982
Myross Bush School1–6CoedMyross BushState10166-3991
New River Primary1–6CoedKewState2238-2116
Newfield Park School1–6CoedNewfieldState22282118
Otatara School1–6CoedOtataraState102574000
Ruru Special School–CoedWaikiwiState4944011
Sacred Heart School1–6CoedWaikiwiState integrated966-4013
Salford School1–6CoedHargestState92584014
Southland Adventist Christian School1–8CoedWaikiwiState integrated496-4112
Southland Boys' High School7–13BoysGladstoneState51031404
Southland Girls' High School7–13GirlsGeorgetownState51047405
St John's Girls' School1–8GirlsAvenalState integrated91334131
St Joseph's School1–8CoedInvercargill CentralState integrated3120-4017
St Patrick's School1–6CoedHeidelbergState integrated32854020
St Teresa's School1–8CoedBluffState integrated310-4021
St Theresa's School1–6CoedWindsorState integrated82534022
Te Kura o Whare Pā1–6CoedStrathernState22372117
Te Wharekura o Arowhenua1–15CoedNewfieldState21964217
Tisbury School1–6CoedTisburyState41144029
Verdon College7–13CoedRockdaleState integrated6686408
Waihopai School1–6CoedGladstoneState83184035
Waverley Park School1–6CoedWindsorState52494047
Windsor North School1–6CoedWindsorState82933967

Former schools
  • Aurora College
    • Cargill High School, closed and merged with Kingswell High School at the end of 1998. Site now used by Te Wharekura o Arowhenua.
    • Kingswell High School, renamed to Mount Anglem College at beginning of 1999.
    • Mount Anglem College, renamed to Aurora College in January 2005.[8]
  • Clarendon Primary
  • Clifton Primary
  • Collingwood Intermediate
    • Became a junior campus for Southland Boys high school in 2005 for two terms
    • Donovan primary is now on the former site
  • Fernworth Primary School
    • Elston Lea Primary, closed and merged with St George Primary in January 2005.[8]
    • St George Primary, renamed to Fernworth Primary in January 2005.[8]
  • Grasmere Primary
  • Hawthorndale Primary School
    • Merged with Lithgow intermediate in 2004 becoming Ascot Community School. Its former site is where the Hawthorndale care village is being constructed.
  • Kew Primary School
  • Lithgow Intermediate
    • Merged with Hawthorndale Primary in 2004 to become Ascot Community School which is located on the former site of Lithgow intermediate.
  • Newfield Primary
  • Rockdale Park Primary
  • Rosedale Intermediate, closed at the end of 2004; site now used as the James Hargest Junior Campus.
  • Southland Technical College
  • South School
  • Surrey Park Primary
    • The site is now used as an ECE centre
  • Tweedsmuir Intermediate, closed at the end of 2004; site now used as Southland Girls High School's east wing.
  • Waikiwi Primary, merged to Grasmere Primary in 2005.[9]
  • West Plains School, opened c.1882,[10] merged to Grasmere Primary in 2005.[9]

References
General
Specific
  1. "New Zealand Schools - Education Counts". Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  2. The Ensign, Gore, 6 July 2007
  3. "School closes after 103 years". 3 July 2014.
  4. "School Closures, Mergers and New: December_2008". Education Counts. Archived from the original (XLS) on 21 January 2016.
  5. "Sadness as bell tolls for school". 16 December 2012.
  6. Hipkins, Chris (22 November 2018). "Isla Bank School (3969) Closure Notice". The New Zealand Gazette.
  7. "Waimumu School". Invercargill Archives. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  8. "School Closures, Mergers, and New: December 2005" (XLS). Education Counts.
  9. Mallard, Trevor (10 June 2004). "Merger of Grasmere School (3958), Waikiwi School (4039) and West Plains School (4051)". New Zealand Gazette.
  10. "West Plains School". Invercargill Archives. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
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