# Postgate School

Full Primary · State · Whitby, Porirua

https://www.chch.live/school/2966-postgate-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 461

*Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.*

## The record
- Staithes Drive North, Whitby, Porirua, 5024
- Roll: 328 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1981
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.18, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 147 · Māori 99 · Pacific 182 · Asian 35 · MELAA 12
- Phone: 04-2359358
- Email: admin@postgate.school.nz
- Contact: Adam Campbell
- Website: http://www.postgate.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Postgate School, in force from 2013-01-01 · 2 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Discovery School](https://www.chch.live/school/2832-discovery-school), decile 10 · EQI 393
- [Rangikura School](https://www.chch.live/school/2970-rangikura-school), decile 2 · EQI 503
- [Tairangi School](https://www.chch.live/school/3029-tairangi-school), decile 1 · EQI 512
- [Porirua Montessori Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3641-porirua-montessori-primary-school), private, not rated
- [Te Kura Māori o Porirua](https://www.chch.live/school/1634-te-kura-maori-o-porirua), decile 3 · EQI 506
- [Papakowhai School](https://www.chch.live/school/2946-papakowhai-school), decile 10 · EQI 387
- [Adventure School](https://www.chch.live/school/1195-adventure-school), decile 10 · EQI 389
- [Paremata School](https://www.chch.live/school/2950-paremata-school), decile 9 · EQI 408

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.112681&lon=174.880045

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Postgate School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Whitby.

**How many students does Postgate School have?**

328 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Postgate School's Equity Index?**

EQI 461, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Does Postgate School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2966 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026