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Knapdale School

Knapdale Road, Gore · Otago & Southland

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Total roll 57
EQI 455
Founded 1879
88

Composite score

Strong

A

Top 5% in NZ

Rank #111 of scored NZ schools

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State school Co-educational Full Primary (Years 1-8)

In summary

Knapdale School's Board of Trustees attested to meeting all regulatory and legislative requirements as of March 2023, with Board administration and curriculum requirements confirmed. The school is a full primary with a roll of 57 students. No active Ministry of Education intervention is in place.

Best suited for

Students aged 5-11 in Gore looking for a state-funded setting with a strong recent ERO trajectory.

Is Knapdale School a good school?

Knapdale School scores 88/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 5% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

Summary derived from ERO reports + audited financials + MoE records. Every claim links to its source — see data transparency at the bottom of this page.

Score breakdown

6 axes, each scored 0–100 on a national absolute scale. As at 2025.

How this is computed
Wellbeing
35%
standdowns 0.0/1k · suspensions 0.0/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · top 10% of band (n=404) · why?
Composite of stand-downs, suspensions, and exclusions per 1,000 students (lower is better). Formula: standdowns/1k + 2× suspensions/1k + 5× exclusions/1k. Small primary schools with no rows score top of band ("no incidents reported"). Source: Education Counts student engagement. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: top 10% of band (n=404).
100
Trajectory
25%
+31.0% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · top quartile of band (n=403) · why?
5-year change in total roll. −20% → 0 score, 0% → 50, +20% → 100. Source: Education Counts roll history. Year: 2025. Peer comparison: top quartile of band (n=403).
89
ERO review
40%
76/100 from ERO review 2018-05 · near band median (n=406) · why?
Composite score from the most recent Education Review Office report (Haiku-extracted 0–100 from the published review text). For primary schools this is the heaviest axis (40%) because NCEA-style outcomes data isn't applicable. Source: ERO via Wayback archive. Year: 2018. Peer comparison: near band median (n=406).
76

⚠ Insufficient EQI-band peers (n<10) to compute per-axis percentile context. The score above is absolute; treat it as a single-school read rather than a peer comparison.

Real ERO composite (from the latest review): 76/100.

Latest ERO review

2023-06-28 · Shelley Booysen, ERO

ERO report
  • Board has attested to meeting all regulatory and legislative requirements as of March 2023
  • Board Administration requirements confirmed
  • Curriculum requirements confirmed
  • Management of Health, Safety and Welfare requirements confirmed
  • Personnel Management and Finance requirements confirmed
"As of March 2023, the Knapdale School Board has attested to the following regulatory and legislative requirements:"
— ERO, 2023-06-28 (governance)

Composite score across reviews

2 ERO reviews on file, 2015–2018. Click a point to read that review.

latest 76
0 25 50 75 100 20152018 2015-05-12 · 85/100 2018-05-21 · 76/100

Discipline (age-standardised, per 1,000 students)

Stand-down = sent home temporarily. Suspension = formal investigation. Exclusion = removed from school. National averages shown for comparison.

Education Counts

Stand-downs · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~37

Suspensions · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~5

Exclusions · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~1.5

Government funding

Crown funding only (school operations + teacher salaries + property). Excludes locally-raised funds, international fees and trading income — those are in the audited financial report above.

Education Counts

Total Crown funding · 2022

$0.61M

Per-student funding · 2022

$10,763

2018

$0.3M

2019

$0.6M

2020

$0.4M

2021

$0.5M

2022

$0.6M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 01
    8
  • Year 02
    10
  • Year 03
    9
  • Year 04
    5
  • Year 05
    8
  • Year 06
    5
  • Year 07
    8
  • Year 08
    2

Roll by ethnicity

Share of total roll. Students who identify with multiple ethnicities are counted once.

Education Counts
  • European/Pākehā
    84.2%
  • Asian
    10.5%
  • Māori
    8.8%

Location

Knapdale Road, Gore. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Knapdale School a good school?

Knapdale School scores 88/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 5% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2023-06 review identified 6 key findings. Board has attested to meeting all regulatory and legislative requirements as of March 2023

How do I enrol my child at Knapdale School?

Contact the school directly on 03-2089473, email principal@knapdale.school.nz. For state schools, check your home address against the school's enrolment zone — some schools are in-zone-only.

What are the fees?

Knapdale School is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Knapdale School has 57 students, with an EQI of 455 (mid-range socio-economic context).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Knapdale School in 2023-06, signed by Shelley Booysen. 4 ERO reports are on file in our archive.

Data transparency

Every fact on this page links to its source. We never publish a claim without provenance — read our methodology for the full rules.

Last updated

28 Jun 2023

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