Last updated October 2026
Ebbett Park School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 600 Oliphant Road, Raureka, Hastings. It opened in 1960 and had 174 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. The school’s site describes New Zealand Sign Language used across the school, with Deaf Communicators working alongside students and sign singing at assembly, and te reo Māori through a kapa haka group and a daily karakia and waiata in the senior classes. It lists iPads, coding and robotics, a bring-your-own-device programme in the senior years, student leadership roles, sport, trips outside the classroom and an after school programme.
At a glance
- Principal
- Kate Medlicott
- Address
- 600 Oliphant Road, Raureka, Hastings
- Phone
- 06 878 9599
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 174 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.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a School Evaluation Report from September 2024. ERO noted that the school is home to a Ko Taku Reo Deaf Hub serving deaf and hard-of-hearing students across Hawke’s Bay, and found an inclusive culture in which children needing extra help are identified and well supported, helped by New Zealand Sign Language being used more widely in the school community.
Classrooms are orderly and positive, structured literacy is taught across the school, and professional learning in literacy and maths is making teaching more consistent. However, ERO found that less than half of students reach the expected curriculum level in reading, writing and maths, and that boys, Māori and Pacific students need fairer results.
School data shows that by the time students leave in Year 6, most reach the expected level in reading and just over half in writing and maths, though ERO said this data needs to be more dependable. Attendance is also below the Ministry of Education’s target.
ERO’s priorities are for the school to lift attendance and achievement in reading, writing and maths with fairer outcomes for boys, Māori and Pacific students, build a clear and coherent school curriculum, help teachers gather reliable achievement data and use it to target their teaching, and seek students’ views on their wellbeing.
ERO also recommended that the Ministry of Education give the school tailored support with teaching capability, attendance and its systems for tracking progress.
Read the ERO reports for Ebbett Park School
Enrolling
The school has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol at any level from Year 1 to Year 6. Families are welcome to visit and look around before enrolling.
For a five-year-old, families bring a birth certificate and an immunisation certificate or Plunket book, and families from overseas also need proof of immigration status. A printable enrolment form is on the school’s enrolment page, and uniforms are sold at the school office.
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 Raureka
Ebbett Park School is in Raureka. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Raureka guide →Questions parents ask
Is Ebbett Park 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?
174 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?
533. 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, 23 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).