Last updated October 2026
Gonville School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at Gonville Avenue, Gonville, Whanganui. It opened in 1906 and had 177 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. The school is part of the Lunches in Schools programme, so children only need to bring morning tea, and its site says students have farm animals to care for on the school grounds.
At a glance
- Principal
- Sarita Payne
- Address
- Gonville Avenue, Gonville, Whanganui
- Phone
- 06 345 7194
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 177 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 School Evaluation Report from June 2024. Since its previous review the school has worked on teaching and curriculum practice, and ERO found that restorative practice and positive behaviour strategies have made staff responses more consistent.
Learner progress has improved over time, with many students meeting curriculum expectations in reading, writing and maths. Students with additional and complex needs get timely support, most learners attend regularly, structured literacy is building sound foundations, and the board works well with leaders.
ERO noted that a gap for boys in literacy remains a priority. The agreed next steps are to strengthen the school’s assessment tools, set specific targets for learners working toward curriculum expectations, build staff skill in using assessment to tailor teaching, and use a review of its te reo Māori practice to lift how te reo is taught.
Read the ERO reports for Gonville School
Enrolling
Gonville School has no enrolment scheme or home zone, so any student can apply and families can enrol their child at any time. The information for whānau page covers enrolment, uniform and school lunches.
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 Gonville Whanganui
Gonville School is in Gonville Whanganui. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Gonville Whanganui guide →Questions parents ask
Is Gonville School zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
177 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?
513. 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).