Last updated October 2026
Wallacetown School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 34 Mauchline Street, Wallacetown. It opened in 1870 and had 77 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. Its website describes three classrooms plus a weekly Ko Taku Reo Deaf Hub, where Deaf students from schools around Southland learn together with specialist staff.
Students take part in kapa haka and Polyfest, a garden club, swimming in the community pool, Southland Sport sessions, miniball and futsal, gifted and talented programmes and a senior camp, and before and after school care runs on site.
At a glance
- Principal
- Lisa Brady
- Address
- 34 Mauchline Street, Wallacetown
- Phone
- 03 235 8097
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 77 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 Report from June 2026. ERO found high quality teaching that is improving progress in reading, writing and maths, caring and inclusive classrooms where teachers know students well, and purposeful leadership with strong community partnerships.
Children with complex needs get good support, reporting to families is useful and accurate, and most learners met the expected level in reading.
ERO also found that fewer than half of learners met the expected level in writing and in maths, and results were not yet equitable across groups. Attendance was approaching the 80% target.
The key priorities are to embed structured approaches to literacy and maths so all students make progress and outcomes become more equitable, and to widen strategies that lift regular attendance and reduce chronic absence.
Read the ERO reports for Wallacetown School
Enrolling
Wallacetown School has no enrolment zone, so any student can apply. Families enrol in person, where the principal talks through the school, provides the enrolment documents and gives a tour.
The school encourages families to enrol new entrants well before they turn five, and the new entrant teacher then arranges school visits. Families of children who need extra support are asked to tell the school at enrolment so transition and funding can be arranged.
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 Wallacetown near Invercargill
Wallacetown School is in Wallacetown near Invercargill. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Wallacetown near Invercargill guide →Questions parents ask
Is Wallacetown 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?
77 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?
461. 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). 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).