Last updated October 2026
Whanganui Intermediate is a state, co-educational intermediate school for Years 7 and 8 at 90 Dublin Street, Whanganui. It opened in 1933 and had 415 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. The school’s site describes homerooms grouped into four clusters, with students moving to subject teachers for literacy, maths and social sciences, specialist classes in cooking, hard materials, visual art and design, and science, and te reo Māori, music and digital technology taught across all classes.
Extra options listed include kapa haka, choir, band, dance, drama, instrumental tuition and a school production, competitions such as Mathex, Kids’ Lit Quiz and Tournament of Minds, and sport from hockey, volleyball and badminton to lifesaving and swimming.
At a glance
- Principal
- Kathie Ellery
- Address
- 90 Dublin Street, Whanganui
- Phone
- 06 349 0231
Home zone
No home zone: any student can apply to enrol. If more students apply than there are places, the school decides how places are offered.
Who goes here
Share of the 415 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 March 2024. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how far students develop a sense of belonging at the school.
ERO noted that te reo Māori is taught to every student and that the school belongs to the Takatini Tahi Kāhui Ako. It pointed to staff who keep building their confidence with te reo Māori and tikanga, a clear strategic direction shaped by recent community consultation, and processes for recognising and responding to a range of student needs.
Next, the school plans to decide what evidence will show that students’ sense of belonging is growing, embed a joined-up approach to learning grounded in local and cultural knowledge, help students, teachers and whānau work together more closely, and tighten its systems so students who need support get it sooner.
Read the ERO reports for Whanganui Intermediate
Enrolling
The school’s enrolment page says it no longer has an enrolment zone, so any student can apply. Families can enrol online or send the enrolment form, together with the school’s Your Child Through Your Eyes form, to the office. The school publishes each year’s enrolment dates and information sessions on its enrolment page.
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 Whanganui Central
Whanganui Intermediate is in Whanganui Central. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Whanganui Central guide →Questions parents ask
Is Whanganui Intermediate zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 7 to 8.
How many students go there?
415 at 1 Sep 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?
505. 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, 29 Oct 2026 (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).