Last updated October 2026
Newfield Park School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 82 Wilfrid Street, Newfield, Invercargill. It opened in 2005 and had 223 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. Its website sets out the school’s values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and ako, and its aim for children to be happy, caring and successful.
At a glance
- Principal
- Sonya Carey
- Address
- 82 Wilfrid Street, Newfield, Invercargill
- Phone
- 03 216 9601
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 223 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 Report from August 2026. ERO found that achievement is low: under half of the children are at the expected curriculum level for their year in reading and maths, and under a third are in writing, which ERO rated as needing improvement.
Achievement, progress, reading, maths and equity were rated as working towards, though progress is getting better, especially for older children in reading and writing, and boys’ writing is a particular concern.
ERO judged the school to be doing well in its other areas, including attendance, which is improving with less chronic absence, a caring and settled school where children feel they belong, more te reo Māori, tikanga and local Kāi Tahu stories woven into learning, well-organised support for children with additional needs, and leaders and a board who use information well to set priorities.
ERO found one compliance gap: the board must make sure non-teaching and unregistered staff are Police vetted every three years. ERO was confident the school can make the improvements it set out.
ERO’s next steps are to speed up progress and lift achievement for every child with fairer results across groups, to help children take a more active part in their learning through goal setting, reflection and acting on feedback, to sharpen how assessment information shapes teaching, and to keep working to raise regular attendance.
Read the ERO reports for Newfield Park School
Enrolling
Newfield Park School has no enrolment scheme, so any student can apply. The school’s website asks families to call the office to arrange a face-to-face meeting to talk about enrolling and see the school.
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 Newfield
Newfield Park School is in Newfield. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Newfield guide →Questions parents ask
Is Newfield 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?
223 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?
506. 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).