Southwell School
Full Primary · Private : Fully Registered
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 646
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 200 Peachgrove Road, Claudelands, Hamilton
- Territorial authority
- Hamilton City
- Phone
- 07-855 2089
- office@southwell.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
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What would the day look like?
The practical things this school states on its own website — the hours, the uniform, the term dates, and how children get there. These are the school’s own words, not the Ministry’s record and not ERO’s.
Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.
- Uniform
- Required
Southwell School uniform is worn with pride both on and off school grounds. We are a ‘Socks Up, Shirts In’ school. Blazers are to be worn to and from School daily.
- Required
- Getting there
- Southwell’s Tamahere bus travels to and from Southwell via the Expressway, picking up and dropping off at Tamahere School and the Avantidrome; the morning run departs the Avantidrome at 7.35am and the afternoon run departs Southwell at 3:35pm (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) and 4:35pm (Tuesday, Thursday)
Southwell’s Tamahere bus travels to and from Southwell via the Expressway with only two pick up and drop off points, one at Tamahere School and the other at the Avantidrome. The Morning Run – Departs the Avantidrome at 7.35am, taking a direct route via the Expressway to Tamahere School, arriving approx 7.50am, then directly via Expressway to Southwell. The Afternoon Run – Departs Southwell at 3:35pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and at 4:35pm on Tuesday and Thursday. Direct route via Expressway to Tamahere School then via Expressway to Avantidrome. We expect the drop off time at the Avantidrome, in the afternoon to be at approximately 4.15pm (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) and 5.15pm (Tuesday and Thursday).
- Southwell’s Tamahere bus travels to and from Southwell via the Expressway, picking up and dropping off at Tamahere School and the Avantidrome; the morning run departs the Avantidrome at 7.35am and the afternoon run departs Southwell at 3:35pm (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) and 4:35pm (Tuesday, Thursday)
What does the school say about itself?
Quoted, not summarised. Every school describes itself well, so this is here to be read as the school’s own case rather than as a finding — and a school that states nothing simply has no row.
Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.
- International students
- Accepted, as stated
Southwell School has been hosting International Students, for over 25 years
- Accepted, as stated
What is on offer beyond the classroom?
The sports, arts, clubs and groups this school names on its own website. Not a complete list of what any school offers, and not a count — a school that names more here has written more down, which is not the same as doing more.
Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.
- On offer
- Boys’ and Girls’ Choirs of All Hallows Chapel (Years 5-8)
- Junior Choir (Years 1-4)
- Southwell Symphony Orchestra
The large and highly accomplished Southwell Symphony Orchestra is an auditioned group.
- Southwell Wind Band
The Southwell Wind Band was created to give beginner students a group to play in
- Southwell String Orchestra
- Basketball
Southwell School Blue shorts, Southwell Basketball Singlet, white socks and sports shoes.
- cricket
Players may wear long white cricket pants if desired
- Cycling
Southwell will supply a Cycling Top.
- 1st IX Girls Football
| 1st IX Girls Football | 9 aside |
- 1st IX Boys Football
| 1st IX Boys Football | 9 aside |
- 1st VII Hockey
| 1st VII Hockey | 7 aside |
- 8A Netball
| 8A Netball | 7 aside |
- 1st XV (U60) Rugby
| *1st XV (U60) Rugby | 15 aside |
- Badminton
| Badminton | ? players TBC |
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 444
- Māori
- 56
- Pacific
- 12
- Asian
- 202
- MELAA
- 18
- Other
- 0
- International
- 2
Roll by year level and age
Shown as context, not ranked, not compared to any average. As at 30 June 2026, from the same annual return as the roll count above.
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 01 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 34 |
| Year 02 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 95 |
| Year 03 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 53 |
| Year 04 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 68 |
| Year 05 | 9 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 102 |
| Year 06 | 18 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 116 | 0 | 158 |
| Year 07 | 16 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 91 | 1 | 135 |
| Year 08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 71 | 17 | 185 | 19 | 5 | 428 | 1 | 647 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 33 |
| Age 06 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 37 |
| Age 07 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 45 |
| Age 08 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 56 |
| Age 09 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 62 |
| Age 10 | 9 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 97 |
| Age 11 | 14 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 97 | 0 | 133 |
| Age 12 | 16 | 5 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 99 | 0 | 150 |
| Age 13 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 34 |
| Total | 71 | 17 | 185 | 19 | 5 | 428 | 1 | 647 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
About the school
- Equity Index (EQI)
- not applicable
- Boarding
- Yes
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 1911
The Equity Index is used by the Ministry to allocate equity funding. It describes the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, not how good the school is. How the Equity Index works
What did ERO find?
The Education Review Office reviews every school and publishes what it finds in full. We quote ERO’s report here, section by section, in ERO’s own words and order, and link to it. We do not summarise a report, pick a line out of one, or turn one into a score. How ERO reviews schools
- Reports ERO holds
- 3
- Last reviewed
- 15 May 2024
- Latest report
- Southwell School May 2024
- Report type
- not reported
- Board assurance
- not reported
What this report states about the school
As stated in ERO’s report of 15 May 2024 — not necessarily the position now. Each line quotes the sentence it came from.
- International students
- true
The school is a signatory provider to the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021
- true
The roll ERO recorded, and when
ERO writes a roll into each report it publishes: a count taken for that report, on the day shown, by the review team that was there. The Ministry of Education’s current roll for this school is 646 — the figure at the top of this page, and the one to use for how big the school is now. These are a different measurement by a different body, so they will rarely agree, and a difference between them is not a change in the school.
March 2017
569
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 30 May 2017
March 2013
609
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 20 May 2013
We draw no line between these. Each was counted for its own report, years apart, by a different review team, and a roll moves between reviews for reasons none of these figures record — so the difference between any two of them measures nothing.
Read the full report on ero.govt.nz →
All 3 reports ERO holds for this school
ERO reviews a school every few years — around four years between reviews is the usual cycle — so an older date here reflects where a school sits in that cycle, not how it is doing.
Source: Education Review Office, CC BY 4.0.
Roll date: 30 June 2026 (2026).