Bell Block School
Full Primary · State · Bell Block, New Plymouth
470 students on the roll in Bell Block · EQI 441 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5. Current Equity Index: 441. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 31 Bell Block Court, Bell Block, New Plymouth, 4312
- Roll: 470 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.98, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Large urban area
- Phone: 06-7550838
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Conrad Hailes
- Website: bellblock.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Bell Block School, in force from 2011-12-21 · 38 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Puketapu School (New Plymouth), decile 4 · EQI 480 · 1.3 km
- Fitzroy School, decile 8 · EQI 422 · 3.9 km
- St John Bosco School (New Plymouth), decile 8 · EQI 385 · 4.1 km
- Sacred Heart Girls' College (N Plymouth), decile 8 · EQI 414 · 4.1 km
- Merrilands School, decile 7 · EQI 479 · 4.7 km
- New Plymouth Girls' High School, decile 7 · EQI 447 · 4.8 km
- New Plymouth Boys' High School, decile 7 · EQI 446 · 5.8 km
- Welbourn School, decile 8 · EQI 425 · 6.1 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Bell Block.
470 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 441, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.