Last updated October 2026
Lucknow School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 42 Elliott Crescent, Havelock North. It opened in 1963 and had 269 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Pūkahu, and parts of Havelock North, Pakipaki, Poukawa and Longlands; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes kapa haka as part of the curriculum, with learning in tikanga Māori and waiata, a pōwhiri or mihi whakatau each term to welcome new students and staff, and a Discovery Time programme of student-led, activity-based learning.
After-school and lunchtime sports include football, rugby, rippa rugby, basketball, netball, hockey, gymnastics, orienteering and softball, and a visiting music academy offers private music lessons at school.
At a glance
- Principal
- Brendon White
- Address
- 42 Elliott Crescent, Havelock North
- Phone
- 06 877 7281
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Pūkahu.
Parts of Havelock North Hastings, Pakipaki, Poukawa and Longlands: check your street.
Zone boundaries are set by the school’s enrolment scheme and can change. Confirm your address with the school before you rely on it.
Who goes here
Share of the 269 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 Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from March 2023. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well the school’s local curriculum leads to good outcomes for all students, especially Māori and learners with diverse needs.
ERO pointed to a positive, inclusive school climate that encourages engagement, leaders and teachers who build their knowledge together in a culture of trust and openness to change, and new systems to track each student’s progress and set clear learning goals.
Next, the school plans to put its local curriculum in place and keep checking its effect on outcomes, to keep building teachers’ ability to offer authentic learning in te ao Māori and mātauranga Māori, and to strengthen learning-focused relationships with families and whānau.
Read the ERO reports for Lucknow School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places, and the school notes these places are limited. Copies of the scheme and zone are available from the school office.
New entrants are offered two or three visits before they start, and families bring a birth certificate and immunisation certificate when they enrol.
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 Havelock North Hastings
Lucknow School is in Havelock North Hastings. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Havelock North Hastings guide →Questions parents ask
Is Lucknow School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Pūkahu and parts of Havelock North Hastings, Pakipaki, Poukawa and Longlands.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
269 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?
451. 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). Home zone: Ministry of Education enrolment zones (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).