Amberley School

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 7. Current Equity Index: 463. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• 2 Lawcocks Road, Amberley, 7410
• Roll: 255 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
• Opened 1878
• An enrolment scheme is in place.
• Isolation index 0.85, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Cohort entry: Yes
• Setting: Small urban area
• Phone: 03-3148309
• Email: office@amberley.school.nz
• Contact: Antony Criglington
• Website: amberley.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

• Amberley School, in force from 2026-04-20 · 83 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

• Broomfield School, decile 8 · EQI 419 · 4.9 km
• Leithfield School Te Kura o Kōwai, decile 8 · EQI 448 · 5.2 km
• Te Waitai Sefton School, decile 7 · EQI 434 · 11.3 km
• Waipara School, decile 6 · EQI 478 · 11.4 km
• Ashley Rakahuri School, decile 10 · EQI 444 · 17.0 km
• Omihi School, decile 10 · EQI 435 · 17.9 km
• Pegasus Bay School, decile 10 · EQI 422 · 18.2 km
• Loburn School Te Kura Aromauka, decile 9 · EQI 430 · 19.0 km

The green nearby

Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m, measured to the outline itself, so a school on a big reserve’s edge still counts.

• Amberley Reserve, Reserve · 151 m to its edge
• Cedar Place Reserve, Reserve · 278 m to its edge

Facilities nearby

Council facilities within 400 m of the school’s point, libraries, pools and centres a parent can walk to.

• Amberley Swimming Pool, Recreation centre · 215 m
• Amberley Reserve Public Toilets, Public toilet · 329 m
• Amberley Pavillion (The Tin Shed), Hall · 385 m