Last updated October 2026
Myross Bush School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 288 Mill Road North, Myross Bush. It opened in 1866 and had 173 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Ascot and Myross Bush, and parts of Waihopai, Mill Road and Hawthorndale; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s website describes learning through play, team teaching where two teachers work across two classes, and a learning pathway called Ako the Active Learner. It also lists a school bus run before and after school, Chatbus counselling, a service and leadership programme, and online sports registration.
At a glance
- Principal
- Wendy Kitto
- Address
- 288 Mill Road North, Myross Bush
- Phone
- 03 230 4817
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Myross Bush Invercargill and Ascot.
Parts of Waihopai, Mill Road and Hawthorndale: 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 173 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.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
Suspensions: fewer than 5 cases in 2025, so no rate is shown.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a School Evaluation Report from February 2025. ERO found that children take part in learning with confidence, keep making progress, and mostly reach or exceed expected levels in reading, writing and maths.
ERO found good support for children with additional needs, and those at risk of falling behind are picked up quickly. ERO described clear leadership, teachers who work together and use structured literacy, and close ties with families and the local community. A new principal started in 2024.
ERO noted that, while a large majority of children attend regularly, attendance still falls short of the Ministry’s target. Agreed next steps are to make the language of Ako the Active Learner part of every classroom, keep building teachers’ use of te reo Māori and tikanga Māori, continue embedding structured literacy and checking its impact, review maths teaching, and lift regular attendance.
Read the ERO reports for Myross Bush School
Enrolling
Children 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.
The school’s zone information page links to the zone map, the zone description with out-of-zone details, and an online enrolment form.
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 Myross Bush Invercargill
Myross Bush School is in Myross Bush Invercargill. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Myross Bush Invercargill guide →Questions parents ask
Is Myross Bush School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Myross Bush Invercargill and Ascot and parts of Waihopai, Mill Road and Hawthorndale.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
173 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
It may. It is not in the donation scheme, so it can ask families for donations.
What is its Equity Index?
414. 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, 22 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).